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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

other automobile in sight, and in des-
peration the broker took to a trolley
car, in the vain hope of reaching the
track in time. They were on as, too
late to bet, he rushed, perspiring and
Tuning, through the clubhouse gate.
and from the clubhouse veranda
strained his eyes to pick out the win
ner as the field flashed down the
homestretch When the numbers
went up he mopped his moist brow.
fell into a chair, ordered highball.
and smiled for the first time In an
hour. Lady Holyrood was not in the
first three. Lady Radnor won the
race at Ia to l.
THE automobile is a great institu-
tion," murmured the broker to him.
self.
A funny little humpbacKed negro
sided up to the railbird as he was
watching the selling platers warm up
before the fifth race at Brighton the
other day.
'sDere's dat hawse Mercer he said
confidentially, as a big bay galloped
by, Juggling at the bit, hes gwine ter
win, suah."
'eThink so?" said the railbird, smil
| ing. Then why don't you bet OF
| him?"
81 amt got only 80 cents" said the
| deformed mite, "an' dey won't take il
on de dead line. Won't take muffin
less'n a dollah.'' The railbird dug in
to his pocket and produced a dime.
Here you are he said, smilingly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Doctor with a Long Head.

At -Baines, France, there
is a doctor who does not waste time
When he makes the round of his pa
tients he carries in his carriage a
basket of homing pigeons Before he
leaves the house he writes out a pre-
scription and fixes it under the wing
of a bird, which flies straight to the
dispensary. An assistant makes up
the medicine, a cyclist delivers it and
the patient receives it, all within .
few minutes of the doctors departure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
DundonaId Would Make Changes

DundonaId Would Make Changes
Lord Dundonald, the English cav
airy general who relieved Ladysmfth
and is now about to become head OF
tho Canadian militia. is not In favor
of the present system of garrisoning
colonies with regiments from the
United Kingdom. He would have each
colony raise its own troops and look
after its own Notifications He also
thinks colonial officers should be APP
pointed to such positions as he is
about to assume
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Promises Redeemed.

The deposits in American savings
banks have increased from Sl,SlO,-
597,023 in 1895, to S2.S45,691,3 800 IN
1902 This is only one OF the many
forms of saving in vogue In the
United States, and represents com
paratively small part OF the surplus
earnings of the people The figures,
however, speak e1oquently of the re-
demption of the promise made in the
first named year by the Republican
party to restore prosperity.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

n HE Ola TdC6SOGT StOOu Ia .
Park Row cafe running the
ticker tape through his nm
I4GYSM gers as the results OF the
races at Brighton were COM
ing in. "Nosed out again. he SAID
sadly to himself as he shook his head
dolefulIy. Somehow, can't seem 10
root 'em across. When l play EN-
straight they get the place, and II l
play 'em for the place they nnisn
third"
More hard luck stories?" inquired
a sympathetic bystander, helping MINI
self to the free lunch
Nope" said the woeful one NOT
to speak of, this time. l dlo nave
hard luck once, though
"And when was that?" inquired the
symphathizer.
Last Spring when the were rum
ming at Gravesend,'' replied the tape
| insnector. reminiscently. 4 coulon
go to the track that day, but sent
down So by friend of mine on TOUT
horse play. I'd figured 1t out III Inc
dope the night before, and couion
see how Andronicus, Janice, Margra-
| viate, and Dactyl could be beat. So
told my friend to send my winnings
right along.
| 81 dropped in here about the time
the first race was called, and, sure
enough. Andronicus came IN winner
at to l. That put me Sc to the gooo.
The second race 1 skipped, but Janice
came home on the bit in the third, as
1 figured she would, and the tape SAID
80 to L. That meant that l got $27
for my SO. By that time 1 was getting
| quite chesty, and 1 rubbered at the
tape with confidence when the third
race began to come in Sure enough,
Margraviate COPIED the dough at 2As
to /. and 1 saw myself 500 to the good
"WelI." went on the speaker, with g
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
A Cosmopolitan City.

