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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

ward secretary of war under Harri-
son, at the head of the regiment Anne
Graham had found her opportunity.
Mr.. Tracy knew the family well, knew
of Anne's ambition. and also of her
skill in a sick room. He Immediately
secured her a permit to join the regi-
ment as regular army nurse, and she
proudly marched to the front with the
One Hundred and Ninth Volunteers.
Anne went into the work heart and
soul, and with thorough knowledge
of her duties, which soon won for her
the admiration and respect of the
surgeons and the devotion of the sol
Giers She served during the remand
er of the war from the Wilderness to
Petersburg, caring as tenderly for the
..rebs'' as she did for the men of the
north. Both the blue and the gray
had reason to reverence the name OF
Aunt Becky
Mrs Young tells an amusing story
of how the sobriquet of Aunt Becky
came to be bestowed upon her. The
boys in the hospital, feeling a tender
ness for the young girl who worked
so earnestly to relieve their sufferings.
persisted in calling her mother" The
title was given her by a young captain
whom she brought back to life by care
full nursing, and all of the boys took
it up. She objected to the name, being
a girl barely out of her teens, and
feeling that the title added too many
years to her life.
One day she reprimanded, in jok-
ing way, young soldier who had
used the familiar term. DIR. French
of the hospital corps, who was sitting
on camp chair near by reading pa
Der glanced I'D long enough to call
out: "Fll give you a name that will
last as long as you live"
What is it?' inquired Sarah Ora
ham
Aunt Becky" was the reply, and he
spoke with prophetic significance, for
Aunt Becky" she remained to the
end of the war. and Aunt Becky" she
is called to-day.
Shortly after the war Anne Graham
was married to David Young, a carpen-
ter, and also a soldier, who had
fought for the queen in Canada during
the Fen,an outbreak. This ceremony
crushed the hopes of a certain young
northern soldier, whom AUNT Becky
had nursed during the struggle, and
who lost his heart to the maiden who
had brought him back to health
Besides being an army nurse OF
wide reputation, Mrs Young is the
founder of two state sanitary associa-
lions. one in New York and the other
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
ACCIDENTS IN SHOOTING.
Only wonder L. that More of Then
Do Not Occur.

Only wonder L. that More of Then
DO Not Occur.
It is a matter of wonder that ia,
more accidents do not occur out shoot
ing. 1t has been calculated that in tbs
British Isles some 100000 persons Col
whom $50, 900 take out either game
or Shooting icenses) shoot more q
less in the course of the year, and j.
has been estimated that no less thar
10000. 900 to $4,000, 900 of cartridges arr
annually fired Yet the accidents art
few and far between. We have all had
escapes; others, perhaps, may have
had escapes from u.s. i have myself
seen one fatal accident I was near by
when another one occurred-the two
within four days of one another. But
the actual accidents, great or small
that have come within ones own OBJ
servation or knowledge are, 1 think
extraordinarily and providentially few
says a writer in the Fortnightly Re-
view.
And yet we have, on the one hand
our dangerous and our careless shots
among us, and, on the other, we have
the lettering beater and the ignorant
stop, who SO often manage to occur
In the unexpected spot. He shot
round me-" was the graphic descrip-
ton given me of a reckless shot-"he
shot round me, he shot above me, he
shot below me, he shot at me; 1 was
as l may say, like the Burning Bush
In the midst of fire, yet not con-
sumed-" Lord Cardigan, of Balaklavs
fame, was once heard abusing his keep
er for extravaganza in using men in
stead of boys for stops BEG par
don, my lord was the matter-of-fact
reply, but your lordship will remem.
Der that last year you shot down al
the boys"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

AT a recent reunion comrade Wv
idly told of the various battles that
the Fifty-eighth Massachusetts regi-
ment was in, from that of the Wilder
ness down to the close of the war. On
May the regiment was fighting in the
Wilderness, but was not in the thick
est of it. 1t has seven killed, twenty
three wounded and four missing, but
among them was no officer Five days
later they were throwing up breast
works before Spottsylvania court
house, and in this movement three
men were lost. The regiment was in
front of a thick wood, and SO misty
was the weather that the soldiers
could not see rod into it, The charge,
Comrade Read stated. seemed like
rushing into the jaws of hell. Position
was taken about six rods in front of
the rebel breastworks and the regi-
ment lost 100 men in that affair, thir-
teen of whom were killed outright
Forty pieces of artillery and many
prisoners, however. were captured
For three days the regiment had
very little to eat At the battle of
North Anna river five men were lost
At Cold Harbor the loss was heavy IN
taking the fort While throwing up
breastworks with bayonets and tin
cups the regiment lost about ninety
men. Company l Joined the regiment
just after that battle, and when 1T
reached the front it had only sixty
men. After the company had Joined
the regiment the Fifty-eighth was so
decimated that it could muster only
about 200 men for duty, although
about 900 men had Joined the regi-
ment. For week it faced the rebel
army, and its lines were constantly
charged.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Famous CIvr1 war Nurse.

