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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Two Battle Experiences.

"At the battle of Fredericksburg,
said a veteran, our regiment was on
the skirmish line for eighteen hours,
and hard at it all the time. When the
assault was ordered we were directed
to lie down that the advancing line
might run over us. Then we were
to rally on the reserve, eighty rods TO
the rear. To reach the reserve we
had to cross an open field over which
bullets were flying like hail. Even
in that crisis l hesitated to run the
eighty rods. fearing that after facing
the enemy for eighteen hours l would
get a bullet in my back. So 1 side
stepped that eighty rods and was
laughed at by the boys who made a
quick run.
I'VE had in our regiment one of the
old-style DULLES, who made a good
deal of noise in battle. He was al
ways urging our boys TO give 'em hell
and shouting threats to the enemy.
Most of the younger men in the regi-
ment thought the loud talker was a
great fighter, but at Fredericksburg
he received a slight flesh wound in
the leg which took all the conceit out
| of him He Numbered like a whipped
boy under his trifiing wound. while
I dozens of men with serious wounds
stood grim and silent. fighting to the
! last. We never could get our bully
/ into another fight, and came to the
| conclusion that he was brave through
! ignorance, and that when he learned
from experience that bullets would
hurt he lost his nerve"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Liahtina Up the Sea.

An Italian professor is said to have
invented a remarkable instrument
which completely solves the problem
of lighting up the depths of the sea-
Even with a cheap apparatus the in
ventor is said to have lit up with as
tonishing brilliancy the bed of the
sea at a depth of 290 feet for dis
lance of a furlong, and it is claimed
that with more efficient instruments
this distance could be enormously in
creased If authentic the discovery
will revolutionize incipient theories OF
submarine warfare On the one hand
it will help the submarine by light
ing its course, but, on the other, the
battleship will be able to see the sub
marine much farther away than it car
at present
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
GENERAL w. H. JACKSON.
NOTED TURFMAN. DEAD

of fine horsefiesh from all countries.
Priam, winner of the English Derby in
1890; yandal, Sir Richard, Highlander.
Great Tom, fremont and Iroquois
were among the products of Belle
Mead 1t was also the home of Gam
ma, the mighty mare who dominated
the turf almost sixty years ago; Proc
tor Knott, Bramble, Clifford, Getaway,
Egmont, Rancocas, Maid Marian, Red
Banner and many others almost as IA
nous. Including the winnings of the
get of Plenipo. $40 ,406. for four years.
the total winnings of the get of Belle
Mead stations amounted to upward
of $4,000 900 from 1870 to 1894 In
the last ten years several hundred
thousand dollars have been added to
the total. Gen. Jackson took great
pride in his farm. and visitors found
it a most hospitable place Guests
from all over the world have been en-
tertained there
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Musical Prodigy in Berlin.

The Kaiser and kaiserin are much
interested in a little musical prodigy
who has arrived in Berlin from Mad
rid. This child. called Pepito Arriola.
is six years old, and is said to be a
complete. master of the piano and
deeply versed in harmony and coun-
terpoint. He has personally present
ed the kaiser with a march OF his
own composition. his majesty having
accepted the child's dedication The
kaiser says the march is admirable.
and has promised Pepito that his
trumpeters shall practice it. The
kaiserin has also been presented with
a Spanish dance composed by Pepito-
Musical Berlin is in raptures over
the child's precocious genius
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
FORTUNES TOLD BY DoMINoEs.
Each Has Its Portent of Good or Evil
to Whoever Draws 1t.

? For fortune-telling by dominoes, lay
them on the table face downward.
shuttle them without seeing their
faces, and draw one. After each
drawing they have to be shuffied
afresh.
Every one has a meaning The I'M
1uckiest of the whole set is the dou-
BILE blank. 1t means great trouble,
which cannot be guarded against, as
it comes from unexpected quarters.
One-blank tells that the person is
closely watched by somebody whom
he little suspects; and two-blank pre-
diets the loss of money or of some
other valuable object. The meaning
of three-blank is family catastrophe
Four-blank announces a disagree
able letter from an angry friend, and
ance to whom the drawer is not re-
lated
Four-one predicts trouble from
creditors. Five-one means a love in
trigue, and six-one tells that the per-
son will soon perform friendly or
charitable deed.
Double-two is a sign of a jealous
partner Three-two means a warning
against putting money into lotteries
or any other game of chance, for the
drawer is sure to lose.
Four-two is bad for women; it
warns of thieves and swindlers, par
ticularly of those who try to steal the
tender feminine heart. A pleasant
excursion on the water is promised
by fve-two and a present of some
article of clothing by six-two.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Has 1oothaehe in the Foot.

