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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
An Told In one-syil.bre Words.

The following monosy1labie presen-
tation OF an old story was written by
one OF Boston's celebrated statisti-
clans: A wife burnt her mans corpse
She put the ash in an urn on the best
shelf in her best room Her love led
her to wed once more An ice storm
glazed the front steps. She took the
ash from the urn and spread 1t on
the steps to save the risk of slips by
the man she loved while he lived
Thus she urned one man and made
him earn his keep.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

airy war was the capture by
Mad Anthony Wayne of
Stony Point on the Hudson,
the anniversary of which was recent
ly celebrated. The occasion was OBJ
served by the dedicationsof the hattle-
field as a state park, and was made
noteworthy by the attendance of Gov.
Odell and many state officials. The
park has been created by the patriotic
labors of the Society for the Preser-
walton of Scenic and Historic Places
and Objects, and is now under care of
the society.
Stony Point is a small, rocky pro-
montory on the west bank of the
Hudson, at the entrance to the High
lands and opposite Nerplanck's Point.
At both these places during the revo-
luton the Americans constructed
forts. The place was a most import
ant one, commanding the line of a
communication between New England
and other colonies. 1t was the key
to the Highlands.
Early in the summer of 1879 Sir
Henry Clinton, the British command
er at New York, sent an expedition
up the Hudson to capture the forts.
The expedition was successful. Stony
were not quite completed. was
abandoned by the Americans, and
Verplanck's Point was taken. En-
boldened by his success, Clinton sent
out other expeditions. One of these,
commanded by Gen. Tryon, and con-
sisting of $500 men, was sent to
plumber the coast of Long Island
Sound. Tryon plundered New Haven,
burned Fairfield and Norwalk and
committed other outrages at Sag Har-
Dor, on Long Island. In the course
of a few days the unsparing wretch
burned $50 dwelling houses, five
churches and 125 barns and stores.
Many of the Inhabitants were cruelty
murdered and a number of women
were subjected to unspeakable indig-
mites.
The outrages greatly inf1amed the
Americans and stirred them to great
er activities. the loss of Stony Point
was one keenly felt and it was re-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

At the same time another American
force attempted the capture of Yer
planck's Point, but were unsuccess-
full.
in possession of Stony Point A strong
British force was soon on its way up
the Hudson, and on its approach the
Americans evacuated the place, after
having dismantled the fertilization.
1t speaks well for Americans that
they treated their prisoners with
noble humanity. According to British
historian, Stedman, they would have
been justified in putting the garrison
to sword, but no soldier on the Brit
ish side fell unless in fair combat. In
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

ready to shoot and nobody to watch
him!
Not that he voiced any such re-
proach on Providence. Not in the
least given to doing or saying silly
things, it never occurred to him, or to
any one else, that he could be swayed
by so slight an annoyance. His pen
plodded on patiently, and document
after document took shape with all
the precision required by law; yet one
thought 1urked among the gnsy cells of
the mans brain, and at last won it's
way into muttered speech.
Good Lord! The idea of living day
in and out with a woman who only
smiled when she happened to think
about it,"
1t was an hour before dinner, but
the man got up and went out with the
brisk step of one going TO keep an ap-
pointment. Before he opened the street
door his ears were straining for a GER
tain sound-a sound as OF silver bells
and pure thoughts sweetly rung in
tune. His ears strained in vain. ST.
lence brooded over his home. Still
with the brisk movements of a man
on business bent, he glanced into the
parlors, down the hall and up the
stairs.
"Surely she was to have been with
them for month"
Eluding the direct tendency of his
thoughts, he turned into the library
and a glow of content warmed him
as he beheld the ragtime girl before
the fire. Heaven knows why he should
have expected her to laugh then. There
was nothing laughable in the situa-
ton for the girl-cornered by this
grave-eyed mortal, who always seemed
to be seeing something beyond her.
But his ears were suraining for the
sound of her laughter. Ergo, she
should laugh. Instead, she made a mo-
ton to rise"
Don't CO." he commanded, and by
way of explanation. 1T is a raw after
noon.''
Miriam had an appointment with
the dressmaker. She told me to tell
you in CASE
The man nodded. He was begin
ming to feel as he used to when he
was boy and waiting for the dinner
bell to ring-that if he had to wait
much Longer he would seize upon the
thing and ring it himself. Yet, one
cannot ring laughter even from a rag
time girl.
I1C ASeauSu SIDEWAYS dSdiuSt lie AudA
tie and stared at the fire. Consciou.
only that she was getting deeper and
deeper into gravity. And he wanted
to hear. her laugh. His neart had
| joined its longing to the longing of hi,
ears. Probably it was partly hii
nerves. Most overdriven men have
bad nerves-on1y it take the form o..
| swearing, instead of hysteria, SO no
body notices it. Whatever the reason
| in all his life of eager aims, the mar
had never wanted anything SO badly
| as he now wanted this peal of provok
| ingly withheld laughter.
Now, it was q habit with this mar
when he wanted anything to work fol
it until he got It. He had never learned
to wait. or to give .p. Within shfes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
Rather a mechanical operation,