There resides in Des Moines, Iowa,
the oldest and most noted war nurse
living. She is Familiarity known as
Aunt Becky" although her name is
really Mrs. Sarah Young.
When Sumpter was fired on Anne
Graham was girl of II; her two
brothers and many of her friends had
enlisted, and Anne longed to be man
that she might enter the ranks with
the boys who marched SO bravely
away, leaving a great gap in the
homes. When news of the wounded
filled the papers Anne decided that II
she couldn't fight for her country, she
could at least care for those who had
so bravely risked their lives in the
cause.
Two years after Sumpter was fired
ON the One Hundred and Ninth New
York Volunteers was organized in her
town, with Benjamin F. Tracy, after
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Army Service In Germany.

From a return lately laid before the
Reichstag, it appears that last year
1,645, S46 young men became nominally
available for service in the forces of
the German empire. From this num-
Der, however, large deductions had to
be made; 135, 16S men had emigrated
without leave, and 97,819 were absent
without leave from other causes; $751;
799 were set back for year, 25,175 had
entered the army, and 1,209 the
navy as volunteers; 80, 116 were detail
ed for Ersatz reserve, others were
found medically unfit. others were dis
qualified for other causes, SO that
finally only 222,6 were drafted into
the army, and 6.1S4 into the navy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
PoPEs OF HUMBLE BIRTH.
Many of the Pontins Have Sprung from
Lower Ranks of Lie.

many OF the Pontths Have Sprung froM
Lower Ranks of Life.
Many of the popes have sprung from
low origin. Alexander v. (149O) was
also a beggar boy; Benedict XII. was
the son of baker; Sixtus ". (1471)
was the son of a fisherman; Sixtus v.
(15S5), whose name was Felix Perretti
was a pig driver at Montalto, and at.
tracted the attention of a Franciscan
monk, who educated him. He rose to
be bishop of Fermo, soon after to be
cardinal, and was then elevated to the
papa1 throne, and celebrated his reign
by erecting many of the finest build
ings in Rome. Nathaniel Hawthorne
writing of his tomb in the grand old
church of St Maria Maggiore, says:
If anything can still the spectator to
silence and awaken him to great recol-
lectiOnS it is the monument of this as
tonishing man, who as a child herded
swine, and as a man commanded kings
and filled Rome with so many works
that from every side his name, like ar
echo, rings upon the travellers ears"
Urban ". 1261) was the son of a
French cobbler; Adrian vi. was the
son of a weaver; Boniface the Gre~t
was street gamin and held horses for
pennies. In recollection of his earlier
days he invited two kings to lead his
mule when he rode to his coronation as
pope of Rome. Hildrebrand, the great
orator monk, who became Pope Greg
Dry VII (1703), was the son of a car
penter from Tuscany and one of the
most brilliant statesmen of his age. He
practically revolutionized Europe
Chicago Record-Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
watches OF the Night.

The fires are out. the camps asleep.
And all around bloomin' still,
There's not a light for miles and miles
Except the field-lamp on the i'll;
And they strange. Gawd, aW1ui
strange
The things wot rise to left and right
Black forms which make me swear ana
start
ragged sentry of the night
Poor Nobby Clarke, we 'ad a bet;
I spun the coin, e made guess,
Just when a bullet pinged along
And put is 'ighness out O. mess;
The sergeant, too, most anxious IKE,
E must poke up lis ginger cad
In time to see the shrapnel burst
That dropped i'm in the donga bed.
A suiper the kopjeeside,
A bullet whistlin' down the pass,
And then my captin lynn low
And clutchin' wildly at the grass;
But 1 must keep the law e KEEP
Oh, soldier man, you must not run,
But you must go the road e went,
And fight the fight which e begun
Aye, they are strange. lad, awful strange,
The things wot 1 ave seen and done;
/ dare not think about them now,
The fights wot we ave lost and won;
But, spite of all, l. old it good
To shut my mouth and keep the law,
Until find the 'idden death
And join the chums 'oove gone before
The fires are lit. the camps awake.
The korfee's stewin' in the can,
I ears the stumpy section cook
A-shoutin' for the ord-ly man;
The guns rumblin' thro' the mist,
The conveys gettin under way,
So roll your soakin' blankets up
And stow your ragged kits away
w Monro Anderson in London Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

