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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-31

Here is the way Pawnee county
man confessed at revival. He had
been pressed to repent, and finally
got up and SAID: '.Dear friends, feel
the spirit moving in me to talk and
tell what Il bad man I've been, but L
can't do it while the grand jury is in
session." The Lord will forgive
you," shouted the pr eacher- 81 guess
that's right" said the penitent. "but
He amt on the grand jury"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-31

She and her mother were on their
way down town on a car, when the ell
derby man entered and stood up in
front of them. He was stout and dig
nified in appearance, wore a SLOUGH
hat and in some way impressed the
young woman with the idea that he
hailed from the sunny south This
impression was confirmed when she
heard him speak to the conductor,
the soft r-less accent being unmistak-
able. A lurch of the car threw him
slightly off his balance and he stepped
on the girls foot. He at once raised
his hat and. was evidently about to
apologize, but did not do so. The girl
smiled to relieve him of his cnagrin
and then he said in most courtly
| fashion:
''After looking at you Closely mad
am, / have decided not to apologize,
because if God has made such IL beau
tiful woman with foot SO small that
/ cannot see it, surely L cannot be
biamed.''
The girl blushed furrously, but il
was with pleasure, and her mother
colored up, too, but both bowed theil
thanks for the pretty speech, ana az
the diplomatists say, the incident
was closed.--Detroit Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-31

The dry weather of the past twelve
months has killed great many good
sized shade trees in our city and the
authorities are having them cut down
and hauled away Nearly all the dead
trees are the. black locust variety
Other kinds of shade trees have with
stood the drouth fairly well. Wilson
Echo.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-31
Timber Culture Final Proof-Notlce for Pub
LEGATION. No. 1902.
United States Land Office,
Walk eeney, Kansas, May o, 1902

United States Land Office,
Wa-Keeney, Kansas, May 9, 1902
Notice is hereby given that Ernest Jesse
has filed notice of intention to ma kO final
proof before Register and Receiver of the u :
5: Land Office at their Office in Wa-Keensy
Kansas. on the 21st day of june 1902.
on Timber Culture ApL LEGATION No. 14S23 for
the northeast quarter of section No 81. in
township No IA south range No. p, west of
the 9th p. M. kansas.
He names Witnesses:
Oscar w. Olson. John G. Marcy. of Wakee-
ney, Kansas; William P. Hartman, Thomas
Kite, of Stockrange. Kansas.
7. Il. PURCELL. Register
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-31
Before the Un1tsd States Land Office,
Ws-Kssnsy.
Notles for Pvblieation- usslatsd Trsst.l
Public Land Sale.

of instructions from the commissioner of the
General Land Office. under authority vested
in him by section 2455 Rev. Stat. U. s..
amended by the act of Congress approved
February %, 1895 we will proceed to offer at
public sale ON May "a, 19(E2. at this office the
following tract of land, viz:
The northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter Of section 2. township IA south, range
3. west of the 9Th p. M.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the above described lands are advised to file
in this Office on or before the day abovs des-
ignated for the commencement of said SALE
their claims otherwise their rights will be
forfeited
1T. PURCELL, Register,
+. w. KING Receiver.
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DOCTOR
D. ". B. kURIl. R.
PHYSICIAN and surgeon,
OGALLAH KANSAS.
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arriving Denver 3:15 p. m. next day.
three hours quicker. This convenient
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trains. few hours for business or for
visiting in this attractive city; arrival
Denver at 3:15 p. m. gives i've hours
that afternoon in Denver before leav-
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To go through Colorado without see
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The Burlington's morning Denver
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Personally conducted California Elk
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Judge 23rd Judicial District,
JAMES Fl. FEEDER,
OF ELLIS COUNTY.
For Congressman 9Th District.
WILLIAM A. REEDER.
OF PHILLIPS COUNTY.
Mother Is Getting Old.

