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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-01

shouting as he went-he, the deliv-
erer-in a reassuring voice. He
reached the spot. The first thing he
saw was the girl-he caught sight OF
her through an opening in the leaves.
She was standing near a tree, her
eyes opened wide with-Fright?-N
with interest She was gazing in
tently at some spectacle, Jenkins
knew not what Her expression for
an instant gave him pause. Then
he stepped forward, cautiously, rath-
er than impetuously, as he had in
tended. AS he did so, he heard fierce
imprecations in one voice, cultural en-
treaties in another. And then he saw
that his tramp was being beaten
and pounded numerically by some
young giant, in the most approved
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THE RAGE FOR RISKS.
Long Record CT Lives Lest In Daring
Exercises.


A list made up by US at random
from newspaper accounts, and with
out any thought of completeness, OF
the number of persons who have lost
their lives through their passion for
risk, the love of hazard, during the
past few months, makes total of sew
eral hundred. This includes some
forty-1ve persons who have lost their
lives in automobiles, seventeen who
have missed" their footing in balloon
exhibitions, nine who have been ush-
cred out of existence by means OF
the bicycle and Its allied contrivances,
two who have climbed steeples for the
last time, three bridge jumpers, sew
enteen Alpine climbers, five long-dis-
lance swimmers, seven who have been
blotted out of existence in efforts to
break athletic records, and scores OF
others who have gone to a better, and
it may be hoped, a safer land by vari-
Gus other agencies or methods de-
signed ostensibly to promote the joys
of this present life. If to this list we
should add the 800 other mountain
climbers who, it is said, have lost
their lives in the Alps during the past
ten years, the total sacrifice of human
life to the rage for risk would indeed
assume formidable proportions.-Les-
lies Weekly.
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Authority Needed.

When Father Jones, president Of
the Augustinian College at Havana,
was recently in Philadelphia the at
tendance on the conference of men,
oers of his order, he told a story of
a reformed burglar who, after much
persuasion, induced his longtime pal,
also, to reform. A Paulist friend of
Father Jones', then stationed in New
York city, had been the recipient of
picked to listen to the seconds. The
priest was interested in the two fell
lows because of the sincerity of the
first; and, when the pair called, he
took the second into his own room
and left the evangelist In the hallway.
After listening half an hour to the
new penitent's story of a vicious life,
the Paulist remembered something left
nndone with regard to a marriage to
be celebrated that evening, and, in
terrupting the burglar, fastened from
the room. After waiting ten minutes,
the fellow put his head through the
door and called:
bill"
What is it?" responded the first
convert.
Where did he go?"
Don't know" answered Bill. What
difference does it maker"
WELL" replied the half-confessed
stepped cut to call a policeman"
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Forty-Six MISSING.

Private Cadotte, of the Third United
States Infantry, on service in the Phil
ippines, sends the following yarn"
He says the notorious (Filipino) Off
Ger, Gen. Llanera, told it to him:
after the terrible fight between
Manila and Caloocan, while we were
yet gathering our scattered forces in
order to man the trenches or Palo and
Malabon, we gradually got over the
effect, and came to look upon the
Americanos lying at Ca1oocan SO
quietly as not SO dangerous, after all.
They were afraid to come out and
fight, SO our men went in small par
ties and engaged them at times. One
day a corporal named Leon went
scouting, as he was anxious for pro-
motion. I1l-fortune was his, SO he
caught no Americanos unawares, but
on his way home found a great iron
ball of oblong shape and brought it
into camp at Meycuayan. The cap
tain ordered it taken before FL Cen
eral, who said it was an Internal ma
chine of the Americanos-los diablosi
He took it outside of the camp, under
a great mango tree, and unscrewed
the point of it-for it was a six-inch
shell. Seeing nothing dangerous about
it he put a lighted cigarette in the
hole, and then put his ear down over
it to hear the result. Well, we did
not recover from the result for some
time. When we did we looked for
Leon and some twenty or thirty other
men; we found them, or small pieces
of them, hanging in the mango tree
and scattered around the ground
From the roll call that night there
were forty-six missing, with the
wounded. Weekly.
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All About a Corn.