Rather a mechanical operation, he
commented.
Granddaughter? Yes. But there
generally seems to be hitch in the
machinery. Expresses anything on
earth rather than merriment. Ghast-
ly travesty on mirth.'
'tScorn, derision, Defiance" he be-
gan, feeling suddenly that it was in
him to make brilliant psychic refiec-
ton. But the woman lost it all to the
world by nodding absently and plung-
ing into her Office.
The man slammed his door and
flung his hat on the table.
plague take iti'' Here he was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

When the first baby-but we're com
ing to that.
'3Oh, George!" she cried, 3baby's cut
a tooth"
He looked up at her in a calm, mat.
ter-of-fact way that was quite chill
ing.
NONSENSE" he returned.
But he has!' she protested. 81
guess I know
'Nonsense." he repeated. "You can't
cut tooth with anything short of den
lists tools; you can break it. but you
can't cut it, SO don't talk about any
thing SO foolish. And, even if he did
cut it or break it, it's only a first
TOOTH"
He picked up his book again, and for
all of one evening she never gave him
anything but cold, reproachfu1 glances.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
The Rag Time Girl.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.

copyright. 1902, by Daily Story Pub Coz
That was what he had called her-a
ragtime girl. And everybody agreed.
No sustained theme or lofty SYM
phony here-only taking bits of bright
ness. Much merry laughter and gay
chatter, sweet sunshine in the shadow.
sweeter song in the silence, but of no
practical use. Quite ignorant of the
ethics of money making or soul saw
ing; in short, posted upon precious lit
tie save the science of being glad
hearted-and of making others so.
Occasionally God sends such a sun
beam to dwell among us-and he had
called her a ragtime girl. Lifting his
lip little, not in contempt, for he
was a gentleman, but with a sensa-
ton of superiority that sat smiling
to his egotism.
His ideal woman was strong, Sc
rene, soulful and many other of those
big SIS that are so apt to spell sulks.
@'Quite saturated with a purpose in
life, and bending all her energies to
its accomplishing" Which, being in
terpreted, means selfish. But the man
had not gotten as far as the interpreted
ton yet. He thought it all very grand
and fine. Which, perhaps, it was in
way, though the way was more likely
to lead to blind alley than to a sun
ny upland.
Her Office was just across from his
and he watched her working away, day
in and out. 1t never occurred to him
that she was only earning her bread
and salt in a roundabout way, instead
of taking a short cut to competence
by doing something she knew how to
do. He thought her high-minded, de-
voted, plucky. Hence his lip lifted
when he spoke of the girl.
And the ragtime girl? Knowing lit
tie, she yet knew that the mans up
per lip was short and tender. A piece
of knowledge unluckily acquired. Bet
ter for her had she continued to hold
him stern-browed and horrid. When
a girl begins to watch for a certain
expression on mans face, she is in a
bad way-or at least her peace of mind
is. Any one but needless, merry NOR
tai would have realized that month
ago.
Meantime the mans acquaintance
with the woman began to be punctu-
ated with handshakes and snatches of
conversation. Transit treats" he
called them, because taken in the ele-
vator.
The woman was as clear-headed as
he had imagined her to be. She lis
tened we'll. He found out where she
lunched and accommodated his hours
to hers, sat opposite her at table and
felt that he was living the life.
Then the rift came in his SKY OF
blue. The woman began to talk--how
things should be. Now, although a
thousand years have lived and died
since Jemshid admoaished his ambi-
tious sweetheart:
s-Give me the bow and mark my SKILL u
Neither his words nor their sentiment
have passed away. First and last
comes mans cry to woman: Watch
me shoot! Really, that is what she
is here for.
The man said nothing of this kind
to the woman as they stood together
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
swell Fire DEPARTMENT.,

