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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-09

Frederick Warde has captured Homo.
lVu without a struggle.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-09
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

AGENTS rOH
FIRE, MARINE LIFE, ACCIDENT
AND EMPLOYERS LIABILITY IN.
sURANcE COMPANIES.
Insurance Office, e24 Bethel Street.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
Live in Households

not thought SO much about the size of
heaven They have probably always
felt that there would be ample room
for those who would be able to get
there. If a lack of room were possible.
in the divine order of things. it would
probably be at the other place, judg-
ing from the pronouncements that are
made from time to time.
Room has never been a matter of
serious consideration with men who
have paused long enough in the whirl
of events to mediate on the blessings
which are to follow life of righteous
ness. The main question, and the one
in which all men are most concerned.
is the simple question of the shortest.
best and safest way. Put in different
language, they want to know how to
get there. and if the studious statis-
tician will figure out some plan that
will meet with general satisfaction
along this line, he will probably
smooth out the burrows which now
mark the faces of uneasy sinners.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

To illustrate one-sided reciprocity let
us name Canada Canada wants free
access to our markets. and in return
will cheerfully give us free access to
hers Canada has 5000 900 people; the
United States has so, O00. 000- Her peo-
pie can buy of us, provided Great Brit
ain does not demand her trade. one
sixteenth of what we would naturally
buy of her. Though her soil is Ameri-
can and she controls great deal of the
North American continent, the wages
paid by her for labor are 20 to SO Ter
cent lower than in the United States.
She would. of course. I'LL our markets
with cheap goods to compete with bet
ter paid American labor Such condf-
ton would undoubtedly help Canadian
ImmiEratIon. OF which there has been
practically none Tor half Z century II
= coefcE for 90 Un1<90 1<1tu q 81
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
Imperattve-orders.

The colonel was entertaining some of
his friends with stories of army life,
says the Detroit Free Press, and the
talk turned to the infiexibi-ity of or
ders. That reminded the colonel of
Tim Murphy's case
Murphy had enlisted in the cavalry
service, although he had never been on
a horse in his life. He was taken out
for drill with other raw recruits I'M
der command of a sergeant, and as
luck would have it, secured one of the
worst buckers in the whole troop.
Now, my men, said the sergeant
in addressing them, mo one is al
lowed to dismount without orders from
a superior officer. Remember that
Tim was no sooner in the saddle
than he was hurled head over heels
through the air, and came down so
hard that the breath was almost
knocked out of him.
Murphy shouted the sergeant,
when he discovered the man spread
out on the ground, you dismounted. z"
Il did"
Did you have orders?"
q did,"
From headquarters, 1 suppose?''
with a sheer.
mo. from headquarters.
Take him to the guard-house!" or
dered the sergeant
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25


The good of money is to get things
you want This is the creed of Harry
Stillwell Edwards, the Georgia novel
ist-
Mr.. Edwards decided to write story
in competition for a $4,000 prize Of
fered by newspaper for the best
American story of mystery. Mr.. Ed
wards was a writer of Southern verse.
and of dialect stories of that pictur-
Georgia Crackers.
He surprised his friends by saying
that his wife had furnished a splendid
plot or the tale of mystery that he was
to offer The couple went to work en-
Enthusiastically on the story, and it won
the first prize.
To the question, What will you do
with the money? the Edwardses said
not a word. Weeks passed. and the
curiosity of the townspeople was still
on edge. Then one day an express
wagon delivered twenty Grated bicycles
before the Edwards piazza
EVERY single relative of mine"
said Mr.. Edwards, has wanted BIZ
cycle, and not one of them would have
a poor wheel There are twenty OF
us, all told, in the two families, and so
when 1 got check for $4,000 1 just
sent $4,000 to the best bicycle firm in
the country and got twenty 800 bicy-
cles. And what's money for if it isn't
to get what you want?"-Philadelp
Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
A Valuable Hand.hake.

