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ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS
TRAIN SERVICE.

Passengers destined to st. Louis
and points east should go via the Kan
sas City gateway, thereby securing
the advantage of the Chicago & Atoms
fast night train, leaving Kansas City
ut p. m, arriving in st. Louis at 7:00
4. m. Chair cars free of extra charge.
Compartment sleeping cars. The Al
ton keeps theif light a'shining Just
ahead or the rest Write to L. D.
Cooper, Travelling Passenger Agent,
Chicago & Alton Railway. Kansas City.
No.. for lowest rates.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

The Pocket Edition Tom Wyndham."
length of time ION the road" And it
was ON the road that Jack had met
iAnnabel Riley.
She lived with her blind father, the
old colonel. in q picturesque vineclad
cottage on the outskirts of a small
town where Caruthers had one or two
i"customers," and to keep the pot
boiling" for herself, her aged parent,
and Jane. the housekeeper. she taught
the village school.
Jack had sought and easily obtained
an introduction; had called and made
himself as agreeable as he could.
Shortly afterward. having served
his apprenticeship on that particular
round of the ladder, he left "the road"
to become one of the Company
or course they "corresponded"-a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
sesth American metropolis.

Buenos Ayres. the capital of the
Argentine Republic. says q writer In
St. Nicholas. is the largest city In
South America. 1t is also the largest
city In the southern hemisphere south
OF Philadelphia 1t is, moreover, the
largest Spanish-speaking city in the
world. Its population probably ex-
ceeds 5000. and is increasing rap
idly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
Supreme Court sustaine the Foot.
Ease Trademark

Buffalo, N Y.-Justice Laughlfn in Supreme Court
has granted 4 PERMANENT Injunction With
cgainst Paul b. Hudson and others of New York
City, restraining them from making selling q foot
powder which the court declares Imitation and
sised and sold ever the country The owner Of the
LIE Roy N z, and the decision in this upholds
bis trademark and renders all parties liable who
fraudulenty attempt TO profit by the extensive
. FootEsse" advertising, in placing the market
the spurious and similar appearing preparation
volved in the case. This the court declares was
designed in imitation and infringement genu-
Inc Foot-Ease-" Similar will be brougbt
against others who infringing ON the Foot.
Ease trademark rights
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THE K. c. >. ALMANAC FOR 1908

THE K. c. .. ALMANAC FOR 1908
The Kansas City Southern Railways
Almanac for 1903 Is now ready for dis
tribution. Farmers, stock-raisers
fruit-growers truck gardeners. manu-
facturers, merchants and others seek
ing q new field of action or q new
tain reliable Information concernin9
Southwestern Missouri. the Cherokee
and Choctaw Nations In the Indian
Territory, Western Arkansas, Eastern
Texas. Northwestern Louisiana and the
Coast country, and or the business op-
portunities offered therein
Write for copy of the K c. 8. Al
manac and address, 8. @. Warner, q
p. A, K G. s. Ry. Kansas CITY No
A baby's first attempt to walk b
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Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake into your shoes 1t rests
the feet. Cures Swollen. Sore. Hot. Callous.
Aching. Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes new or tight.
Shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and
shoe stores. Csc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. OImsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
"Are You Ready? Col"

Mrs John Peters was the mother Of
a family OF restless children, and she
found difficulty in reducing them to
quiet when the moment came for ask
Ing blessing at the table. So her
course OF procedure was something in
this fasion: alice, be still! Eddie,
Tot another wordi Maud, don't you
see your father is waiting? There
now. John; NOW.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
AS Compared.

Ethel-what do you think of youne
Softhead?
Mae-Oh, he reminds me of a blot
ting pad
Ethel-Indeed. What's the answerf
Mae-He bears the impression of
some good things, but lacks the ability
to make use of them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
Crea.ss Suspicion.

~W'en All sees err man hanin' sugah
t. er mewl,' said Charcoal Eph, as he
heaved a brick at the OF steed, "Ah
wondahs eff maybe he don vary de
monotony wen he am at home by
Hckin' his wife. Mistah Jackson
Baltimore News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
Mission Amono RarbarIans.

