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Bluff Played Successfully by an Unsr meJ
Trave'er in India.


If not interfered with the tiger viii
generally run from. rather than attack,
a man. A writer from India tells a
story of how. having sent his guns ana
luncheon on before him, his attention
was arrested by a rustic in the jungle.
and looking that way he saw tiger
crouched low, coming rapidly toward
him. He says: My first feeling was
one of horror, for it seemed ali up with
me, the tiger being very close and fl
a rush. Of course, il was not me, but
the pony, that he wanted. but had he
knocked out the latter his own fears
at finding man under him wOnld
have made him maui rae, too. There
was but one thing to be done namely,
to put a bold front on it and try to
brighten him, and |, therefore. instant
ly wheeled the pony's head toward
him, shouting at the same moment.
The tiger stopped short and stared at
me, but he did not offer to retreat.
then moved the pony toward him.
shouting loudly as | did SO, ana the
tiger then turned his tail to me. and
having retired about thirty yards. he
sat bolt upright on his launches and
stared at NE. WAS NATURALLY deSlTEuS
OF withdra wing from an interview so
unpleasant TO me in my unarmed con-
dition. | therefore rode straight in at
the tiger, waving my arm and sternly
ordering him off, and before I reached
him he decided to move himself. this
time somewhat hastily and in marked
contrast to his previous orderly, not to
say dignifed, retreat. and. having at
last routed him. lost no time in can
tering over the remaining portion Of
th~ jungle cart track until it emerged
upon the high road.-Chicsso Chron-
fcla.
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e(S1gs< 2aStEDG -: 29 ~
rs He Helped Ericsson
Proved Himself Patriot
c&SS 6:afSxx =. Sa EESS

thought of that invincible ship being
turned loose among the wooden YES
sells of the coast was terrible one.
She could have levied tribute On
every city along the coast from the
Chesapeake to Maine, and would have
had everything her own way. Well,
when the Monitor was proposed, peo-
pie said that was just the thing II 1t
would work out. But many people
were doubtful about the cheese box
as they jeeringly called Er1csson's YES
sci.
Mr.. Bushnell thought she could be
built. So Mr.. John Drew of New York
and myself went on his bond with the
Navy Department and the work was
started at Greenpoint, N. Y. Every
body knows how the Union vessel was
finished. went down the coast and was
in Hampton Roads when the Merri-
mac came out.
Il will never forget the day of the
battle. 1t was an exciting time in
New Haven, for we had kind of local
pride in the Monitor. on account OF
Mr. Bushnell's connection. All day
long crowds clustered around the tele-
graph Office, receiving bulletins of the
fight.
Mr.. Bushnell and I were there, too.
you may depend upon it. At last,
along about or O'Clock in the even
ing came the news that the Merrimac
had been disa bled by the Monitor and
had put back to port. Bushnell who
was a strapping big fellow, with a
hand in proportion to his size,
brought his hand down on my Shout
der with a whack that nearly knocked
me down.
.''Sperry,' says he, your bond is
safe 1 tell you, there was great ceIe-
brating in New Haven that time. A
peculiar thing is that the original
bond we signed has never been found.
No one knows what became Of it,
Washington Star.
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per out SO persistently, and what on
earth its contents were all about, he
could not say.
Bless me! what rigmarole it all is,
to be sure!" he muttered to himself
How on earth did she get here? and
what can she want? 1 wonder if she
can speak English? I'll try her, at all
events. Madam. can 1 be of any ser
vice to your
The figure turned. The very move
ment struck a sudden chill to the
worthy bankers heart. What if she
was not alive, after all. Gracious pow
ers! what if he had been calling a
ghost Ma ami"
The figure moved. 1t made no noise.
and yet it came nearer and nearer. He
put out his hand to arrest its progress
and an ice-cold touch met his own.
He turner faint and sick. He would
have fed but his feet seemed rooted
to the floor.
''Go-go from the house and bring
my husband back" said a hollow
voice; then the veil fell aside, and a
white, hideous face glared upon him.
He uttered a loud shrek, and tainted.
The next instant, Mrs. Cowley, Rose
and Catharine were in the room, and
Cousin Charles stole out of the cup
board, where he had witnessed the
scene.
81 hope he is not hurt" whispered
Mrs. Cowley. Il shall never forgive
myself for the trick if he comes to
harm
Make yourself easy, aunt, he is re-
covering said Mr.. Cowley; and.
snatching his uncle up in his strong
arms, he laid him upon his own bed,
and vanished before the banker had
seen him.
There was not much danger. after
that, of Mr.. Cowley's remaining in the
haunted house day longer than he
could help.
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EASY VICTIMS OF GARD SHARKS.
High-RollinK Players Cheated Out OF
Immense Amounts.

