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

the Bande de Neuilly, league whose
members make night attacks upon be-
lated citizens returning home through
the streets that are badly lighted and
little frequented. Their audacity re-
mains almost Incredible They think
nothing of attacking a policeman on
his beat. In Neuilly and in other sim
ilarly infested quarters of Paris the
patrolling is done by the police in
couples, or even in parties of three.
Marqueiot, the founder of this gang Of
thugs, ultimately met with his death
on the scaffold for the murder of an
old lady, and during the course of his
trial the fact was brought to light
that as chief of the Bande de Neuilly
he had taken part in no less than sew
enty separate night assaults with rob
berry. His hideous society survived
him. AS a general rule its members
content themselves with throttling.
pounding and kicking their victims in.
to insensibility. But if the persons
thus assailed show f1gnt or lead their
assailants to believe for one moment
that they have recognized them they
will stab them, or beat in their skulls
without the slightest hesitation, then
drop their bodies over the parapet of
the bridge at Neuilly into the swiftly
flowing river
There is no bridge in all Paris that
has been the scene of so many muir
ders of this kind as the bridge at
Neuilly.
The Cour la Refine bandits are as
formidable as the Bande de Neuilly,
but are not so coarse. They haunt
the Notifications of the city, attacking
only selected victims, who, after being
plundered are thrown over the walls
and killed.
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Safety of the Temple.

There was one famous building OF
antiquity, which, according to the rec.
ords, was never once damaged by
lightning during its thousand years of
existence, although placed high on a
hill above city in a mountain region
where thunderstorms are very fire.
quent. 1t was the temple of Solomon
at Jerusalem The temple was over
laid within and without by plates of
gold, writes a contributor to Leslie's
Monthly. Now gold is one of the best
electric conductors, and in this way
the who's building was protected with
a perfection and thoroughness that
has never been attempted before or
since.
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and of your fate. They believe their
mother is dead, and that she died a
true mother and an honorable woman.
And you are dead to me and to them"
Without further word he slipped q
bank note in the hand of the weep
ing woman and hurried into the sta
ton, where he boarded the train
which had just rolled in
Five minutes later as the train
slowly moved out of the station Bart
man looked out of the car window
and saw the woman still sitting and
weeping where he had left her. He
also saw the man whom he had
Knocked down in the saloon approach
the woman, take the bank note from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-01
A Retributixe STING.

man who was engaged in writing
anecdotes and such things for publica-
ton read his latest effort to his wife
Don't you think that's pretty
good?" he asked
1T is good, but it's not new. /
have heard it before" she answered.
yes, / know you have; but you
heard it from me- 1t has never been
in print
Il have heard it more than once.
and have told it several times my.
SELF she insisted.
"Oh, well. / am going to send il
along" he snarled- Il don't care
if you have told it That doesn't OF
absolute necessity spoil 1t, although
it does, I must confess, initiate
against it a good deal"
And that was the reason why he
had to subsist on cold victuals for .
week thereafter.
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GRATITUDE OF a HLAckslRD
Absolute Authenticity of This Story
Not Vouched For.

Absolute Authenticfty or This story
Not Vouched For.
We are unable to guarantee the abb
solute authenticity of the following
story; but as truth is often stranger
than fiction, we leave it to our dis
eliminating readers to settle the point
as to which category it belongs. A
well-known charitable gentleman,
who was in the habit of taking q
constitutional every morning, saw
on one of his rambles a half-frozeR
blackbird lying on the snow. He
picked it up and took it home, where,
with care and proper food. it became
a general pet; and it's kind master,
finding it very teachable, got it to
learn popular song, which, by dint
of practice, it was able to whistlo
from beginning to end without fault
With the return of the spring, our
friend set it at liberty, as he could
not find it in his heart to detain it in
and in the following spring the phil
anunropist was awakened on morning
by certain harmonious tones which
proceeded from a tree opposite his
bedroom window. 1t was the song he
had taught the blackbird now rem
dered by four voices. The grateful
bird had, during the winter, taught
three of it's comrades to sing the pop
ular air, and now performed It as
quartet for the delectation Of its ben
etactor.
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sThe schedule called for reports of
trees of bearing ages but the chief
statistician for agriculture in the cen
sus ONCE states that in some sec
lions" the enumerators included young
trees that had not yet begun to yield
fruit. 1t would seem as though the
fact that the number of trees reported
is the number "of bearing ages on
June 1, 1900, whereas the production
of fruit is of necessity that of the pre-
ceding year, will also help to account
for the disparity between the number
of trees and the production of fruit in
many important states.
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The Development of Forestry.

