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

Apropos of the present craze for IN
dian pictures, Indian corners and ev-
erything or anything Indian. do you
know that the nation maintains with
in this Mecca of the tribes and races
a photograph gallery for red men only?
1 happened into this unique insti-
tuition day or two ago, says CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Times,
happily at the moment while sat pos
ing, midst all the awe and majesty OF
a king, picturesque and stolid CHIEF
of the wild lands-an aboriginal
brave bedecked in the richest of reds
and puppies, besmeared with the
gaudiest of barbaric cosmetics, beneck-
laced with the formidable claws of
the grizzly beearringed with bells,
whose jingles kept cadence with each
toss of his proud head
This proud chieftain had journeyed
far to greet the Great Father" The
portrait for which he posed was one OF
the perquisites of his mission In
dressing room adjacent to the studio
his suite of attendants had consumed
a full hour and half in grooming him
for the sitting.
Fifteen thousand negatives repre-
senting practically every aboriginal
ITlD6 OIL MOTH, SeulTdl anu ooutA
America, have been made by the Off
cial photographers. partly in this stu
do and partly in the field All this
work is done under the Bureau of Eth
nology, of which the studio is a part
Every savage photographed receives,
gratis, one artistically mounted print
from each negative for which he is
willing to pose. Those portraits the
raves take home and tack up in their
wigwams and tepees. exhibiting them
to their friends with great pride and
gusto. Some improvise crude frames
from the wood and bark of their viz
gin forests.
Indian portraits were scarce articles
prior to this enterprise of the Bureau
of Ethnology. The more uncivilized
the red man, the more intense
is his fear of the camera. Only
stealth and diplomacy have overcome
these scruples among the wild tribes
Willingness to pose has been one Of
the Accomplishments of gradual en-
lightenment.
The uncivilized or semi-civilized
tribes look upon camera just as they
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Clusters Greyhound.

Talking about Indians reminds me
of paragraph in this column recently
concerning some greyhounds which
were said to be the descendants of an
animal owned by Gen. George A. Gus
ter says a writer in the Philadelphia
Ledger. Il had it from an old post
Office inspector who knew Custer well.
and was in the Northwest on postal
business; that at the time of the mas
sacre of Custer and his command in
the Big Horn fight by Sitting Bull AMI
his Sioux warriors, Custer had with
him the very greyhound which was
probably the progenitor of these lat
ter-day beasts The inspector told me
that he was in Bismarck, Dakota, at
the time, and that over a week after
the battle the hound found its way into
the town. having traversed all the dis
lance, some 400 or 500 miles, and found
the starting place by some remarkable
instinct. 1t was one of the few sur
vivors Of the terrible fight in which its
heroic master had persisted"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
LETTER To AARON BURR.

lime from a Friend Discusses the Colo
ners Love Affairs.
An interesting autograph letter to
Aaron Burr from Matthias Ogden, a
brevet brigadier-general of the revolu-
ton, was sold recently to a collector
for Sill. The letter is dated at Eliza
BEETHOVEN, March IS, IT'S, says the
Philadelphia Record. and concerns
love. Here is a part of 1.-THE better
part:
Il rSxd with pleasure your love in
trigues, your anonymous correspond
ence with Miss T., etc, and, with as
much seriousness, the part that is rela-
tive of Miss c. T. BIS overtures, etc.
Steadily, Aaron. Perhaps she is worthy
your love, and if could think she was
l would not say single word to dis
courage you But here is the rub with
me. From the information have had
from you / understand her fondness
for c. was after she was acquainted
with you. Had it been before 1 should
think nothing of it. Be cautious,
Aaron; weigh the matter we'll
l heartily pity the innocent that broke
through the rules of modesty. and, con-
trary to her sex's pride. first owned her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

