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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-05
FIVE O'CLOCK TEA.


furnished by . Hotelkseper to Weary
shoppers Every Afternoo1-
Berlin Letter in London Telegraph:
writes . correspondent, has just start
cd serving afternoon tea between and
s o'clock in the afternoons This will.
undoubtedly. be much appreciated by
those who have been shopping all day
and who are long way from home
1t il extraordinary that such an idea
has never before struck the enterpris-
ing hotel keepers and cafe proprietors
In this new capital. In every street
there are countless cages and hotels
and so-called conditoreis, or pastry
cook shops, but the one thing english
people delight in-name1y a cup of
good tea with bread and butter-it is
almost impossible to obtain Tea is
served, but instead of being in cups it
Is brought to the thirsty customer in
glass la russo, generally with q
Slice OF lemon and hot milk. Bread
and butter is an almost unknown
quantity, the solid refreshment Affect
ed by Germans consisting generally OF
diverse kinds and shapes of pastry.
round little cakelike shells filled with
cream and biscuits covered with
chocolate. Cocoa and chocolate are
also very popular among German la
dies, and they order for Afternoon tea
a glass of Munich or pilsener beer.
English afternoon tea," however, is
hardly ever procurable, except, of
course, in private houses In them
English customs are initiated to very
large extent-in fact, to be fashionable
the household should be arranged, as
Tar as furniture, meals and dress are
concerned, entirely la mode Anglaise.
One of the most curious non-English
customs prevailing here is the use OF
the word "Mahlzeit," literally trans
lated "Mealtime." This expression is
always used after dinner. Every one
on rising says "mahlzeit,'' and shakes
hands with every one else. The or
iginal meaning of the word was, at
wish you a blessed meal That was
finally shortened to blessed meal
and finally the one word alone was
uttered as a sign of politeness. It is
curious to note the way in which the
expression is used by the uneducated
classes. With them one hears it all
the day through, especially, however,
before and after lunch.
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COST a FORTUNE
Duke Of MarIborouxh.s Treasure worth
Kings Ransom.

Duke Of MarIborough,s Treasure worth
. Kings Ransom.
The costliest picture in the world il
owned by the Duke of Marlborough,
who has a large and very expensive
collection of pictures which has come
down to him from the original Duke
OF Marlborough The rarest of them is
the Blenheim Madonna" painted by
Raphael in 1907 and now valued at
$3.50. 600. The picture was originally
painted for the Church of the Servi at
Perugia- 1t is eight feet high, repre-
senting the madonna and child seated
on throne, with figure of st. John
the Baptist on the left and that of old
st. Nicholas of Bari on the right, the
last two being life size Its high value
is due TO the fact that it is one of the
best preserved of the pictures of RAJ
phae1 which are now in existence 1t
has been proposed that the British
government buy this picture. Blen-
helm palace is SO called in honor of
the battle which the English, under
the Duke of Marlborough. won over
the French, and was given to the great
soldier by Queen Anne Every year q
Hills nag worked with : fzeur-de-lis II
sent to Windsor castle b way Of rent
aud hung upon the walls Of The ens<1o.
Isl Louis Globe DenoesaA
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THE cARoLINEs.
Queer Theories About the Formation 81
These Islands.