The science of forestry is in this
country but few years old Yet it
has already made tremendous strides
The national government has taken
up the work in earnest and some of
the states are paying more attention
to their forests than ever before. In
addition the private owners of forests
have begun to awaken to the necessity
of looking after their forests. Re
Gently we have had some very large
fires in the numbering regions of the
Pacific slope. These fires are said to
be caused by careless lumbering-by
the leaving on the ground of masses
of fnfiammable material. which await
but spark to become fuel for con-
Migration both widespread and de-
structfve- Such fires have occurred
this year and every other year for a
generation Single forest fires have
destroyed enough timber to supply all
the demands of commerce for the
year in which they occurred The
companies that are waking up to the
real situation have enlisted the aid OF
the government in ordering their cut
ting They will in future do their log
ging according to approved plans that
will leave all but the maturest trees
to grow. 1t Will be a system of thin
ming out the trees rather than whole
sale destruction Meanwhile our uni
versities are taking up the work of
educating foresters and are starting
departments for the teaching of for
estry. All OF which bodies good to
those that would use wood in the fu-
ture-
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Record Head of Hair.

A Mexican lady, by name Mercedes
Lopez, claims to possess the longest
head of hair in the world She is only
five feet in height, but when standing
erect her tresses trail on the ground
distance of four feet eight inches.
1t is. moreover, SO think that she can
hide herself in its folds. So quickly
does it grow that she is able to cut on
large tresses and sell them from time
to time, since her husbands position
is only that of a poor shepherd.
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went to the woman and. taking her
by the arm, raised her up and led
her out of the house. AS the loungers
began to follow he checked them with
an imperious wave of the hand
The woman, with head bent down,
walked beside hartman until they
came close to the station, where she
sank down upon a curbstone-
You can lever forgive me-" she
sohbed, not raising her head
81 can say this much" said Bart
man, (which may give you some sat
fsfaction. IL you have any good re
maining In you: Your children and
Wine do net know of your csnduct
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Students Josh" Carrie Nation.

Mrs. Carrie Nation went to New Ha-
ven to have "a heart to heart talk with
the Yale stud ents," as she expressed
it, She made her way to the campus,
where she found a number of young
men, some smoking cigarettes. This
was enough for Carrie, and she pro-
ceeded to give the students a scoId-
ing They stood it good naturally for
while. but finally treated the saloon
smasher to round of "joshing'' col
lege yells and choruses, and Mrs. Ma
ton was forced to beat a somewhat
undignified retreat
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The Living Dead.
BY GIDEON HICKS.

