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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-17

There women who devote their whole lives
home duties many of whom know what it is to drag
along day after day suffering intensely. The symp-
spinal weakness dizziness excitability, bear
ing down, algone feeling, and sudden faintness. The
only safe and permanent for this is vogeler's
Curative Compound which directly the Ston-
ach Liver, Kidneys, and vital organs of the body It
all impurities from the blood. 1t imparts
strength, vitality, and vigour in all from which
:. home women = suffer.
A free sample bottle will be application to
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd. Baltimore.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-17

When the moth at the fame is a
widow it is not the moth that is In
danger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-17

Any man who feeds upon his own
greatness Is not apt to be troubled
With the govt.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-17

When the long day lasts six months
and the long night another six months,
as it does north of the arctic circle,
the Laplander has great need Of a
clock. He must know when to go to
bed and when to get up and when to
eat his meals. AS there is no rising
and no setting sun and no sun high in
the heavens at midday, he is a slave
to his clock if he would live with any
kind of regularity. An Englishman le-
scribes a novel clock that he saw IN
Lapland, relates the Youths Compan-
ion-
At one place, hung on a peg driven
into the logs of the wall, we were con-
demned to gaze hourly upon the exas-
perating device of a dentifrice adver-
tisement connected with a clock In
this a smiling young person drew a
toothbrush quickly across a beautiful
set of cardboard teeth between every
tick.
was much wishful for sleep and
forgetfulness, but neither would come.
Hour after hour l was condemned to
lie awake and stare at the toothbrush
clock, and to read the legend, printed
in my native tongue, that it was made
III anu lAdl the
was one put up in neat packets, price
six pence, or one shilling, and that it
could be had of any chemist with the
least presumption to call himself re-
spectacle.
Boys Presence of Mind.
To be able to keep a cool head in a
time of excitement or danger is a val
liable power, and one that is not as
common as it ought to be- The power
to think clearly and act quickly in IN
emergency seems to be Unborn with
some people, while others who can use
their brains to good advantage on r.
binary occasions lose their wits COM
pletely when they are brought face 10
face with any unusual situation. An
incident that occurred not long since
in Chicago is q good Illustration Il
what may be accomplished by a clear,
cool head.
Two boys were working together in
one room of a factory where trunks
were manufactured, when in some way
fire started in a pile OF window
blaze, which was only a small one
rushed frantically down stairs and ont
to the nearest box, where he turned
in an alarm The other, however
quickly gathered up the burning
shades, thrust them into a trunk stand
ina near, and shut the cover upon
them When the firemen reached the
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NOT WHAT THEY SEEM

ID one OF the many mysteries :,
that some people should Ann, Vi Tile
commit themselves to matrImonv ,a We
u ~ Spena the remainder of their Iiye S" y
posing before the world as celiba, ,e' IN
tor more than generatIor =,
batty and a Miss jackson IIysd 'Ohn
pos'le ends y. The same small yll,ao' W
the north Of Yorkshire. Englara mage IN
r spoke to each other, and on ', ,s
lew occasions when they me-, =" W., we
treated each other with old fas., 'uey
courtesy and with the reserve hao
ing 10 an old bachelor and n Mn, nm
iady About ten years AGO Mr. pns
VINO mao then reached the rlpe Ola 49, W.
OF eighty. died, and when the co ,S sss
OF his VIII became known thew fu r.1u"
ed such food for gossip as tSo 'S ,'n1
had not known within living memo oras'
MT Batty, who had always heor
garded by his neighbors as tbo -" re re-
crusty OF bachelors and almost as = " "'
man hater, left all his estate 10 w W.
lawful wife Annie. commonly knon.. NY
MISS Jackson OF Rose cottage. IN tt a.
village, 70 whom ! was married n ,h'
city OF York on Aug. 9, 1919 bpt = n NV
for reasons which need not be eyn,oi s"o
has never lived with me or been I ra"
as my wife" "''O"n
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CUBA DESTINED TO BE A GREAT CATTLE RAISING COUNT

the Islands wealth and ~ per cent OF It's
population, but we are rapidly recuper-
ating and not long hence we VIII have
regained all that we lost and much
more.