Queer Theories About the Formation Of
These Islands.
Germany's purchase of the Caroline
Islands from Spain had already drawn
public attention to this little-known
when a suggestion was made to
America which is certainly entertain-
ing though hardly to be entertained.
The king and headman of Kusaie, one
of the easternmost of the Carolines,
sent petition to congress represent
ing that as they had been in inter-
forty-seven years-that is, with Amer
lean missionaries, traders and whalers
and had, both in this manner and
otherwise, acquired a knowledge Of
our institutions. they wished to be an
nexed to the United States. 1t is as
sumed that the people who expressed
this amiable preference did not know
that they were about to be acquired
by Germany. The Caroline group in
cludes, besides coral islands, nve
mountainous islands of basaltic for
nation, beautiful and fertile with riv-
ers and springs. To the north are the
Ladrone Islands, and to the west are
the Philippines. Among the many
Qaeer legends OF these children Of the
Pacific there Is none moro highly inn
probable than their theory as to the
origin OF these islands and the inhab-
itants. They think they themselves
were very strong In the water-in fact,
they lived In it. The story goes that
a woman and her children were float
ing around on the reef, when a man
appeared from the west with a basket
OF soil on his shoulders He had
started out to make an island with q
mountain on it. One Of the children
cried out to him. GIVE us a little soil
to make place for our mother to rest,
for she Is very weak and cannot
swim" He took out handful Of the
earth and threw it down, making an
island. AS the man was going on his
way over the water, the SON slyly
made hole in the basket; so, as he
proceeded on his way, he left q trail
of land behind. Suddenly he became
conscious that the basket seemed light,
and looking around. he saw the land.
In his anger he turned about and trod
upon it. and thus the islands were
formed
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Russia's Tea Trade
Interrupted by the Chinese War

Not the least serious effect of the
present trouble in China has been the
interruption to the tea trade. Russia
has for many years done a large trade
with the Chinese in this particular inn
port Two hundred and sixty years
ago, during the reign of Car Michail
Feodarevitch, Russian envoy, Pas
sill Starkoff, was sent to the khan
of Mongolia, Allyn khan, the Golden
Khan" as he was called, on a friendly
mission, says a Moscow writer in the
Chicago Daily News.
Starkoff's mission returned in au-
tumn, and the cars curiosity was at
once aroused by the account he re-
ceived of the new beverage "tachai,"
as it was called. He ordered it to be
prepared at once and was charmed
with its odor and flavor. But though
the new drink found favor at court the
people could not be persuaded to adopt
1t. They believed that it would slowly
poison them, or, at least, deprive them
of their wits-no difficult matter, said
a wicked Swede when he heard the
story.
The Russian authorities, however,
were determined that their subjects
should drink the new beverage and I'm
bible less vodka, but even then a whole
century elapsed before the population
of Russia was induced to use the
strange Chinese drink.
By degrees the peasants began to
get interested in the Chinese herb"
until at last 1t became the most popu-
lar beverage in the country. Vodka
still holds, it is true, its ancient reign,
but it is no longer solitary in its grip
on the people. Tea fights hard for the
throne of their affections and has done
more to foster sobriety than almost
any other agency.
A hundred and fifty years ago Rus
eia entered into trade relations with
China. Among all the treaties made
the importation OF tea was specially
mentioned. When the Russian ENJOYS
reached the Chinese court they were
politely requested to kneel before the
emperor, but the proud orthodox boy
ards refused to h.umiliate themselves
before any mere heather.
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main Office across the Atlantic an in
creasing quantity of British pounds,
shillings and pence.
The London branch of the Ameri-
can business house is comparatively a
recent institution. 1t is safe to say
that as many such houses were opened
in London in the last three or four
years as had been established here in
all previous years put together. AL
though most of them follow that mys-
FERROUS law of attraction which pulls
similar kinds of business together into
one locality, they have not been here
long enough to have much knowledge
of or interest in one another.
Though there are always from 49,
900 to 60, 900 Americans In London.
there is no American exchange here,
nor any immediate likelihood of one.
William Mckinley Osborne, the
American consul general in England,
who has a coy ONCE in st. Helen's
place said, when asked regarding the
development of American trade here:
Its getting bigger every day.
know that from the talks have with
the manufactures from home who
drop In to chat with me. We do not
have any list of American merchants
in London or of the different American
businesses that are established here,
but know things have doomed. 1.-The
Standard OIL company, for instance,
has been fighting the Rothschilds, and
has won-at least, the Standard has
made heap of money. The Roths-
chflds have been selling Russian oil
but the Standard people built q line of
tank shfps and brought American oil
over so cheap that the English had to
buy it The Standard made enough
last year to declare an extra dividend,
and most Of the money was English. I
guess the steel people are doing almost
as we'll. and the boot and shoe people
are making pretty good thing OF
course, we beat them all in electricity,
and In little machines like typewriters
We know their language and they like
US better than they like Frenchmen
or Germans or any outsiders. The
English-speaking people are the peo-
pie They'll stick together against the
world"
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CANNOT BUY 1T.
HIndoo Divinity Saved from the doham.
medans Is Above Price.

