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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Revolutionary Pensioners.

Three of the five women on the rev.
olutionary war pension roll are New
Englanders. They are Hannah Newell
Barrett of Boston, Mass, aged 103,
pensioned by special act as the daugh-
ter of Noah Harrod. who served two
years as private with the Massachu-
sets line; Esther S. Damon of Ply
mouth, VT, 80, pensioned as the widow
of Noah Damon, who served in the
Massachusetts, line from April, ITS.
to May, 1880; and Rhoda Augusta
Thompson of Woodbury., Conn, aged
80, pensioned by special act as the
daughter of Thaddeus Thompson, who
served six years as private in Col.
John Lam's New York regiment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
EnameIed Pulp Board.

able the plaster to penetrate the en-,
amel and adhere to the underlying
pulp. The board is not only cheaper
to manufacture than the small tiles,
but is much more convenient to ham
die. The enameled finish makes it inn
pervious to water, and it can also be
made fireproof by special treatment
with chemicals which is a necessity
when the imitation thing Is to be used
In connection with the fireplace. The
pulp board is originally built up of a
plurality of thin paper boards cement
ed together, being finally compressed
and ename1ed on one surface, while
the back is provided with staples by
which the boards can be fastened in
position.
The inventor is William N Cornell
of Starlake, N Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
S 1|EE s. ! !:

Few great men have paid more en-
thusiastic tributes to their wives than
Tom Hood, and probably few wives
have better deserved such homage.
you will think" he wrote to her in
one of his letters, that 1 am more
foolish than any boy lover; and l
plead guilty. For never was a wooer
so young of heart and so stepped in
love as I; but it is a love sanctified
and strengthened by long years of
experience. May God ever bless my
darling-the sweetest, most helpful
angel who ever stopped to bless
man." Has there ever, we wonder,
lived wife, to whom a more delicate
and beautiful tribute was paid than
those verses, of which the burden is,
81 love thee, love thee, it's all that
can say"
81 want thee much Nathaniel Haw-
thorne wrote to his wife, many years
after his long patience had won for
him the flower that was lent from
heaven to show the possibilities of
the human SOUL Thou are the only
person in the world that ever was
necessary to me. And now l am only
myself when thou art within my reach.
Thou art an unspeakably beloved
woman"
Sophia Hawthorne was little better
than a chronic invalid; and it may be
that this physical weakness woke all
the deep chivalry and tenderness of
the man. And he reaped a rich re-
ward for an almost unrivaled devo-
ton in the atmosphere of love and
happiness and inspiration with which
his delicate wife always surrounded
him.
The welded life of Wordsworth with
his cousin, the phantom of delight"
was a poem more exquisitely beautiful
than any his pen ever wrote. Mrs.
Wordsworth was never fair to look
upon, but she had that priceless and
rarer beauty of soul which made her
life "a center of sweetness" to all
around her. ''All that she has been
to me-" the poet once said in his lat
ter days, none but God and myself
can ever know; and it would be diff
ficult to find a more touching and
beautiful picture in the gallery of
great mems lives than that of Words
worth and his wife, both bowed under
the burden of many years and almost
blind, walking hand in hand together
in the garden with all the blissful abb
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Greatest of All Truants.

Berlin lays claim to the distinction
of having the champion truant of the
world. He is a boy of 10. Nothing
could make him attend school. and it
finally became necessary to send him
thither each day in charge of police
man. This lasted for a week or so,
and then he began to run away from
home at night SO that the policeman
could not find him in the morning To
stop this practice he was locked up
One night he jumped from the win
dow in the room where he was con-
fined and landed in the street, thirty
feet below, with his skull and most OF
his ribs broken.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