BY GIDEON HlChS.
Copyright. 1902 by Daily Story Pub. COD
George hartman was travelling west
for the rest and recreation he needed
after some years of absorption in a
successful business in an eastern city.
He had stopped over for few days
in Colorado town and was standing
on the platform of the railway sta
ton awaiting the arrival of the train
which was to carry him on his jour
ney farther west. The train was twen-
ty minutes late, and he was Willing
away the time watching the scenes
about him.
There was some commotion in front
of a saloon near the station. A man
and a woman seemed to be strug-
CLING, while an interested crowd of
loungers laughed and jeered.
Moved by curiosity the traveller
walked towards the saloon, and as
he drew near he heard the woman
pleading:
you've drunk enough, Jim. Please
come home.'
At the sound of her voice hartman
stopped suddenly, and then on i'm
pulse hurried forward. Making his
way through the crowd he saw a
brutish-looking man-red-eyed and
bloated-and slattern1y woman
holding to his arm and trying to
draw him away from the saloon. The
woman, it could be seen, had once
been beautiful, but she was now
pitiful wreck.
'Is she his wife," asked a by
stander.
=. Il s'pose so,' answered another.
she come here with Jim Shofter
bout five years ago. He 'peared to
have lots O. money, and they lived
high-fyin' life. Jim got to gamblin'
and drinkin' and goin' all the gaits
at a hell-roarin' rate It'll he went down
into the gutter and she went with
him. I s'pose she's one O. them fool
women that'I1 stick to a man and go
go to the devil with him, no matter
how much he abuses her."
Does he beat herr"
Treats her like a dog, and she
hangs to him like a dog in spite of
his cussedness, as if her salvation de-
pended on him.
Shofter shook himself free from the
woman and made his way unsteadily
into the saloon. The woman followed
him and others of the crowd went In.
hartman also entered the saloon.
Shofter was standing at the counter
as the bartender prepared to serve
him drink of some vile, cheap stuff
for the nickel he had placed on the
bar. The woman took hold of him
again and said,
> Jim, you shan't drink any more.
Come away"
Shofter turned fercely and mutter-
ing an oath, struck her in the face.
To the establishment of all Bart
man stepped quickly forward and
with a well-directed blow felled the
drunkard to the floor. Then with his
hand at his hip, facing the people
who had crowded into the saloon, he
showed himself ready to meet any
attack that might be made to resent
his action.
The fallen man rose with difficulty
to his feet and skunk away into a
corner OF the room.
No one else moved except the
woman, who rushed up to hartman,
gazed a moment intently in his face
and then, covering her own face with
her hands, covered down by the
counter.
Seeing that no interference was at
tempted or contemplated, hartman
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Zulu in American University.

Pixley Ka Isaaka Seine, the frs,
Zulu to enter an American university.
has succeeded in passing the severe
entrance examinations at Columbia.
and has matriculated for an eight
years course IN medicine and surgery.
He las been In this country since 1894
and is u years old. His purpose is
prcctice medicine in his native land.
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Apples in the United States.

The following statement from the
reports of the Twelfth Census shows
the number of apple trees of bearing
age in the United States June /, 1900,
together with the quantity of apples
gathered in the fall of the preceding
year:
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Egyptian Clover.

Trifolium alexandrinum. This is
an annual clover recently introduced
from Egypt. 1t is believed that it
will do well in the southern states, but
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tempt to paint a toper's nose in watss
colorh
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GODS APPOINTMENTS.

This thing on which thy heart was set.
This thing that cannot be,
This weary, disappointing day, that
dawnS,
My friend, for thee:
Be comforted, God knoweth best. the
God whose name
Is love,
Whose tender care is evermore our pass
ing
Lives above
He sends thee disappointment? Well.
then,
Take it from his hand
Shall Gods disappointment seem less
good than
What myself had planned?
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the result is that each clump of
bushes, each copse of trees has be-
come the hiding place of bandits of
the most audacious description To
such an extent is this the case that it
has become positively dangerous for
solitary promenaders to turn on into
any of the less freQuented side paths,
and scarcely day passes without one
or more robbsries being reported to
the police
The coarser thugs beyond mostly to
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it will require more experimentation
to show just what its value is and
just where it will grow to best ad-
vantage.
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One Kind of Farming in Mississippi