A lady who was grievously torment
ed with a corn, was advised by one of
her friends to anoint it with phos-
phorus, which she did; she forgot,
however, to tell her husband, before
retiring at night. 1t had just struck
twelve when the husband awoke, and
he was startled at seeing something
sparkle at the foot of the bed. He
had never heard of a FREELY in the
locality, nor did he remember seeing
such a terrible looking object as he
beheId at that moment Reaching
carefully out of bed for one of his
slippers, he raised 1t high in the air,
and brought it down with great force
on the mysterious light There was a
shrek, followed by an avalanche Of
bedclothes- The lady has not got rid
of her phospnorated corn.
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manner. For awhile the tramp put
up a real or pretended resistance
then he weakened.
Don't, don't, mister" he pleaded
"Ain't yer got yer moneys worth!
Stop, Mister! No! no! mol not on the
beak!" he screamed in agony. For
his opponent had planted a vigorous
blow upon that already fractured
m amber. He followed it by another
blow that sent the tramp spraw1ing.
The tramp, selling his chance. scram-
bled to his feet, and scampered
through the underbrush and out of
sight.
AS he did so, the girl, with a cry,
sprang forward and threw herself into
the mans arms, clinging closely
round his neck.
'Duncan-oh, Duncan!" she cried.
Duncan, my preserver!" The man
held her close, and bent down and
kissed her, not once, but many times.
AS he did SO, jenkins saw his face,
and knew him. 1t was Kennedy
Duncan Kennedy, a mining engineer,
i guest at the hotel
For the moment Mr.. jenkins was
overcome. He sank upon the ground.
When he recovered his equilibrium
he found that they had disappeared
but, hearing the sound of voices on
his right, he moved in that direction.
He came to a small opening. In
the middle of it was an old log.
On the log sat Kennedy and the
girl.
Dear little girl" the man was say
ing, next time I'll come with you, in
stead of meeting you down here
1t was the trysting place.
Darn EN- said Mr. Salisbury
Jenkins to himself, that's what's
brought her down here every night"
He carefully retraced his steps.
Can you tell me-" inquired Mr.
Salisbury Jenkins later. of the hotel
clerk, what is the next train up to
the city?'
The clerk looked up. "Six fifty
1t was. But, my, you're not going
SO soon? What's matter? Not
afraid of the girls?"
Mr.. Salisbury Jenkins was not
afraid of the girls, no-but of tho
girl-that was s different matter.
And, then. too. he was bit ap-
prehsnsive as regards the tramp.
After al:." sighed Mr.. Salisbury
jenkins. New York's the place!"
Duncan" said the girl to Ken
nedy, later, ''do you mind, Duncan, IL
sometimes I call you Masterson.'
Call me anything, my darling" re-
turned Kennedy. I'll come to You
when you CALL"
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An Australian wit.

William Shields, a member of the
ministry of the Australian federation,
is a wit. In the course of a recent
public speech he exclaimed: 81 am
an Irishman, and a pessimistic Irish
man is as great curiosity as a poetic
oyster or a benevolent tiger" At the
same time he was not IAN optimistic
ostrich, that sticks his head in the
sand while the wind plays fantastic
tricks with it's tail" In the opinion
of Mr.. Shields Australians are nation
ally and individually an extravagant
people. He proved 1t with an anec-
dote- When the present huge gov
eminent house in Melbourne was be-
ing planned the architect consulted
the premier of the period as to the
size of the ballroom. do you know
anything about bathrooms in other
parts of the world?' queried the pre-
mier. "I only know the one in Buck
ingham palace" was the reply. Then
build our ballroom a third bigger than
the one in Buckingham palace" said
the premier. 1t was done as the lord
1y premier commanded, and so Mel
bourne came to possess the biggest
ballroom in the world.
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HIS RIGHT TO RECOGNITION. :,
New York Saloon Keepers Idea Of 4
"Ratinq."