There Is a population Of less than fifty
10 the square mile, and, owing to the
Spanish custom Of laying the taxes on
industry and commerce rather than
upon real estate. there are vast estates
composed practically OF wild or pasture
lands which only need TO be inclosed TO
make the finest ranches In the world.
Grass Is luxuriant In the winter months
as well as In the summer, and one great
advantage we have over cattle raisers
In the north consists In the fact that
cattle can remain out on the ranges the
whole year through, no housing being
necessary
These plains OF Puerto Principe and
Santa Clara are covered with rich para
ma and Guinea grass, abundant and
succuent and near the cities OF Santa
Clara and Matanzas there are already
large inclosed pastures which show
what can be done with the native mate
rial In n country with an equable eli
mate, abundant rainfall and agricul-
turally one OF the richest regions in the
world.
Land may he had at prices varying |
with the location and the demand. II Is |
usually sold by the 'caballeria" of thlr-
ty-three acres, and when one buys he |
would better be on the watch for flaws J
IN the title. as the Cubans have been
very lax in the past not only In their
manner of recording titles. but Of OBJ
them. Prices have gone up OF |
late since the great central railway
was begun This will run through the
center of the island from Havana TO
Santiago province and open up a vast
territory hitherto unknown and unde-
veloped. The railroad company has
purchased vast tracts Of land in the
central and eastern provinces not only
for its franchise, but for speculative
but there,is yet much to be
lad In hundred and thousand acre lots,
which can be brought into communiea-
lion with the coast as well as with the
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only feasible, but quite reasonable The
first commercial stations OF this COM
pany, with It's capital OF s6,O0O,OOO, will
be tablished between the United
States and Cuba, and II is expected that
Florida and Havana viii be connected
by wireless telegraphy before June 1.
II this scheme as outlined Is success
fully carried out, the initial steps will
have been taken toward making the
United states not only dominant but
a world factor In the dissemination Of
news by the new system. Situated as II
IS with a vast coast line on either
ocean, our country occupies a geograph-
ical position that enables It to reach
out right and left and eventually EN-
brace the globe.
on. the Atlantic coast OF the United
States a vast archipelago, composed OF
hundreds Of Gays and islands. extends
from near Florida to the north coast Of
South America, forming a series OF
stepping stones" between the two
great continents Of the western hemi.
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can magazine Of the same name and in
1894 the Australasian, all of which have
been pronounced literary and financial
successes. II seemed at one period that
Mr. Stead was always about projecting a
newspaper or a magazine. but this only
illustrates a single phase Of his abound
ing activities. II also appeared at an
other time as II he were always cham
pioning the under dog" in every fight,
but II later developed that It was not
always TO the interest OF said dog for
him TO do So as an unfavorable rcac-
tion was almost inevitable. Rushing In
where others feared to tread, Mr.. Stead
planned and carried out his great
scheme Of interviewing the car OF Rus
STA, championlng him and his pseudo
paoifcation Of the world with his GUS
tomary enthusiasm, but not to the last
Ing benefit OF the cause. He also inter-
viewed the Holy Father at Rome, put
ting forth the result In ''The Pope and
the New Era"in 1889. Flying OF at tan
gent. he came TO America and In 1898
brought out his sensational book. "If
Christ Came to Chicago" three years
later paying his respects TO New York
In his "Satan's Invisible World,
Study Of Despairing Democracy" In
which the internal phantasmagorla
and abysmal denominations" OF Gotham
were set forth with startling distinct
ness. In his triad Of books on London,
New York and Chicago Mr.. Stead de-
picted what seemed to him az their
most Whaling conditions and thrust in
the probe with perfect fearlessness and
disregard OF consequences.