Did you ever have the jumping
toothache in the foot of you2" asked
Fat Flanagan of the Major. 1t was
like this said Pat. 4 carried, at
Stone River. the cleanest and bright
est rifle in the company And all the
boys knew it. When the rebs shot
that rifle out of my hands | couldn't
bulge on account of being stunned
and boiling over mad Right at my
side was Mike Higgins. with as dirty
a rifle as ever q good soldier carried
and he was firing as fast as he could
load and pull the trigger, and he was
yelling at me why in the devil didn I
1 shoot, when l decided to slap him
once for luck. Just then something
slapped me on the side of my right
foot. and slapped both feet from un-
der me. Mike lifted me up and said
whatever 1t was that slapped me never
touched me. Then he shouldered me
of toward the rear
".It was a case of must. Mike said ]
had to use my legs or be captured. Al
first my feet were like wooden blocks
but the further / walked the better
they felt, and finding a bright, clean
rifle on the field became interested
in the shooting and forgot all about
slapping Mike or being slapped by
something that Mike said never touch
ed me. That night found two bull
let holes in my hat. three in my
overcoat. two flesh wounds on one les
and three scratches on the other. and
/ never thought of my foot. My right
boot was full of blood. but Mike SAID
it came from a wound just above my
knee and l let Ii go at that
But that blood came from my foo
and from that day to this / have hat
the jumping toothache in that foot
whenever a storm is brewing Rheu
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
( dIlll elIEdles

matism? No, sir, l can stand in the
water or in the snow all day and have
no pain But three or four hours be-
fore a heavy rain or snow storm is
due, there is a jumping, humping
toothachey pain in that foot and no
questions asked That continues I'M
til the rain or snow comes, and then
the foot is as easy and comfortable as
any foot in this world. Mike told me
later that the thing mat struck me
seemed to fly up from the ground, but
the air was SO full of flying things
that he thought 1 was lucky to escape
with a bruise, when dozen of the
boys were shot through and through
This was the view l took of the mat
ter then, and 1 never counted my lame
foot as wounded foot, and yet it
gives me more trouble than all my
other wounds put together Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Civil, War Heroine Dead.

Mrs. Sarah Lands Maher of VIII
mette. ILL.,. heroine of the civil war,
died recently at the age of 70. Mr..
and Mrs. Maher helped to make his
tory at the time of the civil war, for
their efforts saved Kanawha county,
West Virginia, to the Union. They
were living at the time at Mill Creek,
where Mr.. Maher had charge of coal
oil works. The sentiment was run
ming strongly to the side of the seces-
sionists when Mrs. Maher urged that,
as there was not a Union flag in the
district. her husband ride to Charles
ton. ten miles away, and procure silk
materials so that she could manufac-
ture one. The question of secession
from the Union or from the eastern
part of the state was to be voted on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

to-day Gil Barice is free with no one
to lay a charge al his door.
Out of the 10000 dead at ST Pierre
only 1000 have been buried by the
hand of man. The volcano buried most
of the rest of the victims. though
the skeletons of some are still lying
under the shattered houses. Undoubt-
eddy there is treasure in st. Pierre, the
property of those who persisted, but as
whole families died the heirs to the
property went to death with the own
St. Pierre there was only one man who
had proved his claim to what property
might be found in the house of one of
the victims He had moved to another
island some time before and coming
back after the catastrophe proved his
right to heirship to the authorities,
and while we were at ST. Pierre we
found him digging in the ruins of his
kinsman's house The searching of
that we saw of attempts to recover
what was lost in this once thriving
seaport
Il picked up 1ady's watch, a cork
screw, a door lock and a fused goblet.
Several of my companions found sill
yer coins, and / discovered a partly de-
stroyed bank bill in the ruins think
that the mountain is not yet through
with its work, though it may not send
forth such a volume of destruction a.
+ did In May and August Last 1t
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Names of welsh Towns.

These are names of some towns in
Wales, according to the London Daily
Chronicle:
raraga ngamukalana
Observation-Disclosures
Dan unugahaw alakadamuka1a lana.
Malkekun elangahen edeniya.
Observation-Disclosures
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Linpotabeniya mduruyaya
Munamalag Observation-Disclosures.
Karenda Observation-Disclosures
Karenda Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
ATTEMPTS TO MURDER AUTHOR
Jealous Woman Fires Several Shots
at Marcel Provost.