Charles M. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel corporation, never
seems to wholly forget the days of his
early struggles days when the
wolf was not only at the door, but
right at his throat. He was walking
up Broadway, accompanied by two
other gentlemen, after attending ses-
sion of the National Civic federation.
when he saw a respectable looking.
middle-aged man standing at a street
corner reading the advertisement
pages of newspaper.
Looking for a job?" asked Schwab.
abruptly.
Yes, SIR was the brief reply.
What trader"
..Stonemason, sir; but 1 can't work
at that in the frost, so I'm just look
ing out for something else"
Good lack said Mr.. Schwab. grip
ping the workingman's hand, and then
striding away, while the man gasped
incredulously at the SO gold piece that
lay in his palm.-New York Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
A Rea.onabie reduction.

Unreconciled to the gloomy. pros
pect for wide open reciprocity, the
Chicago Evening Post plaintively
asks: Are there no industries which
are sufficiently established to stand a
reasonable reduction of duty?" 1t
may be there are such, but if so, what
of it? A reasonable reduction of
duty would amount to nothing in the
estimation of foreign competitors 1t
must be such a reduction as will rem
der the duty non-Protective. What
they c1amor for, and what the Post
seems to think they should have, Is
an unreasonable reduction OF tariff
duties; a foolish, destructive reduc-
ton; one that will enable them to
break into this market and undes-sell
domestic producers; such a reduction
as would either close our mills and
factories, or else lower the American
standard Of wages and of living and
thus diminish the purchasing capac-
ity and the consuming power of our
wage earners. That is what the for
eigners want. Is it what the Chicago
Evening Post wants?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

On the Canal.
presents not quite SO cheerful an ap-
pearance as the others Through the
bare windows lonely old man is seen
cooking his supper, an old bachelor.
Most of the men are loafing about the
decks, telling each other funny stories.
Not SO with the women. Here one is
hanging out clothes, another peels po-
tatoes, a third is spanking child
all that are visible are busy. The gen
eral air of both men and women gives
an impression of prosperity and COM
fort; all are plainly, but well, clothed.
And so these families pass the win
ter. In November, says the New York
Tribune, they come down, their boats
loaded with hay, grain. potatoes,
onions, apples or lumber. In April
they go up again with coal. On the
surplus earnings of the summer they
live during the cold season. If the
summer has been bad the men work at
times as longshoremen, but that is
only when in dire necessity. Of eve
nings they gather in each others cab
ms to talk, play cards, and some drink.
A few of the men have been sailors,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

Information for Prospective Brides
Except in the case of a prospective
bride who occupies high social po-
sition. it is not usual to make any for
NAL announcement of the engagement
of a lady The members of her fami-
ly impart the news to her friends as
they happen to meet them If it is
desired to inform friends at a dis
lance. the mother being dead, a girls
father, sister or brother may write the
informal announcement, or to inti-
mate friends and relatives the girl may
write herself. Invitations to the we'd
dings would be issued in the name of
the brides father 1t is usual to wear
a veil with a white wedding gown, but
If for any reason it seems more de-
sirable. a hat may be substituted A
bride is at perfect liberty to decide
the details of her own costume. All
the arrangements for the wedding
should be made to suit the convenience
and comfort of the contracting par
ties first OF all. regardless of fashion
or custom--Montreal Herald and STAR
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
Kerulatine the Greenwich clock.

Regulating the Greenwich Clock
The clock at the Greenwich observa--
tory is the most important one in Eu-
rope, for it furnishes correct time all
over that part of the globe, says the
jewelers. Review. 1t is, therefore.
looked after and regulated with the
greatest care, and is never allowed to
get more than one-tenth of a second
fast or slow.
Of course, it is impossible to correct
so small an error by moving the
hands, but an electromagnetic serves
the purpose. The magnet is near the
pendulum, which it attracts the least
bit when the electrical current is
turned on
The current is SO timed that it delays
the pendulum If the clock is fast, or
quickens it if the clock is slow. In
this way a few thousand swings of the
pendulum will correct the error of
tenth of second
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25


