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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Miss Alice Roosevelt at HON.

This is what an English writer has
to say of Alice Roosevelt, whom he
met at small party in Washington:
She is an attractive girl rather
than pretty, with tremendously high
spirits and at times, l should say, a
little excitable. 1t was a homely at
fair at which lot of youngsters were
present and we all knew one another
pretty well. which may account for the
little ebullition we were treated to-
There was good deal of jollity and
romping and Miss Roosevelt danced
around the room in the gayest aban-
donment, occasionally firing blank car
tTidges from a little gold trinket pis-
toll which her father had given her.
These are quite the fashion"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Rejected.
a literary lass

She was literary lass,
And edited a cultured journal:
And o, he loved her with love
He felt must be for life eternal.
And so to win her maiden heart,
He wrote a simple, soulful sonnet.
With careful rhythm and studied phrase
And staked his wealth of love upon it.
He sent it to her; his minds eye saw
Her quaint and queerly wise expression
Change, with blushing cheek she read
His hearts fond thought, his Loves
Confession"
Her answer came; but who'd have
thought
That she could cut cute a caper?
She wrote: Your manuscript returned;
Don't write on both sides of the pa
perl"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
MORE THAN HALF.
Suffer From Coffee Drinking.


Coffee does not set up disease with
all people using it, on the other hand
It absolutely does create disease in
thousands and thousands of cases
perfectly well authenticated and
traceable directly to coffee and moth
ing else.
This statement may hurt the feel
ings of some coffee drinkers but the
facts are exactly what they are.
Make inquiry of some of your cot.
fee drinking friends, and you may ba
certain of one thing, one half Of
them, yes more than half, suffer from
some sort of incipient or chronic dis
ease. If you want to prove it's the
coffee, or would prefer to prove it is
not the coffee in these cases, take
coffee away from those persons for
from ten days to a month, don't
change the food in any other way Dut
give them Postum Food Coffee, and
the proof of whether coffee has been
the trouble or not will be placed be
fore you in unmistakable terms.
A young lady in the ST. Mary's
Academy, Winnipeg, Can, says,
zone of our teachers suffered a long
while from indigestion. She was
coffee drinker. She became worse
steadily and finally was reduced to
a point where the stomach did not
retain any food, then electricity was
tried but without avail. She, OF
course, grew weak very fast and the
doctor said the case YVES practically
incurable.
about that time I was attracted to
a statement in one of the papers re-
garding the poisonous effect of cot
fee and the value of Postum Food
Coffee The statement was not ex
travagant but couched in terms that
won my confidence and aroused me
to the belief that it was true / per
suaded our teacher to leave or the
morning cup of coffee altogether and
use Postum Food Coffee.
"a change took place. She began
to get better She has now regained
her strength and is able to eat almost
every kind of food and has taken heI
position as teacher again.. Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek
Atnh.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

and too frequent urinary discharges
tell of kidneys out of order.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Ills from common backache to danger
Gus diabetes.
A T. Ritenour. owner of the wood
yard at 125 East Cork street, Winches-
ter, Va, says: Ever since I had In
grippe I have been a sufferer from
kidney troubles, which made them
selves apparent in racking pains
through the region of the kidneys
and across the small of my back. The
pains were always severe, and some
times so sharp and biting that they
compelled me to take to my bed. The
kidney secretions furnished further
evidence of disorders. They were on
color, irregular, and painful of pas
sage. Added to this there was an an
noying weakness.
THE newspaper advertisements OF
Doan's Kidney Pills attracted my at
tention, and I procured a box of that
remedy at Franck Baker & Sons
drug store. The relief I experienced
was magical. The pills lifted me from
my bed of sickness, placed me on my
feet, and made me a well man.
can work as well as ever. Doan's
Kidney Pills, believe, saved my life.
They are a great remedy to stop kid
ney troubles resulting from colds
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Rite
nour will be mailed on application to
any part of the United States. Adj
dress Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.
Y For sale by all druggists; price,
so cents per box.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