A father, talking to his careless
daughter. said: 81 want to speak to
you of your mother. 1t may be that
you have noticed a careworn look
upon her face lately. OF course 1t
has not been brought there by any act
of yours, still it is your duty to chase
it away. / want you to get up to-
morrow morning and get breakfast;
and when your mother comes and be-
gins to express her surprise, go right
up to her and kiss her on the mouth.
You cannot imagine how it will
brighten her dear face. Besides you
owe her a kiss or two. Away back,
when you were little girl, she kissed
you when no one else was tempted by
your fever-tainted breath and swol-
len face. You were not so attractive
then as you are now, and through
those years of childish sunshine and
shadows, she was always ready to
cure by the magic of mothers kiss.
the little, dirty. chubby nands when
ever they were injured in those Skin
mshes with the rough old world
And then the midnight kisses with
which she routed SO many bad dreams
as she leaned above your pillow, have
all been on interest these long, long
years. OF course she is not SO pretty
aud kissable you are; but if you
had done your share of the work dur
ing the past years the contrast would
not be SO marked. Her face has more
wrinkles than yours. and yet, if you
were sick, that face would appear far
more beautiful than an angels as it
lowered over you, watching every OPP
portunity to minister to your comfort
and every one of those wrinkles
would seem TO be bright wavelets of
sunshine chasing each ether over the
dear old face. She will leave one OF
these days. These burdens, if not
lifted from her shoulders, will break
her down Those rough, hard hands
that have done SO many necessary
things for YOU, will he crossed upOr
her lifeless breast. Those neglected
lips that gave you your first baby kis
will be forever closed, and those sad
tired eyes will have opened in eter
nifty, and then you will appreci3 t.
your mother. But then it will be TO,
late.-Lanark Ill. Gazette.
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Colonel Tom Fitch, the Democratic
leader of the Seventh district, is out
with an interview in which he tells
the Populists that their party has
gone up the fiume and that thev
might make up their mind to choose
between the Democratic and Republi-
can parties. 1.-The Democratic state
convention" SAID Colonel Fitch, "a
member of the state committee, twill
not be postponed at the request of
the Populists want the Democratic
convention to nominate full set of
candidates and place them on a Dem
Ocratic ticket. and l want every man
on it if elected to owe his success to
the Democratic party. People who
stop to reason will at once consent
that the only object to be accom-
plished by fusion is to beat the Re-
publican party. 1t is almost conceed-
ed by the Democratic leaders this
year that no combination can be
formed with sufficient strength to
beat the Republican party in this
state. And assuming that there is
some truth in this, what would pe ac-
complished by fusion? If we are GO
ing to be beaten at the election, 1
want TO go down under Democratic
banner and Democratic name. The
Populist party has no effective organ
ization in all this country outside of
Kansas and Nebraska, and what could
the Democrats expect to accomplish
by surrendering their organization
and going to it? The time is now
ripe for the Populist to elect whether
he is going to be a Democrat or Re
publican II the Democratic party
cannot offer him better Inducements
to come to it, then he should go over
TO the Republican party, and the
sooner he does the sooner he will feel
at home"
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

In England they are using the
fred light cure fOrsdiScAse. In
New York they abolished the tired
Light as a partial CureSior vice.
The Monroe doctrine is q kind
Of unwritten law, and some OF the
London editors evidently think it
should also be an unspOken law.
Now it is disclosed that Uncle
Russ Sage's smOldering enmity to-
ward the trusts had its Inception
in 80 cents he lost at their grasp
ing hands.
"Advance in Musical Taste is.
the title Of a current article. It is
gratifying to know that there are
advances in something besides the
price OF coal.
Grand Duke Boris drank wine
from a Chicago girls slipper, but
as he did not get beastly drunk, he
did not swallow all the slipper
would hold, OfcOurse.
Chicago children now carry bot
ties of boiled water to school. The
school authorities undertake to
satisfy whatever thirst for know
ledge they may happen to have
with them,
Secretary Shaw has ruled that
whisky and cigars are not wearing
apparel. Yet q smoker often
seems to he wrapped up in his CT
gar, and every regular drinker has
his "nightcaps."
The editor of an exchange says
he had written up q long editorial
on the subject Of trading with
home merchants, but afterwards,
while on the rounds of the town,
he saw the merchants writing or
baking powder letterheads, be
went back to his Office, tore uT
the editorial and sat down in dis.
gust.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
National Eaoampment 6. 4. r. washing
ton D. @. October 6th.litA 1905

For the occasion Of National En-
campment Of g. A. r. W ashington
@. October 9th to 18th, Southern
Railway viii sell tickets to Washington
and return ct extremely low rates,
October 3rd, 4th 18th, 9Th hnal limit for
return October 18th and on payment
OF fee of scots an extension Of final
limit until November Srd 1902 may be
obtained.
Side. trip tickets win be on sale to
holders, only, Of return portion OF g.
A. r. tickets or Joint Agents receipt
showing ticket i en- deposit with him,
TO nearby Battlefelds, October 9Th,
14th inclusive limit % return within
Ave days.
For further information call on any
ticket Agent Southern Railway.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
ohEAP RATEa 70 TExAa.

