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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

20 bein lifted up by pride an fallin'
inter de condemnation OBJ de debbil.
while | wuz broodin' ober ma '1ic-
ton. miss called me inter her room, an
she looked SO sad lax dat 1 threw ma
arms roun her knees an ask her what
trubble her so. Den she put her iii
white ham on ma ole brack haid an
tear ran from her cheek right on ter
mine, an she said in a voice lax she
wuz talkin' ter her own chile: 'Po'.
faithful ole Aggie. l wish 1 could
spare yo' dis blow
Den marse cum fo'wa'd wild lii
slip OBJ paper Here it is, honey. Dat
lii slip will be restin' on ma bosom
when Marse Gab1 shouts froo his
trumpet fer me ter cum home. 1 cyan
read, honey, but 1 knows desc words.
Dey's 'scribed right on ma heart: Dear
ole nanny. lax Phelie, Fze goin' ter
drown mase'f l could face yo', an
knows yo' would hol' me ter yo' breas'
an forgib me; but l cyan face Miss an
de oders. Nanny l amt got no place
ter go ter now but de ribber; an it
seems so col lax. / wish, NANNY,
we'd nebber lef' de cabin Edicatin'
an tryin' ter be LAX quality amt made
me happy 'cep' jes' de iii while wild
Jean. Now he laffs in ma face an says
he cyan marry no niger. Oh. mann
my, my heart is broke, Forgib' me,
nanny, an doan' do Jean no harm,
cause l lubs him So an he cyan hep
If ma nanny is brack. Goodbye.
nanny. OH de water look SO col an
lonesome laki But I'Ze got ter go ter
it. Doan' fergit de flowers. nanny.
l wants ter be jes' lax Phelie. L wish
1 could jes' feel yo' arms round me
once mo-, but 1 knows when I'm coli
You hug me jes' de same
Dose are de words, honey. Miss
cried. | didn'; jes' ma po' ole heart
weeped. an it's been weepin' eber since.
Il jes' cobered ma lii gal wild flow
ers, an when Marse had her put in de
corner oh his own lot under de willo'
; tree yonder l planted dat yaller rose
at her haid, an de roses do cum out
on it SO purity, wild dere faces turned
right up ter heben- An when de win
j blows dey mods at me lax. an I ken
J hyear dem whisped ober an ober
/ Nanny, doan' grieb. I'ze so happy
now
Leah me, honey. l wants ter think
oh Clarissy lii while by mase'f.'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
6he Value of
Fruit as a Tonic

The curative value of fruit is hecom-
ing more and more insisted upon by
those who make a study of dietetlcs-
Grapes are recommended for the dys-
peptic, the consumptive, the anRmic,
and for those with a tendency to govt
and liver troubles. Plums, also, are
said to be a cure for gonty and rheu-
matte tendencies. The acid fruits, es-
pecially lemons and oranges, are par
ticuiarly good for stomach troubles and
rheUmatism.
1t is not sufficient, say the advocated
of the fruit cure, to eat a small guam
tity at breakfast or dinner. One should
eat from two to eight pounds of grapes
a day, or. if oranges are the curative
agency the number to be eaten in a
day may vary from three to six
A healthy condition of the body de-
ponds upon perfect balance of foods
taken There are many other factors
entering into the question, but this
feature must not be forgotten. Few
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Missionary Notes
Evidence of
Improvement Made

mon few years ago. The large num-
Der of slaves killed at the death of a
ruler for the purpose of accompanying
the latter into the land of Nzambi, the
African heaven, as a practice, has been
discontinued 1t has been shown, the
speaker declared, that the savage mu-
steal instincts of the natives were
capable of being developed into love
for the hymns of the civilized world.
But, as a whole Mr. Cowley said, the
people had not yet attained a very
high standard of culture. They still
buy and sell their wives, of whom they
make slaves. Therefore, mans
wealth and aff1uence is measured by
the number of women slaves he can
afford All the land that is cultivated,
he said, is taken care of by the women,
with small hoe, horses and cattle be-
ing unknown as beasts of burden.
Chickens, ducks, goats and hogs are
raised to some extent. A small ant
which is SO numerous as to be con-
sidered pests by civilized persons, and
locuStS form the staple diet These
ants will entirely destroy a house built
of wood by eating the logs and rafters,
and will eat a pair of shoes in single
night if the leather is left touching the
ground. The insects first cover the
shoes with earth and then deyour the
leather
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Ludicrous Account
of the Appearance
of the Great Bird