scratched upon stones, written on the
soles of shoes.
One of the moSt remarkable OF
these freak wills was that scrawled
on the door of a miners shanty in
British Columbia. The accompanying
illustration gives the entire will
which, with the signature, comprised
only fourteen words. Tim Merrick,
who willed his estate in this highly
original manner, was miner living
near the town of Golden. Since his
coming to the district, in 1863, he had
worked steadily, and, it was supposed,
with great success.
One day, in 1886. he was found by
one of the mounted police lying dead
in his little cabin. The place was
searched for papers, but none OF any
special value were found Merrick' s
will was discovered, however, written
with chalk on the inside of the door OF
the cottage. 1t read: THE State may
have all they find. I've got no heirs. u
The authorities made hasty inves-
tigation of the premises, but without
discovering anything, and the search,
as far as they were concerned, was
abandoned.-New York Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Donkey Carries OFF Seal.

There is a donkey on St. Mary's
Island of the Sicily group which, it
can be truly said is no ordinary ass.
This animal, which belongs to Mr..
Woodcock, farmer, of Portloe, was
strolling along the beach near Banth.
earn, when it discovered a seal which
had indiscreetly fallen asleep on the
rocks.
The donkey seized the unexpected
prey in its mouth and carried it a dis
lance of a quarter of a mile inland.
Here some laborers rescued the seal
alive. 1t is As pounds in weight, 8 feet
5 inches in length, and Mr.. Woodcock
has offered it to MIR. T. A. Dorrien
Smith of Trescoe, the lessee of the
islands.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Dial Imitation oil TiIina.

No prettier effect can be had in the
nnishing of bath rooms, fireplaces,
ETC., than that OF thing. as even the
sncients seem to have discovered in
building baths Up to the present
time, however. thing has been some
what of a rich mans luxury, as it is
not cheap enough to be used promis-
cuously in an ordinary dwelling house.
where wainscoting is made to take its
place very largely. With the intro
duction of a new material. however.
the wainscoting win be replaced by
something which can hardly be told
from the high-priced thing now in
use in fine residences This imitation
thing consists of an enameled pulp
board made up of a composition which
takes an enamel finish of any desired
color, and can be stamped and rolled
into slabs of any desired size, with the
grooves depressed at frequent inter
| walls to initiate tiles of various sizes
and shape. In these grooves a filling
of plaster-li1e material is inserted. the
enameled surface of the pulp board be
ing perforated in the grooves to en-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

gan to look upon the smallest man in
town as a remarkably well informed
citizen.
Recently some of the precinct chiefs
got together and cast about for rep
resentative for the Common Council.
Somebody suggested the small man.
The next day one of the Nbig ones
went to Frederick's place of business.
He took the young man under his
arm and led him aside.
We're going to send you to City
Hall. What dye think of it?'
Mcdonald squared his four feet and
eighty pounds of stature, then smiled
serene1y into the eyes of the boss .
81 can make good" he replied briefly.
Thus it is that the campaign cry
in Precinct of Ward 8 is Vote for
the smallest man for councilman. He
will make good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
A Some Reflections
w. Bochefor Girl.
OF q

is a woman who is eternally discuss.
ing her own achievements. Yet that
is what women have always had to
stand from men in the most charming
of all their roles-that of listener.
A man is always sorry for the wom-
an he didn't marry.
Mrs. Russell Sage discusses the diff
culties of housekeeping in a current
periodical. After saying that she has
three servants in her house who have
been with her for periods varying
from ten to thirty years, Mrs. Sage
soberly remarks: Cooks are difficult
to keep, as they are more in demand
in marriage. Men like to marry cooks.
They feel that the food question is
settled then, whereas chambermaids
and mattresses do not appeal as close
ly to . mans interests" This is bet
ter than anything the bachelor girl
ever reflected.
Men have always been devoted to
tobacco, which soothes the nerves,
and women to tea, which harrows
them up. Savants who make mankind
their special study should find food
for thought in this fact.
There is lot of nonsense written
by blithering idiots about under
standing women" They set up a
sphinx and call it woman and then
make a great fuss over "analyzing'
her. AS a matter of fact the lines of
marked difference in character be
tween men and women are much
smaller and less conspicuous than the
broad, underlying traits which are
common to humanity.
We are more apt to remember our
puppy-loves with smile than tear
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
How zebras Are cauaht.