Rating"
An east side Teutonic saloon keeper
having saved more money than he
cared to allow in his till over night,
decided to deposit it in a bank. Stroll
ing down Broadway, he inquired for
"goot bank" and was directed to
the Chemical National. He asked the
bank usher:
els Mr.. President at homer" The
usher replied that the president was
in his Office. Very well, you yoost tole
him that Mr.. Yoccup Schmitt wants
to put a hundred dollars every night
in his bank and take it oudt in the
morning."
After long wait the attendant re-
turned and informed Mr.. Jacob Smith
that the president could not take his
money, as he was not rated by Dun or
Bradstreet The excited German re-
piled:
dun or Bradstreet! Why, 1 was
been raided twice by Parkhurst!"-
New York Times.
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Oh. the music, mirth and madness,
Oh, the melancholy strife
And the sweetness and the sadness
And the glory and the gladness
In the pageantry of Life.
oh, the bitterness and burning,
oh, the pathos and the pain
Oh, the endlessness of yearning
And the shallowness of learning
Oh, the throbbing of the brain!
Oh, the emptiness of seeming,
Oh, the hollowness of pride :
Oh, the vanity of scheming
And the idleness of dreaming
And the misery beside.
Oh. the beauty and the glory,
Oh, the majesty of age
Passion cold and tresses hoary-
Oh, the sadness of the story,
Oh, the turning of the page!
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ulsIes of Safetx.n

New York is to have isles OF safe
ty' to be located at congested points
of traf1c. They are really harbors OF
refuge for citizens engaged in lodging
street cars, and will afford infinite
amusement to the drivers of the merry
cable car. If the car catches the pas
senger before he lands on an isle OF
safety he's 1t, and they call the meat
wagon,
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Indians Neat Retort.

One of the most richly deserved re-
torts 1 have ever met with was that
of a Sioux girl at the Hampton Instf-
tute not long since A silly visitor
to the school went up to the mag
nificent red-skinned belle and said:
Are you civilized?" The Sioux rails
ed her head from her work slowly
she was fashioning a breadboard at
the moment-and replied, mo; are
your"
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Mr.. Salisbury Jenkins Idea.
BY WILLIAM A. OSBORNE.

BY WILLIAM A. OSBORNE.
Copyright 1902. by Daily Story Pub. COD
Mr.. Salisbury Jenkins stepped out
upon the hotel porch under the fire
of inquisitive glances with an easy
nonchalance of manner, which comes
only with long practice He was the
latest arrival He lit his cigar and
gazed with an Indifferent curiosity
upon the crowd Mr.. Salisbury Jenk-
ms was an observer-especially OF
women, and he speedily made up his
mind that the girl in the pink d1mity
at the end of the piazza was the one
girl in the crowd. Having reached this
conclusion he rested not until he had
been formally introduced = having
been formally introduced he improved
his opportunity.
A day or two later he sat on the
railing looking down upon the girl,
as she reclined in an easy chair.
She laid down book, with a sign.
What do you think of it?" queried
Mr.. Jenkins.
Perfectly lovely returned the
girl "Masterson the hero, is such
a fine fellow-the kind of man who's
strong and brave and risks his life
for women, and really accompl1shes
things. 1 could fall in love with a
man like that. I'm tired of the rest
the kind who talk all day about books
and the theater, the races and golf
Masterson was so different"
Mr.. jenkins WINGED. For two days
he had held forth upon golf and the
races, the theater and books. Still,
he thought, complacently, of his man.
ly appearance, and he considered that
he would push Masterson, the books
hero, close for second place. But
it was up to him now to make an Inn
pression-to prove his supremacy.
He preferred to eclipse Masterson
II possible. To this end he racked
his brain.
And then-a sublime idea occurred
to him; the more he thought of 1T
the more he liked it-and as he con-
templated 1t, he thought it must end
in but one way-with the girls arms
around his neck, like the heroine's
about the neck of Masterson. This
idea was not entirely original-he had
read of it in fiction; but it was, he
considered, without precedent in real
life. 1t was to place the girl in a
situation of apparent danger, from
which, without danger to himself, he
would gloriously rescue her.
1t was a great idea and Mr.. Jenkins
worked it out.
''Well, mister said the tramp,
glancing doubtfully at Mr.. Jenkins
well-padded shoulder I'll tell you
how it is. I stood up once to have a
man knock me down for five dollars
it was John L. what did it. An he
broke me nose. 1 don't want no more
of it. 1 don't want you to use me
rough Mr.. Jenkins treasured him.
well, then, I'll go you, mister
I'm not much on soaring women, but
1 spose I could do it on a pinch. All
right, I'll go you. Only" he added,
don't you use me rough, and don't
you hit me on the beak.'
=
Next evening at sunset the girl set
out for her customary walk through
the glen. She always went alone. Mr..
Salisbury Jenkins had often offered
to go with her, but, although excep-
tionally gracious to him at other
times, she had acknowledged his sug-
gestion with a glance which, in an
other person, would have been a
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Even MiIIionaires Turned Down.