that time Mr.. Bristow's life had been
confined to Kansas, where he had been
active in politics and where for five
years he had been successful editor
He was private secretary to Gov. Nor
rill from 1895 to 1897 and secretary of
the Republican state committee from
1894 to 1898. He was born in Ken
lucky in 1861 and removed as young
man to Kansas, where he was educat-
ed at Baker university. Mr.. Bristow
made the personal acquaintance of
President Mckinley in 1894 on the oc-
casion of Mr.. McKinley's visit to Kan
sas. The Western editor became an
enthusiastic supporter of Mckinley
two years subsequently, and it was
largely through his efforts that Kan
sas was the first Northern state to de-
clare for the Ohioan. Mr.. Bristow
proved a most valuable official of the
Postoffice department, and it was he
who directed the investigation in the
Cuban postal frauds in 1900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
SAVED BY THE rRurH.
Why Joe" jefferson Did Not Ills
charge Tipping Servant.

why Joe JEFFERSON DID Not DIS
charge Tipping Servant.
Joseph Jefferson once had in his
employ plausible sort of man, half
valet, half factotum, grossly incompe-
tent and unsatisfactory, whom he de-
sired to get rid of. 1t was a certainty
the man drank Vino from the eel
lar would disappear mysteriously and
the supply in the decanters would
disappear gradually. but there never
was any ocular proof that the servant
was responsible.
And" said Jefferson, in telling the
story to friend, there 1 was.
What could I do? However," he con-
tinued, zone day as 1 was sitting in
my library, who should I see but Will
liam Keeling up the walk, drunk as a
lord. My opportunity had come after
many years.. 1 waited for him.
would tell him how drunk he was.
He would deny it, of course. He
would insist he was sober. But
should have the calm consciousness
of right on my side, and my excuse
for sending him away would be suffi-
cient. So when William approached
1 gazed at him with all the severity
1 could summon, and said:
William you are drunk
He returned my look with per-
feet fmperturbability. Mr.. Jefferson,
he said, L am more than that am
very drunk, sir
And" continued Mr.. Jefferson
will you tell me what could do? He
took the wind out of my sails. He
proved himself a perfectly truthful
man."
'-And you finally got rid of him %
asked the man to whom the story
was told. Just then some one came
in to light the lamps and the come
dian looked at him quizzingly. NO.
he answered with a smile, that was
William who just came in. 1 couldn't
discharge a man for telling the truth,
could II"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
skyscrapers Foster consumDt,on.

In public address recently Wheeler
H. Peckham of New York took ground
against skyscraper office buildings.
which he condemned as dangerous to
health How considerate we are" he
exclaimed We build hospitals for
the poor consumptive and then we
turn around and build skyscraping
structures where consumption NAV
breed so that we shall not lack for
patients This matter is beginning to
attract serious attention in New York
city. especially in the lower part of
Manhattan island, where the streets
are as narrow and crooked as when
the Dutch burghers laid them out or
their cows traced them across the
fields
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Lillian RusselI's Daughter.

Lillian Russell's 16-year-old daugh-
ter, Lillian Russell Solomon, is now in
Paris preparing for a stage career.
Lillian ii is said to be even prettier
than her mother at the same age. She
is possessed of a fine soprano voice
and dramatic talent of a high order
She may be seen on the professional
stage next season.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
The Cheerful Idiot.

"What is the difference" asked the
Cheerful Idiot, between the sultan
of Turkey and a travel-tired CONT.
mental tourist?'
Because" resumed the uninter.
ruptible, lone is the sick man OF
Europe and the other is the man sick
of Europe. He-he-he!"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Statesman a Centenarian.

David Wark, in his hundredth year,
expects to go next month from his
home in Fredericton, N. B., to Otta-
wa, where in the senate of Canada he
will take the seat he has continuously
held since that body was first called
together in the making of the Domin-
ion in 1867
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Pastors Mistake Causes Trouble.