Prompt action and arduous labor alone
saved the ship from destruction De-
spite this inauspicious and alarming
incident, the cruise proved a money
winner
The staying of the arctic whale is not
a perilous matter of itself, for the spe-
cies is not pugnacious- 1t is the quest
itself that is pregnant with peril.
New Bedford twice had cause to
mourn the sudden closing of the strait
once in 1871, when an ice invasion
resulted in the loss OF 30 ships, worth
in round numbers over 81 900 900, and
again in 1876, when 20 vessels. worth
$500. 900, were destroyed or abandoned.
Arctic whaling is in most respects
quite unlike other whaling. In south
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Mrs. Cook.

ern seas the boatmen are afforded am
pie space for any and all maneuvers.
In Arctic waters the attackers must.
perforce of circumstances, labor disad-
vantageously because of the cramped
and contracted working field.
The stricken bowhead usually at
tempts to escape its assailants by seek
ing cover beneath an ice foe. To pre-
vent the headlong diving of the whale
beneath the ice, the steamer is rushed
between foe and whale for the pur-
pose of alarming and turning the
mammal out toward the clear water.
Frequently the whale gains the ice
and darts beneath. At such times the
animal lows the fastened boat at a
whirlwind gait to seeming destruction
against the ice. To avoid collision and
smashing the boat the crew then at
tach a f1oat-usually poke or blaG-
der-to the line and cast line and float
lesse with a hope that the mammal
may arise and be captured in some
other lead later, but often crews are
obliged to sever the line without at
taching floats in order to escape col
lision.
In southern waters whaling the prof
it's of the cruise are mainly derived
from the sale of oil extracted from the
"blubber.' Scarcely any of the oil OF
the Arctic whale is saved, the baleen,
or mouth bone being the product
sought by Arctic whalemen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Captain Cook.

ship was emerging from closing field
into wide expanse of open sea.
The crew hastily broke out and
shifted cargo aft, thereby tipping the,
ship by the stern and lifting the bow
upward. this proceeding enabling them
to bring the crushed portion above the
surface when, with blankets and
boards, they temporarily ''smothered"
the leak. The ships head was then
turned south in an endeavor to get
from the ice-thronged sea, but the foes
enwrapped the craft afresh, wrenched
away the improvised leak-stopper for
ward. STAYED in the bows. and drove
the ship hard and fast upon an adj
jacent island.
The masts were cut away. spars.
provisions and sails were gotten upon
the barren island, and the crew began
to make provision against future hard
ships. but on the day succeeding the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
On a Whaling Trip
Excitina Life of Those Who Follow This Haz-
ardous. but Remunerative. Occupation.

Capt John A. Cook of Provincetown,
Mass, has started for Sap Francisco.
where his stanch steam bark Bowhead
awaits his coming ere pushing through
the Golden Gate to nose her way in
quest of whales Behring's straitward
and beyond Capt Cook goes to en-
gage in the ninth campaign of his IA
years of Arctic whaling life. With
him goes the s'inny-faced wife who
has shared with him on other voyages
all the rigors and monotony of Arctic
winter life experienced while frozen in
on shipboard
Capt. Cool is one of the few men of
this generation who have been sue
cessful in this perilous and little I'M
derstood pursuit. Mrs. Cook is one of
the few white women who have pene-
trated to the very heart of the wilder
ness of does and bergs lying within
the Arctic circle-the one. in fact. who
has wintered farthest northeast on
that side of the continent; the one
too, whose period of sojourn in that
land of desolation, darkness and dead
ly storms unquestionably exceeds that
of any other white woman past or
present.
Capt. Cook is only As years old, but
he has been sailor for % years, for
he took ship at the age of II, and
was master at the age of 10. In 1878,
at the age of %. he made his first whal-
ing trip, in the North Atlantic, as
boat steerer on the schooner William
Martin of Boston. In the autumn of
1879 he sailed as second mate of the
schooner Amelia of New Bedford on a
similar cruise. In May, 1881. he went
out third officer on the ship California
of New Bedford, cruised in the South
Pacific, was absent 81 months, and the
voyage proved splendidly remunera-
tive.
He began his next cruise as first Of
ficer on the bark John anu Winthrop
in 1885, and secured New Zealand and
Australian seas, and in 1887 he went
out in the same capacity on the bark
Coral for cruise in the Okhotsk sea-
On his next voyage, in the Arctic. IN
1889, he was chief officer on the bark
Ohio-"the ship which never re-
turned"
While the Ohio was threading the
watery lanes in Behring's icy strait
north bound, her bow was crushed in
below the waterline by a submerged
foe, the accident occurring just as the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
CRANK INVENTORS.
They Often Make. Great Discoveries that
Others Fail Grasp.