Up to the time of the Prussian-
Austrian war the old fortress of May
ence of the German Confederation
was beyond doubt the most cosmopoli-
tan city in the world. At that time
the official language was German, the
law French, the government Hesse-
Darmstadt, the church Roman Catho-
lie, the administration Austrian, the
military commander Pruss1an, the gar
rison mostly Italian, the postoffice
Thurn and Taxis, the gas works Baden
and the telegraph Bavar1an.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

81 went out
and took a walk
around the block
before the fifth
race. When l came
back I b ar d ! y
dared to look at
the tape. When l
did I almost faint
ed, for Dactyl had
won at 40 to 1. AS
soon as l could get
my breath | fig
ured it up that /
was $3.50 richer
than I had been
that m or n i n 6.
Then I went out
and bought bubble
water in every
cafe in Park Row.
L knew the bar
keep in Andy's,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Their Canadian People.

The two American states which
have the largest proportionate number
of Canadian-born inhabitants are Mas
sachusetts and Michigan. The total
population of these two states is the
same as that of Canada.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Indian HaiIstones.

Hailstones nearly three pounds in
weight fell during a recent storm at
Jessore, in Bengal. Metal veranda
roofs were perforated. cattle MANNED.
trees beaten down and a man killed
outright by the downfall.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Europe.s Biggest Hospital

Europe's Biggest Hospital >.
The largest European hospital y In
Moscow. and has seven thousand beds,
a working force ce ninety-six physi-
clans nine hundred nurses and cares
annually for an average of fifteen thou
sand persons.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

Gives Shamrock to Wiihemina.
Finding a nine-leaved shamrock" q
farm laborer at Groninge, Holland,
sent it to Queen Wilhelmina, who &C
cepted the gift and rewarded the
lonor with G2 1 shilling pence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

Capitalized Nitrogen a Curiosity.
Crystallized nitrogen is one of the
greatest chemical curiosities- By
cooling nitrogen gas down to 367 de-
srees below the freezing point and
then allowing 1t to expand. solid snow
like crystals are formed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

Now you've got
your dollar. What
are you going to
do with it if you
win ?" The boy
rolled up his eyes
until nothing but
the whites APP
peared.
Dat hawse Or
loft he's gwine t
win de las race,
too" he answered,
confidently. Ell
dis hawSe Mercer
done win Use gwine
t. bet it all on Or
loft. / knows de
boy wat rub him
down, and he say
he gwin t. win,
shuah." And the
negro scampered
away to bet his
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

saqasta Once a Newspaper Man.
Senior Sagasta Prime Minister Of
Spain, was originally society 70
porter on a Madrid paper He is nov
nearly eighty years .old. his face
SCARED by as many wrinkles as was
Won Moltke's during the latter's clos
ing years
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Novice. Sacrifice rresses.

A Partisan hairdresser received an
offer a few weeks ago of 8Olb. OF hair
from a convent near Tours. This
represented the tresses of nearly 800
novices, who, upon entering the con-
vent, were obliged to have their locks
cut of.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
eame In All Lanouaoes.

Perhaps the only word that Is the
same In all languages Is the "Halloa!~
in response to the telephone call.
Wherever there Is q telephone line
the word is in use, and means just
what 1t does in English
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
.IekXiI-HXde.

When out of Office Democrats do
much talking about the offensiveness
of trusts, but when in power the par
ty does nothing to curb trusts Talk
ing and acting are two different
thfngs.-Terre Haute Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
M,-.n,v..t wne,t Production.

Northwest Wheat Production.
The agricultural book of the North
west territories shows that in four
wears the production of wheat has in
creased from 5.542.478 bushels to H.
sos. 447 bushels, and of oats from g.
Gao a07 bushels to e.716,132 bushels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

one NJ these three divisions VIII the
other divisions follow it?
The situation OF the National Demo
cratic party is most desperate. And
it will not be improved by adopting
the tariff issue.-Sioux Falls Leader.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Good for insect Bites.