James Dobson, multimillionaire
carpet-maker of Philadelphia, was
among those present" at a coal Of
flee there the other day to make ap-
plication for fuel. He stood in line
with a number of others and pleaded
for a carload, saying he needed it bad
~ at his factory. That was his sec
ond appeal, but he was told to call
again in the morning"
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Church whistIers

Whistling in church, once regarded
as a proclamation. now bids fair to be-
come a regular feature of the service
At one of the New York churches Miss
Louise Truax has introduced the nov
city of whistling the offertory. So sue
cessful has this been in attracting the
congregation to worship that many of
the most fashionable churches in the
city are now bidding for her services
York Letter.
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pressmaker Has Riaht idea.

A ,dressmaker at the Chicago con-
vention complains bitterly that in her
first year of business she accumulated
81 200 worth of uncollectable ae-
counts. mo matter how beautiful the
gown we can make, If our business
does not bring adequate financial re-
turns for the time and money expend-
ed we cannot account it a success,
said she. She seems to have the right
idea
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Indian Hop Pickers.

Sfwash Indians from Puget Sound
and British Columbia, do most of the
hop picking in western Washingto
and the annual migration from the
reservations to the hop yards has.
already taken place. The dusky red
man is valuable to the growers, and
in many instances superior to the
white picker. The growers pay 81
a box. and the average buck earns -
q day.
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Trained Cats in France.

Trained cats are the latest fad OF
French society women Fashion de-
crees that the animal must be "edu-
Gated" entirely by its owner and sew
erai Of the best-known women in Par
isian society are giving an hour day
to training their pets.
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Two Distinguished Stage People.

Maud Hobson, an English actress
who is being touted as 1.-The most
beautiful woman in the world" has
arrived in New York. On the same
steamer came an English actor. Her
bert Sheath, who is called the richest
actor in the world He sticks to the
stage because he likes it. Sheath is
crack polo player, clever jockey and
has many rich friends in this country
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Congestion In British City.
Birmingham, England, has upward
of 10000 back-to-back houses and g.
600 courts, which are entered by tun-
nels from the street, states the cxty's
medical omcer.
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stony glare. This time he did not Of
fer. He watched her disappear in
the woodland path and then he fol-
lowed her.
The glen was a wild and weird and
lonely place, especially after sun
down. Mr.. jenkins felt that keenly-
but he pressed on after the girl. o.
casionally he caught glimpses of her
but finally he lost her.
Suddenly he heard a wild scream
a woman's scream-her scream. For
an instant it froze his blood Then
he braced up and sprinted on ahead,
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Problem for women.