One of the military problems that
has come out of the Boer war is how
to provide pure drinking water for SOL
diers in the field. 1t is an old prob
lem, of course, but in the South Afri-
can war typhoid has slain more men
than bullets An English physician, a
high authority in such matters, has
proposed a method which is approved
by military experts. but which so far
the British War Office has rejected.
The physician, DR.. Caney, claims to
have demonstrated that one mule for
each hundred men will carry all the
boiling apparatus. with all the fuel,
meat extract, coffee, tea, sugar, ETC.,
required for ten days or even longer.
and with that subsequent fuel required
daily adds only 1-750 to the total daily
transport to insure Immunity from dis
eases occasioned by impure water The
War Office. however, though admitting
that the plan is practical at all
bases. on lines of communication, ETC.,
still refuses to adopt it. DIR. Caney
proposes to organize a water corps for
the army. whose duties shall be to
guard the troops against such diseases
as typhoid, dysentery and cholera
brought on by impure water He
maintains that all these diseases are
simply due to the willful neglect OF
simple precautions in this way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

At Sellwood. near Portland, Oregon
there was recently unveiled a monu-
ment to Arthur Venville, a lad who
lies in an unknown grave in the Phil
ippine Islands, says the Youths Com
panion. Venville was born in Eng
land, but was brought to this country
at the age of ten months. When he
was only seven years old his father
died. charging the child with his last
breath. almost, to take care of the
mother and sisters The little fellow
promised He was a quiet boy, of stu
dious habits He liked to go to school,
and he wanted to go to college, but he
had to take a place in a shop to help
support the family. In 1897 his health
began to fail, and he enlisted as an APP
prentice in the navy, still giving his
PEOPLE his wages. The other fellows
called him girl sailor" he told his
mother when he came home on fur
Tough. q year later. Venville was on
the gunboat yorktown in 1899. She
went to the Philippines, and in April
was sent to Baler Bay to rescue some
Spanish prisoners The young appren-
tice was one of the party of seventeen
which, under command of Lieutenant
Gilmore, was sent ashore to recon
hotter As the crowded launch ap-
preached the silent shore there sud
denly burst upon it storm of bullets
Several men were killed others were
desperately wounded. and all were
drenched with the blood of their com
rades. Lieutenant Gilmore has since
fold in McClure's Magazine of the be-
havfor OF venviIle. the eighteen-year-
old apprentice who had never before
been under IRE.
aHaving no other weapon than re-
vo1ver. useless at the range. wrote the
of4lcer. II reached for the rifle dropped
~ oue OF the dead It had been hit In
10 1ock and the clip MAS jammed In
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
PROFANITY in virginia.

T. S. Gordon, who lives on the Due
West road, was as gallant a soldier as
ever marched to Virginia, says the Abb
beville Medium. He was in Meow
ans brigade, A. P Hills corps, and
comrade of ours. He once had a sim
gular experience and we have pub
.lished his story of the incident. but it
will do to print again. When we be-
gan our march to Gettysburg heswas
left among the sick at Culpepper. who
made themselves as comfortable as
possible, scattered about on the ground
exposed to the weather. One day a
dozen or more old citizens visited the
bivouac. They were all gray-haired
age. They were neatly dressed in cit
liens clothing and seemed to be men
of good solid standing and education.
but what struck Gordon was that ev-
eryone was swearing as hard as he
could. Gordon says he never heard
such profanity before or since. They
were not boisterous or loud, but
walked quietly through the camp and
every man of them swore profanely
from one end of the camp to the other.
They were not in bad humor but were
swearing generally at the way the SOL
diers were treated. In appearance each
one would have passed for preacher
except for his profanity Gordon has
been trying ever since to account for
such conduct on the part of men of
such venerable, refined and intelligent
appearance.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
CAMP FIRE SKETCHES.
Stories That Will r evive Memories ira the
Hearts of Veterans.