Zebras are captured in German East
Africa by the natives, who surround
them When they discover a herd
quietly grazing they inclose it on every
side. the man standing about 100 or
200 yards away from each other, in
an immense circle. probably ten or a
dozen miles in circumference. These
men have each a stick to which is at
tached piece of cloth or flag They
fiutter these sticks in the breeze and
drive the animals into a kind of cor
raj. AT recent drive fully 400 re
bras were surrounded, besides a num-
Der of antelopes, some of the latter
being entirely new variety. As the
corral was not big enough the larger
part of these animals were allowed to
escape Finally eighty-five zebras and
fifteen antelopes were secured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
MIDGET WOULD BE ALDERMAN
City of Boston May Have Four-Foot
Representative.

City of Boston May Have Four-Foot
Representative.
The smallest man in Boston wants
to represent Ward in the Common
Council The boom began as a
joke. 1t may end by creating four
foot city representative, Fred ". Nc
Donald, of Charlestown.
Young Frederick has seen exactly
twenty-five summer suns come and go
over the top of Bunker Hill. He
attended school, flew kites and spun
tops like the rest of the boys in
Charlestown, but unlike them he re-
fused to grow.
Forty-eight inches was Frederick's
height when he appeared before the
registration commissioners and claim
ed the distinction of being a voter
He wore knee breaches and his chin
came to the top of the railing, but he
succeeded in convincing the officials
that he was twenty-one.
On election day boylike person ap-
peared in Precinct A., smooth faced
rudy checked youngster, in the same
knee breeches- that had startled the
registration officials. Mcdonald was
the smallest voter that had ever
marked ballot in Charlestown.
The little voter was straight demo
crat, but the dignity which he as
sumed was too much for the humor
of the big democrats of Precinct 4.
Somebody said: "We'n send Freddie
to City Hall, knee breeches and all
The joke was forgotten by all save
the boy.
He thought about it, and the more
he thought the more City Hall seemed
a possibility. He began to cultivate
the democratic leaders.
When they dropped into his place
of business on Chelsea street, he
listened gravely to funny stories; he
even told them himself; he talked
ward politics until the wise ones bo
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
spontaneous combustion.

A writer in Casters Magazine gives
some interesting statements in regard
to fires from spontaneous combustion,
showing how the combination of two
or three substances under the right
conditions will start a fire without hui
man aid. Thus, damp 1ampblack will
ignite in the rays of the sun, and the
same can be said of cotton waste
moist with lard or other animal oil.
New printers ink on paper, when in
contact with a hot steam pipe. Will
ignite quickly Iron chips, filings or
turnings should not be kept in wooden
boxes, and the oily waste which IL not
infrequently thrown among them adds
greatly to danger of fire from this
source
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Tied Leas of Deer.

The apron strings of Mrs. J. H.
Stineford of Bewerbank, Me-, came
in handy one night recently in tying
the legs of a deer her husband had
wounded but not killed. The animal
got caught in the underbrush and was
unable to go further. Hastily remov-
ing her apron, Mrs. Stineford tied the
animals legs and then ran and notified
her husband.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