Personally upright. Mr.. Stead plunges
into the most compromising subject
without fear Of reproach. Apparently
Indifferent TO the worlds praise or
blame. yet he seems possessed OF a BIT
ing itch for notoriety. His friends ex-
plain II by saying that he is a born re-
former who by sensational methods ac-
complishes more in a week than the
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sphere. The distances between them
vary, but there are no two contiguous
islands more than 100 miles apart. Less
than a hundred miles separate Key West
and Havana, from which latter point
messages can be flashed TO the Isle Of
Pines, another hundred mills or by a
land and submarine line via Cienfuegos
to Santiago, whence Kingston, Jamai-
ca, and Jeremle, Haiti are about equl-
distant, or within 100 miles. From ia
maica to either Nicaragua or Panama
is straightaway distance Of GOO miles,
400 to Cartagena and 700 to Caracas. in
Venezuela, so that the South American
continent could be reached without any
trouble by means Of apparatus at pres
ent employed,
If different direction Is taken and
the messages are sent from island 10
island between Cuba and Trinidad, near
the mouth OF the Orlnoco. II viii be
found that, after the channels separate
ing Cuba and Haiti and santo Domingo
and Porto Rico are crossed, the isles Of
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tory TO all except the people OF other ma
tionalities. comprising perhaps 300 OOO,-
900 out Of the total OF about 1900 900. 900
inhabiting this mundane sphere.
This the latest output of Mr.. Steads
fertile brain may be taken as the index
OF his characteristic pose. He has cho-
sen TO glorify America and Americans
because, in the first place, he took a
notion to and, In the second, could
thereby glorify John Bull. In this pose
he has always been consistent, as may
be proved by a study Of his career dur
ing the past thirty years.
Born in 1S49, the son Of a noncon.
formlst minister in the north country"
of England with strong religious tend
encies at the outset and leaning to-
ward journalism from the very first, he
became editor Of a small newspaper at
the age Of twenty-five and at thirty-one
was one OF John Morley's staff on The
Pail Mall Gazette. He succeeded the
eloquent Morley three years later and
then seemed TO make II his business to
seek out and publish sensation after
sensation until he had fairly earned
the title generally bestowed upon him
OF the apostle OF sensationallsm." One
Of his sensations landed him in Jail, in
fact. and that was his exposure OF the
monstrous crimes perpetrated in Lon
don which he published under "The
Maiden Tribute OF Modern Babylon"
For this he sutherland glorled in
three months Imprisonment. but his
revelations shook London TO its center
and resulted In the enactment OF cor
receive legislation In 1885 by criminal
law that had never before been thought
possible. Although Mr.. Stead had con-
fessed to the commission OF crime In
form in order TO secure evidence, he was
given a light sentence, and on his re-
lease was treated to an ovation at Ex-
eter hall, London, by his corelgionists
In 1890 Mr.. Stead founded the London
Review Of Reviews, in 1891 the Ameri-
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' sues" says that eminent
author, w. 4. Stead "as
the triumphant advance OF the Ameri-
cans TO the first place among the lead
ing nations OF the world. The nine
tenth century was the century Of the
British empire: the twentieth century is
the century Of the American republic.
The headshIp Of the English speaking
world has passed with the century from
the older to the younger branch"
Mr. Stead admits. even proolaims
with glsto, the superiority Of Amer
lean inventions as well as the super
abundance OF American beef, pork and
breadstuffs In the land OF his nativity
and adds. what the world well knows,
that without the latter his snug little
island would soon be brought to the
verge OF starvation. This admission
from a Briton born and bred would
seem astonishing and perhaps unoalled
for but for the very evident motive be-
hind Il. for he goes on 20 say:
1.-THE Americanization Sof the world
Is a phrase which excites quite need
leSSly some resentment III httof DIV
ain. 49, To all such irate champions OF
England and the English It is sufficient
to reply that as the creation Of the
Americans Is the greatest achievement
of our race there Is no reason TO resent
the part the Americans are playing In
fashioning the world In their image.
which. after all. Is substantially the Inn
age Of ourselves The Americanization
Of the world is but the anglicizing Of
the world at one removed"
There in a nutshell is the explanation
OF the movement and also the explana-
ton Of the explanation. The Americans
are forging ahead because. In sooth.
they are substantially Britons. all OF
them, and really can't help advancing.
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since the longest distance a message
could be transmitted by the wireless,
was two miles and but three years since
the world was startled by the news that
one was sent across the English chan.
mel. Last October the steamer Campo.