To the average woman a more Inn
portant issue this fall than anything
pertaining to her ability to vote is the
frightful problem confronting her Of
how to make her last winters cloak
look as il it belonged to this years
vintage
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South America. Lantern Blu

Soutn NmeffcaS Edhterh Bug
A queer specimen recently received
in New York from the tropic regions
OF South America is the lantern bug
On the front of its head is a hollow
extension. large and colored red and
yellow. At night when the bug does
its flying the hollow head piece acts a
q reflector around the phosphorescent
glow in its center.
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Electrical Manufacturing Widespread
While electrical manufacturing Is
shown to be chiefly concentrated In
some six Eastern and two Middle or
Western states, the industry is fairly
widespread, its data being furnished
by no fewer than nineteen states.
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Gossips are not to blame If one-half
the world doesn't know how the other
ham lives.
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Proof of Old Saying.

Dear me, john" called the cob
bler's wife, ARE you never going to
stop work? It's most IL O'Clock"
What's the difference?" answered the
busy man of the last Its never toe
late to Observation-Disclosures EVENING
Bulletin.
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Col. Mccook,s Welcome.

"Co1. Dan McCook," said Sergt
Grimshaw, was little free in the use
of strong language, but wasn't a hard
swearer, as army swearers went. On
the morning of Nov. 26, 1863, after the
capture of Missionary ridge, our divi-
sion was pushed out after the retreat
ing rebels. We struck them about sun
down, but they cut out after we had
given them two or three volleys. We
camped for the night in line of battle,
but were not disturbed.
1.-THE next morning companies A
and B of the Fifty-second Ohio were
sent out as skirmishers under Cant
Buckle. Soon we were lost in the high
underbrush of the wooded country in
front. We kept our formation and
kept moving and picked up more pris-
oners than we had men, but we could
not find brigade or regiment Or
derlies and staff officers sent out from
brigade headquarters failed to find us
until we came into the open country
near Rocky Face ridge.
I'VE were then five or six miles
from our regiment and we're escorted
to brigade headquarters by two staff
officers who had been hunting us all
day and who reported that Col Dan
was in a state of mind over our disap-
pearance. We expected scoring, but
we marched up in good order with all
our prisoners in the line. We met
with a hearty reception, but I will al
ways remember Col. Dams face, as he
said: God. boys, hardly expected to
see you again. 1 thought the rebs
had gobbled you sure. God, boys, but
am glad to see you come in all right
and with so many prisoners
"As Colonel Jones Would Saw
Hard swearers," said the major,
.'abounded in the army. Col Jones of
our brigade was an expert and was
held up as frightful example to the
men. Col. Warrington of the Fiji
teenth Kansas said a good deal about
Col Jones and used him to enforce
the rule that neither officers nor men
in the Fifteenth should swear. For a
time the rule was rigidly enforced,
Col. Warrington standing as a shin
ing example of the American officer
who did not swear under any provo
cation
Then the rule was broken, and by
Col. Warrington himself. We were in
line under heavy artillery fire when a
shell or cannon ball struck in a hog
wallow near which Col Warrington
was standing. There was a tremend-
Gus splash. and a mass of mud and
filth struck Col Warrington square1y
in the face Gasping for breath and
digging with his .,ands at his mud
covered eyes and mouth and nose,
Col Warrington raised his voice and
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confederates Are Divided.

The question of accepting the help
of the Grand Army in the construc-
ton of the Confederate veterans
home at Mountain Creek, Ala, is caus-
ing serious disruption in the Con-
federate veterans associations in varf-
GUS parts of the south. In Louisiana
resolutions were adopted thanking the
northern veterans for their offer, but
saying that the south was able to pro-
vide for its veterans and could not
accept assistance from Others" In
Alabama, however, the. Confederates
are adopting resolutions of thanks to
the Grand Army and accepting the Of
fers of help. Col ]. N. Fa1kner, a dis
tnguished Confederate soldier, says
that the offer Of Gen. Terrence to aid
the Confederates was made at his sus.
gcstion-