Common yellow soap. moistened
slightly and spread over a fresh mos
quito bite, will, it is said, quickly re-
neve the stinging pain. The same APP
plication is good for bites OF other
insects.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

of getting to the track in time for the
second race he hired an automobile
to take him there
The driver of the motor car ran as
rapidly as he dared over the bridge,
and had scarcely reached the Brook
lyn side when the machine broke
down. The broker fumed and swore
and the driver perspired and puttered
about the machinery, but without
avail. The broker saw thousands get
ting away from him every minute He
had $500 in his pocket to bet on Lady
Holyrood for himself. and $500 for
a friend to be wagered on the same
Thoroughbred, and here It Wa wen
toward $3.50 already There was no
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

and 1 had to tell him about my wind
fall, of course He looked pitifully
at me. Why said he, didn't youse
hear about that Dactyl race?
Hear what?' said l. L heard i
was near $4,000 to the good
-Four thousand nothin'.' said he.
They disqualified the filly. And dod
rot me if they hadn't My thousands
faded away, and 1 haven't bought
champagne since"
well" said the sympathizing
friend, ''have some now" And they
did.
the crowd pushed it's way out OF the
OF course, the hard luck stories are
more numerous than tales of good
fortune at the races, but occasionally
the god of chance favors the specuIa-
tor in some extraordinary fashion.
There is a New York broker whe is
congratulating himself these days on
what seemed at first a crushing bit
of ill-luck One day recently friend
of his who knew what was doing" at
Brighton assured him that in the sec
ond race the next day there was .
horse that simply could not lose I'M
less it dropped dead-a mare called
Lady Holyrood. The broker made up
his mind not to miss this good thing.
He was kept rather later than he ex-
pected at the Office, and to make sure
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
The Revival of Gaelic

The Rev. Peter C. Yorke OF San
Francisco, an eminent Gaelic scholar.
saws that the Gaelic revival will be
the greatest aid to the English Ian
guage since the passing of the French
Influences.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
World. Largest Painting.

The largest painting in the world.
exclusive of panoramas and CYCLIC
ramas, is in the grand salon of the
Doge's palace at Venice. The paint
ing is eighty-four feet wide by thirty
four feet high.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Soldier Twice Honored

Soldier Twice Honored.
Major Sir Claude Maxwell Macdon.
aid is a K. C. B. twice over. having
had conferred upon him both the mill
tary and civil distinctions of the Order
of the Rath
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
Lost Track of Lives Saved

Mrs. Thomas Simpson of Hoboken.
N. J., daughter of Major Morton, an
English army officer. has saved so
many people from drowning. it is said.
that she has got tired of keeping
count"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
kitchener loses Bullet.

Lord Kitchener when in the Soudan
received a bullet wound in the cheek
from an Arab rife. The bullet, after
remaining in the flesh for some time,
fell into his plate at a London res
taurant.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06
sinht of the Ostrich.

An ostrich can see all around him
without moving his head. a person
standing behind an ostrich can see
the pupils of the fowls eyes, and, OF
course, he is seen by the fowl.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

For 1850 and 1860 the amount is
estimated, while the figures for 1871
are in currency and should be re-
duced one-fifth.
Now the recently issued bulletin for
1900 gives the value for 1899 as $4,-
739 ,11S,752, and if the census had
been taken last year it would no
doubt have conceded that the value
of our agricultural products was fully
Sc 900 100000. That is more like 1t,
but still far from the truth The cen
sus takes little or no account of what
the farmer himself consumes. He re-
turns his cash product only. while in
many cases he consumes more than
he Sells The meat and vegetables
that go on to his table, the winters
supply of potatoes and apples and
cider and ham and bacon, the grass
and hay and fodder that are fed to
the live stock summer and winter,
the eggs and butter and milk, the
peas and beans and tomatoes, the
cherries and strawberries and black
berries, the wood for the fire, the
straw for bedding, the manure for
fertilizing-in short, things innumer-
able that contribute to the living,
comfort and happiness of the farmer
and his family should all be included
in the total value of his products;
$4,000, 600, 900 would not seem an ex-
travagant estimate; 100000, 900
would seem very conservative We
therefore insist on this latter sum
as the minimum value that should be
given to our products of agriculture.
1t shows what protection does for the
farmers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