The American Presbyterfans have
established a new mission on the So
bat river. beyond Khartoum, and 1000
miles below Egypt. 1t Is an uncivil-
ICED region, and the language has 9TH
ing in common with the Egyptian Ara
bic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

British Railroad Earnings Decrease.
The twelve largest British railways
show a decrease in net earnings for
the last half of 1901 of over a quarter
of q million sterling.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

No tree has ever been found larger
than the Sicilian chestnut of a 100
horses 1t Is not less than 304 feet
In circumference.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

woman's won't the latter invariably
wins.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

When a girl won't flirt it is q sign
there aren't any men around
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

In the race for wealth it's snip and
tuck with the dressmakers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
Deoree for Woinen.

Degree Tor Women
In future women will be allowed ia
take degrees in the University of Dun
lin
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loneliness. She lives with her chill
dren, in the complete seclusion pre-
scribed by Mahometan law, in the Pal
ace of Koubbeh, where dwells also the
Khedive's mother, who, by the way,
is only little over forty.
The Khedive gets a salary of $780,
900 a year, and has $500 900 more with
which to support the various members
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

A baby's first attempt to walk b q
trial balance
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point to point to consult with his diff
ferent superintendent.
Abbas ii. was in London last in
1900, when it was noticed how well he
spoke English. His Highness is, in
fact, rather famous as polyglot, for,
besides our tongue, he speaks French.
German, Italian, Turkish and, OF
course, Arabic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
II Great Sporting news Journal.

Z The illustrated special sporting
section of thu Sunday Ghioago.
Record Herald thoroughly de-
serves the attention Of every one
interested in sporting news. It is
always beautifully illustrated and
embraces four full pages, covering
with the thoroughness that Salts
fes to the utmost the whole realm
of sports. Baseball news, racing
news, bowling news, cycling news,
pugilistic news, golf news, yacht
ing news-all the sporting news is
given with the greatest degree of
fullness and interest. The sport
ing page of the daily issues is also
exceptionally POPULAR self-evi-
dent fact to those who have noted
the general vogue of the Chicago
Record Herald among sporting
men.-Ady.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
That settled The songs.

That settled the songs y
couldn't read or play cards, for
every minute OF co, the stove would
splutter and we were afraid to leave
it for a moment. That wick was
the longest time burning! Atmid-
night we decided to go to bed with
the pillows at the foot and by rub
bering" over the foot board we
could see very well. At 1:3O a. m.
I caught myself doing. At1:35
my wife caught me fast asleep. l
didn't care if the whole house
burnt down, so I said I'd sleep and
my wife should wake me the very
moment things looked dangerous.
Between LAO and 2 a. m. she
woke me six times. She couldn't
sleep and wouldn't let me. At 8 a.
m. we were hollow-eyed and tired
to death and the stove smoked
merrily on.
Inspection at $3.50 showed the
wick only one inch above high oil
mark. Only one inch more! And
by 6 a. M. it was level and we
turned the wick down just as the
milkman drove up to our door.
To tell you about the ruined cur
tains, pictures and things in gen.
eral, all with half an inch of SCOT
on them, would be commonplace.
Mrs. Harley said she wished she
was home with her mother and I
never objected to her wish, but
seconded it by saying that any old
boarding house was good enough
for me, for they don't fool with
new tangled oil stoves, and even if
they do, they have someone willing
to sit up all night with them. It
looked like the beginning of divorce
proceedings, but lordyl the very
next day Mr.. and Mrs. 81. were
downtown together buying a new
tangled folding bed. Yes indeed.
And the further chroniclesof the
Harleys, are they not written in
the magazine known as the "Sun-
day Morning Sausage?"
HARLEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
Cow Summer courist Rates.

Via Chicago Great Western
Railway. Round trips to Colorado,
Utah, Black Hills, New Mexico
and Texas points. Tickets on sale
daily June 1st to September 30th
Good to return October 31st. For
further information apply. to any
Great Western Agent, or j. P
Elmer, Ct. P. A., Chicago.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
BASEBALL.