they Often Make Great Discoveries that
Others Fail to Grasp.
81 represent a big chemical concern
in New York" said well-known pat
ent attorney, land that concern is al
ways on the lookout for improvements
in their specialties. Their president
said to me some years ago: If any fell
low comes to you and claims to have a
chemical process which is an improve
ment on any of our specialties, don't
let him get away for want of a few
dollars. No matter if he is drunk and
in rags. find out what he knows and
help him along if there is any chance
Of his making an Improvement. He
may be the undiscovered genius with
a million dollar prize in his head
so l always act on that principle
and welcome the crank inventor with
open arms. 1t has been a success, too.
[ have had experiences which made me
repeat as a daily prayer what Herbert
Spencer wrote: The vital knowledge
which underlies our whole existence is
a knowledge that has got itself taught
in hooks and corners, while the or
dained agencies for teachings have
been mumbIing little else but dead for
mulaS.'
Il hope this great Carnegie institute
will put that sentence over its Intel as
the motto and moving spirit of its life.
If it does. it will be a greater instru-
ment for, the advancement of the hui
nan race than any university in the
world. Washington Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
priv. D,.ea.. Into Trees.

A very curious superstition appears
to be gaining ground in Berlin, says
Health. and claiming a large number
of supporters. Three doctors" have
established a reputation for eradicat-
ing disease from men and beasts and
driving it into trees. The cures are
effected at night on Tuesdays and Fri
days of the week of full moon. A
needle is stuck into the skin over the
affected part of the body and remains
there until few drops of blood appear
The blood is collected in a sheet
of paper and the paper is rolled in the
shape Of pill The doctor" then
goes in a wood alone. carrying the pill.
selects a tree, and inoculates the bark
with the pill. The process of blood-let-
ting and incubation is repeated three
times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
THE AGE OF BRAINS.


In the Forum.
The late Philip D. Armour once told
.,le that he did not give his SONS a
dollars worth of stock in his immense
business until they had satisfied him
hat they could make sausage" This
was the great packers homely way of
saying that he did not take his sons
into the firm until they hadi shown
business capacity and industry But
not many rich men in this country
follow the example set by the founder
of the great house of Armour. The
young man with nothing but brains
has nothing to lose What to do with
a patrimony of 500, 900 does not bother
him or keep him awake at night. The
young man with 100000 will soon
realize that this is too small a sum
to risk in business in an age of COM
bines, when all productive and mer-
camille enterprises are conducted upon
a scale of great magnitude Manufac-
turing is certainly out of the question;
and If he wants to embark in a mer-
camille pursuit he must go to small
town that is not yet invaded by a
mammoth department store selling
everything. from tack hammer to
.'store teeth" says a writer in the
Forum
But the young man with nothing but
brains is not confronted by such per-
plexities. There is no trust" in
brains. 1t may be possible to corner
the wheat crop or control the yearly
output of corn starch, but you cannot
corner the crop of ideas. If the young
man looks about him and studies the
situation he will quickly learn that the
age of combinations is also the age of
brains
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Rallooning in olden Days.

A distressing accident which resulted
from the ballooning craze in France
and England in 1885 caused a wide
sensation, and in one of his letters to
Sir Horace Mann Horace Walpole re-
fers to it in the following pithy man
ner: 1.-The balloonomania is, 1 think a
little chilled, not extinguished, by the
catastrophe. That it should still blaze
in my nephew" George, earl of Or
fordD lis not surprising; not that he
has mounted himseH-he did not
threaten it; but real madmen are not
heroes. though heroes are real mad
men. He did encourage another man,
who, seeing a storm coming on, would
have desisted, but my lord cried, oh.
you had better ascend before the storm
arrives and instantly cut the strings;
and away went the airgonaut, and did
not break his neck"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
An international seance.