MIA maintained communication with the
Nantucket lightship until she was 100
miles away. Last December Marconi
in Newfoundland, astonlshed the world
by claiming TO have received a signal
from Cornwall, 1900 miles distant, and
in February last says he maintained
communication when on board, ship
with his Cornwall station up TO dis
lance OF 1855 miles but had no CO.
herent messages TO show as the result
Taking the system, however at It's face
showing today, It may be used success
fully between points less than thou
sand miles apart and hence will at least
be OF great service In the contemplated
to be erected on the IS
lands Of the Atlantic and Pacific,
FREDERICK A. ODER.
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There is nothing ridiculous in the as
sumption that some day in the near fu-
ture we may become so, as shall en-
deavor 10 show.
In the first place, we can raise cattle
here for less than one-half their cost
In the United States as we have no
long winters TO provide for and no
droughts. In the second place, nature
particularly designed Cuba for a great
cattle raising country. giving It an
abundance OF nutritious grasses at all
seasons Of the year, running water and
vast plains suitable for the purpose.
The reason that the island has never
yet produced anywhere near Its capaci-
~ In this respect may be found In the
exactions OF the shortsighted Spanlards
before the war in imposing prohibitory
taxes and during the war stripping the
countryof every animal that wore horns,
hide or hoof The war took away near
ly every COW, cx, mule horse and even
hog that ranged the pastures, and since
the war we have been importing al the
rate OF at least 100000 yearly to supply
the deficiency, As to the smaller cat
tle," like hogs, they are their own for
ayers and can subslst from one years
end to another on the seeds Of Wild
palms. The Island is now being re-
stocked as rapidly as possible and yet
probably has no more than half mil
lion head Of domestic cattle at the pres
ent time, All cattle in the tropics, how
ever. are extremely fecund, and, there
being no winter cold 10 stunt the
growth the increase is wonderful.
Notwithstanding the vast acreage de.
voted TO our great staple. sugar cane,
nearly or quite half the islands 10000 |
square miles is either wild pasturage or
forest land. Cuba liz essentially an agri- |
cultural and grazing country, and near
ly one-hfth It's total population, say !
300 900, ls engaged IN tll!lng the soil or |
raising cattle Not many are giving |
their attention 10 cattle raising at pres |
ent for the simple reason that they can.
not get the cattle TO raise, notwlth-
standing the importation last year to
The amount Of over $4,000 900. The war
destroyed. Il Is estimated, two-thlrds !
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nent, either northward to Spain, the
Mediterranean coast and the Red sea
to the Indian ocean and places beyond,
or southwark to Cape Town and up the
eastern coast of Africa. BY either
route India and China could be reached.
and eventually our oriental possessions
in the Philippines.
Reaching westward from the coast OF
California, a distance OF 2,lOO miles
must be covered before first land is
reached in our colonial possession of
Hawaii, or the Sandwich Island group
beyond which, all Of 1000 miles farther
lies Wake Island, a minute speck on the
Pacific ocean hardly more than suffice
ing for the erection OF telegraph sta
ton. From Wake 1t is 1900 miles more
to Guam, and 1870 from Guam to the
island Of Luzon in the Philippines. A
short distance separates the east coast
of Luzon and Manila, whence commu-
nlcation may be established with Hong
kong, in China, $50 miles away In this
manner the distance between California
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tImorous ones do In a century. Like Ia
nous Cotton Mather, who fourished N
New England two centuries ago, steao
doubtless prefers intellectual pleasure
to sensual ones" and, like that great "
vine. he has taken a deep interest ~
spiritual matters, even going the iens'h
of asserting that he can commuhlea'e,
has communicated the splrl'ua'
world. Like Mather again, when ne eA'
perlenced a change OF heart or coh'le'
tons, he was prone TO SHIFT the ~
sponsibility upon the powers Oh uaiA'
ness, as his seventeenth century posv.
type did after he had recovered IRON W.
witchcraft delusion. when he ackhoNl'
edged that there had been gong Wv
far In that affair" and cast all lne
blame upon the devil. A further pare
lei In these two lives Is suggested ny WV
titles OF two OF their books, two oeh'u.
ries apart-Mather's Wonders Oh sne
Invisible World" 1899, and steads 50
tan's Invisible World 1891. -.