Standing Of the Clubs In the National
and American Leagues, and
American Association,
August 20.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27

] for me. and she had. IN our bed:
room was an oil stove. It was one
of those portable ones on rollers.
SO we could move it around the
room. It burned very nicely and
the small panes Of isinglass looked
very brilliant and cheerful. For
several weeks it behaved nicely and
with the exception of a family per-
ceptible odor Of oil, we were. well
satisfied. It was my custom to
Hight it about 5 a. m. and then
sneak back to bed. By 6 o'clock
the chill was off the room and we
could dress with some degree of
comfort. Oil stoves have foolish
habit Of burning their wicks out,
but as we had several extra ones
we didn't worry on that account.
One evening we decided to put
in new wick, for the old one was
about played out. My wife said:
''The man showed me how to put
the wick in, so Til do it," And she
did it very well. The top of the
wick was exposed for several inches
and we couldn't turn it down any
further, so we decided to light it.
The stove was a round one and Of
course the wick was circular too.
The top part of the stove lifted
back on its hinges leaving us free
to work on the wick. Well, we
filled the stove with oil and | Lit it.
We closed the stove and instead of
burning like it did before, it
smoked.
"The wick's too high" said my
wife.
EYES, I replied, "that's true,
but we can't turn it down any more,
SO let's blow the fame out and cut
the wick off several inches" But
Mr.. Flame wouldn't blow out. He
would blow out for several inches
around = and then light up again
and smoke to beat the band. The
room became full Of smoke and we
were in q fix.
"Well,'' I said, 'there's one con-
ISOLATION; at the rate she's burning
she will soon burn those three
inches off and then we can turn it
down. All we gould do was to /
watch it. The weather was quite
cold and as the smoke was unen-
durable we opened the windows.
Then we shivered. So we got out
our winter wraps and sat watch
ing the stove. I had on a storm
overcoat and gloves, while my wife |
put on her hat and furs and had
her hands in muff. There we
sat ready for a blizzard in our own
bedroom.
After a half hours watching and
waiting, I tilted the stove top back
and saw that the wick was slowly
burning away. At the end of an
hour we were tired and sleepy. l
wanted to push the stove out to
the bath room, and put it in the
tub, but my wife said 'fhe man.
told her never to move the stove
when litfor it would explode.
aThen,' said I, "I'm going to
smother it with rug
mo, don't do that either, for
you'll burn the rug and maybe set
fire to the house," said she.
well, you go to bed and Sleep
and I'll watch the stove" [ replied.
mo, you might fall asleep your
self and I'm too worried to Sleep
she responded.
"Then PAgo to bed" said, land
you watch it.
mo, I'm afraid by myself" she
replied. So we argued and finally
decided to sit up and wait. I!
I've sat up with the dead in my
time and have been foolish enough
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27

t>~s> - -
for / like cake. That is, good cake
Everybody does. So I looked 9
the list. The first was angel cake
"Wouldn't that be just the cak'
for Sundays dinnerf" I thought
So I studied the recipe. The mor'
I studied it the easier it seemed t.
make. When my wife returnedsh'
found me in the kitchen, -four from
head to foot and half dozen egg
beaten to a froth. Cups of mill
and water stood around and every
detail of cake making in full sway
She wanted to know what I wal
doing.
Making q cake.' ! said.
"Why, I've bought a cake fol
tomorrow"
"What kind?" I asked.
"Why, lisa frosted angel cake, :
she said.
Now wouldn't that frost your
[ observed, and straightway drank
the milk.
"Whatelse did you buy?" Iasked
"Oh, lots of things, I bought o
chicken for one thing" That's
what she did-a real live chicken,
Yes indeed.
"Why didn't you buy one all
ready to fry?" I asked.
what! One of those naked
ones?" she responded.
eyes," I replied, "for I am afraid
we will have trouble getting this
ready"
ooh no, the man said dressed
chickens are always easier to fix, y
she said.
Yes, but this one is not
dressed" I objected.
"Not dressed!' exclaimed my
wife. "Of course it's dressed"
she continued, "look, it's got all its
feathers on
'My DEAR I said, "when chick
en- is dressed it is really undressed;
that is, lite feathers are all off, but
when it's undressed, it has its
feathers on
"Why, that's the way crazy peo-
pie talk, said she.
"Now that's not the only thing
that sounds odd. Take these black
berries you've bought-did it ever
occur to you that blackberries are
green, when they are red?' She
said it never had, but that she
would think it over.
"The man I bought the chicken
from said he would tie it so it
couldn't get away, for I was
afraid it would fly and I couldn't
catch it, SO he tied a string around
its ankle" said the child wife.
"Its ankler' I exclaimed. That's
the first time I ever knew that
chickens had ankles
swell, this one has anyway,
she continued.
"When shall We kill it?" I asked.
Il suppose right away will be best,
eh?"
"No, not right now" said she,
''let's let it run around the yard
first" So we united the chicken
and it seemed so we'll pleased that
it clucked several times. We lett
out in the yard and formed a plan
Of execution. I said I would get
the hatchet and my wife could
hold the chicken down and I'd out
it's head off, but when I got the
Ratchet my wife said she had de-
cided to keep the chicken as a pet.
1T looks SO happy in the yard, it
seems just like murder to kill it."
she said. I saw chicken dinner
slipping away, SO I didn't reply, |
but went into the yard after it.
Then my wife commenced to cry.
That settled it. That particular |
nh;obo,, 1:x,oJ -, q olox,o, 40 &,h &ho7
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III

