Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-06
Desterr II a.sas Dorfa
Established March 1. 1879.
SATURDAY, DEC. 6. 1902.


SATURDAY., DEC 6, 1902.
MY PASTIME
Perhaps it was proper for BoaZ to
pluck off his shoe, because it was tes-
timony, but Ruth did no such foolish
thing.
How absurd some of our customs
are when we consider their origin.
When gentleman doffs his hat to a
lady he simply declares that he is not
afraid of her. How ridiculous, but
fair, it would be if she were requir-
ed to make a similar declaration by
the removal of some article of apparel.
Are there not other and better tokens
of respect OF recognition? modern
Don Quixote is needed to convince us
of some of our extravagant customs
by burlesque of them.
Vocal music should be superior to
more definite, perfect and positive ex
preston of sentiment.
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The growing custom of ladies re-
moving their headgear in public as
semblies is not only becoming to the
ladies themselves, but it is sensible
and considerable of others. 1t is CT
practical utility, also. as those who
are to be instructed or entertained
through the senses of sight and hear
ing comprehend much better what is
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hear, the speaker or performer. The
custom should be encouraged.
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s.Shovelful shoal' caused the wreck
of the schooner off the coast of Massa-
chusetts last week. A shovelful of
coal (anthraclte) would cause panic
someplaces. Even the soft kind is
not so easy to get and the price of a
ton would buy a lot of s'schooners'' in
Wa-Kee@. no, ah, Milwaukee.
And now Mr.. Frick is again COM
petitor of Carnegie. He will provide
the funds to give Pittsburg univers-
ity of far greater Importance than
any little old library.
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COnGFeSSndn LOuu WIS ueledUeu
but we still have cannon" and a
BARKER for speaker.
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A public servant should be chosen
bscauSe of fitness and ability to dis
charge the duties of his position anC
not because he is friendly to this OIL
that candidate for some other Office
nor yet because he is favorable tt
some officer already elected. Thi:
mix-ud or senator-speaker-gov
business is disgusting to the plair
litical swim.
All his heal ers knew that he haC
never even so much as smelled sal
water although he claimed to be the
only ''living survivor" of terrible
shipwreck and yet none of them ex
pressed any doubt of it. The deao
survivors were not there to impeact
him.
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The farmer had some small hog:
which annoyed him by uprooting his
potatoes. He also had a small dog
The fiste drove the shotes out of the
patch. (Are these proper words ano
correctly spelled?)
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Old Jerusalem is to be Reproduced in
miniature at st. Louis in 1904. If all
those boodlers are 'spenned" by that
time it may do but just think how
they would ''do things to Zion if they
were all running loose. Why, those
fellows would sell out the franchises
of the holly city in less than that kind
of minutel
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WI Ting has taken his Fang and
sailed for China on the Hong Kong
marn. On account of his Intelligence
he was a popular celestial, despite his
ohtlandish cognomen.
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A great many people are guessing
as TO the kind of winter we are to
have and all sorts of s'signsn are quot
ed. According to cur observation
and experience in the short grass
country a dry summer, little feed and
well cured buffalo pasture are follow
ed by a mild, open winter, while a
wet season, plenty of roughness and