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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
At the Last Moment.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

Copyright 1902 by Daily Story Pub. Coz
This day had finished the loading of
the vessel for her trip across the
ocean, and now, as the sun was sink
ing behind the shrouds of the ship to
the west, the stevedores filed in font
Of the officer who was checking off
and paying for the hours they had
worked.
AS they received their money the
stevedores passed across to the wharf
Or stopped for few minutes con-
Sersation with each other, or with
some of the sailors who CHANGED to be
near. One of them dropped unnoticed
through hatchway and slipped back
INTO the hold, where the freight had
oeen slowed. Then he made his way
among the boxes and bales until he
came to narrow space which had
evidently been left by design, for it
was long enough for a man to stretch
at full length in it and contained wa
Ter and crackers enough to keep off
starvation for a week or ten days.
After the young stevedore had crowd
ed into it, he drew case in front of
the opening to prevent discovery by
1 possible prowler or inspector of the
freight.
Then he made himself as comfort
able as he could in the narrow space
and chuckled at the prospect Of
-eaching the other side without cost
He thought eXultantly of what he
would do when he got there, and of
The other strange lands he would visit
before returning home. There was no
sense in people spending money to
-ravel when little shrewdness and a
bold face would answer just as well.
He had So in his pocket, the sum
paid him on deck a half hour before,
but that was as much as he usually
had ahead these days. He had given
up work. except in case of necessity;
and even the So would not have been
earned had not this trip across the
ocean been planned as part of the
gain.
For an hour he remained awake list
ening to the sounds on deck and exult-
Ing in his own shrewdness; then,
weary with the days labor, his head
leaned forward and he sank into a
sound sleep.
Late the next evening the vessel
was to begin her voyage, and during
the early part of the day his attention
was occupied by the sounds of pas
sengers coming on board and of bag
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME,
Notre Dame Indiana,

We call the attention of our readers
20 the advertisement of Notre Dame
University, one of the great educa-
:ional institutions of the West, which
appears in another column of this pa
per. Those of our readers who may
lave occasion to look up a college for
heir sons during the coming year
would do well to correspond with the
President, who will send them a cata-
.ogue free of charge, as well as all
particulars regarding terms, courses
of studies, etc.
There is a thorough preparatory
school in connection vita the Univer-
5ity, in which students of all grades
will have every opportunity of pre-
oaring themselves for higher studies.
The Commercial Course intended for
Young men preparing for business,
nay be finished in one or two years,
according to the ability of the student.
ST. EDWARDS HALL, for boys I'M
Ter thirteen. is an unique department
IF the institution. The higher courses
are thorough in every respect, and
students will find every opportunity
Of perfecting themselves in any line
Of work they may choose to select
ThoroughneSS in class work, exact
ness in the care of students, and de-
votion to the best interests of all, are
the distinguishing characteristics of
Notre Dame University.
Fifty-eight years of active work in
the cause of education have made this
institution famous all over the coun
try.
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Drew himself up onto one of the
wharves.
tie rocky farm which he had left be
cause it was too slow.
She had never doubted him for
moment, or ceased to think of the
time when he was to provide lovingly
for her old age. When some of his
worst escapades had been reported
she had smiled wistfully, but hopeful
ly. "Sammy's young" she had said
AN doesn't realize. He's a good boy
an will do better when he's older.
Him an mes goin' to live together
ag'in some time; he'll be layin' by for
it pretty SOON"
Something swelled in the young
mans throat as he remembered how
many times he had heard her say that
and how many times he had declared,
in moments of boyish repentance, thai
he was going to take care of her when
he was man. Even after he left he
had once written home that he was
"goin' to git some money laid by pref
ty soon" All through these three
years she had written regularly and
lovingly, and though he had answered
only briefly and at long intervals. her
faith in him had not for an instant
wavered- Even now he had a letter
in his pocket, received three days be-
fore, and not yet opened.
Down here in the depth of the hold,
alone, with everything he had known
about to be left behind, his heart had
suddenly grown tender and sore. 1t
might be years before he would see
the gentle old face again, and at the
thought his fingers reached foo the
letter and drew it out softly and ten
derby. But it was already dark in the
hold and he could not see
For moment he stroked it re-
morsefully, then he pushed the case
aside and CROPPED his way out among
the boxes and bales. He would seek
the hatchway or some place where
there was light enough to read the
letter. He must find out what the old
mother had to say; and he would re-
turn-he woodland do everything
that he had promised. He would go
back to the little farm and take care
of the mother in her old age He
could make a living there, and that
was more than he was sure of in a
city
For an hour there had been the
final sounds of departure overhead,
but he had not noticed this. AS he
went forward. however, he was con-
scious of a peculiar sensation of ris-
iag and falling, which told him that
the ship was under way
The hatchway was not closed, but
even there IL would have been too
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY.
Notre Dame. Ind,