the majesty of his corpulence and his
quietude. For long hours, on the banks
of free channels of water, protected by
a hill of ice, he gravely digests the in
Vulnerable schizopods with which he
mas filled his paunch, and as he has
10 enemy and nobody dares to attack
his obese majesty, he cares not what
goes on about him. We were much
Inundated by the extraordinary dis
dain with which he saw us approach.
He did not even take the trouble to
look at u.s. and our touch was respond
ed to only by contemptuous pecks. But
the scene changed when we attempted
to seize him; he distributed blows free
iy with his great wings, and it was
hard job to overpower him. He was
marched away slowly over the ice,
placing one foot reluctantly before the
other. His great body oscillated at
each step; his head, sunk on his Shout
ders. followed the movement, while his
tail traced mark in the snow. Seen
from behind, while he walked thus on
his short legs, which were scarcely Wis
ible under his fat body, he could easily
have been taken for a very feeble, fat,
old gentleman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

late President Mckinley, who believed
he saw in the rising Chaffee the right
man for the place so important at this
time The ceremonies attending the
turning over of the military control
to Gen Chaffee were most elaborate
Later Chaffee made a tour of the
islands in order to recommend such
changes in the civil government as
seemed most necessary. In this day
of Gen. Chaffee's well-earned fame,
the house in which he was born, still
standing at Orwell is much priced by
the townspeople of that little village,
situated in the noted old Ashtabula
county-that county of Ohio which has
given to the world Giddings and Wade,
the great auti-slavery agitators, and
also that other great general of the
present day, James F. Wade, son
of the bluff old Ben Wade, and an Of
ficer most prominent especially
throughout Americas warfare of the
more recent date.-W. Frank Mcclure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
PrO6reSS
in Africa

Rev. ]. N. Cowley. a missionary to
the Congo Free State, Africa, talking
on the condition existing in the dark
continent, recited some interesting
facts showing the uncivilized state of
the natives, and exhibited articles
made and used by them in war and in
peace He showed the scant clothing
worn by the high officers of the tribes,
made from grass, woven by the wom-
en- The implements OF warfare, the
principal weapons used, were made of
iron, one of them having a handle of
ivory This, Mr.. Cowley said, required
the greatest amount of skill The iron
ore is taken from the hills, melted in
pit in the ground. from which a small
trench leads out through which the
metal runs when melted. Then it is
beaten into the shape desired with
stones. These articles gave evidence
of intelligence, the speaker thought.
sufficient for nucleus on which to
base the belief that by training the bar
barians could be changed into civ
iliZed people.
He had noted some vast improve
mentS since the beginning of mission
airy work in that part of the country.
There was not a man in the entire
Congo Free State now, be said who
would admit that he would eat human
flesh, though the practice was com
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
WIN Not Insure Cuban..

A Cuban who applied for insurance
from a local company the other day
almost wept when told by the examin-
ing physician that he could not insure
him. but that he should call again in
about two years. The agents had as
sured the Cuban that he would be a
first-class risk. In despair he went to
New York and confided his woes to an
old friend who is the head of the
firm for which he is the Philadelphia
representative. The friend said: .-Since
the Spanish war, when SO many young
men from Cuba and Porto Rica have
come here to engage in trade, I have
seen scores of cases like yours You
are killing yourself by insisting on liv-
ing in Philadelphia as you did in Ha-
vana- Persons who come to the United
States to live, no matter from what
part of the world. must make certain
concessions to climate You drink as
much black coffee and smoke as many
cigarettes here as you did at home.
Very WELL it will kill you if you keep
it up. Your insurance man probably
thought you were consumptive- Stop
living like a Cuban in Philadelphia;
eat. drink ard smoke as men there do
and I will guarantee you an insurance
policy. in less than two rs-"-Phila-
delphia Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