Immense Amounts.
In the old days Of gambling the mel
who played highest were very fire.
Quently the most easily duped.
Wrothesly, duke of Bedford, was in
famously robbed by a gang of sharp
ers of whom Beau Nash was the head.
The duke had been plundered out of
over S350,000 at hazard, when, sus-
pecting the dice to be loaded, he rose
in a passion, put them in his pocket
and refused to play or pay further un-
til he had examined them. He retired
TO another room and fell asleep af-
fording the conspirators the chance to
pick his pockets and substitute legiti-
mate dice for the loaded. The duke
on awakening and finding the dice
correct played again and lost a fur
ther 100000. Beau Nash, not getting
a sufficient share of the plumber in
formed the duke A similar misad-
venture befell a duke of Norfolk early
in the last century. He went through
the same ceremony o. carrying off the
dice and falling asleep with them in
ever, the thieves got a notorious des-
perado to go into the room with q
brace Of pistols and new dice, with in
structions to shoot the duke If the
latter were awake and to change the
dice il he were asleep.
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John b. Cough Not FORGOTTEN.

John b. Cough Not Forgotten.
A fnll-length Oil painting of the late
John B. Cough has been presented to
the Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Mechanics association and will be I'M
yelled at the annual meeting.
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ter time in the car than in the cab
was after all good thing. because no
horse ambulance ever made was big
enough for a mammoth, and there the
ice closed over him, and for 1000
years, more or less, he reposed in his
trapped tomb, until some wandering
scientist came along and stared at
him through the crystal walls. Then
they cracked him out from his FROST
bitten nose to his frozen feet, and set
him up and danced the dance OF tri-
umph about rim.
Poor old mammoth! The world has
changed good deal since fate dealt
him that fatal jolt in the neck.
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Idleness is the incubator of a great
many small sins.
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Who is he who dares say all he
thinks.
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The passenger is likely to make bet
ter time in the car than in the cab.
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Houote, Ash.
- Hall ~
ny MAR ARET BLovNr.

Xxx s. S 81 e q: << * 81 3: 3: ts
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HOW HE SCARED THE TIGER.

CTo be continued.)
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Drawbacks.
There'sno Thanks
giving day for
Greece;
Her futures far
too murky-
For though she's
glad that she
has peace,
It's not a piece
of Turkey.
Drawbacks.
No Trouble.

No Trouble.
Lopeared Wad-
kins (who has
b e e n a w a vi
hear you had some
trouble with Sog
Johnson Thanks
givin' day.
lkaliIke-Nope
Jest shot him
that's all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
One of Many.

There goes man who looks like
one born to command"
Perhaps he was, but at present he is
one of the commanded"
"How's that?"
Married widow recently
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Not In n Good

Not III II uOOu
NO. exclaimed
the mother tur-
key, II would pre-
fer my children
not to associate
with those incu-
bator chicks"
Because they
are so needless
and don't know
how to feather
their own nests ?"
inquired the duck,
No, it isn't that
so much / have
brooded over re-
piled the turkey,
"but there's some
thing so artificial
about them"
However. when
t h e in Gu ba tor
chicks heard this
they thought of
the funeral baked
meats of Thanks
giving and re-
m a rk e d signifi-
cantly, Death lev
els all ranks"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Great!

One of the greatest feelings of pleas
ure' that falls to the lot of man is ex-
perienced when, after waking up with
the impression that it is time to arise
for the day and lying in bed for some
minutes fighting off drowsiness, he
finally looks at his watch and finds he
still has four good, long hours during
which he may sleep
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
The Old Story
Varied.

