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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
Servants Make Good Critics.

A great many people live to please
their servants They save and pinch
in order that they may spread them
selves before butler. maid, and cook
And, poor fools, they do not perceive
that butler, maid and cook thorough
Iy understand the situation But, Sc
riously, trained servants are marvel
Gus critics There is a family, in our
SWEETEST avenue who will admit that
they also are qualified teachers
New York Press
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
Stockings and Gloves of Paper.

= Paper gloves and stockings are now.
being manufactured in Europe AS
TO. the manner in which, the. paper
gloves are made, little is known; but.
the stockings have been carefully ex-
amined by experts, and they are loud
in their praise of them It is said
they will last almost as long as or
binary stockings. owing to the fact
that the paper of which they are made
was. during the process of manufac-
ture, transformed into a substance
closely resembling wool, and was then
woven and otherwise treated as ordi-
nary wool.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
Let's Pretend.


Let's pretend that you and 1
Have no real cause to cry
At the stones that bruise us so
In the pathway we are tread1ng-
Tired. tired feet are treading-
We are dancing as We go.
Like we used to long ago,
Let's pretend
But can you and 1 rejoice
With the echo of that voice,
With its mournfu1 rise and fan
Calling. calling, calling. calling!
Hope is dead-can ii be callingZ
IT'S no voice we Lear at all,
Ills a lonely bittern's call,
Let's pretend
Does it matter, when it's done,
If the race be lost or won?
We have gained something say L,
If we've just been trying
Though our heart burst trying
can look you in the eye.
1t will come right by and by,
Let's pretend.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
FIRST 70 OFFER SOLDIERS
Col. Ramsey of Minnesota Accorded
That Honor

= The late George Ramsey of Mime
sofa was not only last of the war gov
ernors. but he was first of that historic
band to make tender of a. regiment to
the United States Happening to be
in Washington when news was re-
ceiyed tat Fort Sumter had been
fred upon. he hurried TO the war of
fee and sought Secretary Cameron
MI Secretary" said he, Il have the
honor to offer you 1000 men from
Minnesota" With characteristic blunt
ness Simon Cameron. said: We'll.
hurry them mp. governor am just
going over te see President Lincoln
Gov Ramsey autographed to St Paul
and in few hours affairs were in mo-
ton in Minnesota
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09

= There was now fresh outbreak,
members shouting, MIR. Speaker"
Roll CALI Roll CALI Above the
din Mr.. Sherman, as he seized his
Kitchen chair" and piled on his
desk in front of him, could be heard
shouting: THE speaker ignores the
rules of the house. The chair is not
in order"
The second amendment was then
read. The uproar was deafening
as the speaker started to put the
question of adoption, LAS many as
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
confederates Long-Lived.

statement in one of the newspa-
pers that ]. l.. M. Curry, who mas Just
died, and Judge Reagan of Texas, VINO
is still alive, were the last SURVIVORS
of the men who sat in the Confederate
congress has called out from the Nor
folk Ledger the correction that John
Goode of Virginia is still alive Inc
Montgomery, Ala, Advertiser makes
another addition to the list-Henry q
Jones, John P. Rails and James L.
Pugh, all of the Advertisers own state
The Nashville American cites two oth-
er persons as Confederate congress
survivors-Dr. Thomas o. Menees ana
Col A S. Colyar, both of Tennessee
the Colonel, who is writing a biography
of jackson and who is frequent con-
tributor to the Nashville and Memphis
newspapers, being the liveliest sort OF
live person.
These Southern newspapers are for
getting the biggest of all the living
men who served in the congress of
the Confederacy-Geo G. Vest of
Missouri. True, the Senator's state
did not secede. In fact, it decided, by
a majority of $4,000, against seces-
sion. But Missouri had some very ar
dent secessiunists in high places in its
government Among these were Gov.
Claiborne F. Jackson and Lieut-Gov.
Thomas c. Reynolds. Jackson called
a rump legislature IN session in
Neosho in the southwestern part of
the state, where it could be protected
by Prices army, in the latter part of
1861, and that body made pretense
of taking Missouri out of the Union.
John B. Clark and r. l.. Y. Peyton
were elected Senators from Missouri
to the Congress at Richmond and
full quota of persons were sent to the
House of Representatives in the same
city, among them being George G.
Vest, who was a member of the Mis-
souri, legislature at that time, anda en-
Enthusiastically in favor of secession.
All this goes to show that the mem
bers of the Confederate government
were a pretty long-lived race of men,
Every man who sat at Lincoln's coun-
Gil table has been dead for years past,
but John H. Reagan, Jefferson Davis's
Postmaster General, who is getting
along toward the 90-year mark, is one
of the briskest of Texans. Several
men are or were in the United States
Congress who were there during parts
of the Civil war days, among them be-
ing Grow of Pennsylvania, who
stepped down from congress on Mdrcn
last, and Allison of Iowa and Stewart
of Nevada.
1t will probably be found that, in
proportion to the numbers in the two
bodies, there are to-day more survi-
vors of Davis's than of Lincoln's Con-
gress. Longstreet, Gordon and other
commanders of high rank on the
Southern side are still alive, while
M0sby, in his recent fights against the
cattle bandits of the plains, has been
showing a little of the activity which
he displayed forty years ago in the
Shenandoah Valley.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09

