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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Veterans Bet on Death.

On the afternoon of New Years day,
1901, Judge ]. w. Knowlton of Liberty,
Me-, rode down to the postoffice for his
mail and met Tolman Young, vet
eran of the civil war, who had been
confined to his house with dropsy.
They fell to conversing about old
times, and discovered that both were
born in 1907 and were In their ninety
fourth year. After some bantering as
to what they were to do in the line of
physical endeavor, the judge remarked
that he was glad to say that he was
still vigorous and likely to live for
some years, at the some time express
ing sorrow that the aged soldier was
SO feeble. Bet you $40 that I'll out
live you,' cried Young, land we'll put
up the money now, the one who lives
the longer to have 500 wreath on his
coffin at his funeral as the result of
this wager The bet was accepted
and the money put in the hands of a
trader. 1t was the last time Young
ever went outdoors alive. AS the win
ter moved along he grew worse, and
his doctor said that death could be ex-
pected at any time. In March, after
his pension money arrived, he sent
word to his friend. the judge, that he
was willing to double the bet, but the
condition was so hopeless that no at
tention was paid to the communica-
ton. Judge Knowiton continued hale
and active until March 10, when he
was stricken down in his yard with
paralysis. Not knowing how serious
the affection was, Young again made
overtures toward a bet, but the judge
was unconscious, and no heed was
given to the defiance. Mr.. Young grew
worse until March IL, when he died
Judge Knowlton can not survive q
week They were the oldest men in
Waldo county Among the soldiers
who attended Mr.. Young's funeral was
Levi Curtis of Dixmont, who served
through the war in the First Maine
heavy artillery. the regiment which
holds the record for the number Of
men killed and wounded in action He
is So, and is crippled from a wound re
ceived at Cold Harbor, and paralyzet
on the left side. Yet he has during
the last winter sawed seven cords Of
hard wood with one hand, making two
cuts to a stick. and has performed thu
usual chores about his barn, caring fol
a herd of cattle and milking four cews
Chicago Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

The Knight of TODAY.
Brave, causes numberless has time at
fOrded.
And drawer fights on many a battle
field,
Where bravest men and heroes, unre-
corded.
Have dared their lives to yield.
In every age the willing crowds have
parted,
And strong their cry goes to clear
the way,
When giants, stout of limb, and stout
er hearted.
Have won the victor's bay.
But heed We well, o far-discerning
sages,
That earnest youth in knightly,
brave array,
Who, with the strength and purpose
of the ages,
Goes forth to meet today.
Frank Walcott HUT in the Boston
Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

looked up to the windows. Down came
an orange flung by Representative
Polk With sweep of his sword Ma
jor Gearheart severed the orange in
two parts. Another followed, thrown
by Representative Green Again the
orange was cut in half His crown
ing feat, however, was when Miss
Green, one of Mr.. Green's sisters,
threw a banana, which revolved end
over end He caught it on the point
of his sword, and, as the regiment
passed down the street, he calmiy
peeled and ate it.
While the friends OF Major Gear
heart were pleased with this perform
ance, they were not surprised in the
least, as they were familiar with his
skill with the sword. When quite a
small boy Mr.. Gearheart became ac-
quainted with a French maitre d'armes
named Paul Descuiine, a teacher of the
sword in a French regiment. Mr.. Gear
heart took the weapon and practiced
for years with the rapier and broad
sword as a form of exercise and
amusement. He never thought he
would have use for his accomplish
ment, but his interest in the weapon
led him into the National Guard of
pennsylvania, ana when the spanish
war broke out he was commissioned
captain, with Representative Polk as
first lieutenant in the Twelfth Penn
sylvania Volunteer Infantry. The regi-
ment never went beyond the boundary
of the United States, but the expe-
rience in camp at Chickamauga was
almost as much as on battle field.
The members of the Twelfth Penn
sylvania, especially Representative
Polk, tell many stories of Maj. Gear
hearts skill with the sword and rapier
in camp. Maj. Gearheart had set of
rapiers of the most exquisitely tenn
pered steel. One night when the boys
had been talking about his skill with
that weapon he was requested to give
an exhibition. He at first declined to
do so, but when some doubt was ex-
pressed as to his familiarity with the
rapier he took the button from the
point of one of the set. He then took
a dime and fastened it against a board.
Standing at guard he drove the
jagged point of the rapier through the
dime. Again he took coin and again
he perforated it at the first stroke. This
| was repeated time and time again
| until all the small coins in the peck
cts of members of the party had been
| utilized. On the sixty-seventh coin he
| missed the stroke, and Mr. Polk says
he was so chagrined that he broke the
rapier in pieces.-Baltimore Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