We call the attention of our readers
to the advertisement Of ST. Mary's
Academy which apears in another col
umn of this paper. We do not need to
sxpatiaue upon the scholastic advan-
lagos of st. Mary's for the catalogue of
the school shows the scope of work
included in it's curriculum, which is
Of the same high standard as that of
Vassar and Bryn Mawr, and is carried
out faithfully in the class rooms. We
simply emphasize the spirit of earn
est devotion which makes every teach
er at ST. Mary's Loyalty strive to de-
ve1op each young girl attendant there
into the uruest, noblest, and most intel
Hgent womanhood- Every advantage
of equipment in the class rooms, lab
oratories and study rooms, every care
in the matter of food and clothing
and exceptional excellence of classic
conditions these features are
found at ST. Mary's, in the perfection
of development only to be obtained
by the conservation of devoted lives to
educational Christian work, in a spot
favored by the Lord
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IRONING A SHIRT WAIST.

Not infrequently young woman
finds it necessary to launder a shirt
waist at home for some emergency
when the laundryman or the home SER
want cannot do 1t. Hence these direc-
lions for ironing the waist: To iron
summer shirt waists so that they VIII
look like new it is needful 90 nave
them starched evenly with DEFIANCE
starch, then made perfectly smooth
and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to be
laid away two or three hours When
ironing have a bowl of water and
clean piece of muslin beside the IRON
ing board. Have your iron hot, but
not sufficiently SO to scorch, and abso-
lutely clean. Begin by ironing the
back. then the front, sides and the
sleeves, followed by the neckband and
the cuffs. When wrinkles appear ap-
ply the damp cloth and remove them.
Always iron from the top of the waist
to the bottom. II there are plaits in
the front iron them downward, after
nrst raising each one with a blunt
knife, and with the edge of the iron
follow every line of stitching to give 1t
distfnctness. After the shirt waist II
froned it should be well aired by the
fire or in the sun before 1t is folded
and put away, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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AFTER BUGS, NOT MEN.
Drug Clerk Unnecessarily Alarmed
Over Demand for Poison.