There is considerable learned dis
cussion and porting over statistics in
progress to ascertain whether or not
college women marry as generally as
they ought to, and, if not, why not.
The government seems inclined to
punish matrimony among it's employees
by discharging the guilty woman. New
- York and some other cities have gone
to the courts to find out if they cannot
discharge a woman teacher who SO
far loses her self-respect as to marry.
Shall we ever reach the happy day
when it will be nobody's business
whether woman marries or not?
AS to the allegations that college
women do not marry as generally as
they might, could and should, it may
be because they don't want to, and
then again it may be because men
don't like educated women.
College women may not marry, but
you can usually trust all the female
idiots to get two husbands apiece.
Much of a mans success in life de-
ponds on the degree of loyalty he is
capable of inspiring.
If modern male writer's would study
Shakespeare more they would know
more about women.
First love is ardent, but undiscrimi-
, mating 1t is merely a matter of pro-
pinquity. Almost anybody will do.
1t is wonderful how much the repu-
tation of some men depends on what
other people think they know.
The "nagging woman" and the "out-
door woman" do not trot in the same
class.
No self-respecting woman ought to
want to be White Mans Burden.
The woman with history may not
have loved and lost She may have
got him.
II man has q broader sense of ius-
tice than woman. as he likes to claim,
1t is because he has always been out
In the crowd where this particular
virtue was instillsd into him at the
point OF club. Justice was born in
the marketplace."
cost people have loved At least
three times. # they haven't they have
missed lot of educational expert
hnce.
II there is anything a man hates it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Not Bio for the West.

In Colorado the Denver Union water
company, at a distance of about fifty
miles from Denver, is constructing a
dam which will be 227 feet in height
and form a barrier to reservoir of an
area of S74 acres. containing 20 ,OOO,-
10000 gallons. Big figures. these,-
7Jew York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

fixed head or to allow it to slide freely
the whole length of the opening, the
cam block engages the rear of the
jaw in such a manner as to afford
strong support for a movable jaw. II
requires no rotation of adjusting
screws. but only a simple turn of the
block and sliding movement Of the
loose jaw to set the wrench, which
probably has quite as much expansion
as the majority of light wrenches in
common use.
Elisha F. Hirst of Richmond. Ind. is
the inventor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Old EnoIish Gao.

The old English gag, many of which
are still preserved in the museums,
was an important instrument of JUS
tice in its day. From the accom-
panying illustration one may gain
some idea of the cruelty with which
sentences were carried out century
or more ago.
1t is well known that the walls OF
torture chambers were made to pro
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Grew Through Ak Eye.

Postmaster j. G. Ralph of Southwest
Harbor, Me-, has an odd curiosity in
the shape of an ak blade dug up in the
Stoddard grounds at Manset with a
large treeroot through the eye, pro-
truding with large rootlets two feet or
more on each side of the opening,
showing a big growth of the material
after it had strung the ak on as a
trOphy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Legal Point to Settle.

A Hartford, Conn, boy was stealing
apples few days ago and the woman
who owned the fruit chased him off
her premises. In his hurry to get
away the boy fell and hurt one of his
wrists. Now his father has brought
suit against the woman for damages
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
How an AIbatross Flies.

One is impressed when watching
the a1batross in flight. with the fact
that there is tremendous amount Of
muscular tension brought into play to
preserve an equilibrium Wind is not
a constant movement, but is made up
of series of lul1s and gusts following
each other. With consummate skill
the soaring bird seems forever bal
ancing itself and taking advantage of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Ancient LEGAL Paperr

Whitman King is the proud posses
sor of the most ancient legal paper
among the Kings of South Raynham,
Mass. 1t is in the form of . deed,
srawn up by Philip King and Samuel
Hall, bearing the date of 1898 and
signed by Gov William Bradford.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
VILE WRITTEN ON DOOR.

Strange Method by Which Miner Left
Last Instructions.
: There is fortunately no provision in
the law as to the exact nature of the
parchment" on which a will should
be written. 1t has frequently hap
pened that property worth large sums
of money has been distributed in ac-
cordance with the wish of the former
owner as a result of directions left in
the most accidental manner Wills
that have proved valid have been
found carved on the trunk of trees,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

noyai riuSH rtiS OeetH " aFTaH@
Heart failure, induced by the draw
ing of a royal flush in a game OF
poker, caused the death of Joseph Mu-
ratio at Hazleton Pa Muralto gave
shout when he saw his hand Then
he was seen to waver and the next
moment dropped on the floor, Hfeless.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

Queer Freak Of Nature.
A freak of nature in the shape Of q
calf with two heads, two necks, three
backbones and two tails was born In
Glover. VT, recently
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

ject and recede in such a manner as
to cause the cries or groans of the
tortured to be thrown back from wall
to wall, that the sounds might not be
heard without. In addition to this
humane precaution gags were brought
into use to prevent the victims from
making any Nose which might annoy
their jailers. These gags were made
of steel, with leather straps. The
gag illustrated herewith bears the
date of 1676.-New York Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

these little blasts When there is lit
tie breeze albatrosses are not able to
sail far. and during dead calm they
progress by a series of flaps and sho-t
sails.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Record of Motorist.