Rev. Donald c. Macleod, D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in Washington, who has got
ten himself in the public eye by marry
ing a colored man and a white wom-
an in violation of the unwritten law of
his church, is chubby-faced man, "a
years of age. He succeeded DIR. Tai
mage nearly four years ago and his
congregation includes many of the
fashionable set of Washington. DR..
Macleod is a Canadian, having been
born in Nova Scotia. He is a gradu-
ate of the Western Theological sem
mary at Allegheny, Pa DIR. Mac
Leod regrets marrying the couple and
attributes it to the fact that he was
in hurry to keep another engage
ment and was too delicate about pur-
suing the suspicion he had that the
prospective groom was colored.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
The Same Old Game.

"And who,' Whispered a member
of the legislative committee, lis to
get the hot end of this deal?''
4.The people," wildly exclaimed the
irate member who was floating With
the reformers.
"Oh, well, then, go ahead" said the
first member, in relieved tone. 81
didn't know but what it was to be
one of us for a change"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
No Jones in the Senate,

The two Joneses in the senate
John P. of Nevada and James x. of
Arkansas-went out on March and
left that body without a representa-
tive bearing the honored name of
Jones for the first time since 1872
There is no Smith in the senate now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Was Worth More.

Count ito his fiancee's father, who
is a rich banker)-You Will only
give 100000 to your daughter as a
dowry. would have you remember
sir. thai four-and-twenty ancestors
~ commoner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
PerfectIv HopeIess,

81 don't believe that man ever de.
eeived anybody in his life." said the
enthusiastic friend.
"And yet" said Senator Sorghum,
you want me to give him employ
ment. You don't suppose have time
to teach him the rudiments OF bust.
ness, do your"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
The Same Way.

The Same Way.
81 see that the skull of a monkey
a million years old has been found
in Wyoming"
Nov our professors can treat the
Indians ancestors as they have
treated ours"
Flows that?"
make monkeys of EN-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
GaIusha Grow Welcomed Home.

GdIuSna arrow "etCofheo 1o"e.
Ex-Representative Grow, who was
first elected to congress more than
fifty years ago and was speaker in
1861, was welcomed home at Mont
rose, Pa, in great shape. At 80 Mr..
Grow walks erectly with an active
springy step.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

memorial to be erected in Fairmont
park. The Chicago winners are H. r.
MCNEIL, sculptor, and Lord &Hewlett,
architects Their design, which may
be the one finally chosen to be erected
in Memorial hall in the park, is given
herewith The memorial is to cost
$4,000.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
CORRECTLY Defined.

"Say, pa" queried little Johnny
Bumpernickle, what's a pneumatic
tire?''
"a pneumatic tire, my son." replied
the old man, lis duffer with long
winded story"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
sIip of the Tongue.

81 am going to have a number of
friends to dinner tonight, and I will
want some lobsters," said the citi-
zen, rushing into the fish market
YES" replied the fish dealer, rub
bling his hands; how many Holsters
are you going to have?"
t'Siri"
81 mean how many Holsters will
you require"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
FOR A M'kINLEY MEMORIAL.

Design OF TWO Chicagoans Wins One
of Five Prizes Awarded.
ChicagoanS won one of the prizes
of $500 offered by the Philadelphia
Art club for designs for the Mckinley
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

Eve-Youn never forsake me, win
you, Adam?
Adsn-c. I don't know! have
other rfbs-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

deathbed. He was stricken with par
alysis July 81 of last year.
There are six divisions under the
first assistant postmaster general, and
each of them is booked for an inveSti-
cation. They are the division of
salaries and allowances, the division
of postoffice supplies, the division of
free delivery. the division of CORE
spondence, the money order division
and the division of dead letters. The
order for an investigation refers par
ticularly, however, to the division of
salaries and allowances, the division
OF supplies and the division of free
delivery. 1t is not believed that there
has been any fragrant wrOng-doing in
the division of correspondence, the
money order division or the division
of dead letters, but it was thought
best to make the investigation include
all of the divisions so that the cry
could not afterw -rd be raised that it
had been partial and incomplete.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

The Village Parson (preaching)-I
tell you, brethren, fast horses are
running our young men.
Deacon Gust waking up)-No, it
amt It's Their slow ones.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Had Statesmen at His Mercy.