On the hrst and third Tuesday Of each
month, the Cotton Belt will sell round
trip tickets to Texas, Arkansas. Louis
ana, Oklahoma and Indian Territory at
one fare plus s0.OO for the round trip.
Tickets viii be limited to three weeks
for return and win allow stop-oyers on
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and for handsome ilnstrated pampb.
lets Homes in The southwest" and
Through Texas VITA , Camera" write
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Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
UP.TO.DATB FABLES.

Tom Mcneil In bis Topeka Man and Breeze.
At q certain ecOursing meet" a
number OF iackrabbits had been
gathered for the purpose Of being
turned loose on the course. L
was agreed by their captors that
the iackrabdits should have q
start on the dogs Of sixty yards
on a course that was eight hun.
dred yards long. Two 'iacks"
that had been companions on the
plains before their capture we're
turned loose together. One Of
them was old and experienced, the
the other young and Flip. When
they were turned out Of the boxes
both bounded away, but at the
end Of 80 or forty yards the young
rabbit looked back and seeing no
hounds in pursuit, said to his
companion, 'Let us rest a spell,
those dogs are not coming this
way anyhow" But without q
pause the old rabbit laid his ears
close to his back and scattered
space behind him In a way that
was q caution.
''See that old fool wearing him
self out" said the alecky young
rabbit as he rested himself on his
hOnkers and hoped slowly over
the course. Just then the keepers
of the hounds turned two of them
loose and they made such a swift
run for that jackrabbit that their
own shadows could not keep up
with them. Before he knew what
was up the hounds we're almost on
the young rabbit. He then tried
to make q swift getaway, but with
in 200 yards one Of the hounds
picked him up and with a quick
motion OF the jaws crushed the life
out Of him. In the meantime the
old rabbit had passed out Of the
limits Of the course and was sale.
When be was sure that the pur
suit had been called OF he turned
saw the body OF his companion
tossed into a cart and said, 81
have frequently noticed that tn
person who gets rattling gOOC
start and improves each shining
minute is the person who get
there Eli"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
THE LEADING
OF THE SOUTH.
The Memphis
Evening SCimitar

It is lust as easy and much more pleasing
to read fresh news, as printed in The Mem
phis. Evening Scimitsr, than to wait ten to
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10
DR.. Harter'S
Iron Tonic

supplies this element. It enriches the
blood and restores what strain has
used up.
Augusta, Ark, May 10, 1901.
aAfteP havinR,Bold DR.. Harter's remedies
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

viii give you inside prices on most
anything you purchase. Try me.
WARD DAWSON.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

A school boy who had a shock
Of thick hair commenced playing
with some alley boys and asa re.
suit soon had 3 crop Of lice. His
father, who only had a thin fringe
of hair around his Uranium, took
the boy severely to task, saying,
"My son, this is a disgrace to the
family as we'll as to yourself.
There is no excuse for it. IneveT
had any lice on my head"
"Of course not" said the boy
sulkily, "an' there amt no lice on
a hairless Mexican dog, neither,
but the dog amt entitled to any
credit. Lice hez some sense
themselves"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

them. I might add that /
E(Z~ holdin special favor DR.. Har-
Nv teris Iron Tonic, and would
recommend 10 Is b very
best preparation bf iron ] am 40
uuaintbdSN with. 10 weak, WORKOUT
WOmeni ahathoao troubled with nerv-
OusnSaa. poor digestion, md pale, thin
blood II believe L 70 be apanacoa-
"J.B. wILKEBsOR, Druggist"
OI,ssStrNuaia AaSs tssilasald b V'aolasl
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