Il - = >h&e
II thought I'd be
all right" sobbed
the young wife,
when I married
a man who had
been PRAISED in
an orphan asy-
lum!"
OF course a sym
pa tn etic female
friend was near.
| why, what is
wrong, dear?" in
quired the visitor,
pleased at scent
ing domestic dis
cord.
"He-he"-
The bride of a
few short months
sobbed afresh.
he told me
that my Thanks
giving pies were
not as good as the
matron used to
! make!"
There is no es.
cape from these
economic pro b.
lens, old as exist
ence,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
He Never Smiled
A.ain

Borum Il say,
Miss Sharp, what
is the difference
between a woman
and a monkey?
M ISIS Sh arp
What is the dis
lance from your
chair to mine?
Borum - About
six feet.
Miss sharp =
Well. that's the
difference.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
An Evidence of
Blind Faith,

Sile Narrower
Them city fellers
amt so dumb
smart, after all.
Dave Deliver =
What they been
doin' now?
Sile Narrower
jest seed one on
EN- a-settin' his
watch by the old
town clock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25

Doctor-There, my good man, is
something to give you an appetite for
your Thanksgiving dinner.
Patient-Yes, but. DOCTOR can't you
give me dinner to go with the appe-
tite?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Personal.

Ida-So she left
her husband and
married again?
Sue-Yes; but she
was terribly in
suited during the
ceremony.
Ida-How so?
Sue-Why, some
one whispered d,
Grass is coming
up again"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Her Only OBJ
;aofSnn


Maid-Mrs. Gay
boy, | would like
to have a reason
for my discharge,
What is there
about me you do
not like?
Mrs. Gayboy
(quietly)-My hus-
bands arm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Not Mutual.

:" I like to see little dog said the
man with the dyed whiskers, suiting
the action to the word. and pat him
on the Blank dash the savage little
beast! Take that, you bloodthirsty
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Cutting.

He always gives
me such nice pres
ents on my birth
day."
He believes in
the law of com
pensation."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Don't You Know
Mee

Schenling, Schuy-
Ter = Well, were
sure NV a Tanks
givin' dinner.
Soiled Sammy
How's dat?
Scheming Schuy-
Ter - Turn up at
some place where
dere's a plate set
for de nissin' boy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
The Survivors,
Yarn.

Let us have a
somewhat differ
ent Thanksgiving
dinner" said the
farmers wife:
lets kill the fat
gander."
An hour later
the turkey, breath
ing freer, peeked
around the back
of the house to OBJ
serve the carcass
of his rival pen
dent from a nail"
Il now UNDER
stand" he said
softly to himself.
the meaning of
the phrase, 'Ev-
erything is lovely
and the goose
hangs high
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
Spoke From Experience.

Spoke From Experience.
Friend-I haven't seen you for some
time.
Poet-No. Fact is, 1 have become a
good deal of recluse lately.
Friend-I feared as much How
much do you owe?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-25
A Brief Respite.

BrIeI heSDlte.
The Friend-What have we to be
thankful for?
The Father-Lots. Christmas pres
ents are month away yet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01
CALLING BY PROXY.

Latest Fads.
THE fashion and etiquette writer's
IN some of the English journals are
making a big ado over the matter of
calling by proxy said the woman who
prides herself on doing things in the
right way, but there is really no
cause for all the fuss and feathers.
The idea is by no means new. 1t was
tried in this town a long while ago.
The custom never grew into great pop
ularity, it is true, but it was intro
duced, and by women who are sup
posed to know what is what. l we'll
remember what a shock the innovation
gave NE at first. 1 had never heard
of the practice until woman-an En-
glish woman, too, by the way-who
had me on her calling list, sent rep
reseutative around one day to pay her
respects The occasion was of more
than usual Importance, for 1 was en-
tertaining friends from the west then,
and the calls were intended more for
them than for me. Imagine, then, my
surprise to receive a woman whom l
had never seen before and whose name
was totally unknown to me. The
English womans card was presented
dlOHS Win neTS, anu she ndSIoneu u
explain the secret of her presence. The
Britisher, it seemed, was not well
enough to come, and, being unwilling
to pass my afternoon altogether, she
had delegated a proxy to call in her
stead. She must have found the make
shift unsatisfactory, for / subsequent
ly met the same agent at several
houses on the same errand. The
proxy was a very agreeable woman.
and l must say that, aside from the
novelty of the plan, no one seemed to
regret the substitution. Finally sew
eral other women whose social duties
pressed too heavily on their hands
adopted the scheme of hiring a proxy,
and it is still in vogue to a limited
extent, although 1 doubt if there is
any danger of the custom ever becom-
ing general here, as the English writ
erS seem to fear will be the case on
the other side New York Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01