Uu1 every minute. "Wha1
shall we do?" we asked
each other. My wife was in favor
of starting a fire in the dining
room and trying all over again;
but 1 pointed out the fact that the
dining room stove was only adapted
to heating purposes and there was
no place on it to rest the coffee
pot. Besides said /, show about
the eggs? Breakfasts no good
without eggs
"Oh," she replied, 1--WE could boil
them instead of frying them, and
boil them in the coffeepot.'
"No," said I, "that won't do, for
if we put six eggs in this make be-
lieve coffeepot, there'll be no room
for the Coffee"
"Well," said she, 1--WE will just
have to make this fire all over
again
So we picked out the remains of
the fire, and the economical little
woman took each little piece of
coal that was not consumed and
dried it on her apron. She saved
over four cents worth of coal and
utterly ruined an apron which she
had bought at Mondays bargain
sale for $1.19. But we got that
fire going just the same. And we
watched the coffeepot this time,
but as a watched pot never boils
we concluded to stop watching it,
for it was now 5:25 a. m. and we
only had one hour and thirty-five
minutes before. my 7 o'clock Car
left for down town. Mrs. Harley
said she never saw coffee made the
way was making it. She said
their girl at home always put the
coffee in the water and let both
boil together. "My DEAR" I said,
"your girl at home doesn't know
the first rudiments of making cof-
fee. Away back in the dark ages,
semi-civilized people made coffee
that way, but now in the light of
the twentieth century, folks use
scientific methods, and you must
boil the water first, then add the
coffee, or what's the use of science,
eh?"
She didn't reply. Probably she
was too busy arranging the skillet
in a satisfactory position to re-
ceive the eggs.
"Did you ever break eggs into a
PAM" I asked. "No," she said.
"Well 1 have" said I, "and if
you will watch me do it, you can
always do it in the future" II
never had broken eggs into a pan,
but had seen people do it lots of
times and it was SO easy. 1 took
the proffered egg and said, always
break them this way" I gave
the egg broadside tap on the edge
of the skillet and my finger sort of
squashed into the egg and its con-
tents spattered in fourteen differ
ent directions.
''Is that the way?" asked the in
nocent, with sly twinkle in her
eye.
''The she'll on that one was too
thin," I replied. She led me to
the water faucet and scrubbed me
fairly clean, then back we went
and eventually got three eggs in
the pan. Lordy that's all it would
hold. We put in several strips of
bacon on top of the eggs and some-
how or other, when they were
ready for the table, they didn't look |
just right. They were kind of all
mixed up together. Didn't look |
like "bacon and" that they produce
in the restaurants. I believe we
should have fried them separately. |
At 6:25 we sat down to break
fast For two solid hours we had |
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
CONCLUDED.
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two teacups of the most awful cot
fee mortal man ever tried to drink
"Pass the cream said I.
| "Oh, / forgot to get any,, sale
the embryo housewife.
"You did?" said I, well, we vii
try to do without it this morning
but if you see dairyman today
let him leave some cream early
! every morning" I slipped the cot.
fee. I've drank bootleg that
seemed to be favored with shoe.
strings, and once I accidently
tasted turpentine; I also know how
ink tastes; but all three are ambro-
STA compared with the decoction /
manufactured that morning. Do
you suppose that poor little woman
would say word about the infer
nal stuff? Not she.
I said I'd go to the corner gro
Gerry for some cream as it would
make the coffee that much better.
I went and on my return my wife
conveyed the startling intelligence
that while she left the dining room
for a moment some strange cat
came in the dining room window
and ate the three eggs and the ba-
con. How I wished the cat had
tackled the "Java" instead and
been poisoned.
It was now 6:45. In fifteen min
utes I must go. From the recesses
of the kitchen cupboard we Sc
cured a package of soda crackers
and some potted ham, and hurried
ly arranged another breakfast.
While we were eating this picnic
lunch, we heard a noise in the
kitchen, and going there, hand in
hand like the babes in the wood,
we saw a sight which froze the
blood in our veins.
The sight which was so freezing
to us was the iceman, who stood at
the kitchen door with 10 cent
piece of ice and wanted to know
where my wife wanted it put.
"Why, just put it here on this
table, SO I can wash it before I
place it in the refrigerator" said
she.
"Ask your mother if she wants
me to leave 10 cents worth every
said the iceman.
"My mother doesn't live here,"
said my wife, "and even if she did
I'd not ask her, for she don't run
this house. [ run it and you don't
need ever leave any more old ice.
Here's your 10 cents and you don't
need to make any sarcastic remarks
or my husband will put you out"
Here I swelIed up to almost the
average size of man. Yes indeed.
The iceman only looked at us in
unfeigned surprise. AS he edged
away he said: 'Say, is that your
husband? What!thatkid your hus-
band? Oh, Lordv' and when he
got to the back gate he looked
at us and said: Poor
little kids"
My wife wanted me to go after
him and make him apologize, but
be was to broad across the narrows
for your Uncle Fuller, so I waited
till I heard his wagon going down
The alleyway and then. l silently
locked the gate.
I reached the Office at s o'clock,
but it was hard work to get there. |
Being Saturday, our Office closed
at 2 p. M, az is usual in the East, |
so I went home at once to see how
The housekeeper was managing
things. Now, il there is one thing
! newly married wife enjoys it is !
10 60 to market She can take So
md bring home such a load Of
;hings. OF course man can bring
ooy,o bior 1ooJ fo,. 60 49, L.,l
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-08-27
HOME BUILDING.