When the government ship Dolphin
was coming home from Cuba carry
ing Secretary of War Moody, Senator
Hale of the naval committee and
Speaker Elect Cannon some rough
weather was encountered. Just prev
1ous to the coming of the storm the
statesmen named had been discussing
the proposed building of six battle
ships. Messrs. Hale and Cannon sue
cumbed to seasickness. When his
sufferings had become too intense to
be borne longer in silence Uncle Joe"
called out to Secretary Moody: Say,
Moody, if you will get us to shore
quickly I'll give you six battleships
next winter" Il will make a better
bid than that exclaimed Senator
Hale Til favor twenty battleships if
the secretary will only keep this ship
still for half an hour"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11

The old actor who plays mxenfle
parts has to make up for lost time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Exactinq.

Exactinq.
$50 you had to close the show?"
Eyes," answered the manager with
the plaid vest.
What was the trouble?'
ITO much craze for realism. There
was a counterfeiting scene, and the
actors said they couldn't go through
with it unless they could see what
money looked like once in q while"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
HUJflOQ|
OF The DEN'
A Lesson on Ethics.

MY darling" said a mother. taking
leave of her newly-married daughter.
lin welded life there is much to bear
and forbear; but remember this
never hit your husband with the paste
roller or potato-masher. The presence
Of hair on your pastry or mashed po-
tatoes would lower you in the esteem
of your friends. If occasion arises the
poker is quite as effective and more
ladylike."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-11
Kidney CoIdsn

Kidney Colds"
Nothing will II
LAY you up" r
'-play you out, II
put you to bed"
quicker than q L
kidney cold. Il
T b o u S a n DIS f
feel the first eff L
feet of colds in L
the kidneys; bacl
ache, Ri e u m a t
pains, urinary disc
ders, retention {
the urine. infreUueI
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-15
TWO MEN TEAM SHOOT
The High Guns We're in the Hands Of
Harrison and Gibson.

The question of the supremacy of
Phoenix bird shooters was settled yes
terday afternoon to the satisfaction at
least of the winning team of three two
men teams of which Sc much had been
expected.
The teams were Horace Harrison and
John Gibson, J. NJ. Aitken and L. r.
Kruger. William Cunningham and W.
y. Milton. The result was as follows:
Harrison 6S, Gibson 49-1t7; Aitken 4o,
Kruger 31-97; Cunningham Il, Milton
42-SS
The three teams with their twenty
hackers and retrievers. left for the riv
er bottom about o'clock and returned
about dark. Not as many birds were
killed as was expected considering the
talent which had designs against them.
According to the conditions each man
was allowed 100 shells. The member
of any team could not shoot any of his
partners shells. The team of low guns
was expected to pay for the ammuni-
ton and for a banquet following the
contest. The guests at the banquet
were to be the contestants and all the
attendants at the shoot.
Considerable money had been put up
on the result by the friends and ad-
mirers of the shooters. The betting
was not only en- the winning team, but
also on the high percentage. The most
enthusiastic bettor placed it at 20. The
result shows that he missed his guess
by one
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-15
USING THE TELEPHONE
A System" That Will Often Help Out
On Bad Wire.

With all the boasted perfection Of tho
modern telephone it is nevertheless Il
fact that conversation by telephone
is generally less distinct than where the
parties to it are in the same room, due
either TO an imperfect machine or Il
careless manner of using the transmit
ter a suggestion therefore, born OF
experience in a newspaper office, is Of
fered mere that will prove practicable to
all telephone users if observed
Scarcely a day passes that frequent
users of the telephone do not in the
course of business receive from some
phone user the name of some individual
which is not distinctly heard or the in
ltials Of whom are not clearly caught
Invariably the receiver tells the trans
mittcr TO spell the name and often
when this is done it is still indistinct
especially if there is a buzZfng on the
wire from electrical or other causes
However, if the parties 10 the con-
Versation are wise to the system, the
missing letters are easily secured by
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-15