In India Hindus and Mussulmans
alike wear both sandals and shoes
(slippers) and the latter boots also.
The sandal 1.-THE word is Persian) was
evidently the original covering for the
feet all over southern and eastern
Asia, while the shoe was probably in
troduced into India by the Persians
and Motn)gols, together with the tip
tilted (Hittite and Etruscan) boot.
Both are usually made in India of
leather, but never of pigskin; and
while the shoes are always colored red
or yellow, the boots are generally
brightly parti-colored; both, among
the upper classes, being also richly
embroidered in gold and silver and
variegated silk thread, and with ban
giles, bugles and seed pearls. after the
manner of the ancient Persian boots
represented on Greek vases. But, of
however rare and costly elaboration
the inevitable rule is to remove them
after entering a private house, just
when stepping on the mat or carpet
on which the visitor takes his seat.
They must be cast off-the right boot
or shoe first-before the worshiper
enters a tempe or mosque. and it is still
regarded as an absolute proclamation
to attempt to enter either fully shod
But the domestic habit arose out of its
obvious propriety. and the religious
ritual of "the Shoes of the Faithful, :
now and for centuries past observed
throughout Islam. can be demonstrate
ed to have been dictated by. il indeed
| it be not derived directly from. thu
universal social etiquette of tha East
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01
The Spice of Life

Uncle Jimmie" was man who had
a reputation for '-tightness in BUSH
ness affairs, which chung to him the
entire eighty odd years OF his exist
ence.
When he was stricken with what
proved to be his last illness a neigh
Dor came to see him who had heard he
was near unto death
The family were gathered about the
the room in various stages of grief-he
had not been an overly kind husband
and father-and the sick man lay on
his bed with closed eyes and labored
breathing.
See if he knows you" said the wife
tearfully to the neighbor. who tip
toed to the side of the bed and leaned
over the occupant.
Uncle Jimmie, do you know me?"
asked the neighbor gently.
A deep silence hung over the room.
Finally, Uncle Jimmie slowly opened
his eyes and fixed them intently on
the questioner.
Know you?" he echoed feebly. 81
reckon 1 do, Where's that gallon of
vinegar you owe me?''
The neighbor had to acknowledge
zhe recognition was complete--H. G.
Wood in Lippincott's Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01

Few people realize the immensely IL
Siberia To think of a single state
stretching through 100 degrees of
longitude and possessing one-ninth OF
all the land surface of the globe, Is
staggering Let us measure it by the
countries we are familiar with: The
United States and all its possessions
and all Europe, except Russia, could
be put into Siberia. with land enough
left to make thirty-five states like
Connecticut. And Manchuria will
mai seventy Correspondents
New Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01
American. in European Race.

Albert c. Bostwick has decided to
compete in the Paris-vienna motor
vehicle race in July next. He will
make the third American millionaire
to enter this contest. which is to be
held under the auspices of the national
automobile associations of France,
Germany and Austria. AS his present
machine. one of American construc-
ton, is above the weight limit fixed
by the international rules, and cannot.
therefore. be used in this contest, Mr.
Bostwfckr has placed an order with a.
foreign manufacturer for a new ma.
chine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01
WHAT SETTLERS IN SASKATCHEWAN
VALLEY HAVE TO SAY.