The fire department at Larchmont,
New York's swell suburb, had its an
nual turnout few days ago, most of
its millionaire members being present
in uniform. And they are not an orna-
mental lot either. Every one of them
almost is an enthusiastic and we'll
drilled fireman. and brave show they
made on parade. with their white duck
trousers, red shirts and red helmets,
topped with small 1anterns-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
TAN Indiana Soldiers.

A record of the height of Indiana SOL
diers in the civil war shows that out
of 118,254 there was 15,047 5 feet 10
inches high, 8.706 5 feet IL inches,
6,679 feet high, 2.614 feet 1 inches,
1857 feet 2 inches. 406 feet 3
inches, and 336 over feet 3 inches.
Commenting on these statistics DR..
Gould, actuary of the United States
Sanitary Commission, writes: 1T is
evident from our statistics that the In
diana men are the-tallest of all ma
tives of the United States. and these
latter the tallest of all civilized coun-
tries"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
WISHED TO BE EXACT.

Husband Throws Damper on Young
Wife's Enthusiasm.
Now a prosaic man with a perverted
sense of humor can be very aggravat-
ing. Let that be understood at the out
set.
When she broke in upon his medita-
lions she was excited, as was quite
natural under the circumstances.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
IN A COMEDY JAIL.
Prisoners Rarely Attempt to Secure
Their LIBERTY.

Prisoners Rarely Attempt to Secure
Their Liberty.
E1izabethtown, the county seat of
Essex, in the Adirondacks, possesses
a comedy Jail. 1t is small, having win
dows secured by wooden bars, and a
Jail yard inclosed by solid fence of
three-quarter inch boards which a
healthy male could push over with his
shoulder. But the prisoners rarely,
if ever, attempt to escape.
Some good stories are told by resi-
dents. 1t is a custom to allow the
prisoners out on parole, so that they
may cut the grass on neighboring
lawns, do garden work, or repair roads
for the village or county. Recently
one prisoner who should have returned
at O'Clock did not apply for admis-
sion until nearly an hour later. The
warden angrily demanded to know the
reason, and added:
Don't let this occur again or 1 will
not allow you to come in. 1 lock the
door at . o clock and won't open it in
the future for you
Another, accused of and awaiting
trial for manslaughter, overstaid his
parole and pleaded as an excuse that
as it was Saturday he thought he
would go and spend Sunday with his
wife, returning to the Jail on Monday
morning.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Children's Home in New York Cures
Fe7erishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels AND
Destroy Worms. Over &c, 900 testimonials
At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N z.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
Will save Many Infant Lives.

The death of John D. Rockefeller's
grandson about a year ago may lead
to the saving of many young lives. Mr.
Rockefeller set aside a fund of $780,
600 for the discovery of the germ tina.
causes summer complaint, the disease
from which his grandchild died, and
it is said that a scientist belonging to
Johns Hopkins university has found
it. The disease named is believed to
be carrying on over $4,000 children
annually.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
BAGGAGE Checks in Germany.