using the alphabet fer a key for the
confusion arises over the similarity of
the sound of several letters over i
buzZirg wire. For instance it very Of
ten occurs that the letters 3, c. d. F.,
r and z all sound very nearly alike,
while NJ and n are sometimes hardly
distinguished BILE. If the transmitter in
cases of this kind viii locate the both
ccsome letter by telling the letters ad-
jacent to it in the alphabet, and having
an entirely different sound, it will be
easily understood.
Suppose Brown wants to tell Smith
something about C. T. Peters and he
can't make the name clear. All he has
to say is. the first initial is the third
letter of the alpha bet. the second mi
tial is the letter that follows S in the
alphabet. Ghey don't sound Il. bit
alike) and that the last name may not
be mistaken for Tecters he tells him
that tho first letter CT it is the letter
following o in the alphabet" All this
can be done in less time than the read
or has spent in following the illustra-
ton. The System" does not apply to
names alone but to the letters OF any
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-15
KEEPING PROMISES
Phoenix Appreciates Always When
Promises Are Kept

Every time you read about Deans
Kidney Pills you are told they cure cv-
cry form of kidney i'll, from backachc
to urinary disorders. How are our
promises kept? Ask any citizen who
has tried the treatment. Ask the man
who makes the following statement:
H T Diehl. miner. of 15S f. Alameda
St. Tucson, Ariz., says: My expert
ence with Doans Kidney Pills proved
that they are everything claimed fer
them. IN the month Of February. 1907.
l first felt a slight pain across the
small OF my back directly over the kid
neys. probably caused by a cold set
Ting in those organs. j was not scri-
Gus. biIt it struck me if neglected it
might lead to future trouble and real
ing one night in Il Tucson paper about
Doan's Kidney Pills my daughter went
to Martins drug store for a box. l took
them as directed and when l had COM
pleted the treatment the pain in my
back dis2p ceared. l was SO surprised
a the prompt and efficient relief given
by Doan's Kidney Pills that 1 recon-
mended them to a number of my ac-
quaintances and even went so far as to
mail 4 box to friend of mine living
in Orc Blanco who had kidney trouble"
Just such emphatic endorsement can
be had right here in Phoenix. Drop
into the BTisiey Drug Co.'S drug store
and ask what their customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents per box. Foster Milburn Co,
Buffalo. n. i, sole agents for the Unit
ed States. Remember the name
Doan's-and take no other.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-15
SHIPPING CATTLE
Yuma Man Trying to Get New Rulings
for Benefit Of Stochmen.

Supervisor Billy Marvin, ever mind
full of the interests of Yuma, has in
augura ted a move toward securing a
new shipping schedule on cattle ship
ped from the eastern part OF the terri
tory to Los Angeles over the Southern
Pacific, says the Sentinel Under the
present rules of the company cattle
must make a continuous trip in order
to get the benefit of through rates {;
whereas if unloaded and fed at Yuma,
as they should be, the local rate to
Yuma and again from Yuma to Los
Angeles is charged, making the ship
ping rates excessive. Cattle shippers
would of course welcome a change i'll
the schedule by which they could I'M
load and feed here for an indefinite
period and at no extra cost for freight,
as the stock could then be put on the
market in so much better condition.
Ii would also be a great boon to the
farmers of the valley who have an al
most unlimited amount of feed and it
would also make Yuma an important
cattle shipping point. Supervisor Mar
vim while il Los Angeles last week
succeeded III inducing the chamber Of
commerce TO aid in securing the object
desired and the transportation COM
mittee Of that body is making an in
vestigation.
Mr. Marvin is also on another tack
which if Successful will be a useful
auxiliary in his efforts. and that is the
organization OF l chamber of commerce
for the town of Yuma. There is nc
town or city of Importance in the coun-
try that las not a commercial body of
some kind.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-08-15

ordinary word that cannot be under
stood.
This story is written from experience
and the system has worked all right
with those who Were quick under the
hat, when told to locate the missing
letter in the alphabet But many to
whom the idea. has never been suggest
ed are confused when such foreign in
structions are injected into a converse
ton about a society function, a death
notice CT an order for groceries. The
publication of this article therefore is
to acquaint with the system. those who
are not so quick under the. hat and who
never heard of it before.