Formerly from the United States.
Rosthern, July Sth 1900.
Frank Pedley, ESQ.,,
superintendent of immigration.
Strive, the undersigned settlers
in Saskatchewan, Township 43, Range
g. beg to submit the following letter.
We came from Springfield, Bonhomme
County, S. Dakota, in the spring of
1892 and settled where we now reside.
We had considerable crop last year
we put in on new breaking, and it was
-ery good, and this year, 1900, our
crop is excellent. Our wheat will
yield about twenty bushels to the acre.
the oats and barley are also very good.
and our potatoes and root crop all
that could be desired. We consider
this a fine country and are glad we
came, as our prospects could not be
better. A poor man will get start
in this country much quicker than in
Dakota.
We are, yours respectfully, John HI.
Schultz, H. A. Goshen, S. Gors, B. H.
Dirks, c. ID. Unry, P. Unry. and A.
Ratzlief. All from South Dakota,
IT
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01
A strenuou. student.

There was a wild scene at Buda-
Pesth University few days ago.
Twenty students had undergone oral
examinations and eighteen had been
badly ''plucked." owing. as they
thought, to the unreasonable severity
of the test. One of the twenty. whip
ping a revolver from his pocket.
rushed up to the examiners table. and.
brandishing his weapon, yelled at tho
terrified professors: You may thank
your stars I've no cartridges. If
had / would have put lead into you
ALL" Amid the hubbub the professors
fed the room--Buda Pesth Core
spondence London Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01
A NEW FIELD IN SCIENCE.
Brainy Mems Claim to New Process of
Cheap Gold Manufacture.

Brainy Mems Claim to New Process of
Cheap Gold Manufacture.
The possibility of making gold out
OF cheap substances is being extern
sively discussed by scientists in Paris.
The topic would have been discussed
a few years ago as a crazy revival
of medieval alchemy, but since the
renowned chemist BerthelOt's discov-
cries and remarkable assertion that
gold is probably a compound substance
instead of being a simple metal, an
important school OF chemists has pre-
dicted that gold will be manufactured
as cheaply as butter some day.
Meanwhile the French Society of Mod
ern Alchemy claims that three of it's
memberS-Jollivet, De Lussus and
Height, all chemists of reputation
have just completed successful syn
thesis of gold. About half an ounce
was produced and it took six months
to do it. Prof. Berthelot is unwilling
to give an opinion about it without
knowing the details of the process and
examining the product obtained, but
he says: Until now chemistry has
been a study of only immediate reac-
tions, yet slow sreactions-by which
mean those taking from a month to
two or three years-are suspected and
this will open quite new field in
science. Possibly metals might be de-
composed into several elements. If
they can be so treated, they likewise
can be recombined." Camille F1am-
marion, to whom was given an oppor-
tunity to examine the artificial gold,
says: 1T presents all the outward
characteristics of gold. 1 shall never
pronounce anything impossible in
science unless it is so mathematical
lyn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01

Marshfield. Mo-. Jan. 20th--Mr J.
F. King of this place makes the fol-
lowing statement:
Il have suffered untold agony for
twenty years with Lame Back and
Acute Kidney Disease, and in that
time have never been two days to-
gether clear of misery, and for some
of the time 1 could not walk step or
even sit up.
Last spring, after trying many doc
tors and every remedy that could be
thought of. / began a treatment of
Dodds Kidney Pills The good re-
suits were almost Immediate and for
the last seven months l have seen
more comfort and pleasure than have
for twenty years before.
ANY one with Kidney Disease or
Lame Back that will not try Dodd's
Kidney Pills deserves to suffer-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-01

startled, hopeless faces rejecting the
scarlet of the flames, and watched with
agony in their hearts and prayers
upon their lips the approach of the
remorseless. red-tongued messenger O.:
death.
The few who had escaped uninjured
or with minor bruises the first aw-
full impact huddled together on the
prairie like frightened sheep. their faces
pale emotionless, stricken with the
blighting daze of helpless horror.
Like phantoms, through the dark
ness, came the hurrying forms of the
plainsmen-on foot, on horse. from
their cabins. came these powerful,
fearless. compassionate fellows.
And they fought the fire with strong
arms and determined hearts. Beneath