Is question whether Mt Terror is q
volcano, but Mt Erebus was smoking
in February, 1901.
Both Capt Scott's and Borchg gre
vink's expeditions confirm Ross re-
port of open water during the sum-
mer months in Ross Sea when once
the ice on the parallel of Cape Adare
Is passed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
BOUND TO DISCOVER POLE.
american Expedition Hopes to Plant
Our Flag There.

Our Flag There.
Another American expedition is
about to start in search of the mac
2essible North Pole. Anthony Fala,
young Brooklyn explorer, is in
charge of the party, Capt. Edwin COT
fin will go as skipper, while Ziegler is
backing the attempt. The party will
shortly sail from Norway on the good
ship America. Every effort will be
made to plant the Stars and Stripes
in the frozen North.
The discovery by Capt. Scott, the
leader of the British Antarctic expe-
dition, of mountain ranges with
points rising to height of from 12,-
900 to Is, 900 feet above the sea level,
farther south than ever before known
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
The Ace off Pomneii.

Prof Dali Osso, inspector of the
Museum of Naples. has just published
an article in which he afirms that re-
searches and excavations prove that
there existed Pompeii nine centuries
before our era
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
or dE lIllF'fireiD ]!

the ring was a bit of dirty paper on
which was written: For our chief
matron, in honor of her brave con-
duct on the day of the bread riot -
Atlantic Monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
club Erowns on M..i.

In Berlin a club of the edisengaeeds
has been formed by your men who.
having broken with their sweethearts
regard marriage as fated to be a fail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09
HAD HIS HIDDEN SIDE
Rich Man Not Entirely Engrossed in
Stocks and Bonds.


We were alone in old Trinity church
yard-the Man and myself. He, an
excellent reproduction of THE Gen
t1eman of the Black Stock" and L
well, l am just one Of the hundreds of
women that all day long work away
on Remington in some big downtown
office and have one conventional lunch
hour. That day l selected to spend
the hour among the old graves, where
it seems as if the living are left far
behind, and those so dear to many
hearts can never rise and disturb the
peace, the restfulness of the hour that
means SO much to me.
The old gentleman sat by a grave.
The stone was marked Mary Scott"
Yes he said, that is my mothers
grave She died when l was only
twelve days old, and to-day 1 am sc.
When l get down to see after my
bonds and stocks l slip away from the
busy everyday world and come here
to be near one whose name is all
can cherish, as memory even is denied
me- Yes, l am the last of my race,
and soon i snail join her where the
loneliness and sadness of all these
long years will be passed
s Down in the Street" they say this
is the man of millions with no thought
but of self. yet as we passed out of
the little gate on to the noisy side
walk l saw two big tears glisten in
those shrewd eyes and brim over down
the withered cheeks, to be. brushed
away, lest the world, too, might catch
a glimpse of what L had just seen and
know that after all the little worn
body held a heart-New York Press.
The Kaiser. Seldom in Plain Clothes.
Few Germans have seen the Kaiser
in plain clothes. Yet he does wear
them sometimes. but only when it is
absolutely necessary, for he prefers
uniform. even at home. The time he
is in multi in Berlin is when he goes
to his tennis court He then wears
a white flannel suit, but out of doors
covers it with military cloak When
he is in England, however, multi is
the rule This is also the only time
that anybody has ever seen the Kaiser
in a dinner jacket or black dress
coat
Formerly the Kaiser ordered all his
plain clothes from England, browns
and light grays being his favorite
colors, but now he orders everything
in Berlin and Potsdam, mostly in the
latter place
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-09

True charity begins at home, but il
doesn't end there
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
GREATEST in THE, WORLD.
At New York City VIII he Located Bank
with . Hundred Million Dollars
Capital.