Defiance Starch-16 ounces 10 cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-09-06

HE old racegoer stood in a
Park Row cafe running the
ticker tape through his nm
gers as the results OF the
raceS aft Brighton were COM
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-28
THB TUA-TUA EXPERIMENTS

So much critical discussion has been
offered in connection with local expert
ments made with the purported tua-
tua plant leprosy cure that II Is highly
proper to consider the facts. Far
from being Indifferent to the posibili-
ties of this herb the local health au-
thorities have put 1t TO test. with re-
suits thus far being entirely negative.
This finding comedies with the ex-
perience Of scientists of the United
States Marine Hospital service. Posi-
tive results have not been sufficiently
authentic to warrant anything further
than what Is already being done,
namely, the cultivation Of the plant, a
study Of its curative qualities through
chemical analysis and when the plant
Is developed, the use of its product
with such patients as are disposed to
accept the treatment.
This is the situation in a nutshell.
One test has been made and an I'M
favorable report made. The Board OF
Health officials under the direction OF
DR.. Sloggett are now at work to make
more thorough experiments II posi-
BILE and find the curative quality.
The discussion brought up by this
plant points the moral that has been
patent to professional men, officials
and citizens OF Hawaii for many years;
the desirability If not necessity of EN-.
ploying a scientist who shall give all
his time to the study Of leprosy. The
Board Of Health OF which w. o. Smith
was the head made an effort to accom-.
plish this and successive boards have
had the same end In view. Lack OF
funds and inability to get the man fol
the work has been the barrier con,
stantly encountered. The probability
that the Federal Government could
easily find the man and the money has
furnished the main argument in favor
of Federal control OF the leper receiy.
ing station and settlement. As Fed
eral control is likely, however, to carry
with 1t the very undesirable nationa
laZaretto idea II thereby becomes i'm,
practicable. This very fact should in
fuence our own authorities which con,
troll appropriations to make possible
through Territorial channels what the
Federal government could and would
make a fact.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-28

then at Honolulu. but now here. The
plants were set out in the experiment
station grounds in Honolulu, where
they flourished. waxed green and pro-
duced many buds. With the plants
came statements from Venezuela
their home-that leprosy had been sue.
,essfully treated with the extract. DIR.
c. +. Camp, assistant in the bacteria
logical laboratory of the Board OF
Health of Hawaii, has been expert.
menting ever since the receipt of the
shrub.
I'm Tahiti really wonderful advance
toward the cure of leprosy has been
achieved by the use OF the shrub, but
in Hawaii II has been difficult to in.
duce the lepers to undergo the trea:'
ment. The use of the medicine In
generally accompanied by severe col
ic, and the Kanakas VIII not submit to
the pain, even though a promise rs
held out of a partial cure of their ter
rible afflitcion.
The lepers are free to accept or re-
fuse treatment and cannot be forced
to take the medicine. A Portugue so
in Honolulu, who had leprosy, was Civ
en- the tua-tua, and, according to DR..
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pn"n,5o MS ST., a. .ne ooaiu
asEeI as 70 tb,s said. tsTHn u p %
Of Health ., uawaW no, to, iohi,,
tunnel down ronmasts :" hn a,ionas
w aynoriuomt nIth Ionuoo n aoT W..
bayo Gnna thts hanomso ~, 49,, W" 20
n~reo waro inyarioIJn D ,mr E%' ~ ~
natont 80 ,n '"''%J n pnopIis'ois ~
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dorsom"nt Of tba 800 Nv 20 o on ~
wonId ha rIaoand ~ soo ~ Jin .ou' o.,
or Son,o o,ro " oS io ~ hmt 80. !,
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-28
ASK GERMANY TO GET
OUT Of TEN TS|N