The old Scotchwoman who liked her
minister because he joombles the
joodment an confoonds the sense
would have appreciated bit of British
legislation which the premier seems to
view with sardonic amusement. I'm
an act of Parliament" says Lord
Salisbury, which authorizes us to
press forward technical instruction, it
is distinctly said that technical in
struction does not mean instruction in
any art, or craft, or livelihood. OF
course it is rather difficult under those
circumstances to know what it does
mean, but if you will go forward in the
act of Parliament you will find that it
means the cultivation of foreign lam
guages-" This is diverting indeed. but
the humor of the thing does not limit
its significance. Probably the British
legislator did not know exactly what
he did want Assuredly he is not the
first man who has found it hard to
draw a clear distinction betwixt you
may, you must, you cannot, and you
should"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

The omnigraph, as new instrument
designed to teach the art of telegraphy
is called, consists of a Dashboard on
which are secured an ordinary key
and sounder, between which a disk is
mounted, formed on it's periphery with
teeth. A spring contact adjacent to
the wheel engages the peripheral teeth
of the disk. Although irregular, the
arrangement of the teeth is arbitrary.
For if the disk be rotated by means OF
a small crank shaft geared with
the disk shaft. the spring contact is
forced outwardly by the teeth, but
drops back by its own elasticity and
thus makes and breaks the circuit. The
experienced telegraph operator detect
ing these makes and breaks at the
sounder recognizes them as the dots
and dashes of the Morse alphabet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

But We have to consider In this connec,
ton that. in the first place. the asser>
ton Is true only in few cases; sec
ond, that it applies to foreign manu-
facturers as well as our own, and.
third, and most important, that 1t Is
labor that receives the benefit of Pro.
lection
For example, suppose that q manu-
facturer finds that by employing q
thousand additional men he can re-
duce the total cost of his product by
10 per cent. II he does that he will
make more goods than the home mar
ket can absorb, even at a reduced price.
So that it will pay him, and afford adj
ditional employment to labor. If he
sells his surplus product to a foreign
market at a greater reduction than at
home, or even at cost Of production.
Then, again, foreign combinations
OF capital, which are real trusts-and
there are no trusts, in the legal sense,
in the United States. although there
are hundreds abroad. even in Free
Trade England-are constantly sending
their surplus product to this country
at prices ruinous to competition. They
do this by the device of billing their
goods, not to American importers, but
to their own agencies in this coun-
try. This is an abuse upon which
could dilate at length. But every man.
ufacturer, every wholesale and retail
merchant, understands how the Pro
tective intent of our tariff is thus
evaded.
TT seems to me-" concluded Mr.
Moore, that any survey of our re-
cent commercial history must convince
any candid mind that the country will
not consent to enter into any such re-
vision of the tariff as Mr.. Babcock
suggests. Only twenty-five years age
the United States was fourth in the
list of exporting nations. Today the
United States holds first place. In
that time the United States has in
creased its exports 1872 per cent. OU
tariff has made us the most prosper
GUS nation on earth. Labor com
mands here the highest wages. 1t ii
labor that would suffer most from &
radical change in our policy of sane.
ly Protective ff."-New York Mai
and Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

Exercise cannot with impunity be
neglected, and should be taken reg
ularly and in moderation. Most wo-
men would be all the better for walk
ing four or five miles each day, and,
were they to do SO, instead of de-
pending so much on street cars, good
compilations and trim figures would
be far more common than they are
among those who are no longer in
their first youth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

A remarkable flint bowlder has been
discovered in England In a cavity
within the bowlder was found a full
grown toad. which must. when young,
have entered the hole in the stone by
small aperture. There the unfortu-
nate prisoner waxed to adolescence.
and probably may have died of chag-
rim that he had delayed his exit too
long. for the hole afterward became
sifted up. The bowlder was exhibited
recently before the Linnean society,
and is eventually to be placed in the
Brighton museum.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

Omitting the cost of water and the
products of the soda fountains, the
American Grocer estimates that the
national drink bill'' for beverages of
all kinds amounted last year to more
than twelve hundred and twenty
eight million dollars. Alcoholic Hu-
uors account for more than a billion
dollars; coffee, for one hundred and
twenty-five millions; tea for thirty
seven millions, and cocoa for six mill
lions. Statistics are given to show
that our consumption of alcohol is not
increasing, and this, of course, is a
thing to be thankful for; but the seri-
GUS fact remains. that for these bever-
ages-some of which are unnecessary
and others distinctly harmful-there is
sQuandered every year money enough
to provide the comforts of life for all
who are in misery.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Starts Girls in Business.

