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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-20
The Sale Cryer.

Parties wanting anything
in this line are requested to
get their dates in 21 days
prior to sale to insure prompt
attention. Terms-I cry your
sale-settle with the Klerk
pay the Auctioneer- settle
for the lunch-and send you
all Home Happy.
w. A. EPPLER,
Box 129. Ellis, Kans.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-20
Notice of Final Settlement.

In the Probate Court
IA 10 1850, held in and for said coun-
lHEso oooSr Wy andistate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret Nc
kinley- Deceased
Creditors and all other persons interested
in the aforesaid estate are hereby notified
that shall apply to the Probate Court. in
and for said county sitting at the Court
House in Wa-keeney, County of Trego. State
of Kansas. on the 31St day of July A. ID. 1903.
for a full and final settlement of said estate.
ALBERT LINDBERG,
Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Nc
Klniey. Deceased.
June o A. D. 1903
Attest: 7. S. HOWE
IsEALl Probate Judge
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-20
Union Pacific Time Table.
MY PASTIM E.

This Kansas climates quare. Biddy,
A quare and bastely thing.
Wild summer absent all the year
And winter in the spring.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-06-20
Notice.

We are now agents for CLOSE BROS.
& CO., and have on our lists $4,000
acres of land in TregO and adjoining
counties which we can sell on easy
terms with low rate of interest. Par
ties who are using any of tue lands
owned by Close Bros. Il Co., and who
have not taken out leases, will be eX-
pected to pay rent for the same, and
should call at the Office of /. Il. Pur-
cell without delay. and take out leases.
SAUM 81 PURCELL,
Wa Keeney, kas.
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SEASON OF 1903.

s miles northwest of Wa-Keeney
My horse Young Quimper will make
the season-s7 90 to insure live foal.
My jack Monacha will make the
season-S10-O0 to insure live foal.
Care win be taken to prevent acct
dents but will not be responsible for
any. w. I. LIrTLECHILD,
Owner.
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pension I felt in the seventh heaven of
delight.
The drawbacks and difficulties of the
pension vanished l lived only in the
character I had TO represent. wa. an
other being I know now that these son
timents were The first signs OF nv innate
love for the stage. for indeed my vocation
must have been innate. as il received no
encouragement from my family. Quite
the contrary, and il was rather with The
dIsapproval of my people that I~made
lay debut as iphtgenie a the Coincide
Franchise with Madame Devovard as
ClvtemnestTe.
II knew nobody in The company he
yond Coquelin, who was as kind In me
then as he had been at the Couserya-
toire- ] do not recoIIect experiencing
any strong emotions beyond 5hat cf
great fear, but I remember that when
/ held up my long thin arms for the sac
Tihce ne audience burst out laughing.
Well 90 ] remember The thrilling
feeling of my first real theatrical tri-
uIuph. II was at the Odeon. when I was
Zacharie in 'Athalie.' and the part ap-
pealed to all the religious and patriotic
sentiments of my soul The glow of my
enthusiasm Sudled the audience until il
burst into q fire of sympathetic applause.
which warmed by heart and made II beat
with satisfaction at having made Il real
sensation.
such success irradlates many DAYS of
work, and work there ever must be for
an actress. without always any ultimate
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certainty of success. Filled with en-
thusiasm for The role of Anne Dandy
in Alexandra Dumas -Keau. then in
preparation at the Odeon. ] learned the
part. and then al the suggestion OF
Duquesnel. one Of the managers OF the
theater, l bearded Dumas in his den TO
ask him for the role.
The great man listened. looked at
me, and said | would do very nicely.
but unfortunately he had promised the
part to another, and even TO another in
default of her. Then ! said AS you
have promised the part 10 two. you may
just as well promise il 10 three Know
ing he part well, I then proceeded to
recite il TO him. and / begged to be
allowed al least TO rehearse the part. if
only for a week
Finally Dumas relented sufficiently TO
let me reheaTse the role for few DAYS
That was my chance. and. as fortunately
my conception OF the part produced
quite a sensation at the rehearsaLs. /
was finally engaged for the run of the
piece. ana I was declared to be a great
success.
There are minds" she declared, dis
tOrtei enough 10 think the lheater in
moral, but nothing could b. more untrue.
The thester, on the contrary, is a moral
influence. II L axes US realize the roads
Of virtue and vice. although there are
some p no even think it wrong TO take
young girls to see certain pieces, La
Dame aux Carelias. for example.
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ZHS PONY POST
at ZHE FL ANS