One Kind of Farming in Mississippi.
Bulletin 76, Mississippi station:
The present system of farming in
Mississippi fails to make profitable
use of all the land on the farm. 1t
permits the most excessive washing
of surface soils, and in consequence
the cultivated area becomes less pro-
ductive each year, while the gullies
and washes get wider and deeper and
more numerous. Grass is not wanted
and is either treated with indifference
or as an enemy. The money received
for the cotton crop is spent for sup
plies. for work stock and for feed, be-
cause not enough of these things are
grown on the farm to supply the de-
mand. The present system will not
permit of paying good wages for
labor, and labor that is poorly paid
is generally unsatisfactory.
The growing of live stock on the
farm has an important bearing on
it's productiveness and increases very
greatly the opportunities for using all
parts of it profitably. By furnishing
a means for disposing of the crops
grown, live stock encourages diversi-
f1cation and makes it easy to practice
rotation without losing the use of
the land when it is occupied. by re-
storative crops" Under the present
system one dollar per acre for the
entire area is very good rent for the
average farm A few will rent for =
little more, while many will not rent
for so much This condition, appa-
rently, is largely due to the fact that
no returns whatever are gotten from
large areas, while the average pro-
ductiveness of other large areas is
too small for any profit.
Worlds Cereal Crops for 1902.
The Hungarian minister of agrieul-
ture issued on September his an
nual estimate of the grain crops of
the world The figures are approx
mAte1y as follows:
Bushels-
Wheat ........-......--2 2. 800 ,000, 600
Oats 8, 900 600, 900
Corn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2, 970. O00. 900
Rye 4 STE. OOa. 900
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God bids thee larry now and then. for
bear
The weak complaint:
Gods leisure brings the weary rest, and
cordial gives
The faint,
God bids thee labor. and the place Is
thick with
Thorn and brier:
But he will share the hardest task, until
he calls
Thee higher.
So take each disappointment. friend; It's
at thy
Lords commando
Shall Gods appointment seem less good
than
What myself had planned?''
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-07
MISSIONARIES MAssAcRED.
Prieots in China Brutality Murdered by
Natives.

Victoria, B. c., March 5.-Reports Of
two massacres of missionaries in
China were received by the steamer
Empress of India, which arrived from
the Orient yesterday afternoon. In
Kansu, Fathers Van Mirhaeghe and
Bougerts We're murdered by band of
Chinese, including soldiers, who at
tackled THEN mission. The first-named
priest was killed instantly by sword
thrust, but the latter fingered for five
days suffering from terrible wounds.
1t is stated that the attack was made
in revenge for the deposition of the
son OF Prince Tuan by the empress
dowager, at the request of the foreign
ministers. The magistrate of the dis
trict, being friendly to foreigners,
warned the missionaries, but they
were attacked before they could get
out of the'way.
The other massacre took place in
Kang Shi, Father Julien being at
tackled while he slept and cruelty MUIR
dered His body was mutilated, both
hands being cut off, His two servants
were also killed. The viceroy has sent
troop to hunt for the murderers.
Two pirates Of band who had cap
tured two junks in the West river, and
were guarding prisoners taken in the
raid suffered terrible death. They
were attacked by a band of outlaws
and the two pirates were buried alive.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-07
Special Message

washington, March 5.--Inings nave
been coming beet sugar producers
way. strong for the past few days.
Without any leadership worthy of the
name band of congressman repre-
senting the beet sugar districts have,
by persistently ringing the cry that
any reduction in the sugar tariff for
the benefit of the Cuban planters
would be violation OF republican
principles, and that the farmers who
raise sugar beets would wreak ven-
geance at the polls on the party, Gre
ated very strong sentiment against
any reduction. 1t is so strong that
dictators OF the house, like Chairman
Payne of the ways and means commit.
tee and Representatives Grosvenor
and Dalzell, who would like to have
the house carry out the presidents
wishes, are alarmed.
GrOsvenor declares that If enough
republicans adhere to the Tawney
proposition for concessions to resident
planters only he will resign from the
committee. Grosvenor is worried that
his claim to be one of the high rulers
of the house Is defied.
Although quite confident that they
can defeat any reduction bill, the beet
sugar members still have a lingering
fear. 1t Is that the president will send
a special message to congress of the
"plain duty to Cuba" kind. They have
heard reports from the White house
that he is preparing such a message.
No word friendly or otherwise has
come from the president for the past
two weeks. That is why members
whose recollection depends, they be-
lieve, largely on defeating the reduc-
ton bill, have made such Roadway
lately despite the fact that they have
no leaders. A bugle blast from the
White house, sounding a warning that
If they don't do something for Cuba
they will get the short end of the
patronage, may cause stampede to-
wards the proposition for reduction
They are praying that the blast will
not be sounded
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-07
CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE,
Royalty Entertain H. r. n. Prince
Henry of Prussia.