A prominent Cleveland (Ohio) mo-
torist holds q unique record. He has
been arrested thirty-seven times for
exceeding the speed limits of various
cities and towns.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

cost people have loved at least
tnree times # they haven't they have
missed lot of educational expert
mce.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

II there is anything a man hates it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
WILLING VICTIMS OF SCIENCE.
Medical Models Available at Forefr
Hospitals.

LOnuOn MAIL.
The competition for the e1.0O0 prize
fered by q New York doctor to any on
willing to transfer right ear to a million
aire patient would not have assumed intel
national proportions had the need arisen 4
"A doctor in either of those countries"
said West End surgeon who has studied
in both, would have merely gone to the
central medical school, and from batch OF
men who always finger in the vicinity in
the hope of rendering services of similar
kind he would have selected the ear that
pleased him most Nor would he have been
required to pay anything like Ell 600 for the
accommodation. Five pounds or less would
have been greedily accepted"
A well-known Bayswater doctor, who at
tended the medical school at Vienna, the
greatest of its kind in Europe, corroborated
this statement"
''FNery day." he remarked. "a crowd of
men, forty or fifty In number, haunt the
school. ready at moments notice TO sub
NIT themselves to experimental operation
for the instruction of students. Some of
these men are specialists in their way;
that is, they have throat or ear troubles or
impaired vision, so that when professor
is lecturing on any particular subject he
enlists the aid of a man suffering from the
malady in question.
"Other subjects not so well equipped
from medical point of view. allow the stu
dents to insert forceps into the larynx. ex-
anime the optic disc and perfom other ex-
periments of an educational character.
Those men who have regular engagements
from the professors receive about a shilling
an hour; those employed by students for
home study demand double rates.
I'm time the subjects become Injured to
the experiments; the throat of one man has
become quite hard In consequence Of the
repeated insertion of forceps and other in
struments. Another subject occasionally
attends lectures and at command of the
professor dislocates any member of the
body that may at the time be under consid-
Grafton. Shoulders, arms, thighs-he puts
any one of them out of joint at will with q
rapidity that is astonishing"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
STORIES OF GOVERNOR TAFT.
Mastered the Filipino QuadrilIe and
TerrOrized the Natives

In the Worlds Work for December are
some striking new stories of Governor Taft
and his work in the Philippines. When he
was on his way TO the capital of the
Tayabos province 1t observed that he
was In close conference with a prominent
young Filipino lawyer who went along as
representative of the Federal party news
paper. The lawyer left in the Governors
hand piece of paper on which he had
made some drawings. The following night
the inevitable banquet and ball which
formed part OF the entertainment at every
provincial capital took place. The ball be-
gan with the regodon, the Spanish quad
rifle, which is much more difficult than
our quadrille. The various steps are not
called out. AS the music sounded Governor
Taft stepped OFF with the wife of the presi-
dente and escorted her to a place in the
first set. The young Americans i'm the
party were expecting tleir chief to make
a mistake in the complicated figures but
he made only one slip-a record better than
most of the Filipino dancers 1t developed
however, that the Governor had got the
Filipino lawyer to draw a diagram of the
quadrille figures, and he carried the paper
in his hand when he made his first ATTEMPT
Governor Taft once found, in his desire
to deal f1rst-hand with the people that II
would be necessary to use very plain Ian
guage He was visiting at small province
and through his interpreter he cautioned