Both were sons Of ministers po.a
moved profoundly the world they lN.a
In, both were born with MISSION y
perform and did their best TO perlo '.,a
il. Stead has gained such soplausSs
as "the Stormy Petrol Of Jourh a,so
"the Pilgrim OF Peace" the MU oss
Peter the Hermit" "the Notorie'y 80 IA
or. "the Fin de Steele Messiah a"s
"the Apostle Of sensationalism' vsS
Notwithstanding his methods are ~.
and then Objectionable, he has sess'I !,
plIshed more than the average man -
the way OF moral and intellectual as", =,
ity, In the stirring Of the eesspVv ,'o,ss
depravity and shaking up the or' V'
WILLIAM N. ARTHuhs'
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the Virgins and Lesser Antilles lie less
than an average OF thirty miles apart,
with the exception of the last stretch
between Grenada and Tobago or Trim
dad Submarine cables connect all
these Islands at present, but the charges
are so high as to be almost prohibtive
TO ordinary traffic. After South Amer
lea is reached all the capitals Of that
continent can be communicated with by
flashes from the high peaks OF the An
des or from projecting points Of the
coast line all the way from Panama to
Patagonia. Nor need the messages
stop at South America, for between
Pernambuoo, in Brazil, and Sierra
Leone, on the west coast OF Africa, is a
stretch OF ocean only two-thirds the
width Of that which lies between Ire
land and Newfoundland so that the
two continents can easily be united by
this southern route via the West Indies
and the northeast coast Of South Amer
lea. Thence the mysterious flashes
could be sent around the dark conti-
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and the Philippines may be covered,
provided the long spaces Of 1000 miles
or so can be overcome, and communica-
ton established around the globe by
means Of the land stations in Asia, Az
RIGA and Europe.
3 Signor Marconi claims to have re-
ceiyed transoceanlc signals from point
1900 miles distant, which slightly ex-
ceeds the distance between San Fran
cisco and Hawaii. and may certainly be
taken as the present extreme limit
However, It is announced that Hawaii
and the United States will have cable
connections by the end of this year. and
the wireless" may serve a temporary
use, II nothing more, while maintaining
communication between points at lesser
distances apart
At all events there is future for the
system, though II may be many years
before It supersedes the cables, even IL
II should ever become their formidable
rival. II is yet In its infancy, so to
speak, as only six years have passed
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ODD PlCKUPS.

At the ST. Louis exposition there VIII
be over 100000 square feet in the main
buildings alone. while another large
building, 1900 by 225 feet-the largest OF
them all-is projected for agriculture.
This represents fully as much space as
was In similar buildings e. the Chicago
Worlds fair In iSs3 None Of the other
expositions IN this country. however
since. Chicago has exceeded 100000
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proved practicable over comparatively
short distances, and the formation In
this country OF a company for its ex-
ploltation, as recently announced Is by
no means a chimercal scheme. The
system has proved IFS original claim to
be exceedingly useful over short dis
tances and especially as a means of
internsular communication, between
ships at sea and between vessels and
the shore, so the proclaimed purpose of
this company to at first turn its atten-
ton to the transmitting OF messages
between the United States and the is
land possessions OF this country is not
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square feet in main exhibit building
space.
Last year in Venezuela alone 1000 COO
birds We're Killed for fashions sake.
One London dealer admitted twelve
years ago, long before fashion was so
piiiiess as now, that he sold 100000
small birds every twelve months
Three recent conslgnments IN London
Included 1900 birds OF paradlse, nearly
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EDlSoN's DEAFNess

Thomas Alva Edison Is quite do.,
The sad affair that caused this nam
condition is simply told by an eva '''iS'
ness. who discovered the eaes y'h Wv.
climbing to a signal box and watob,O,
the operator instead of attending 10 hIs
duties. A big, burly railway ofio Ia,
came along and lifted the boy from HI.
position by his ears, and thus his h.a ,"'
Ing was impaired. WAR
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500 packages Of osprey feathers. GOO
crested pigeons. $500 impeyan pleas
ants. 800 blrdskins. 20 cases OF pea
cocks feathers. 1900 argus pheasants
and 800 various other small birds.
The people OF Fail river siass.. have
protected the wild gray squirrels in the
neighborhood. one was picked up the
other day on the principal street ana
ate candy from the hand " friendly
citizen.
A defender OF the mosquito says the