While the production of grain is
not increasing as rapidly as population
the manufacturing and commercial in
terests of the West are increasing
more rapidly than those OF the whole
country, manufactured products show
ing a ratio of 20 per cent increase for
the United States as against 112 Der
cent for the West Not the least re-
markab1e feature about this develop
ment is the triumph of industry over
natural obstacles Towns without coal
iron or water power turn out manu-
featured products that are shipped to
the ends of the earth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

Some of the Kansas papers are relat-
ing how, at the close of the civil war,
Gen. Shafter was an applicant for a
first ieutenancy in the reorganized
army and had working in his behalf
a congressman whose knowledge of
army affairs was very limited One
day this congressman sent the follow
ing message:
Dear Shafter-I have just retu ned
from visit to the secretary of war.
1 find that it will be impossible to have
you appointed first lieutenant, as
that rank is now full. However, the
secretary is willing to appoint you .
lieutenant colonel, which is the next
best thing. VIII that do?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
A "Reminiscences.

81 am glad to hear from Sergt- Grim
shaw said the colonel. He was
awarded a medal of honor for bravery
at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia.
where he captured a rebel flag. In
that charge our brigade lost 135 men,
killed and wounded, but we captured
Gen. Govan's brigade, entire, with bat
terry and fort, commander and staff
Early in October we guarded the pris-
oners back to Atlanta. and marched
them into the prison pens which Gen.
Johnston had prepared for we uns-' /
made the acquaintance of Gen. Govan
on that march, and it was renewed
after the war under very pleasant cir
cumstances. Chicago Inter Ocean
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

in Iowa The first had it's beginning
in Ithaca, N. Y, when she was a girl
at the outbreak of the civil war. The
latter was organized in Des Moines, at
the beginning of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

You must never kiss and tell, but il
you see anybody else doing it you mus
tell it to everybody.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

If the phoenix of common sens,
rises from the ashes of FOOLS none.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

What is the sense of a girl lookin
under the bed to see if anybody i
there after she is undressed?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

Men don't mind looking old if they
don't feel it; women don't mind feel
ing old if they don't look it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

Sweat or fruit acids will not discolo
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELES
DYES. Sold by druggists, 1oc. package
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

About the time boy begins to thinl
about his sweetheart his mother begin
to forget hers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

If you have not yet tried Defianc
Starch, just ask your dealer what 9th
ers say about it.
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DO not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has An equal for coughs and colds--JoHN y
Box1Rs Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. Is, 1900
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Hamlin's Wizard Oil is friend of the
aff1fcted and an enemy to pain-which il
OYercomes-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

A girl comes near enough to squar-
ing circle to satisfy herself when she
puts her finger through q wedding
ring
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A wise man doesn't believe all he
hears, but fool believes more than he
hears
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When love of praise taxes the place
Of praiseworthiness. the defect II fatal
- Barfn9-GouId
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Idiots never see the clouds over the
honeymoon because they can't look at
anything but each other.
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FITS Permanently Cured no hts afte
nrst days of Dr. Kltne's Great Nerve kestore1
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treaIiss
d. r. H KLINE Ltd. ISL Arch St, Philadelphia,
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Ask a girl for a corkscrew and il
she brings you a gimlet her market
value is away above par
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Stops the Cough and
Works Or the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price Is
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The man who waits for something
to turn up is apt to discover that it is
his toes.
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ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED9
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and mako then,
white again. Large OK package, cents
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Eaten by Everybody
ATLAS OATS, unexcelled for purity
strength and navor- Try il today.
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DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK Yellow
Then use Defiance Starch. - win keep
them white-16 OF. for 10 centsL
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From the rural maiden's point of
view the city girl is the greatest
thing on earth.
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Mrn. Winslow-s Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
summation. aliays pain. cures wind so botto
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should be In eve-v household none so
good besides more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch
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Mrs. Sophie Binns, President Young
Peoples Christian Temperance Union,
Fruitvale Bal, Cured of Congestion and
Inflammation of the Ovaries by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

DEAR MRS PINKHAM Eighteen months
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of the inflammation could bear walk
recommended which
would hear of One of friends advised Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, it trial Can
felt
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$4,000 FORFEIT THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GEN
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they should remember there is tried and true remedy Lydia
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-08-30
DIED A REclUSE.
Strange Career of Uncle OF Benjamin
Harrison's Widow.