The old practice of adjoining the
vessels of the navy with fgureheads
is to be revived, and the cruiser Gin
cinnati when it went into commission
on Dec 1, has been the first of the
modern vessels to return to the old
and beautiful custom This vessel nov
displays life-size figure of Liberty Ia
steel and wood, standing straight out
from the well-curyed stem 1t is un-
derstood that Rear Admiral Bowles,
the present chief of the bureau of con-
struction and repair, is responsible for
this return to the old ways, and that
the figure for the Cincinnati was con :
structed at the New York navy yard
under his direction when he was In
charge of the construction workshops
there When the cruiser Olympia was
placed in commission at the Boston
navy yard. Dec 16. 1t was adorned
With q new fgurehead Of Victory hold
x {.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

ally Story Pub. COD
ment on de cloes dat cobers up man;
but fore long l heard him call her his
yaller rose.
"Clarissy looked so happy, jes' LAX
yaller rose when it busts wide open an
tuns it's face up ter hebben as eff ter
thank de Lord fer lettin' it be SO purity.
l didn' hab de heart ter break de spell.
"All OBJ a sudden she jes' dropped an
widdered as eff de sun didn't shine on
her no mo-; an she TUX ter talkin'
bout some Phelie who, cause she
coult-r marry de man she dubbed, jes'
dressed herself in flowers an drownd-
ed herself. Den she'd make a wreath
OBJ yaller roses an put dem on her haid,
an lowed she'd look as purity as Phelie
eff she wuz drowpded- 1t mos broke
ma heart ter hyear her talk, an 1
thought de words OBJ de Scriptur' had
cum true in ma case whar it tells bout
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
TOO LITTLE ELEPHANT.
Couldn't Meet the Expectations Aroused
by Much Talk

by Much Talk.
"It is my business, of course, said
the advance agent, Ito work up as
much interest as possible in the circus
before it arrives, and one of my strong
points is the animals belonging to the
museum part OF the show Anything
about a savage tiger, roaring lion, or
a mad elephant makes the farmer itch
for a closer sight. and as a general
thing you cant pile it on too strong.
I overdid matters once, however. We
had only one elephant with us that
season and he was understood ard
nothing to brag about, but at certain
town in Indiana 1 wrote a column ar
ticle about him and made him out
the most dangerous thing on legs Ac-
cording to my story he had killed d
dozen people, smashed up the circus
three or four times. and devastated a
large area of farming country. and 1
certainly worked up great interest
Among those who showed up on. circus
day.v continued the agent, was a
gaunt, rawboned young farmer. with a
fist like half-bushel measure He had
business in his eye, but no one noticed
il until too late. He entered the ami
,nal tent with hundreds of others, and
made for the elephant at once The
old fellow was chained by the leg to :
stake and munchinE away at pile Of
=
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Bees for Use In war.

It has been suggested that honey
bees be tried as military messengers
in place of homing pigeons. A bee
could carry good deal of information
il it were transferred by micropho-
Biography to a minute piece of paper
fastened to the insects back. Carrier
pigeons are often intercepted and
killed by the enemy. but 1t would be
dIfE1eult 70 do that IN the case Of bees.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

Before the iron sieet that day
Yet many a gallant spirit would
Give half his years if he then could
Have been with us at Monterey.
Now here, now there, the shot. it
hailed
In deadly drifts of fiery spray,
Yet not a single soldier quailed
When wounded comrades round them
walled
Their dying shout at Monterey.
And on-still on our column kept
Through walls of fame it's wither-
ing way;
Where fell the dead, the living slept.
Still charging on the guns which
swept
The slippery streets of Monterey.
The foe himself recoiled aghast,
When, striking where he strongest
lay,
We swooped his ianking batteries
past,
And Drawing full their murderous
blast,
Stormed home the towers of Mon
terey.
Our banners on those turrets wave,
And there our evening bugles play;
Where orange boughs above their
grave
Keep green the memory of the brave
Who fought and fell at Monterey.
We are not many-we who pressed
Beside the brave who fell that day;
But who of us has not confessed
He'd rather share their warrior rest,
Than not have been at Monterey?
Selected.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