-
but the dog amt entitled to any
credit. Lice hez some sense
themselves"
A Kansas man was the owner Of
a yoke of oxen in the early days
Of the state and while breaking
prairie land both Of the oxen we're
bitten by mathematics. The man
managed to save their lives, but
from that time on the hiss Of a
rattlesnake set both those oxen
wild. On one occasion it was
necessary to mOve'a large rock.
A great team Of horses, the strong
est in the country, we're hitched to
the stone but were not able TO
bulge it from its place. Bets were
freely made that there vas not
team in the country that could
drag that stone. Finally the man
who owned the oxen stepped up
and said that he wasn't a betting
man, but he would Just call that
$40 bet that his oxen couldn't
move that rock. The crowd
laughed at him for there was al
impression that the big team thai
had failed could drag the biggest
load the oxen could haul and the
oxen along With it. The mar
who made the wager said that thu
owner OF the oxen was getting of
in the upper story and winning
the bet would be just like picking
the money up in the road. Still
the owner OF the oxen insisted anC
as he pulled out his wallet indl
Gated that the other man shOulC
either put up or close his jaw
The money was put up, the oxel
hitched to the rock, and then tn
owner slipping up behind then
shook the rattles Of q rattlesnak
and Missed like a serpent. In q
instant those oxen gave q viii
plunge, yanked the rock from 1t
bed and started on q run down th
road.
"Oxen are like people," sal,
the man as he showed the ten int
bis vest pocket, ''they neve
know what they can do till the
get badly scared
A boy once applied to q mel
chant for q Job, but the mercha1
turned him down with the remark
eff It was not for that crust {
dirt I see in your ears and tha
fringe Of black under your hnge
nails, your talk would go a hea.
further with me.p
Moral; Il is performance, nc
promises that counts.
Mai. j. X. Vardamann ha
opened his State campaign. It
o be his purpose, 80 it is undel
stood, to speak in every count
n the State.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

In England they are using the
''red light cure fordiscAse. In
New York they abolished the tired
Light as a partial cnretor vice.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-09-10

Mai. j. X. Vardamann has
opened his State campaign. It is
10 be his purpose, so it is under
stOod, to speak in every county
n the State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06
HAs BEEN REwR1rTEN.
Handel's Oratorio, "The Messiah, IN OF
Sung as He Composed It.

OF all the thousands of people who
have listened to Handels Messiah" in
the last $50 years, not one has heard it
performed as the composer intended it
to be-
The score of tie famous oratorio as
used the world over is full of mistakes.
If music lovers today heard 1.-The Mes
siah'' as Handlers orchestra used to play
it. they would be inclined to stick their
fingers in their ears. These rather sur
prising statements were made recently
by a well known expert in musical af
fairs-Prof. Ebenezer Prout, of Dublin
university. Prof. Prout told the London
Society of Musicians that the fact that
Handel wrote the Messiah" as he did
most of his music. in a tearing hurry,
had resulted in parts of it being nearly
inegible. When the composer made a
mistake, he didn't bother to scratch it
out, but deity sneared it over with his
thumb. thus as the professor mildly put
it, leaving something to be desired in
the matter of clearness." Handel would
never let his great oratoriO be published
in full during his lifetime, so when. eight
years after his death, the original man
uscript was copied. those who did the
work simply made the best job they
could of it.. The edition they produced
was full of errors that would have
made Handel turn in his grave if he
had known OF them. but that had not
prevented every othersversion of the or
atorio made in the last century and a
half being copied from it slavishly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-06
So you're a wieower-hey?
No, not hay-grasS.
WAS REALLY MRS. BEcKwITH
Kate Hassett Supposed to Be De
voted Wife in Private Life.

Kate Hassett, the actress, who was shot
and killed in Philadelphia last Monday
night was the wife of Everett Beckwith
employed by road machine manufactur-
ing house with offices in Chicago. Her
parents live in Aurora. Ill, where her ia
Their is a real estate dealer.
Mrs. Beckwith retained her maiden name
on the stage. They had been married
ten years and are said to have been
very devoted. Mrs. Beckwith was in Chi
cago a few weeks ago to visit her hus-
band and parents and was to have spent
the Christmas holidays here. In her last
appearance in Chicago in Are You Ma
SON. she made such an impression upon
Harry B. Harris that his manager en-
gagged her for the leading role in The
Last Appeal" Her first appearance was
with Nine. Modjeska as she was seen in
Topeka with that company in king
john and Mary Stuart. Barry Johnson
played in the same company.