attempted to fix it. A bullet went
through the flesh of his neck
:. Mr.. Gilmore, I'm HIT he said. But
he continued working at the rifle
"a second shot plowed through the
boys breast and came out in his arm
pit
:. I'm hit again, Mr. Gilmore
He was still trying to pull out the
damned clip, when a ball cut furrow
in the left side of his head.
Mr. Gilmore. they've hit me
again,'
He wiped the blood from his brown
eyes with his coat-sleeve, and then re-
turned to his task as calmly as If it
him. 1t was not three minutes uutil a
ball crashed into his ankle, infiicting a
painful hurt. There was just a slight
culver in the lads voice as he looked
up to me and said:
: MIR. Gilmore, I'm hit once more,
but I've fixed the gun, sir
One wishes this true tale might have
ended, Is stories do, with the hero's re-
covery and return; but when the other
survivors of Lieutenant Gillmore's
party were taken into the interior,
Venville, being unable to travel, was
left behind, and some time later he
was killed by the order of an insur-
gent general. Yet his eighteen years,
few though they were, had been spent
to some purpose. The monument stands
fair and stately symbol of the boy's
life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
rhe cuban Carrying Trade.

Lately the Tribune made the admir-
able suggestion that any reductions in
the duties between this country and
Cuba should be confined to such COM
modities as were carried under either
the American or the Cuban flag,
Cuban vessels to be built in the
United States, This proposition i'm
mediately meets with opposition from
the Munson line, whose ships are
greatly Norwegian, that sail under
temporary charters. The prompt op-
position of this line seems to have
killed the Tribune's proposition, and
this foreign line, that neither employs
American sailors nor repairs or out
fits it's ships in American ports, seem
to be debating the maritime policy
of this country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
AS TO THE SIZE OF HEAVEN.

Biblical Assurance That There VIII BE
Room for Years to Come.
Taking a verse from Revelation as
the basis of computation, some indus
trious and probably uneasy fellow has
again been figuring on the dimensions
of heaven The text is in XIV, 81, and
reads as follows: And he measured
the. city with the reed, $4,000 furlongs.
The length and the breadth and the
height of it are equal" He concludes
that this represents space of 469. 1885,
0S8, 900 600, 000, 900 cubic feet The en-
terprising statistician sets aside one
half of this space for the throne and
the court of heaven. and one-ha1f of
the balance for streets, which would
leave a remainder of 124, 19S, 272, OOO,-
600, 900 900 cubic feet
He then proceeds to divide this by
4.096, the number of cubica1 feet in
room 16 feet square, and this process
gives him 30.321 .843, 750, 200, 900 rooms
of the size indicated. He then proceeds
upon the hypothesis that the world
now contains, always has contained,
and will always contain. 990, 900 900 in
habitants. and that generation lasts
for 80 1-3 years. which gives a total
number of Inhabitants every century of
2,297 .0OO, 900. He assumes that the
world will stand 1000 centuries or
100, 900 years, which would give a to-
tai of $50 600 .0o0. 600 Inhabitants for
this period of time.
i He then reaches the reassuring con-
cIusion thst II 100 worlds of the same
size and 3uration, and containing the
same number Of inhabitants, shou re-
deem Al the tnhahitants>. there would
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
An Aristocratic boat.

An Aristocratfc Boat
the year, hundreds of them moored to-
gether in rows after rows, forming
small towns, with streets and yards.
in which children and dogs romp and
play. A picturesque sight it is. re-
sembling in many resp scts the sampan
villages of China.
They are a people by themselves,
these boatmen and their families, and
have their own ideas of what makes
home. Through the curtained win
dows you catch glimpses of cosy par
lors and kitchens. Green plants in
flower pots and birds in cages are also
visible Most of the cabins are divided
into rooms, the parlors with carpeted
floors, and pictures decorating the
walls, and more than few have
shelves of books Occasionally a cabin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
Pajama. for the Army.