Nine. Barbet-Batifol has bequeathed
an annuity of 10000 francs (s2,0o0) to
the city of Paris on condition that 1t
be given to the young unmarried work
ing girl who by virtue Of her intelli-
gence and good conduct is capable Of
setting up in business and only re-
quires the necessary funds. The ap-
plicants must be French. Each year
the project of the Seine will select
what he considers the most deserving
case.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
ArAMous OLD HOUSE

The house OF Walter Baker & Co.,
whose manufactures OF cocoa and
chocolate have become familiar in the
mouth as household words, was estab-
lished one hundred and twenty-one
years ago 1780) on the Neponset river
In the old town Of Dorchester, a suburb
OF Boston From the little wooden
mill, '.by the rude bridge that arched
the Hood" where the enterprise was
first started. there has grown up the
largest Industrial establishment of the
kind in the uorid. 1t might be said
that, while other manufacturers come
and go. Walter Baker & Co.. go on for
ever.
cess? 1t is very simple one. They
have won and held the confidence OF
the great and constantly increasing
body of consumers by always main
tanning the highest standard in the
quality of their cocoa and chocolate
preparations. and selling them at the
lowest price for which unauthorized
articles of good quality can be put
upon the market. They welcome hon
est competition; but they feel justified
in denouncing in the strongest terms
the fraudulent methods by which in
ferior preparations are palmed on on
customers who ask for and suppose
they are getting the genuine articles.
The best grocers refuse to handle such
goods. not alone for the reason that,
in the long run, it doesn't pay to do it,
but because their sense of fair dealing
will not permit them to aid in the sale
of goods that defraud their customers
and injure honest manufacturers.
Every package of the goods made by
the Walter Baker Company bears the
well-known trade mark La Belle
Chocolatiere," and their place of manu-
facture Dorchester, Mass" House
I, keepers are advised to examine their
purchases, and make sure that other
| goods have not been substituted.
| An attractive little book of Choice
Recipes" will be mailed free to any
housekeeper who sends her name and
address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd,
158 State Street, Boston, Mass.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

King Edward has an aged subject In
the British islands who cannot speak
the language. She is Miss Mary Stew
art, a descendant of the Stewards OF
Appin, and was born at Ardnamurch-
an, Argyleshire, in 1871, so that she
has been fifty-three years in service at
different places between Appin and In
verary district. She is still hale and
hearty and able to get up and about.
The old lady does not know any Eng
lish, but speaks Gaelic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

An Ohio Spectator tainted when he
saw that stocks in which he was in
terested were going down, and when
he came to he found that he was many
thousands of dollars richer than when
he lost consciousness. Yet a few years
from now he will tell his grandchi1d-
rem that he made his money by econ
omy, industry, and the exercise of his
superior ability.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

A pooh-bah at McBain, Mich, dis
tances all others, either Of local or op-
cratic fame. William H. Brown of that
place is deputy sheriff, marshal, street
commissioner, pound-master, fire war
den, health officer and truant officer.
He Is also an officer In several lodges.
The combined earnings of all these po-
sitions foots up about $500 per annum.
and Mr.. Browns busy day comes
around seven times week.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

In the district court Of Logan coun-
ty, Oklahoma, the Guthrie & Western
Railroad company had a land suit
against George Cooper. The defend
ant asked that the case be tried by
seven members of the Masonic order
instead of the usual jury. The all
road attorney, himself Mason, agreed.
and the case was so tried. both par
ties furthering agreeing that no ap-
peal should be taken from the verdict.
Cooper won.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

The origin of the tiger as an emblem
of Tammany is said by w. c. Mont
anye, a coffee and spice dealer, in
New York, to date from the time when
William M. Tweed, then foreman of
big Six fire company, took a fancy
to a picture of a royal Bengal tiger
in the elder Montayne's store in the
sos. Tweed adopi ed the emblem for
the American club, and it soon was
accepted by all Tammany
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