Henry of Prussia.
Chicago. March A glare of red
fire that could be Seen for miles, the
blaze of hundreds of torches, the
sparkle of myriads of electric Tights
and the cheers of thousands of people
made up the first taste of Chicago's
hospitality that was given Prince
Henry of Prussia upon his arrival in
this city last evening. His train ar
rived at the depot OF the Chicago &
Alton railroad at $50 o'clock, and
from there, after he had been formal
ly welcomed by Mayor Harrison and
the members of the general reception
committee, Prince Henry rode through
streets packed with dense multitude,
whose cheers compelled the distin-
guished visitor to bow continually to
right and left.
At the hotel banquet of one hours
duration was held, at which toasts
were drunk to President Roosevelt
and Emperor William and the prince
himself.
Shortly after o'clock the prince
and his suite entered their carriages
at the Auditorium hotel for their drive
to the armory. A roar Of cheers greet
ed him as he left the hotel, and from
there until he passed within the doors
or the armory there was one continu-
Gus shout, which was eclipsed in vol
ume only when he entered the armory,
where 5000 people, most of them born
in the fatherland or descendants of
those who had been, were gathered to
meet him.
The chief event Of the stay of the
prince in Chicago was the grand ball.
1t was perhaps the most magnificent
social event ever witnessed in this
city surprising even the great ball
given in honor of Admiral Dewey two
years ago.
Milwaukee, March 5.-Milwaukee
was host to Prince Henry of Prussia
for six hours last evening and gave
him a reception that was highly en-
thusiastic and entertainment that was
unique. His special train came at 4
o'clock and at 10 o'clock was away
again on tn long run to Niagara and
New England The intervening time
was all given over to the reception
and entertainment of the royal visitor.
II began with drive through the bust
ness and residential districts in re-
view before a crowd that numbered
100000. Then there was a public
reception at which Gov. Lafollette and
Mayor Rose voiced the official wei
comes, and the United Singing socie-
ties raised their voices in mighty
chorus. There was also q splendid IL
Illumination and thrilling night run of
the Milwaukee fire department. Later
there was a banquet, at which the
prince met the leading citizens of the
city and state.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-07
Paterson, N. j., an UnIucky CITY.

Paterson, N. j., March 3.-This city,
so recently swept by fire, is now over
whelmed by flood. Three weeks ago
the greater part of its business section
was burned out, and today the quar-
ter occupied by the houses of the poor
err class is inundated. Hundreds of
families have been made homeless by
the overflow of the water. So far but
one death has been reported.
In the district of the Rogers loco
motive works fully 600 families have
been driven from their tenements. OF
these unfortunates, several hundred
were taken from their houses in boats
and barges amid scenes of much ex-
element.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-07

When some opponent of rural school
progress runs short of argument which
is very frequently the case, he seeks to
hide his deficiency by furiously fiutter-
ing the sentiment: Must the little red
schoolhouse go?" Yes, my brother, the
little red schoolhouse went some years
ago. There's scarce one left in the state.
Are these patriots shedding any of their
crocodile tears over the ''old oaken
bucket, the dash churn, and Sickle, Z"
the wooden mouldboard plow,' the
spinning wheel" and "buck-saw9" I'm
proved machinery and methods mark
every progressive people and calling.
The schools are not to be left behind
Moderator.