Germany has been experimenting
with the American system of checking
baggage, and likes it so well that it is
to be more generally used on the rail-
ways. Under the old German system
every man had to look after and iden-
tify his own baggage. as is the Gus
tom here on country stage coaches.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
Would Be Rank Inuratitude,

1t hardly seems possible that Miss
Agnes Moran of New York will now
give the cold shoulder to her lover
because he has been arrested for
stealing, in his endeavor to get money
enough to enable him to marry her.
Such evidences of affection are touch
ing and unusual.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

at the elevator. He only noted that
her eyes were cold and her lips un-
lined by smiling
DO you ever 1augh?" he asked her
abruptly.
"Oh, yes; suppose so-when hap
pen to think about it,
Happen to think about it," As an
echo there rang in his minds ear a
ripple or laughter at which one must
needs smile n involuntary sympathy.
Inc man fro-ned. n&<tly at TIE echo,
partly at her reply
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Dealers say that as soon as a Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch it is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold or
boiled.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Many man who thinks he is here
to his wife is merely a freak with a
swelled head.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

A mans conscience is more elastic
than his suspenders.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an fnfallfbie
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove. n. J.. Feb. IL. 1904
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality, of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
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Columbus was recouEting the perils
through which he had passed.
.Hurricanei" he cried Il never
saw anything like it Why, when I
was passing around the horn the wind
blew my name in the bottIe."
At this his friends, remembering
that the great man had come home
In the steerage, dealt kindly with him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Never hit man when he is down.
Jump on him.
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Happy are they that don't want the
things they can't get.
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Gen. Miles a French Scholar.


Gen. Nelson A Miles speaks French
fiuently, having taken up the study
of that language when past maturity
and to pass away some spare time in
the west
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Selfishness is a disease of which
matrimony cures some people.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

RED CROSS BALL BLUE
for it. Large OF. package only cents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Can't be perfect health without pure
blood. Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure
blood. Tones and invigorates the whols
system.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18
Uncle sidney's Views.

Uncle Sidney's Views.
I hold that the true age of wisdom is
when
We are boys and girls, and not women
and men
When, as credulous children, we know
things because
We believe them-however averse to the
laws.
1t is faith, then, not science and reason
That is genuine wisdom-and would that
to-day
We, as then. were as wise and ineffably
blest
As to live, love and die. and trust God
for the rest.
So I simply deny the old notion, you
know,
That the wiser we get the older we
grow.
For in youth all we know we are GER
tain Of Now
The greater our knowledge the more we
allow
For skeptical margin; and hence 1 re-
greet
That the world isn't fiat and the sun
doesn't set,
And we may not go creeping up home
when we die
Through the moon. like round, yellow
hole in the sky.
James Whitcomb Riley
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His satanic majesty acts as receiver
for moral bankrupts.
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A wise man never trusts anyone who
truss to luck
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Mrs. WinsIow,s Soothing Syrup
For children teethfng eoftens the gums, reduces II
nGmmatton, anayB PAIN wind coftc. Csc bortls
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

The millennium, like most good
things. isn't in any hurry about ar
irving.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

Emotion is often mistaken for sym
pathy.
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PUTNAM FlDELESS DYES color
Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-18

man says who compliments another
on her beauty.
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erybody's Liable to itching piles Rich
and poor, old and young-terrible the tor
ture they suffer Only one sure cure
Doan's Ointment. Absolutely safe; can't
fail
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the capture of the tort the patriots
secured a large quantity of war NUM-
tions and all the artillery.
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NE of the most brilliant en-
gagements of the revolution
airy war was the capture by
Mad Anthony Wayne of
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Old Stony Point
of MAD Anthony Wayne-Daring Night
Attack Won the Fort from the British

Especial Correspondence.)
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1902-06-03
Ninnefpta.