being so conrived that they could be
taken up on deck whenever desired.
The Chamber of Horrors.
It Is the Chamber of Horrors" how
ever. that most interests the casual Wis
itor. Here are gathered knives. revoIv-
ers, and still more graesor,e things that
people have srfe5 to send through the
mails.
a glass jar contains. in alcohol. huge
rattiesnake, that was alive when dis
covered in transit. He was one of eight
destined for a German scientific society.
Safe to say. none ever vas delivered.
Other deadly things also taken out OF
packages alive are a number Of tarantu-
Iss and scorpions. with su,aII snakes OF
various kinds.
ScaIps, Skulls, and Alligators.
scalps. skuiIs. aIIigators, and car
trfdges in plenty go to add to this de-
rar.zaent of horrors. while at one end is
genuine internal machine It was
addressed to Captain Eulate, Of the
Spanish 1nan-o'-war vfzeaya, at the time
that vessel was lying in the Upper Bay,
New York. It was just after the de-
struction OF the Maine. But it never
reached the Spanish commander.
Capt EuIate's Death Planned.
That it did not is due to the precau-
lions taken by the department, which
feared just this sort Of an attack. Cap
tain Eulate was advised not TO receive
any mail until it had first passed
through the hands Of an expert. this
even going so far as to fear
that an attempt might be made TO com
disease germs through the me
dunn Of a letter. The captain gave his
consent. and naturally the bomb was de
tscted
An attempt also WAS made once TO
send a big tube of giant powder by mail
The nature Of the package was soon sus-
peeted. ard it was at once held up and
rendered harmless.
In one corner is a tiny envelope. half
opened. From it protrudes a lock OF
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These We're first explored in the belief
that they were the most likely spots.
Operations were then transferred to
the more outlying lodges The promot-
ors Of the enterprise found 1t hard to
give up beaten.
Submerged rocks as far of as Pond
Island and Seguin island were explored
by the diver. \ mile outside the latter
island a Boston reporter donnaa a
divers suit and made descent in quest
Of the elusive sea coal" He lad a
thrilling. experience. but found no coal
The water at the scene of the descent
was sixty feet deep The bottom was
composed Of a black schist, containing
innumerabIe small garnets.
The trip resulted in the Gndfag Of
some giant quahaugs and mussajs. Tall.
waving keIps were in abundance. and
plenty of FISH and few Holsters and
crabs were seen. OF coal there was not
a particle Specimens of the rocI, sub
mitted later to biologists were pro
nounced totally unlike any ever found
in the immediate vicinity OF coal.
Another Attempt May Be Made.
The scene of the seguin ope-atfons
was about five miles at sea, in a gen
orally southeasterIy direction from
Small Point Bad weather aui rough
seas prevented an extension Of he div
ing to the westward.
1t is possible that the seam nay vet
be discovered in that locality. II has
been given out that another ettempt is
10 be made next summer TO solve tL.s
mystery, and that the bot
tom of the sea Immediately soulh aud
west of Small Point is to be the terri
tory explored.
In recent years a large amount of
coal has been cast upon the beach AID
iacent to Small Point, Every storm
throws up its quota Despite the utter
ances of biologists the opinion is steadf-
" gaining ground that this ccaI must
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mouth OF the Kennebec River the base
of operations. a serviceabIe seagoing
tug was chartered, and the services Of
Scion Andrews. one Of the best divers
on the Atlantic coast, we're secured The
company proposed to locate the coal by
sending q diver down to explore the bot
tom
This was actually done Day after
day for over two weeks the diver walked
over the bottom Of the sea lying east
and south of Small Point Every SUB
marine ledge in that visinity was exam
med for q trace Of the coveted reef, but
without success. Along the south beach.
off the. Popham shore, series of sunken
rocks run parallel to the coast line.
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come from reef not far from the shora.
Mr. Odforne. an eminent authority OF
Boston. has recently given il as his
opinion that the Small Point coal is IN
like any other coal in the world. He SAYS
it is 30 per cent carbon and is entirely
free from sulphur
The wrecked vessel theory would thus
seem TO be disposed Of It may be that
the vein lies far out 10 sea, beyond the
reach Of divers: but there are the best
of reasons that point 10 other conelu-
sions. Quahaugs and hen clans and coal.
together with chunks of pIumbaginous
slate. are thrown up during the same
storms
The coal evidently comes from the
same region as the quahaugs. These ara
known TO be in abundance not far from
the shore WlH future divers succeed in
getting their hands onto a chunk OF this
reet2 If so. then the work viii have tuss
commenced.
Million Dollar Company Proposed.
company viii be formed with q
capital OF a million or more. and Small
Point viii have been transformed into
the mining center of Maine.
But much as their hands itch to grasp
that chunk from the original reef. they
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next attempt TO discover the seam. The
plan adopted was unique in mining, or
rather in prospecting methods.
It was q bold idea and deserved to
succeed. a good amount OF money was
subscribed. careful preparations were
made. and the most skilled workmen in
the country we're employed to put The
scheme through
The new company was made up largely
OF men who had been in the Immediately
preceding company. These men we're
not convinced that the diamond drill
had told the whole story They argued
that the drill had not been driven in the
rIght spot and that because the coal
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cropped out under the water near Small
Point it did not of necessity follow that
the vein ran inland at that particular
point
Hunting the Vein Ashore.
Admitting that the rocks extended in
that direction. the coal might run diago-
naIly and if the latter supposilion were
