Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

everything Is RTISG- UHdJ Co-utS W
this mill but the toll is not burden
some.
August Link is the name of "A real
live, flesh and blood, Dutch butcher
who, they say, makes excellent sau-
sage every month in the year.
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A mocking-bird during holidays and
six inches of snow on the ground. 1t
is a rare sight in this locality but a
stray mocker was twittering around
our home last Monday morning. De-
cember %.
From Maine to Manila, how far is
it, From San Juan to Sitka, what
direction How we have have ex-
stated
If Hawaii and the Philippines had
not been annexed does any one sup
pose we would now be laying Pacific
cable? Evidently imperialism has
not hurt the commercial world.
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If the Spanish-American war had
not been fought and won as it was
would the greatest powers of Europe
be urging the President of the United
States to act as arbitrator of their
claims against South American coun-
tries? Probably not. Might does
not make right but power united with
justice and good Judgment begets con-
fidence.
: That Jolly old fellow. Santa Claus.
is known as St. Nicholas or Kris Krin-
gle in different localities but like our
Dutch grandmother's 'Krullers" the
taste is much the same when they are
called doughnuts or fried cakes.
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There are two sides to this bond
company guaranty business. The Off
RS or agent, who is honest and ex-
poets to remain SO, very naturally OBJ
jects to paying premium upon its
integrity. If he intends to make a
good haul he might be willing to di
vide with the guaranty company for
his assistance in giving him chance
to exercise his ability as thief.
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1t may be the proper thing to cuss
the corporations once in d while but
without the railroads we would not
be eating spuds from Colorado, cat-
bage from Wisconsin or celery from
Kalamazoo.
Swore off didn't you? O, that's
plain enough. When a man suddenly
takes to munching candy, chewing
sticks, IA wad of gum or even a wisp OF
hay it is very evident that he. is just
:, out of the frying-pan into the fire.
The symptoms are all familiar to one
who has been there. Stick to it il
you can but we'lT bet pound of Pi-
per's Heidseck against a plug OF
Horseshoe that you don't. We are not
quitting = no, not this time. Nc
swaps in ours.
Any man whose head is constructed
according to the regular suvle of coop
erage (round) and who has used the
weed for twenty years will admit thai
he made a mistake when he began the
habit and some express their convic-
tions in much stronger terms. OF
course there is many a grown up kid
who hardly believes this. The boy
says h can quit whenever he wants
to do so. That's it. He never wants
TO-. Plenty of us are willing or even
anxious to be rid of habit which is
ALWAYS more or less expensive and
nearly always a useless, announcement
nuisance but there are few, who really
want TO quit hard enough or long
enough to, succeed. Certainly, any
man may quit for time but it is the
- stay quit that hurts.
The tart preservatiye" has made
wonderful progress since old John
Gutenberg invented printing by
means of movable type. We have
just had the pleasure (?l of reading e
90-page, 7-column daily paper. i
was the holiday edition OF the Stand
ard. dated Anaconda, Montana, Sun
day, December al It had four full
page illustrations in colors, six il
black and white, several half pag,
and numerous smaller cuts. One cop,
of this paper contained enough matte
t. m Ike book-a good-sized volum
worth, perhaps, dollar and yet tn
price is only five:cents OF one cent les
than the postage paid ON il.