Washington, June 23.-New York
city is to have the largest bank in'the
United States and in the world. It
will be larger than the Bank Of En-
gland or of any of the world. The
refusal Of the government to sane
ton the venture is the only thing
that will prevent carrying out the
scheme. 1t is not deemed probable
that any obstacle will be met, as the
same safeguards will be insisted on
and the same precautions taken by
the government after the organiza-
ton as are taken now in the smallest
bank of the United States. The cap
italization is to be $100,0Oo,00O. This
will equal the governments gold re-
serve and will be much larger than
the capitalization of any banking or
financial institution in the world.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
SAYS SCHOOLS ARE GODDESS.
Rev. Newell Dwight Hills Says the Name
of Deity Has Been Expur9ated
from Text books.

New York, June 23.-"Since Web
ster's day our public schools have
suffered great revolution, of which
many citizens seem ignorant. In
many of the schools the law of Moses
and of Christ may not be read. The
name of God has been carefully ex-
purgated from the textbooks. A
leading educator has gone so far as
to say that the common schools
should teach secular truths, ignoring
all reference to God and ethics" Thus
DIR. Hills, in a pamphlet distributed
Mt Plymouth church lays bare what
he claims to be a Goddess system in
the public schools.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
FREIGHT. CARS BROKE LOOSE.
At q Terrific Speed Sixty Loaded with Coal
Ran Into spokane and Played
Hayoo.

Spokane, Wash, June 32.-One OF
the strangest railroad wrecks in the
history sof the northwest took place
on the Spokane Falls &c Northern rail-
road, part of the Great Northern sys-
tenn, when runaway train OF 60 or
more loaded cars without an engine
rushed four miles down grade
through town, demolishing dwelling
house, wrecking a laundry, killing at
least four people, injuring eight 9th
ers and piling up tangled mass OF
debris nearly so feet high. The cars
were loaded with soft coal. left stand
ing on the old Spokane Falls & North
ern lines, now used as q storage
track.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27

This is the way business trans
action was conducted along social
lines by two young women introduced
by q common friend:
I'm sure I'll cheat your friend"
said the amateur auctioneer. How
do / know how much my old stuff
ought to bring? Probably she'll
hate it and feel she must take it for
the sake of politeness."
"How can I tell but I'm cheating
her?" appealed the amateur bidder.
"Or how can I let her know that I
couldn't sleep o. nights with such
furniture in the room?"
After the meeting, the business
women again reported to their COM
mon friend.
81 feel simply ashamed" said the
amateur auctioneer. "She bought so
much and paid such lot. I feel
that / ought to return some of the
money"
"Your friend and had such diff
ficulty," said the amateur bidder,
seven in mentioning figures. At the
first mention of anything numerical
on my part she seemed so relieved. ]
wish you'd make sure that she didn't
sell any of the pieces by mistake; for
then, of course, I'd send them round"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
A. O. U. w. Readiusts Rates.

St. Paul, Mimi, June 23.-The su-
preme lodge A. o. U. w. adjourned
late yesterday afternoon. The read
justment of the assessment rates
was the most important feature OF
the meeting. 1t provides for an in
crease in death benefit assessments
beginning at the age of "a. At the
age of SIS q much heavier increase will
be made, but there was no increase
between the ages of IS and "a.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
~Tbis Is Mr.. Hestor, is II not2"