HEN we saw the disaster
in all its fearful aspect
we only looked at each
other in CONSERVATION.
Then I looked. at the
clock. It was sos a. M,
and was getting later
every minute. "What
shall we do?" we asked
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-02
NEW IRISH LAND BILL.

As the features Of the land pur-
chase bill become known the belief
prevails that il will be accepted alike
by landlords and by the Irish people
themselves, and that it will prove a
great boon to Ireland, leading on
perhaps to so much peace and pros
perity that home rule will come
along naturally and easily. Money
will be advanced by the government
to the tenants at the rate Of about
$25, 900, 600 a year, and the aggregate
may in the long run become $780,
900, 600.
The chief features Of the bill are
these:
Free grant of 500, 600, 900.
Loans Of $780, 00, 600 in sums Of
az, 500 ia $1,000.
Landlords to be paid partly in cash
aud partly IN guaranteed q per cent
stock.
Period Of repayment sixty-eight
and q half years.
Untenanted lands to be sold to
neighboring tenants.
Sales to be supervised by commits
sion.
Landlords may make their own
arrangements with tenants on lines
Ut the bill.
no subdiving Of mortgages or
holdings.
The object Of this great measure,
when England's treasury and credit
is overtaxed is to bring abont a bet
ter feeling in Ireland thereby putting
an end to an agitation that has been
going on in one form or another at
least II hundred years. England
proposes in short TO finance q huge
land transfer scheme, and to oil the
Joints of the machine with a gift Of
$50, 600, 600. The Irish people viii
begin to get rid Of their foreign land
lords, but it is scarcely probable that
4 land scheme wilt eradicate the
home rule sentiment, or turn Irish
men into Englishmen. Their origin,
religion and aspirations all look to
independence, and While England
nav better in a material sense the
condition of the Irish people, it is not
believed that the new bill will ma
terially change the political situa-
ton.