correct then it was all folly 10 look
for the vein near Small Point Without
doubt it was to be found farther to the
eastward, or possibly farther westward;
certainly not at Small Point
The company was not Incorporated
but it was not lacking in funds. With
headquarters at Portland, IL made the
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alluded 10 We're actually commenced. A
hole was dug into the solid ledge of the
ridge that lies northwest Of the village
OF Popham Beach to a depth of forty
feet This work was carried on by sam
uel D. Reed Of Boston As predicted by
.GeoIogtst Jackson, the attempt ended in
failure.
Twenty-Five years ago Capt Lincoln
W Tibbetts, engaged in carrying coal
from Cow Bay, in Cape Breton Island.
had his attention called to Small Point.
and found that the rock and other indi-
cations there were almost identical with
those at Cow Bay At the latter place
biologists had declared coal would never
be found, and when II was it was called
a freak Of nature. Captain Tibbetts, be
lief grew stronger, and it was mainly
through his efforts that the hunt for
coal was made in 1890. The company
which operated then was called the Port
land and Keunebec Coal Mining Com
pany.
Behring'S in the Sea Bottom.
II was composed Of bright men and
hard headed ones. The operations Of
this company covered period Of nearly
three years. They sunk four holes and
S25.o00, Two different drilling appa-
ratus were used. drop drill and a dia-
mond drill. The operators Of The drop
drill claimed that they struck two seams
Of coal. They produced coal dust in
proof thereof,
The stock OF the company took a sud
den boom. Then the diamond drill was
put in operation. It went down 10 the
depth of a thousand feet and the core
failed 10 reveal the slightest sign of
coal. The formation was practically the
same from the surface to the bottom,
The core that was secured from the dia-
mond drill has recently been presented
10 Bowdoin College by Melville Spinney.
Diamond drills did not figure IN the
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an English magazine. Sarah
Bernhard coyly consented TO
write her view on the theater and its
place in the world of art, the same ap-
pearing in The "CorDmIi Magazine "
Bernhardt begins h. saz ing that she
found the moral influence Of the fheater
constant and beneficial
ITO me" says the divine Sarah. the
theater seems like = Kaleidoscope. whose
moving facets show an attentive public
the baseness Of crimes. the vices. the
weaknesses Of humanity. the faults Of
civilization. and the ahsurdities OF So
ciety An il is this same movement.
which, whilst showing the evil. shows
the eauso of the evil that is such a
fascinating feature of the theater."
The heater is the love of my live
for l find the theater the meeting place
OF all he arts. As a complete human
being represents the faculties of all the
senses. so a good theater represents the
service Of all the arts. first realized
my taste In this direction when I was
quite a young girl at school. for when
there was any talk of one of the little
common TO a convent
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is another reminder of the Indian coun-
try.
1t is mailbag. slashed open with a
vicious cut. A bullet hole has pierced
it near the lock, On the leather are
certain bIotches-stains-a if something
thick and sticky had been poured out
and left to run of in two little streams.
It was the blood of the carrier that
left these marks when he fell riddIed ~
Apache bullets.
He carried three pouches. Two were
ripped to shreds and their contents de
stroyed-
The letters in this bag also were torn
up. but the pouch itself was left a grim
witness Of how the Indian question may
affect postofce business.
From Alaska to the Tropics.
In the woods of the Northwest and N
Alaska dogs must replace ponies. and
they are shown, stuffed. with a wsxen
driver. treading their way over the gilt
tering snow as the toboggan-Iike sled
glides along behind them From the
Arctic Circle to the tropics is a far cry.
yet nearby there is q stuffed donkey
which in life did duty in Porto Rico.
The cid pack saddle IS stiH upon his
back. and on either side of the rider are
the trunk-shaped receptacles used in
transporting letters. There are other
models TO be seen. but none quite so in
teresting OF so perfecr as that OF a six
ty-foot railway mail servicescar. which
is reproduced on a scale Of one-sixth. Il
q human being could be reduced in sim
liar proportion he could go into the car
and find everything there in working or
der. so exactly are ali the appliances
and appurtenanees reproduced.
An Old-Time Nail Steamer.
Not far away is the model Of the old
steamer Southerner. the first steam yes
sci to carry United States mails across
The Atlantic Indeed, before the Soath-
erner's time but. one steamer had made
that tTfp-the savannah-and she used
her paddles only part of the way. thgEe
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collection Of articles relating, in one way
OF another, to the postal service. More
over. the gathering is one repIete with
interest.
Mail delivery in the United States is
illustrated in its development from the
old Montana stage coach, used on the
Helena Bozeman route. to q model Of
an up-to-date mail car and the rural
free delivery wagon-itseR a kind Of
Postof1ce on wheels
The Old Montana Coach.
The old stage, which stands in the
Eleventh Street entrance. was one OF the
first made use of 10 carry che mails in
Montana. It has seen stirring times in
its day and has carried many celebrated
men.
In 1877 it was captured by Indians.
only to be retaken after a fight bv Gen
eraI Howard. In that same year Gen
eral Sherman used the coach while on
his tour of inspection. the distance be
tween Fort Ellis and Helena. IO8 miles,
being covered on that occasion in eight
hours.
General Garfield also made use Of the
old conveyance before he became Presi-
dent, and his successor, President Ar
thur rode IN It in 1883.
The Pony Post
The pony post OF the plains is depict
ed by life-sized rider. of wax, mount
ed on a feet-footed prairie steed. There
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WRITER for children once