Pajamas for the Army.
Inspector General Breckenridge ad-
yocates supplying the soldiers with pa
Jamas and thinks to do so will i'm
prove the health of the men-Press
dispatch
It's sort o. nuts fer soldiers who ulster
dub around
Assimilatln' alkali an pork an beans
an tack,
A-turnin' in at taps with jests his
blankets on the ground,
Without a bloomin' nightie to his
back;
To see the care they're takin' of his
precious health these days;
Proyidir' him with luxuries an CEN
sorin' his joys.
But this seems like the beatin'est of
all their funny plays
The issue of pajamas to the boys.
When We rode out with Harvey an
with Custer an, with Crook
We made our evenin' toilet without
pul1in' off our boots;
We got our faces sunburned and we
certainly did look
A set of ornery plain unwashed ga
1oots
But now we are gettin' civilized an
have to part our hair
An use the mornin' tooth brush,
which 1 don't claim isn't right;
Still none of us anticipated that we'd
get to wear
Pajamas when the bugle called at
night.
Inspector General Breckenridge, the
first thing that we know,
Will give US v'ilet water an man
icurin' set.
Well be the sweetest lot o. ducks that
ever faced foe
When ne gets through reformin' us,
you bet.
Its the one thing that we've wanted
to sleep comf'table at night
It's as welcome as the buddin' flow rs
in May.
You may picture. if you're good at it,
our wonder and delight
When they serve out pajamas some
fine day.
Chicago Daily News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

Arguments Based on Misinformatfon.
Some wonderful information finds
it's way into ''low tariff newspapers.
The Boston Transcript, for instance.
which apparently wants reciprocity
with Canada, after rejecting on the
motives of Senator Burrows and
others who do not agree with it, prints
this surprising information, which
was sent to it all the way from WASH
ington: I'm the Dingley tar1n the
duty on logs was made double that
carried by the Mckinley tariff of only
ten years ago. L.gs were on the
free list in the Mckinley tariff and are
also on the free list in the Dingley
tariff If the advocates of reciprocity
with Canada were to base their argu-
ments on facts instead of such won
derful misinformation as that about
the duty on logs they would cease to
talk on the subject.-Philadelp
Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

Not only on the Chinese river
Yangtse are floating villages found;
Americans have them nearer home. no
further than within New York harbor.
Not ten minutes walk from the Bat
terry, at the old Coenties Slip, hundreds
of families spend the winter. listening
to the swirling waters of the East riv-
-er around and under their homes until
the incoming swell rocks them to sleep
of nights Here it is that the canal
boats are tied up for five months of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
Classifying Warship..

After many futile efforts to devise a
method of classifying warsnips by nu-
merical figures or value an approach to
success has been made. The strong
point in favor of the system proposed
is that the values assigned to a con-
siderable number Of vessels under the
rule laid down correspond almost ex-
actly with the values given by the
foremost naval experts The new
method is difficult of nontechnical ex-
PLANTATION, but some of the results es-
tablished by it are easily understood
The highest figure of merit is that of
the New Jersey class, with figure of
116- Next come the British King Ed
ward and the Italian Benedetto Brin
with 1O4, the French Republique with
"a and the Russian Prince Potemkine
with 9S- The second-class battleshfps
of all powers cut very poor figure
and stand, as a rule, below the mod
ern armored cruisers.
St Frideswide's church. Poplar, has
been enriched by an interesting gift,
which is probably unique in England
It Is IN altar cloth valued at more than
1000 guineas, which, like Penelope's
web. has taken ten years to manufac-
ture and Is partly woven Of Eaman
hair.
The use Of diffusinx glass is regard
ed as the introduction OF = new ern b
interior HE6t<uE.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

That reciprocity convention was a
cruel disappointment to the tariff re-
formers They are now up against the
fact that the end of protection is not
yet in sight, and as Sam Jones says,
fact cannot be gotten over nor around.
1t must be '-camped'' by and "sot' Up
with.-Clyde IN. CD Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
Huge Telescope.

There has just been completed at
the Fulton engine works, in Los An
geles, Cal, huge telescope, minus the
two 36-inch lenses, for the Lick OBJ
servatory on Mount Hamilton. The
tube is 40 inches in diameter and 16
feet long. The instrument will go to
Chilli and stay on some Andean peak
for three years for observation of the
southern heavens.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25

tract this immigration to her own
states and territories, where. despite
the fact that we have sixteen times as
many people as Canada ON a smaller
area, there is yet room. with only
small fraction of our magnificent re-
sources developed.-New Haven Palla
dunn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-25
work as Loneshoremen.

Work as Longshoremen.
who, with the earnings of a cruise or
two on blue water. have invested in a
barge, settled down and become semi
1andlubbers. The majority have been
farmers up the state, but life on the
canal has made them semi-nautical
All of them together, they form a
happy colony