In a police court in Manila not long
ago there appeared white American,
an American negro. Spaniard, a Fill
Pine and a Chinaman- The five stood
up before the judge in a row and the
com bination looked like a congress of
nations. The American accused the
PHILIPPINE of stealing his trunk, which
contained SIS. The negro and Span
lard were there to testify that the
trunk had been stolen, while the
Chinaman was a rank outsider, who
was there for beating a caribou and
stood up with the bunch thinking it
was his case. The judge carried the
case over to give the Filipino a chance
to summon an East Indian and Jap
anese for witnesses
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

catastrophe other whaling vessels ap-
peared in the vicinity. The Ohio's
castaways were rescued and distribut-
ed among the fleet. Cook being as
signed to the Josephine. on which
craft he finished the season as boat
header
In 1890 he sailed into the Arctic as
master of the bark John and Win
throp-- Early in the cruise the craft
was wilfully fired by some of the for
ward hands The fire was started In
the lower hold. away up in the eyes
of 'er." right on top OF a tier of casks
which contained 200 barrels of oil.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
MISTAKES OF STORY WRITERS.
Amusing Blunders by Eastern Writers
of Western Tales.


Fasteners who write western
stories for the eastern magazines are
a source of never-ending amusement.
Recently we quoted from a story by
Cyrus Townsend Brady, in which that
author had a woman perform the mar
velous feat of riding on horseback
ninety miles in two hours. This he
accomplishes by naming two Okla
homa towns, that distance apart, as
her starting point and destination
Not long since an eastern magazine
contained a mining story which locat
ed a chain of mountains in Kansas
about forty miles south of Topeka. In
the March Harper's is an Oklahoma
story by a woman. One scene is locat-
ed in camp, and she has the Texas
cowboys getting out before breakfast
to rub down their ponies. If a
Texas cowboy should rub down his
pony the pony would fall dead from
sheer astonishment.-Kan City
Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Yakima Brave.

do q Calling gun. Fear of material
harm is but one scruple. Terror of be-
witchment is another factor to be reck-
oned with.
To give any man ones image is TO
give him supernatural control of ones
life infuences-a power which also
would be assured did another possess
a hair of ones head or even a pairing
from ones finger nail. This is a part
of the creed of many tribes.
The average Indian is averse to hav-
ing his profile photographed. Those
of whom this view is made invariably
fail to recognize themselves. Although
Poor Lo is the embodiment of all hui
man vanities. he has never perhaps ar
ranged bis mirrors to present to his
eye a direct profile view of his stoical
features.
Me no like. No, that no me. That
half a man. This, or words to this
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
TIE Noble Red Men
Government Maintains q Photograph Gallery
Exclusively for Them.

object of the bureau to obtain OF each
full-blood both the front and side
views, full length and bust Anatomi-
cal measurements are taken in many
cases, as well as notes concerning COM
plexion and other physical character
istics.
Life masks are made by applying
wet plaster to the facial features OF
some notable Indians Kicking Bear.
the fighting chief of the Ogallalla
Sioux, had his physiognomy thus re-
produced some time ago. During the
operation of applying the clay to his
face all went well unit. two quilts
were thrust into his nostrils that he
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Exchanre IA WIG.

One day Dr. Parr, whose wit has
lived a century after him, meeting
Lord Erskine, with whom he was
friendly, said: "Erskine. 1 mean to
write your epitaph when you die"
Doctor" answered the great lawyer,
lit is almost a temptation to commit
suicide" This recalls another story
Gibbon, the historian, had a rival in a
French physician for the favor of a
titled lady, and the doctor was one
day annoyed by Gibbons monopoliz-
ing the lady's company When my
Lady Elizabeth Foster is made ill by
your twaddle," said the doctor in a
loud tone, Il will cure her" And
when my Lady Elizabeth Foster is
dead from your prescriptions, said
the historian, II will immortalize her. -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

might breathe after his entire face had
been covered. At this point Kicking
Bear did justice to his name He
brushed away the damp plaster and
scented deeply laid plot to assassin
ate him by a most modern scientific
process. Finally a boy was 1ugged
into the studio and a life mask was
made of his face in the presence of the
frightened brave. Kicking Bear then
submitted. All of his war paint stuck
to the mold and transferred itself to
the finished cast.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
Another German Prime. to visit u..