y a little girls visit to The moon
among the many wonders she
saw not the least of lunar sights was the
Museum for Lost Things-tbe repository
for all objects that 90 astray On earth.
TO be gathered up IN time by fairy bands
and PLACED. on exhibition for the benefit
OF a curious moon folk.
II such museum ever should be
started here below, it would surely re-
semble nothing quite so much as that
maintained by the Postof6ce Department
in connection with the dead letter Office
in Washington OF course, the Postoace
museum is not merely q. collection of odds
and ends that have been lost in trans
mission through the mails. Il is more
than that: it is an instructive exhibit,
showing how letters are carried in this
and other lands, and the curio portion
only comes from the addition of the col
lection that has Z. rays existed in the
dead letter division.
An Interesting Collection.
These objects have been shown at many
worlds fairs and similar celebrations. It
was not. however, until after the Worlds
Fair at Chicago that the idea Of per
manent exhibit was suggested. Post
master General Wanamaker approved The
suggestion. and the cooperation of for
oign governments was asked. The result
Is an already large and rapidly growing
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A Lovers Quarrel.

4 Western swain named Dick and his
sweetheart Minnie had quarrel. where
upon Dick took a board and wrote upon
ii a letter to the young woman, She was
informed what awaited her. through the
postofice officials. and also told there
was so cents TO pay. Being a sensible
girl, she wrote back. said she had had a
falling out with Dick, and that anyway.
she didn't think anything he could say
or write would be worth 30 cents under
any circumstances
The Heirloom Collection.
Many articles reaching the dead letter
Office are befrlooms or objects Of much
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Continued from Fourth Page)