over Demand for Poison.
He entered the drug store with his
lips set. and a look in his eye that
denoted a determination that was des-
perate.
81 want some paris green he said
hoarsely, right away! 1 can't wait.
They shall die this very day."
The drug clerk spared for time as
he worked his way to the telephone
to call up the police department. "A1l
right, SIR he said, "but it will take
a little while to prepare it,
NONSENSE" said the man, 81 will
prepare it. They are ready to end
their existence. Give me the poi
SOM"
The drug clerk paled and pressed
the button for the porter.
Yes, yes" he said, "how many
do you intend to kli?"
About a millioni' The clerk paled
again. Heavens" he exclaimed to
himself, 1.-The man is not only a would
be murderer, but maniac as WE'LL"
Then he added aloud: Are you GO
ing to annihilate children and women
as well?"
children and women?" said the
desperate man. who said anything
about children and women? I'm after
the bugs on my roses. Is that stuff
ready yet?"
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without being essentially altered, and
here may still be seen the hollow Or
namental columns on either side of
the parlor mantel in which were con-
cealed communications from Gen.
Grant and the authorities at Wash
ington, the attic where fugitives from
Libby prison awaited an opportunity
of escape through the lines, the secret
chamber beneath the ewes into which
they crawled when discovery threat
ened, the outlet through the roof for
sudden flight when detection was i'm
minent and the strange figure on the
basement wall of the mistress of the
mansion herself, which started out
upon the application of some removal
ing chemical like writing with sensi-
tized ink when exposed to fire.
Perhaps her most dramatic achieve
ment was the surreptitious removal
of the body of young Ulrich Dahlgren,
the son of Admiral Dah1gren, who was
killed in King and Queen county, Va,
and whose untimely end his mother
never ceased to mourn. Buried near
the spot upon which he fell, his re-
mains were removed three weeks
later by order of the Confederate au-
thorities, and placed in lakewood
cemetery, near R1cQmOEQ. On the
afternoon of the same day Martin
Lipscomb, the contractor for the
burial OF the Federal and Confederate
dead, was visited at his home on
Franklin street by John Lehman, a
German builder, and an unsupported
agent of Miss Van Lew, who repre-
scented Admiral Dahlgren as crazed
by the death of his son, and besought
him for the sake of humanity to dis
close the whereabouts of the body and
assist in it's restoration to the dis
tracted father.
Through a change of directions on
the part of Gen. Elzey, then in charge
of the city department, the interment
of the young officer had not been in
trusted to Lipscomb, and piqued by
this and moved by the appeals of his
visitor, he promised to give him the
desired aid. At 10 o'clock that night,
therefore, he repaired to the cemetery.
Lehman, with his brother and negro
gravedigger, awaited him, and amid
q fierce thunder and hail storm, the
very batteries of heaven seeming to
be turned upon them, they executed
the task, carrying the body to Lob
mans house, on Chelsea Hill, north of
what is now the Richmond Locomo-
tive works. There they found Miss
Van Lew with two or three Union
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Hay to Build Apartment House

One of the finest buildings tina,
have ever graced Washington, asidt
from the government structures, will
be the new apartment house about tt
be erected by Secretary of State JOIN
Hay. A row of very good houses be
longing to Mr.. Hay on fashionable.
Connecticut avenue is being tori
down to make room for it, and S
much-used alley in the square will b.
closed, as he is the owner of all thu
abutting property. Each suite O.
rooms in such a swell apartment
house rents for more per annum thai
the full amount of the average man;
salary. 1t does not require the brain
OF mathmetician to guess at Mr.
Hays future income from this build
ing alone, with it's eightyfour suites
to say nothing of the cafe.
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closing i've twenty-five dollar gold

closing five twenty-five dollar gold
pieces for attendant expenses. A
ready assent was given, but upon in
vestigation the grave was found to be
empty. and as young Dahlgren's order
to burn Richmond and kill the presi-
dent with his cabinet had aroused in
tense feeling at the south, his friends
believed that there had been foul
playa conviction retained until after
the cessation of hostilities. The pre-
cipitate action, too, retarded the OBJ
ject which it was meant to hasten, the
restoration of the body being delayed
until three weeks after peace had
been declared.
Recalling the fate of Mrs. Surratt, ii
is still a matter of surprise that, sus-
pected as she was throughout the
war, Miss Van Lew should have been
allowed by the authorities to go at
large.
Her services in the cause of the
Union were not positively and fully
known, however, until after her death.
when ex-federal officers, who had
been concealed in her house-one vi
whom now occupies a government
position in Washing ton-visited the
place and disclosed the secret cham
Der and the movable step leading out
through the roof. That her services
were recognized by Gen. Grant is
evinced by the fact that, upon hear
ing of the evacuation of Richmond, he
dispatched his aid-de-camp, Col.
Parke, to gee that sac was properly
cared for, and when his army entered
the city, paid long visits to her at
her home.
One of his first acts, too, after he
became president, was to make her
postmistress of Richmond, position
which she held for eight years, and
her receipts from which amounted to
100000. She later had a government
position in Washington, which she
retained until Cleveland came into
power, when she resigned. Her
mother died in 1870, after which her
home was shared by her brother and
his two daughters. One by one they
passed away, however, leaving her al
the last alone in the old house, haunt.
ed by the memories of more than
a century. Her course during the
war, and her utilization with the ne
groes after it alienated the people o.
Richmond, who withdrew from all as
sociation with her. Only one or two
close friends continued to cling to
her; and her pathetic plant, wher
sickness and old age had overtakeu
her, was: I'm so lonely; nobody
loves me-"
No stone marks the green mound
beneath which she sleeps in Shockoe
Hill cemetery, but a strange coinci
dence identifies it. The space reserv
ed for her in the family 1oi
was insufficient to admit of her grave
being dug in the usual way, and +.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
The Wrong Side for Tracts.