A special dispatch TO the New York
Times from Port Jervis says: Col. John
II. Lord, for thirty years a recluse, died
at Rio, q mountain settlement ten miles
west of here, recently, at the age OF
IS years. He was born at Rome, y. y,
and became protege of the well-knowu
civil engineer, John B. Jarvis, after
whom Port Jarvis was named, and as
sisted him in the construction of the Gro
ton aqaeduct, New York city.
Nearly fifty years ago Col Lords fam
lily was among the most prominent in
northeastern politics, and he exercised a
tremendous power in the policy OF the
keystone state. He was a member Of
the Pennsylvania militia, and belonged
to Gov. ". L. Packers staff At the
time his brother, Russell f. Lord. was
at the head OF the management Of The
now abandoned Delaware and Hudson
canal. Col. Lord was his iiSnssnanb ANA
next TO him in authority. He was al
UNCLE by marriage OF President Benjamin
HasriSon's first wife and a blood uncle
Of his widow.
Some eighty years ago a bank was cs-
tab.ishcd in HoneSdaie. Pa, tand John
Neal was its first cashier. lie had
daughter who afterward became the wife
of Col. Lord Mrs. Neii's sister was the
wife Of Rev. DR.. Scott. professor in
Washington College, Washington, Pa.
and they had two daughters. Carrie AMI
Elizabeth. They visited their aunt. Mrs
John L. Lord in Honesdale. and one of
them, Lizzie, eventually married Russell
Il. Lord. who had become widower and
vas several years her senior The Other
sister was visited in Honesdale by Pres
ident Harrison, then a young Indiana
lawyer, and their acquaintance ripened
into marriage. Mr.. and Mrs Russell
Lord had a daughter. who is now the
widow of President Harrison and niece
of his first wife.
After the Civil war the Lords lost their
prestige and the deceased became irreClI-
lar in his habits and finally lost his
wealth. For a number of years he worked
at odd jobs at the late Winthrop ". Gil
mans tannery in Sullivan county. and IN
lumber mills. and suddenly disappeared
from his family and lived apart from his
fellow man in an isolated cabin on the
mountains west of here. \ few years ago
the ca bin was burned and Col Lord rcSil-
cd with residents of Rio. He is survived
by one son, a wealthy retired merchant
of phiadelDhia. whose repeated offers Of
4 home to his father were refused. Chance
visitors TO his cabin found it well sup
piled with books and were surprised at
his extensive knowledge.
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GooDBY TO HOLLOW CHEEKS.
Where Ounce of Prevention is Worth
Pound of Cure.

Il wonder why | must be afflicted with
these ugly hollows in my cheeks" com
planned o girl, surrepttiouslv powderiuy
her nose with the aid of tiny chate-
laine mirror as the train steamed our
of Jersey City. says the New York Her
aid.
You are tired out lust now, with the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wiltedneSs which is
induced by trunks. trains and trips" re-
marked her travelling companion sympa-
thetically, settling back comfortably and
putting n colonial shod foot on her suit
case, and that makes those magnihed
dlmpieS.
Your. euphonious name is very COM
torting, smiled the thin-faced one. but
1t ooesn conceal the fact that look
positively hagsard. However those aW-
1ul ravines down the landscape of my
counIenance are always there; though OF
couESF' IalSue pioWs them 9eeper.
10 pa1' lof YOU "9uld pe IealE
nl, 4 lear II IL "eteh mere. and you
II, Ta NY 81, in 'aI, e''her' Il you VIII OH
y -. ~ al, rs ~. I YOU, . 81, a.,
,, ,' w "iiH MI ~ III 'Ii{i "ut
,,'1,, A., "e" ~ ~,
made him ch~rts rv v,l' NED gjT nl rna
nT,[.a :. '-i'' P'"'''i 80
.pJumnere'- AFRO tbosos"
"Rubbpr Things m wear inxide vop,
cheeks ~ NIGHT but +bey We're sucb y
nuisanse-kpnt me awoEe-so gnvc
them M. But what do vou prescribeT'
just prevention, that's ALL" replied the
comforter, amiably ignoring tn accent ON
the pronom. You are 50 nervous. I.an-
IA. you keep your teeth set to a clinch
all the time, | am sure"
My teeth are set? | wondcr if real
~ dol never thought of it.
We'll, rotate your lower jaw like
this" and she waggled hers TO Illustrate