tai what a geologist could have told
them beforehand, that their researches
were absurd.
Thus traditions and geology clash in
this matter Of Small Point coal. Those
who are inclined to take sides with the
biologists have an explanation to offer
for the appearance Of the coal They
say that it is due 10 remnants of ship
wrecked cargoes that from time TO time
during heavy gales got washed up on
the beach.
Tradition Contradicts Geology.
But this theory is open to very seri-
Gus objection. It has been proved as
coucIusWeIy as anything can be proved
that this coal was washing ashore at a
time when no coal was ever shipped TO
the Maine coast It is said that the
first cargo that entered the Kennebec
River was only about six years ago.
Nova Scotia coal mines. 10 is true.
were worked as early as III. and this
coal may have been shipped 10 Boston
as early as 1856. but the data in this
respect is hardly definite enough to state
the latter to be an actual fact. And
allowing that it is. it still remains TO
be proven that such an early coal car
rier was ever wrecked of this coast.
Beach Strewn With Coal
The amount Of coal that has been cast
up during the past ten years would suf-
fee 20 sink several of such ancient pack
cts. 1t is said The supply is pretty
constant Al one time not long ago
Small Point man picked up FIVE barrels
after a storm He is positive that there
were at least twenty barrels on the
beach that could have been secured by a
little labor
As early as 1897 company was
formed for the purpose Of discovering
this coal. IN 1899 operations previously
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National Curio Half Here in Washington Contains
Models and Other Articles Which Show the
Wonderful Growth of the Postal System, and
Call Up Romances and Tragedies of the Past
"reminiscences of the Old Frontier Days
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value, especially to their owners. These
are not sold, but are placed on exhibit
tfon for Identification. Many learts are
thus made happy by the return # cher
tshed treasures which they had believed
were lost for ever This collection goes
wherever the Government postal exhibit
is sent. It was at the Paris Exposition.
and there miniature Of a girl was
identified in a touching manner. The
picture had been copied from a Gaguer-
reotype. and was mailed to relatives in
America. where the girl had married.
The Curiosity Shop.
Other articles are odds and ends-a
little of everything curious. One case
represents the danger of buying n pig
in poke. A gentleman at a dead letter
sale purchased a package for sevanty
cents. 1t proved to be a neatly embrofd-
cred outfit intended for an infant Of
extremely tender age. The purchaser de-
cided it would appear to better advant-
age in the museum than in a single
mans apartments.
The dogs that drag sIeds in Minnesota
and further northwest are not the only
canine creatures the department pos
sesses. Other wise animals attach them
selves TO the. service and go about from
place TO place to place like busy Uasala-
ried inspectors The best-known Of these
was 0wuey. who Travelled all over the
United states. in England, and on the
then in Japan. and finally
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An HI,SZOR/c e5Z4GE cOACH E70m H0VZzhHA
0Iyle 0F mr. HRST USED 10 E4RPY THE kz4lkS
M/zaE WEST ONCE Captured BY INDIANS.

/ here Are Love Letters and Internal Machines
Without Number, and Here and There Are Seen
Evidences of the Caprice and the Devotion of
Members of the Human Race as They Never
Are Depicted Elsewhere IN Public Way.