Robert Kettle, a Glasgow manufac
turer, was one of the warmest advo
Gates which the cause of teetotalisn
ever had in the commercial capita
of Scotland. He was always willini
to speak a word in season to pro
mote this reform. Usually he carries
about with him bundle of tracts
which he distributed at houses ant
shops where he happened to call
One day he gave few to a youni
lady. Visiting at the house two o.
three days later he noticed his frient
had used the tracts as curl papers
81 see, my lassie," he said, I'VE has
made use O. the tracts l left wi ye
but''-this to spare her bushes
we've put them on the wrang side o
your head. my woman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
SECRETARY SHAW ENERGETIC.
New Head Of Treasury Department
Sets a Hot Pace.

Sets Hot Pace.
Secretary Shaw is the most indus
trious member of the Presidents cabi
net, says the Washington correspond
ent of the Brooklyn Eagle. Shortly
after he succeeded Lyman j. Gage, Mr.
Shaw startled the treasury Waterman
by appearing at the department one
morning promptly at o'clock. The
doors were unlocked by the wonder
ing attendant, who thought that the
secretary's home clock had slipped Q
cog or two.
The next day Secretary Shaw turned
up at the same hour, and he has kept
up the practice ever since. Few treas
ury officials are able to maintain the
pace set by their chief. The latter's
private secretary, Robert B. Arm
strong, comes nearer doing this than
any of the others, and he manages tc
get at his desk somewhere near 6
o'clock each morning. Only once he
reported ahead of the secretary, how
ever. The latter gets an early start
He rises at 6 o'clock every day, eata
his breakfast at z, and by the time the
hands of the clock point to he is 81
the department.
1t is safe to say that this is some
thing that no other cabinet officer has
done for more than few days at
time.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
A MoUNTAINEER's COMMENT.
Constituent Thought Senator Carlisle
"Read Better Than He Looked"