Washington, Mar. 1S.-Oficial disap-
proval has been expressed by the
United States of the refusal of Ger
many to evacuate Tien Tsin. China
has appealed to the powers to name a
date when II can resume control OF
the city, and renewed efforts will be
made by Secretary Hay to bring this
about as early as possible. The ques-
ton is an important one, because II is
the general understanding that con-
tinued opposition will have a decidedly
unfavorable effect upon the Chinese
They have kept their part of the bar
gain as stated in the protocol signed
by the powers last September, and the
authorities believe 1t only just that the
allies should carry out the pledges they
made.
Germany is the single power oppos'
ed to the abandonment of the allied
government of Tien Tsin and return Of
the city to the Chinese authorities
Great Britain is anxious to withdraw
her troops; France has announced
that she will order the force she has al
that point back to her Tonquin pos
sessions, and Japan has instructed hei
troops to return home. Neither Rus
STA nor the United States is represent
ed by military at Tien Tsin. In officla
circles here the impression is stroni
that Germany proposes to maintain {
force at Tien Tsin until China grants
her additional concessions at Shan
tung
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-28
RHssmAN LITTLHFIHLD.

Recent Washington dispatches state
that Congressman Charles Il. Little
field is in the hands of his friends as a
candidate for Speaker of the House of
Representatives In case the Republic
cans carry the elections next fall. Mr..
Littlefelds youth in point of Con-
gressional service and his speedy adj
vance to prominence in national af-
fairs give this announcement added in
terest. His candidacy appears to have
genuine and strong support.
Littlefeld went to Congress from
Dingley's district less than four years
ago. He was hardly well ensconced in
his Congressional seat before he came
out in open and forceful opposition to
the administration policy as expressed
in the Foraker Act dealing with Porto
Rico. An effort was made at the out
set not to take Littlefeld seriously. He
was a newcomer so-to-speak. But Lit
tlefield's powerful and convincing atti-
ture demanded attention. Older mem
bers of Congress found that he could
not be put aside. His arguments were
convincing and the character Of his
motives was above the possibility OF
successful impeachment. fAdministra-
ton leaders found that they had a man
to deal with who not only voiced his
own opinions Of justice but was spokes-
man in the halls of Congress for an
equally forceful sentiment in the Re-
publican party. Weaker men were
whipped into line. Littlefield failed to
kill the Foraker bill but he went to an
| honorable defeat that strengthened his
influence in Congress and out of It.
The same Littlefeld is now lined up
against the administration policy to-
ward Cuba but in the midst of this he
is brought forward by a goodly num-
Der Of his associates as the prospec-
| tive leader of the House. Whether OPP
posed to the administration or not he
has clearly demonstrated the qualities
of leadership that command admira-
ton and respect. As a patronage get
ter Littlefield has not made a marked
success. About six months ago an
officer passed through Honolulu on his
way to the Philippines, whose appoint
ment was the first Mr.. Littlefeld had
been able to obtain since his election
10 Congress. Doubtless patronage
would have come easy to the Congress.
man had he made a sacrifice of prin-
ciple and come into line. But this Ia
not Littlefeld's way. He is a strong
party man. and popular man with the
people. He is one Of the men whom the
people can trust at all times, and pres
snt indications are that he will ba
heard from in connection with higher
Offices in the gift Of the American elec.
torate.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-28
GIVES TAYLOR CREDIT

New York Mar. ia special to the
Sun from Washington says: General
Frederick Funston when seen at the
New Willard last night and questioned
concerning the apprehension OF Agui-
naldo, gave the credit of the capture to
Lieutenant Taylor of the 21st Regular
Infantry. Lieutenant Taylor is a
Washington boy. He enlisted, In this
city during the Spanish American war
and served throughout the campaign
In Cuba and the Philippines. While
In the islands he was promoted to
Second Lieutenant for conspicuous bra
very, and was afterward transferred
to the Twenty-frst Regiment Of the
regular army. Lieutenant Taylor was
for several months in command OF a
troop of native scouts, and 1t was
while serving in this capacity that he
obtained the information leading to
the capture OF Aguinaldo.