critter that has killed a dozen men,
1T is was the reply, and you'd better
keep safe distance He smashes up
circuses and devastates farms, does
he?' He does, and l think he's getting
ready to break loose now. Just notice
the twitch of his ears. If he does
break loose there'll be fifty people
killed. Then I'll stop him right now
replied the young Teller, and he jumped
in and hit the .Rajah' sockdologer on
the ear that knocked him as fiat as a
pancake They heard that blow clear
out to the ticket wagon, and it took
six men and a two dollar bill to work
that farmer out doors without getting
up riot As for the elephant, he
lay right there as if dead for a good
half-hour, and it was a week before
he got over the headache and got his
appetite back The papers gave me
the grand guy about it, and I had to
drop him out of my ads. and claim that
our Bengal tiger was the only real
man-eater ever exhibited in state OF
captivity Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

'shamed of. She wuz dat tail an
straight. wild smooth brack shiney ha'r
lit din kink none-an' her eyes wuz
jes LAX de deer's, an her skin wuz so
sof' an yaller dat l called her ma
yaller rose She warn't neber strong
lax. an wouldn' go wild de niggers at
de Quarters. Sometimes she chen
seemed 'shamed OBJ her ole brack mann
my. but didn' min dat, wuz SO proud
she could take an edicatin' jes' lax
quality, whereas her nanny wuz jes'
d nIain ole brack niger dat didn know
Is fsSsn 3 When 20 pa cum from de
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Its Use Recommended
as Cure for
Many Diseases

people there are who can keep healthy
without fruit.
How absurd, some one says, to be
told to eat fruit when everybody eats
it. Yes, but how do you eat it? Do
you take a definite amount of it, the
same as you do of meat and potatoes,
or do you eat it as you do candy?
If you suffer from an acute attack of
Indigestion after a dinner of soup,
meats pickles, sauces, salad, cakes.
pastries, with spices and condiments
enough to blister the skin, to say moth
ing of the delicate lining of the stom-
ach, pray do not s.eer that Indigestion
arises from the morsel of fruit taken
at the end.
The minerals and natural acids of
the fruit are the very best conceivable
remedies for a thickened condition OF
the blood. Fruit then becomes both a
food and a. medicine necessity and a
most delightful luxury.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SOME SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.

As Boy, Gen. Chanee Enjoyed Conn
nanding the SNOWFALL Forces at Or
well. Ohio-Wounded in the Battle
of Bull Run.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
MONTER EY.

We were not many-we who stood
Before the iron sieet that day
Yet many gallant spirit would
Give half his years if he then could
Have been with us at Monterey.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
CLARIS s A
0o0aeaoaooooooeec0 2a9a9aa.2e

Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub COB
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-17
MIsTook THE CUE.
Distress Caused a Stage Army by
Careless Super.

Charles Richman was at one time
a member Of a company presenting
a war drama. He will never forget
it, for several good reasons. One
of them was a humorous incident,
which occurred at a first performance
during the presentation of the piece
in the east. The story involved two
brothers., ~southerners by birth, who
became estranged through love of the
same woman, The wal breaks out,
and one of them joins his fortunes
with the Union army; the other the
Confederate forces. The crucial mo-
ment of the play occurred in the third
act. A scene shows the ramparts
of V%icksburg being besieged by the
Union army. The brothers are in
command of the respective forces.
The rebel officer ONE upon the
stage, points out his brother to his
officers, denounces him as a traitor
and gloats over their coming revenge.
A certain point in the speech was the
'T NEE
cue for the appearance of a Union
officer climbing over the ramparts,
followed quickly by his soldiers. The
curtain usually descended on the vic
tory for the Union forces, to the tu-
multuous applause of the audience.
On the OCCASION referred to by MI.
Richman, one of the Union soldiers,
a little fat German, mistock the cue,
and, before the proper time, climbed
over the ramparts and stood alone
against the entire rebel army.
The audience began to giggle, but
the German was in all seriousness,
and stood with his gun pointed at the
Confederate army. At last, noting
the laughter, he looked behind and
saw that the rest Of the supers We're
not in their places.
"Come on, you TANNED %loafers."
he shouted, I'VE are gettin' licked"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-17
FEARS WERE GRoUNDLEss.
No Tuberculosis Known to Exist in
Northern Montana.

