Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Tickets sold aad bagsage checked to all
G. c. Schaefer. Agent.
MY PAsTIME-
And now s-Jones OF Cove" wants
high school for his county
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IF the ssFather of His Country. had
lived until tomorrow Sunday he
would be one hundred, seventy-one
years old.
Every township has its justices
courts and the state has its Supreme
court. Between these every county
has "a district or county court. Every
township has its primary schools and
we have a State University. Between
these every county should have high
school City courts do not form a
link in the chain. Neither can city
schools be made to take the place and
do the work of a county high school.
Many people have great confidence
in the rabbits foot as IL charm, J"
waTding off evil and bringing good
lu X, but it is said that a small coin.
bear ring the date of your birth-year.
is much letter in a financial way. Get
one anu always carry III Will Npu IL
you follow this rule carefully, you
will never be without money.
Left Missouri, eli? Well that is not
a bad change And from Walker t.
Wagner. tool That's o. X. also.
Most people prefer TO ride when they
can and perhaps our old neighbor.
Sam Cowick, is one of them
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Just read in Il paper the other Gay
that peacock feathers are omenS of
bad luck. That explains a lot of
things we never could understand be-
fore.
For very good reasons, based on prin-
ciple and personal experience, TheO-
dore never encourages the telling OF
tales out of school but he has heard OF
Il recent school incident which re-
minds him of some of the characters
i'm the romance of "Stringtown on the
Pike" and he feels inclined to remark
thereon. You who have read the
story will remember that ''Old Cupe"
was always saying, "lOOk out for the
red-heao boy" 1t Is very good advice
color which will not hear Watching
Theodore has not seen it.
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legislature should pass, tobacco chew
ers who defile public buildings may
be fined from one to ten dollars for
each offense. Portable cuspidores may
yet come into vogue
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No doubt you have noticed that
Theodore often drops into a discussion
of teachery topics and kindred sub
jecIs. 1t is partly his nature and
nv In
pect to accomplish any great or
sudden reformation but he thinks
many changes could be made in the
interest of justice and the general
good and that they will be made when
people see the need of them; hence he
writes and groanS in spirit. 1t is
about all he can do.
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Someone was asking the other day
about the present whereabouts Of our
famous battleship, Oregon. She is at
Yokohama, Japan. and the Olympia.
which was Dewey's fiag-ship in the bat
tie of Manila, is now cruising off the
About "a month ago Theodore pro-
posed a new way of electing United
States Sen"tors. or rather an improv-
ment on the old way, but unfortun-
ately, he did not take the precautfon
TO patent MS 1ued ana now the Colo
RADIO legislature is about to adopt his
plan and appropriate the same with
out paying royalty to the author. The
idea was first suggested for the bene-
fit of Kansas but Colorado beats her
TO it. That old saw about prophet
and honor comes in here somewhere.
Matt. 1857.
Without going thousand miles
from home, we think we could point
out school teacher who may be say
ing of sister teacher: "Her loss i?1
is nv gain t?)." This is a purely local
riddle but there are a lot of people
within the radius given who eau solve
the puzzel il they think right hard
for "A minute or two There are others,
not teachers, who are making similar
entries in the '.loss and gain account.
1t is estimated that one ton of coal.
burned in the furnaces of our large
battleships. will convert eight tons
of water into steam. Coal is ALWAYS
burned at a great loss of heat and en-
ergy and the steam engine is very
waSteful machine
How things change. About fifty
wears ago we built short railroad
across the isthmus of Darien to short
en- the route to California About
thirty years ago we built a long rail-
way across the continent and several
others since then for the same pur-
pose The isthmus has changed its
anne to Panama aud ASpipWalf whicl,