"This Is Mr.. Hestor, Is IL not?"
said Mr.. Vincent, who had entirely
recovered his self-possession; IL In
fact he had ever lost 1t. IL recog-
nize you from your picture. 1t was
like this: have been trying for ten
DAVIS to see Mr.. Carmody," and Mr..
Vincent bowed pleasantly to Mr.. Car
mody, who glared back at him. MT.
Carmody is a very busy man. and my
time is of some value also. Wen, l
followed him down to the boat, and
I guessed that he was going to take
a little pleasure trip. I figured that
this would be a good time to get q
chance to talk to him, so came on
board. Anticipating that there
might be some objections to my
er-to my being guest, and not de-
string to intrude on your. company ut
dinner. I remained down stairs until
YOU gentlemen had finished your re-
past" Mr.. l.. Sylvester Vincent
looked hungrily at the yet loaded
table and concluded: 81 was just
starting to come upstairs and intro
duce myself to Mr.. Carmody when
your genial captain-Capt. Waters
/ believe-kindly consented to escort
me here"
"You are all right" said Hestor,
as he burst into roar of laughter
II don't know who you are, or what
you do, but if l have any Influence
you can get job as reporter on the
New York Record any time you ask
for it. Capt. Waters, how did our
old college chum, L. Sylvester Vim
cent, get on board the Shark"
Capt. Waters looked rather crest
fallen, and glared at Mr.. Vincent
with an expression which BODIED that
gentleman no good.
HE came along about n minute
after you and those two gentlemen
did," said Capt. Waters, pointing to
Mr.. Rockwell and Mr.. Carmody. u
supposed he was one of your party
He handed me his card and came
aboard. / found him roaming around
below and knew that something was
wrong. So brought him up here"
"Glad to see you aboard the yacht,
said Hestor. "You will have plenty
of time to talk matters over with
Mr.. Carmody."
"When do you go back?" asked Mr.
Vincent, as puzzled expression came
into his face.
1--WE are not going back" Hestol
replied. 1--WE are going to the South
Sea islands"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27

boat will not object to our move
ments, so long as we comply with
the rules of discipline. We have been
informed that the yacht is ours, and
l suggest that we select our state
rooms and meet in one Of them and
confer together"
"You can do anything YOU please"
said Hestor, who had entered the
room, and had overheard the latter
part of Mr.. Morton's remarks. "But
the hour is early, and there is plenty
of excellent wine straining against
the corks in the effort to escape and
enhance the jollity of this occasion.
Besides, we are going to have music.
1 have attempted to reconcile Mr.
Hammond to his fate, and know he
will favor us with song"
"Mr. Hestor."
The speaker stopped. Capt. Wa
ters stood in the door, and his hand
was on the arm of gentleman
whose face and pose constituted q
character study. He was big,
handsome man with fiorid COM
plexion, an aggressive black mus
tache, shrewd blue eyes and profu-
sion of brown hair which fell to his
coat collar. There was no timidity
in his attitude, yet there was some
indescribable weakness in his general
bearing. He was well-dressed, and
mad a roll of paper under his arm
which he carefully guarded. Hestor
looked at him in blank amazement
Mr.. Pence groaned.
'who in the devil are you?" de-
manded Hestor, rs Capt. Waters re-
leased the arm of the new arrival.
81. Sylvester Vincent, of Chicago
was the reply.
"What in thunder are you doing
on this boat? Where did you find
him, Capt. Waters?"
"He was in the aft passage way;
he had just come out of one OF the
! staterooms."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
The Cowboys Taken to Topeka

Topeka, Kan, June 23.-Sherif A.
I. Lucas arrived here Monday with
Chauncey Dewey, w. P. Mcbride and
Clyde Wilson, the st. Francis prison
ers. They were taken Immediately to
q clothing store to allow them to
secure presentable collars, ties, ETC.,
for their appearance before the SUI
preme court. The men were sur
rounded by curious crowd of sight
seers with kodaks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
THAT BABY.

tt amt no trouble now to find
The things that used to be i7si
A-scattered round about the house,
Or hid away from me.
The papers allus right to hand,
The tidy's. on the chair,
My hat don't leave the front hall peg
Most fore l hang 1t there.
An everything Is orderly.
An just the way it's put,
Without a raft O. Gurus truck
A-kickin' under foot.
But when I look around the room
An see the chairs just so,
An all the things a-settin' in
The place they ought to go,
I'd give the rest o. this Oh life
If / could only see
That baby strewin' things around
The way they used to be.
Portland Orcgonian.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
and departed with Sidney Hammond.