HIndoo Divinity Saved from the HIoham-
medans L. Above Price.
1t is part of the Mohammedan creed
to smash the noses of all Idols they
may come across When they invaded
India they defaced in this way every
Hindoo god A figure of Vishnu cut
in green jade was buried in the bed OF
the Ganges during this invasion and is
now preserved in a temple in Benares.
1t Is the only perfect image left of all
the old idols. and it's sanctity is such
that the priests of Allahabad have Of
lfered for it its weight in gold, togeth-
er with two magnificent rubies, for
merly the eyes OF Buddha. But they
cannot buy 1t. An enterprising Aus
tralian millionaire named Leonard
took q trip to Peru recently. He saw
great nocks Of the alpaca wandering
ON the Andes. Being q woolgrower
himself. he was struck with their
splendid fleece. He resolved to buy
some and take them home. He found
that the Peruvian government albso-
luteiy prohibited their export. He
tried. by chartering a special ship. to
smuggle some OF, but was unsuccess-
full. Then the idea occurred to him
OF taking them out of the country
eastward. He bought large fiock, en-
gagged trusty men and had the crea-
lures driven over the passes. $4,000
feet above the sea level. and then clean
across the continent to Buenos Ayres.
This little expedition cost him SIS, 500
But the long march had so weakened
the alpacas that they all died on the
voyage.
On the top Of the prince of Wales
coronet is q small tuft of feathers. The
wife of rich Manchester cotton spin
ner endeavored to get some similar
She was told that there were none on
the market Il don't mind spending
$780," she said. The plume seller
smiled. They viii cost you the price
OF special expedition to New
Guinea" ne observed. Her husband
was enormously wealthy and she in
duced him to authorize this. Last June
the plume hunters returned. They had
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and 50 are his ropes, sails. and poles;
the paper the Chinese write on, their
collins. musical instruments. soldiers
spears, medicines, cooking utensils,
pens, brushes, bird cages, blinds.
waterwheels fans, measures, and q
thousand and one indispensable ar
ticles OF every day life are all fashion
ed from it.
Its leaves. sewn together. make
somewhat rough, but quite waterproof
garments, and in the joints of the
stems of some varieties stones resem-
bling opals are found. The baby sleeps
In a bamboo cradle, and in certain dis
tricts criminals are executed by being
tied over a variety which grows two
feet In twenty-four hours and left
there until the plant pierces their
bodies and kills them--Golden Penny
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The Shah of Persia expended 81 ,000,-
600 at the Paris exposition, chiefly in
treasures for his palace at Teheran.
The shah is said to be quite abstemious
In his diet at home, although an ex-
tensive bill Of fare is always spread
before him An the food is carefully
prepared. and q prince OF the royal
house is responsible that no tricks are
played Every dish as 1t is sent from
the kitchen is sealed, and the seals are
broken in the shah's presence. The
shah, according to etiquette. eats
alone. Formerly he squatted, and ate
from a big tray placed on the floor
But since going to Teheran he has
been persuaded to sit upon a mattress
and eat from . table about q foot
high. At first chintz cloth was on
the table. but he was told 1t would be
much nicer If he had white cloth, and
so a white cloth is now used. Be-
tween fifty and sixty dishes are served,
but his majesty touches only two or
three.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-05
ESCAPE OF A LIONESS