1t is the night OF the I'd OF April,
1865-Sunday night-in the confederate
army. General Robert E. Lee is even
more thoughtful than it is his habit
to be. He has determined upon last
desperate resort to save the remnants
of his army from the union troops.
His plan involves the abandonment of
Richmond and Petersburg-the forced
marching to the south, the junction
with Johnston's force, the whipping of
Sherman and the maintenance of the
ill-starred confederacy for year or
two longer. AS he thinks of these
things his weary mind takes in a
broader scope of subjects. He sees him
self again a colonel in the United
States army-serving on the staff of
Lieutenant General Winfield Scott,
whose favorite he is. Surprising that
he had not resigned. He might have
been in command of the union troops;
his Virginia birth would not have stood
in his way, as is shown in the case of
George H. Thomas. But did he have
any choice? Nay, for his first duty,
as he saw it, was to his state. His
state-proud old Virginia. tie birth
place of Washington-could le forsake
her in time of trouble? Could he, for
the sake of food and clothing and
money and rank, have proved false to
the old dominion? Nay, Lieutenant
General Grant is in command of the
northern forces. Lee remembers him
way back in Mexico-where his
brother officer used to speak of him as
Sam" Grant. He was a lieutenant
then, and Lee was a major. Who would
have supposed that nineteen years
could have wrought such changes! AS
General Lee thus muses. he sees the
whole heavens lighted up with a great
blaze The cannon are discharging
around him; the musketry is rafting.
| But the blaze is distinct from either
4 of these and it indicates the burning
| of such records as the confederates
cannot take with them. This day he
has communicated to President Davis
his intention to depart. And the home
of the executive in Richmond has been
a scene of wild confusion ever since
Jefferson Davis received Lees dis
patch. In Richmond, too, confusion
worse COMPOUNDED reigns. The citizens
there are panic-stricken. Their CAPT.
tai to be abandoned, which they have
held through four years. and to Lin
coins hirelings. At last General Lee,
having directed the movement Of his
shattered, starving soldiers, mounts
| his hui Sc anu TlQcS SlOWly OUT Ol re-
tersburg toward the south. Even yet
he does not know what is coming;
how a week from today he will sSr-
render to Grant, who will receive his
Icapitulation with every sign of delight
and give him the best terms possible;
how he will not leave Virginia now
or at any future time; how the patient
President Lincoln will walk through
the streets of Richmond today or to-
morrow; how his evacuation of Peters
burg is the first step toward a resto-
ration of the union; how thirty-three
years later his nephew, Fitz-Hugh Lee,
shall be commissioned general in the
United States army; how ne and Joe
Wheeler shall both fight for the union
which they have labored to destroy,
and how the whole American people
shall honor the memory of Robert E.
Lee-Utica Observer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

FLING Doed.LHne Why 1"1HH 1seho'
Trouble is expected between the cat
tie and sheepmen in the vicinity OF
Green River, Wyo., as a result OF re-
cent meeting of the cattlemen when
they established a dead line and sent
notices to sheepmen to keep away
from same The sheepmen say they
have been using the territory claimed
by the cattlemen for many years and
they propose to stand by what they
consider their rights.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
oerm.u Navy building ships.

The German navy department has
given several orders for new ships to
private shipbuilding firms. The Wes-
ser company, in Bremen. is to build
two small cruisers. Blohm & Voss of
Hamburg are to build an armored
cruiser The Howaldt works, in Kiel,
also has a small cruiser on hand and
contracts for two more battleships will
shortly be given out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
King Of Greco, Handles PIow.

King of Greeo, Handles Pillow.
pleasant way of spending some of
the summer months is that adopted
by the king of Greece. He turns farm
er and works as hard as IL he were
a land 1aborer. He can pillow a field.
cut and bind corn-fn short, keep
farm going from start to finish, as
though it were his business.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

Saved from Injurious Composition.
In consequence of the injurious COM
petition of American and other indus
tries the wages of finished iron work
ers in the north of England have been
reduced seven and one-haf per cant.
Protection saves the workmen of
America from Injurious competition OF
other -HorneIsviJe IN ID
Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
served ID Army so Year,.

The retirement from active service OF
Col Writ Davis, Third cavalry, at his
own request after more than fifty
years service. was announced at the
war department in Washington re-
Gently
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
Engine. Probably uniniur.s.

On the battleship Maine, sunk in Ha-
vana harbor, are 1872 complete engines
and the contractor who is raising the
wreck is confident that all are unin-
jured- The ship is worth $4,000. 600 il
she can be patched up.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

According to a recent regulation,
pupils in the schools of Saxony will
hereafter be required to commit to
memory POI Biblical verses and 1913
verses Of hymns in addition to the
catechism.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

Those outrageous trusts ought to
be wiped out OF existence if it takes
every gun and every gallows in the
land to do il"
What's your special grievance
against them?"
why, the scoundrels refused to buy
up our plantr'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

The German city of Cassel will cele
brate the thousandth anniversary o
it's foundation in 1913.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
OPPOSE REVISION.
TARIFF QUESTION MUST NOT
BE REOPENED.

The Babcock Progr.m for Dealing with
the Iron and Steel Combine would Re-
suit In Wreeking Many Concerns Not
Connected with the BIG Trust
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01

Mary Owens of Chicago is said to be
the only woman in the world who does
regular police duty. Every husband
can testify that this is incorrect 8.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-02

A clear CompIexion,

Is q sign Of good health, which Is
quickly obtained By use of Rex Tea.
Il purifes the blood, regulates The
kidneys and liver, and cnres con
siipation. All druggists are author
lied 70 refund the money IN any
case where Rex Tea fails 70 do
5 hat Is claimed for it. Price 25e
per package. Nov9 -