Some days ago a tuberculosis a
was worked up in the northern part OF
the state and there wer some mighty
uneasy stockmen, particularly those
engaged in the cattle business
A rancher sold a COW to a Stockett
butcher and when the latter began to
cut up the carcass he thought ne no
ticed a ~congested condition of the
blood vessels and which to him ap-
peared.to be an indication of infection.
He reported the matter to a local dec
tor and the latter Sent a sample OF
the meat to Great Falls for examina-
ton. The Great. Falls a concluded
that the proper thing to do was to
! send the sample to the state yeterl-
marian, who in turn. submitted 1t to
DIR. Emil Startz, the Helena bacter-
iologist. Now comes a report from the
latter that he has been unable to dis
cover any traces of germs in the meat
and pronounces it to have been
healthy and wholesome.
Pending reception Of Dr.. startz's
report, DR.. Knowles started for Stock
EFT, intending to find the man who
had sold the COW. When he arrived
at Great Falls he vas informed that
the carcass had been incincerated
and returned to Helena, as he consid-
cred it useless to go any further be.
cause he deemed it necessary to make
an examination of the entire carcass
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-17
GAVE FAREWELL AUDIENCE.
Apostolic Delegate to Philippines Re
ceived by the Pope.

Rene, Oct. 15.-The pope today re-
ceived in farewell audience Arch
bishop Guidi, the apostolic delegate
to the Philippines, and his secretary,
Father O'Connor, who, it is now an
nounced, leave here October II and
embarks at Marseilles October 10 for
Manila. The pontiff impressed the
archbishop with the necessity for a
speedy and satisfactory solution of the
Philippine question, adding that his
slight acquaintance with Governor
Taft was sufficient to convince him
that the interest of the church had
no need to fear injustice. The arch
bishop promised to do his utmost to
carry out the instructions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-10-17
MlsFlT CLOTHES.
English Fashion Of Bagsy Trousers
Nav Be Followed.

An English critic of American and
French clothes for men complains be-
cause the short or sack coat as worn
in this country does not incline toward
the body at the waist, but is straight
from collar to hem, giving. as he as
sserls, an appearance of breadth n
roundness Of shoulders which is al
most deformity, and that this is the
more pronounced because of the COM
parative tightness of the trousers.
On the other hand the American con-
siders the English clothes a misfit.
The trousers, especially, are baggy,
ana the latest tcpcoat is entirely
amoi phous. Yet there is reason to
think it is only a question of time
when the American will adopt the
English misit because it suggests
comfort and is therefore artistic.
Some thirty years ago the legged
boot was still worn even by men OF
fashion in America. The foot of the
boot was short and the heel high and
narrow. It meant weeks of torture
to break in a pair of boots, and a
bootjack was IN essentian article OF
bedroom furniture. The Mexican
dandy still wears a boot which re-
semhles that worn by swell Americans
nearly half a century ago: By slow
degfees the. shoe came in, and it has
gradually approached the character OF
the shapeless but comfortable Eng,
fish shoe, which was looked upon as
a hideous thing at first acquaintance
Experience has taught that the ug'
lest fashions in mems clothes may
become pleasing to the sight after
a time, provided they do not suggest
discomfort, and we may soon discard
| the neat-ftting trousers of today FOL
the bags worn in England, and won
| der that we could have tolerated the
former SO long.
Perhaps it is necessary that there
| should be an appearance OF careless
contempt for exactness as to the n
of mems clothes, since men are ex
pected to- put their thoughts on mat
tiers of graver import than the shift
ing fashions. 1t may be that a mlsh
is needed to give the air OF mascu
Unity, and that, therefore, there il
higher art in the misft than in thu
fit. Certainly the misfit of Englisl
clothes is not that of the bunglln'
cutter who has made a botch OF nj
work. Whatever is characteristic Q
the misft it is deliberate-the achieve
ment of a tailor who knows his bus
ness thoroughly. A comparison Q
the baggy clothes of the Englishma'
with the garments of the French dan
dy shows that art is in the forme
and absent from the latter.-Phlls
! delphia Record.