- Im II. Mai feierte Ser Staat
Wtnnelota leinen A. @eburtstog ais
folder. Hlr penige Stauten Der
Union f0nnen einen Iplhen Sort
lhritt a%ufpeilen, nie er i'm nqbren0
oieier Belt aemadt bat. Die Sermal-
tn~n9suSgaben i'm eriten Sabre be.
liefen it'd auf $4,000, IN bieiem
Sabre meroen iie $4,000 betragen.
Seit Dem Sabre 1860 lit Die 8epol-
ferung bon 10000 auf 100000
geitiegen, pGbreno ii6 Die SabI Der
i6ulpfli6tigen &tnber bon $4,000
auf 425,000 permebrt bat. SIN Sabre
1860 gab eS 725 2ebrer IN Wftnne.
ioto, mGbreub ieBt 13, 800 2ebrfrdfte
angeitellt itno. Die 3obl Ser Shuls
bauier lit IN berielben 3eit bon $50
auf iiber 5000 geltiegen. Die Staats.
einnabmen beliefen ii6 I'M Sabre
1860 auf 1885 600, in bieiem Sabre
iino lie a,if iiber $1,000, 900 berarl.
iflaat mprben. Die Steuerbebuneen
IN berielben Belt 1ino bon 100000
ailf 100000 geitiegen. SW Sabre
1860 fonnte Ser ltltterbalt Der
Staats Snitttufe nit $3.50 beitrit.
ten Deroen, DGbrenO berte oa5u So
0O0,00 nOtbie iino. Sn ben pier5ig
Sahrer bon 1850 bis 1900 lit Der
@erth oeS StaotS- gigentbums nm
1400 9ro5ent g~eItiegen, Die 8epolfe-
runa I'M 1000 Bru3ent, Die S6uIbe.
nolferung iogar INN 1900 Bro5ent,
Die Staatseimabmen Inn 5000 unb
Die auseaben Inn 1000 Sro5ent. Gie
Sotaleinnabmen oes Staates, felt
berielbe in Die Union aufeenommen
pllrbe, belaufen iid ouf $144, 000,-
900, Die ausgaben auf iiber $11O,-
000, 900.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1902-06-03
Stfriet Columbia.

= In ser Sptse ser g~rportbdnb.
Ter iteben Die Ser. Staaten, trosoem
Der @ertb Der Musfubr in Der lesten
Belt Suridgeganeen lit. Oas itati.
itiibe giireau giebt Dieien Insfau
fir Die nit @ar5 5u @nOe gegunge'
men neun Wonate bes laufenoen Sab.
res nit $59, 6S1 ,957 an, cine re6t
betrGhtlihe Gumme. Serantportlid
bierfiir lit in olIererIter Stnie Der ge+
rinae @etreioeporratb in ben Ser.
Staaten, wel6er cine &usfubr, pte
i'm 8oriabre nidt eeitattete. IS ipllr.
ben nGmlid IN ben neun Wonuten
nur "a Wiqtonen 9ulbel erportirt,
aeeen 146 Mtaionen IN ~oerIelben
8eriobe oes S%oriabres. Die IuS-
fuhr BON 8uumtpoae nabm betrad)t.
lid an, ba Der Breis berielben aber
itarf gefallen mar, 10 betrng Der 8e.
iammtpertb bieier Nusfubr bob
$12,000,000 nenigerj alS I'M Sor.
iabre. SroB bIeies Ibfaaes bon SO
Wilionen Dollars iteben Die Ser.
Staaten .aber, ipie geiagt, INNER nod
an Der Spite aaer grportlanoer.
sHx Die Iebten netin Wonate betrus
Der @ertb lmierer @eiammt- Iusfubr
i'm 9urdidnitt per @onat $118,.
04S,01S; our ielben 3eit erportirte
gnglano i'm 0urdi6nitt per Monat
@aaren i'm @ertbe BON $113,274,.
CAS- nnb Seutihlano BON 500, $780,.
421. Sab Der 2oDenantbeil mieres
@rportbanOels auf lanomirtbidaft-
lide Brobufte nno &obmaterialien
estialt DGbrenb nniere europ1iiben
9onfurrenten foit ausi6lieBli6 in-
onitrieIle Mrtifel a%usfiibren, brau6t
lpobl nidt crit beionbers berporee-
boben al Deroen. .