and dscarted with Sidney Hammond.
1--WE are kidnapped"
"Did you just find that out|'
drawled Mr.. Kent, as he reached for
another cigar. ~ knew that five
minutes ago."
"You take 1t mighty coolly," said
Mr.. Haven, glaring at the big specu-
lator. zone would think that the
kidnapping of six of the wealthiest
men in New York was an everyday
event by the way you take it,"
81 have seen stranger things than
this happen" said Mr.. Kent. Take
it easy. Take it easy. You will get
Pence excited"
Mr.. Pence had passed the stage OF
excitement. He was lost in the
depths of despair. Had one of the
marines entered and commanded him
to walk the plank it would not have
added to the weight of woe which
overwhelmed him.
Mr.. Palmer j. Morton had taken
no part in the brief proceedings
which had accomplished this revolu'
ton. He grasped the situation from
the moment Hestor made his first
declaration, and realized that
whether their dilemma was the re-
suit of a plot or the within OF
maniac, that arguments and force
were useless. Mr.. Morton prided him
self that he could divine the mach
nations of the cool-headed bust
ness schemer, but was he expected
to cope with the fantastic plots OF
crazy man? 1t was enough to know
that he had been duped. He must
devise way out of the trap which
he had helped to set.
Gentlemen" he said, "this is 6
serious affair, but we must meet II
coolly and with elaboration. 1t i:
of no avail to storm and rage. We
are Gagged, and it will do no good to
beat our wings against the bars.
feel myself largely at fault in this
affair. but all of us are likely to make
mistakes and to suffer lapses il
Judgment. In this"
"Mr. Norton" interrupted Mr.
Rockwell, II think l speak for al
present when I say that we do mo-
hold you in the least responsible fol
this ridiculous event. / should have
done the same thing. So would any
of u.s."
81 thought that newspaper trus'
one of the best things ever heart
Of" said Mr.. Pence, and his eyes
frightened for the moment at TIT
thought. 81 figured it out that TIT
stock would have paid 20 per cent
dividends on the original investment
Oh, it is awful"
Mr.. Pence evidently did not refel
to the magnitude of the vanished div
idends, but to his present sorrow.
1--WE must retire to one OF TIT
staterooms and consider what cal
be DONE" said Mr.. Morton. II pre-
sumo the owner or the officers of the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-06-27
CHAPTER MI.
AT SEA.

The interview in Hestor's cabin
with Mr.. Sidney Hammond was brief
and spirited. Hammond did not wait
for any explanatins. but proceeded
to denounce Hestor in scathing
terms. That gentleman smiled pleas
antly and waited for him to con-
clude.
"This is the act of mad man or
a villain!" said Hammond as he paced
angrily up and down the narrow
room. Hestor had seated himself at
writing desk and leisurely rolled
a cigarette. "You do not look like
crazy man, but you act like one.
You have not been drinking to eX-
cess, and cannot plead intoxication
as an excuse for this outrage. OF
all the unaccountable things! What
do YOU mean to do? What is your
object in OBTAINING these men whom
you have induced to become your
guests? Have you stopped to think
of the agony this will cause their
relations? Have you considered how
my sister Olive will feel when l fail
to return home?"
He stopped in front of Hestor, his
eyes flashing anger. His voice trem-
bled with rage and he restrained him.
self by an effort from physical at
tack on Hestor.
Don't get so excited, Sidney"
said Hestor, as he lit a cigarette.
There is nothing so serious about
this as you imagine. Olive thinks you
have gone to Europe with me. /
sent her telegram and signed your
name to it. l made copy OF the
message and here it is"
Hestor handed slip OF paper to
Hammond, who read as follows:
Miss Olive Hammond:
II Is necessary for me to accompany
Mr.. Hestor ON D short business trip to
Europe. We sail early this evening, and
I shall be too busy to come home TO Did
you good-by. Pack my trunk and valise
and send them to Mr.. Hestor's ONCE.
Do not come down town, as 90 not
know where I shall be In the meantime.
Put my scrap books and some writing
paper in the trunk as wish to work on
my essays on the trip across and back.
Also enclose the matter I have already
written. I shall not be gone long, Re
gret that cannot see you before leave
but know that you are used to these sud-
den journeys and will forgive me.
SIDNEY HAMMOND.
"That shows that while forger
you are not entirely lost to decency,"
said Hammond, with evident relief,
but no signs of relenting. "But how
about these other menu They have
dear ones. They have feelings.
Think of what they must suffer and
how much grief you will cause Il
you persist in your course. You must
put this boat back to New York at
once"
at cannot be done, Sidney" said
Hestor. II have this all planned out.
Tomorrow these men can commun-
icate with their people. ! viii take
care of that" Hestor's manner
changed. The smile died on his lips
and his face grew dark. "You are
my friend" he said in tone sim
gularly harsh and strident. "You are
my friend, but I shall not permit you