Constituent Thought Senator Carlisle
"Read Better Than He Looked"
At the time when John G.. Carlisle
was senator from Kentucky his
speeches were widely printed and
attracted a great deal of attention
One day when the senate was in ses
sion a mountaineer from the wildesp
~1lds of Kentucky presented himsel
at the door and asked to see Senate,
Carlisle The visitor wore homespuI
and leather boots and was travel
stained and dusty. He explained tina
he had read Mr.. Carlisle's speeches
and considered them great, and hat
walked more than a hundred mile
in order to see the senator from hi,
state Mr.. Carlisle was busy at tn,
time and the clerk informed the Wis
itor that he could not be disturbed
The farmer looked disappointed ant
seemed reluctant to depart FINAL.
he asked if he might be taken whers
he could just catch a glimpse of tn,
great man he had walked SO far t.
see. The request was granted ans
Mr. Carlisle was pointed out to him
After a brief scrutiny the farme
turned to the attendant:
Reads a heap better'n he looks
he remarked sententiously, and pre-
pared to walk back to Kentucky
New York Times
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he could not; it all kept surging over
him, again and again, and when he
would thrust il away, it returned only
more strongly and persistently. Yet
he was not leaving much, after all, he
told himself, grimly; he had not had a
home for three years; he had no po-
sition, no friends, no prospects; even
the boon companions would scarcely
inquire after or regret him. OF all
the world there was only just one
who believed in and trusted him, and
he had not seen her for three years
There had been months when he had
not even thought of her or of the lit
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da-k but for light somewhere above
which sent dull shaft into the hold.
In this he opened the letter and read:
Dear Sammy: Pm down with the
rheumatics, an the doctor says t will
be a long time fore I'm out. The
Eabors are good, but they can't leave
their own work an do mine I'm
feared, Sammy, if you don't come, the
farm will have to be sold. 'Tain't
wuth much, but I can't look out for it
any more. But don't feel bad, dear
boy, if you can't come. It's only
rheumatics I've got.
Ever your loving mother
The young man choked; there was
an unmistakable sob. In a moment
he had clambered up the hatchway. A
few passengers were standing near
the rail or lounging about; but no of
ficers were in sight. 1t was nearly
dark.
Slipping back to the stern of the
vessel, which was almost deserted, the
young man glanced about YEARLY
The wharves were a mile away and
were shadowy outlines; but he did not
mind that, for he was a strong swim
mer and a bold one. What he feared
was the Illustration of a plan which
had suddenly formed in his mind.
No one was watching him, however,
and presently grasping a rope, he
swung himself over the side and from
the end of the rope he dropped into
the water.
Two hours later he drew himself
up on one of the wharves, nearly ex-
hausted, but with look on his face
that had not been there for years.
Now for home,' he said aloud;
straight for home" Then he disap-
peared in the shadow of the great
warehouses.
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sympathizers. The former cut of a
lock of the officers hair, and Lips
comb having agreed to provide. me-
tallic coffin for the remains and Lob
man to undertake the transfer through
the lines, the party separated
The next morning at an early hour
the arrangements were completed, and
the cofin lifted into a cart and COW
cred With fruit trees A single mule
was at sached, and, with the statement
that It's trees were to be set out on
his farm, Lehman drove safely down
a double line of pickets in the direc-
ton of Laurel Station, on the Fred
ericksburg road, where, beneath a
a sassafras bush, a third burial was
effected Meanwhile, Admiral Dahl
gren wrote President Davis, asking
Tor the return of the body, and In
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Have Refused Titles.

Some of the greatest men England
has produced have resolutely refuses
to accept titles even when urged t.
do So Carlyle was a notable instance
in the field of letters, Mr. Gladstons
in the field of politics. The ordes
of merit will meet cases of this kind
and will be a higher badge of honor
than any title. Carlyle accepted the
Prussian order Oh merit Lord Kelvix
is now the holder of both the Prus
sian and British orders.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Mr.. Phillips, PoetIc seeref.

A biographer of Stephen Phillips,
sndeavor1ng to account for his sue
cess, lays particular stress on the
TACT tnat, having been educated at
INSTRUMENTATION, he had unique op-
portunities of imbfbing the same air
as the master of poetic drama"
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Has REGULAR Schedule.

1t has come to be regarded as set
tied that when Col. John Jacob Astor
runs into and smashes a farmers
wagon with his auto the cost of the
damage is 500. He has paid several
bills of that amount on account OF
wreckage caused by his flyer.
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gage and the last consignments of
freight being slowed away. But at
length, listening became monotonous,
and even his own thoughts, exultant
though they were, grew wearisome.
He was not accustomed to being alone
or to self-commUnion. During the pas.
few years, when not asleep, he had
generally been with boon companions
on a street corner. or with them he
had been in some mischief. He tried
to keep up his interest in the sounds
on deck, and think of the fun ahead
Of him. rather than of the past But
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

Regulating Speed of Automobiles.
the new law in New York for the
regulation Of automobiles permits a
speed OF eight miles in cities and vii
lagos and twenty miles in the country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

Occasions everything, but the rut
is to know an occasion when you sex
1.-THE ady Paramount"
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Peculiar Name for Town.

little town in Arkansas is called
Maryhattianna, having been given that
name by c. R. Weber, who chose
this method of perpetuating the names
of his wife and two daughters.
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Automobile STAGE Lines

Automobile stage lines have been
established. or are to be established
in many states, according to informa-
ton in the Motor Age.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

Don't you know that Defiance
Starch, besides being absolutely SUI
oerior to any other, is put up 16
ounces in package and sells at same
price as 12-ounce packages of other
kinds?