Following is a story told of the es-
cape of Honess from a menagerie
at Charities the other day, which
makes one think that such a gentle
creature should not be kept a captive
behind bolts and bars, but should be
allowed the same freedom of action
as the most respectable pug or pussy
cat. 1t was evening when the Honess
left the menagerie and for some hours
her absence was not noticed. Mean
while she met an old lady, who patted
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-01-05

The coffee-growIng industry In trop-
ical Africa Is developing tremendously
The seed was introduced into the
country about five years ago by some
English missionaries with the object
of ascertaining whether the resources
of the country were favorable to the
culture of the article The ground
appears peculiarly adapted to the in
dustry, since last year 100 tons of cof-
fee were exported from Uganda alone
and the result of this years produc-
ton will be even greater
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work Del.yed on B.t.le.h,p.

Completion of the battleship Illinois
is being seriously delayed by the diff
ficulty experienced in procuring MAJ
teria1 for machinery, as well as the
hull She was to have been ready for
her trials the present year, but this
now appears impossible. This Il
somewhat of disappointment to the
navy department. for there seems no
way of avoiding the present congested
conditions obtaining among the steel
factories, the demands for their prod
uet being far In excess OF their ability
70 turn cut work
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An Interesting relic of the lake
jewellers of Ireland has just been add
I'D to the Science of Art Museum of
Dublin in the form OF a crannog, or
elevated dwelling. 1t was discovered
in 9 bog-filled lake ne-- Enniskillen.
and measures over 100 feet in diane
ter. On removing the peat the piles OF
platform timber were laid bare. The
p1ltng and cross-ttmhering vere adj
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UTILITY PLANT.
Many Usss TO which Chinese Pat the

many OBoo 20 W mon CnAncD0
It Is difficult for anybody who has
never visited the Celestial empire to
form the remotest conception of what
tie possession of the bamboo means to
the Chinese. From cradle to grave
there is not a feature of their daily
life, either in work or pleasure. into
which it does not enter, nor a corner
of their homes in which it cannot be
found fulfilling one or other of its null
Hilarious uses. In this country we
know the bamboo CHIEFLY in the form
of miscellaneous articles OF furniture,
but in China it not only furnishes the
house, but it is used for the framework
of the structure, while the leaves are
employed to thatch it The water
supply is carried in bamboo pipes,
both for domestic use and for the
purposes of irrigating the tea planta-
lions; the bamboo agrestis, a spiky
variety. is used to form a hedge
around these plantations and other in
closures. The shoots of one kind,
Bambusa tulda, are boiled when young
and eaten like asparagus. with bam-
boo chopsticks or sometimes picked.
and the seeds are used Is = substitute
for rice Mattresses and pillows arc
stuffed with bamboo shaytngps The
eshsrman's raft Il made a bamboo
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A schoolboy was asked at an exam
nation to give an account Of the pa
triarch Abraham. He wrote: He was
the father of Lot. and had two wives
One was called Ishmale and the other
Hagar. He kept one at home and he
turned the other into the desert, where
she became a pillar of salt in the day
time and a pillar OF fire by night
London Jewish World.
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at the very gateway of the Americas
business district OF London, for in
Snow Hill and further on in Earring
don street you find firm after firm
OF Americans. some with big ofaces
and some with only desk roons and q
shingie, but practically all of them
selling an increasing quantity of Am
erican goods and sending home to the
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Guards tn. Chicken. wen

According to an American the best
guardian for poultry is Scotch col
lie. 1t is readily taught to guide
ducks, geese. ETC.. to their feeding
grounds and bring them back. The
collie, it appears. takes a lively inter
est in the work and his courage makes
him a good protector.
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fact that the increase in American
capital invested in London is out of
all proportion to the increase in Eng
fish capital invested In London. At
the present rate it will not be long be-
fore Lombard street begins to reckon
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mirably done. untrimmed birch trees
being principally used for cross laying.
while oak was used for the stouter
piles A large quantity of broken pot
terry was found in 1t, besides an iron
AZ Of early form, . fragment of =
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London Lottery