Prince Adelbert, the third son of
the emperor of Germany, will likely
be the next member of the German
royal family to land in America. as he
is a cadet on the training ship Char
lotte. which will reach Baltimore
about the LIST of May
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12
E1-sen.tor Reagan Receivers

Former Senator John H Reagan oil
Texas is reported to have recovered
for a sickness that threatened to prove
fatal He is now 80 years of age and
the sole survivor of all the cabinet
ministers who served under Jefferson
Davis through the existence of the
confederxzo government The last OF
the eeAsss died over q dozen years ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

The greatest and most vital power in
influencing life Is personality. 1t IL
greater than law. instruction or exam
ple.-Lyman Abbott
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

Last year sixty ocean going steam
ers were engaged exclusively in the
banana trade
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

passion for a Man, tho in the least ]
do not blame her Here you have a
difficult part to act If you reject. she
curses; if you pity, she takes it for en-
couragement,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-12

effect, is the comment made by many
red braves upon whom is brought 10
bear the persuasion that profile por-
traits represent them
The superstition that a profile por-
trait will cause the side turned away
from the camera to wither up and die
Is one which has been confided
to the photographers by several In
dians-
In spite of poor Los unwillingness
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-11-14
FAURA, EN- cAMPANA
COMO IMPARTE JUSTICIA

dollars de muIts, ain DIR 6 los sestigos de dss-
cargo que pYeSent6.
Sin dudG, FAura cree que los dollars 80
pusds reeoger 6 sspusrtss por iaa Gales de
Caguas, como ell csseAjo que sobFe elias Hs va
eta & cRRFetadag.
Hay m Antsesdents que pusds explicar.
nos taato rig0r y tartA sevsridad sn el 1ues %
pas.
Hacs poco Ssvsro TorEuslIss protsst6 en-
ell 6rgano de Ia u MON de torcedoFsH de tab&cos
contra una aenteneia impuestR por FAura ai
supPadicho Alfredo Peha.
Por 10 visto TAurA qusd6 ressntido ahorA
SO hR pFsvslido de In OCCASION para dRr sueltaa
escape q su rsGentimiento....
Ests ss ell anvsrso de la msaalla.
Vesss AhorR el reverse.
A1gunoa iovsnxuelos de ssta eiudad, apren
dicss de tuFbas, Sc entrstenfan hace noehsa
an FscoFrar . eaballo IL cArretePa que nns Q
estA ciudad con GuFabo, hacienda dispkros L.
re revolver, con ob1etO de Amedrenbar m etsr
bullR.
De uno de ssos disparos fus vietima M
cAballo, propiedad de don Migusl ohiques, he.
rido sn una pstA al que hubo que sacriAcar
por haber qusdAdo in6tll.
ESQ ss p1biico y nosorio.
No obrsAnts nj lA poliefA nj el iusS sabsn
nRda.
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10 Vega en- GEl hombrs de mnndo.N
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t0do Madrid nGerB0s eg.
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yeeto de Ia calls de T0rAbo, eompYendIdo entra
lRs fArmRciAs de NJ. Agusyo y de GSAn Jos6,S p
RtropslI6 b&rb&Famente una mpjsr promo
viendo ell ssckndaio consig0 0ients y cAus&ndols
vRrias con1usones.
Ds este hecho no Re In dado cuenta al iux
gSdo, Aunqus tuvo lugar en- uno de los xitios
mas sentFieos y concurridos de Ia ciudad.
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Por hof NADIA mas.
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