When American capitalists, headed
by Yerkes. stepped in and bought the
charter Of much-needed underground
railroad that had long existed On pa
per. and begun the actual planning of
the road before the ink on the contract
was fairly dry. attention was directed
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One result has been the growth of a
singular colony in the heart of London
"a colony of which no census has
been taken and of which not even the
American consul general in London
can give much information You reach
the center Of it by going first to Hol-
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American Boom in London
wiz come from the Unit.

spent. viii come from the United
States.
The increase in American trade In
Great Britain has been as rapid Of late
as the increase of American invest
ment. According to the British esti-
mates, that increase was sos, 900 900
up to January last year over the
year before.
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Its dividends In dollars for convent
ence sake.
And every such investment Of Ameri-
can money brings in it's train big new
markets for American machinery; for
instance. large part of the appliances
and fittings for the new Yerkes rail-
way, on which 10000, 900 viii be
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born viaduct Thence you curve
around into Snow Hill at st. Sepul-
chre's church. where rest the bones Of
Capt John Smith. This doughty hero
of the Pocohontas story. sometime
governour Of Virginia and admiral OF
New England" as 1t says on the brass
plate marking his burial place, sleeps
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her head, thinking her to be a dog.
This kindly treatment evidently won
the heart OF the Honess, who meekly
followed her for some distance. Then
a hue and cry was raised, women and
children, panic-stricken, shut them
selves into houses and barricaded win
dows and doors, while a search was
made for the lost inmate of the me-
nagerie. who was at last found in a
frightened condition in a carpenters
yard, and doubtless was delighted to
be safely taken back again
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been away nearly a year and spent
over $4,000. They reported that the
feriwah, the particular kind Of bird of
paradise from which the plumes are
taken is extinct
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AMERICAN BUSINESS DISTRICT WI
HOIBORN VIADUCr
BONES OF CAPT: JOHN SMITH. OF PocoHoNTAs FAME.

WHERE SNOW HILL CURVES AWAY FROM
SEPULCHRE'S CHURCH, WHERE REST THE
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-23
BROKE GOOD RECORD
GEORGE RAMBOLDT DECIDES THAT
JERAULD COUNTY Is TOO
LAW-ABIDING
STOLE 4 TEAM OF HORSES
Was Captured After an Exciting
Chase, and Is Now Waiting
for Sentence 10 PEN
itentiary.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Oct. 22-(Spe-
cial.)-It was recently noted in these dis
Patches that the people of Jerauld coun-
state, as a grand jury had not been in
boldt determined to break this good
record and make business for the courts,
for the item had scarcely been printed
when he stole a valuable dray team and
harness belonging to Ray Barber, of AL
pena, and top buggy from Dale Wal
lace, OF the same place. The thief was
captured after an exciting and prolonged
pursuit. Barber and Isaac Crawford fol-
lowed him from Jerauld county to Ra-
mona, distance of seventy miles. where
he was placed under arrest. The pris-
oner was taken before Judge THOMPSON.
or Alpena. He pleaded guilty and was
lodged in the Jerauld county Jail TO
await his sentence and transfer to the
Sioux Falls penitentiary.
Warden Swenson, of the Sioux Falls
penitenuary, reports that the capacity OF
the prison, which for several wears has
heen greatly Overcrowded requiring the
putting of two prisoners in every cell.
mas been greatly increased by the fttina
UP of what is known as the old govern
ment wing. This had been out of use for
many years. Many of the cell doors. ow-
ing to faulty construction. would not
smut, and there was no way to heat the
wing. The last legislature appropriated
So.UVO Tor the purpose of repairing the
wing. The work has just been COM
Pleted' ADDING hfty-siX more cells to the
building.