DIT mdTCSl TTCNoSl-
Marcel Provost, the famous French
author had narrow escape from
death at the hands of a woman
She fired several shots from
revolver at close range at him. That
he escaped death seems almost q
miracle.
In an article not long ago Provost
declared all women to be liars, but
said he thought the cause was to be
found in the laundering social rules
that surround and restrain them.
I'VE must try to believe" he said,
''that women are purer and better
than we are and they habitually try
to make men believe they are, and
the quickest way to accommodate APP
pearances TO our wishes is to make q
lie. a living rule of conduct"
He also wrote the following:
Don Juan certainly promises to
marry two girls at the same time, but
when he makes the promise he never
for second intends to keep it, and
if our modern Don Juan of to-day
happens to be married he makes no
secret of it. On the contrary, he uses
his marriage as an armour against
women's temptations. He will say,
Why. certainly. l would marry you.
Mathurine but how can | when I
already have a wife?' -
ITO a Frenchman bigamist is one
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
A Remarkable Verdict.

John Ward tells this story of an in
cident that happened in Barton county
just after the civil war:
"A man named Harrington had
stolen a sawmill down on one of the
creeks A sawmill is rather un-
usual thing for man to steal, but the
defendant in this case had deliberate
ly taken his team and hauled the mill
away After hearing the evidence. the
jury retired and in short time they
came in. the foreman handing to the
court a verdict which read something
like this: We. the jury. believe from
the evidence that the defendant, Har
rington, took the sawmill. but since
it appears that he took it from q lot OF
damned Rebels. we acquit him. Judge
Ward is said to have the exact written
words of the verdict in his possession
Lamar (Io) Democrat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

III <Zivivor OF the devastating
IL 1leruption of Mount Pelee, has
2iarrived in this country. Gil
Bariee doubtless was able
TO reach the United States mainly
through the kindness of a party made
up of Chicago physicians who have
just returned
Gil Barice acted as guide for the
Chicagoans, and when his duties were
over they made up a substantial purse
for him by means of which he was
able to reach New York. In the party
visiting Martinique were DR.. and Mrs
d. r. Brewer. DR.. Brewer took more
than 200 photographs of the scenes of
destruction about the base of Pelee
and interesting points in Martinique.
One of these pictures is that of the
exterior of the prison in which
Auguste Gil Barice was a prisoner at
the time that his fellow citizens per-
ished.
"Cn Barice is a most interesting
fellow" said DR.. Brewer. He is a
negro of full blood and is muscular,
athletic fellow. His story of the days
that he spent in the dungeon before
relief came, with his burned flesh tor
turing him and famine gnawing at his
vitals, is a thrilling recital. He owed
HIS escape 60 the thickness Oh lne Walls
of his prison and to the fact that the
entrance did not face the volcano. His
escape, probably, has no parallel in
history. He was there alone with his
torture for three days when help came.
When we reached Fort-de-France
we attempted to get transportation
overland to ST. Pierre No diver could
be found willing to attempt the jour
ney. The awful fear of a repetition
of the catastrophe of May 8 is still
upon them. One cannot blame them
for the feeling. With the memory of
10000 men, women and children an
| initiated in the twinkling of an eye
fresh in their minds little wonder it
is that they are still timid. Add to
this memory the fact that Pelee is still
| smoking and that the air is charged
with sulphur fumes and you'll see
| that there is yet apparent cause for
| fear.
| THE members of our party-I think
L can speak for all of them-believe
| it was superheated steam that brought
| death to the inhabitants of ST. Pierre.
| Three of us found skeletons in the
| ruined city. They were in exactly
| the same conditions as are the skele-
| tons prepared for medical use by boil
| ing. The condition of the bones
makes it seem fairly certain to me that
| superheated steam, and not gas, was
the cause of the fearful loss of life.
"The experience of Gil Barice in the
dungeon of the city Jail, goes to bear
| out this steam theory. He was bad
| ly burned, but he detected odor
which would suggest a burning gas.
| His clothing did not take fire, yet be
| meath it his back was badly burned.
l have photographs for which the ne
| gro posed and which show the nature
| of his injuries.
His case is unique in other respects
| than in his escape from death. He
was locked in the city Jail waiting trial
| for murder In practically an instant
| the Judge, the jury, the prosecuting
attorney and the witnesses were de.
| stroyed from the face of the earth, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

to reach the crater of Pelee after the
eruption of May s. He visited it
again in August, on the day when the
eruption which destroyed Morne
Rouge took place, narrowly escaping
with his life. Mr.. Heilprin says of the
prisoner Gil Barice's experience: so
unique a record is perhaps not to be
found in the pages of all history, and
even from the lighter vein of romance
it would be difficult to extract any
thing that has more extraordinary re-
latiOnS"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Gil BARICE IS HERE
The Only the 80 COO Inhab of Unfortunate
City Of St Pierre Who Escaped with Life After the
Eruption of Mt Pelee.

was only the direction of the wind
which saved Fort-de-France. The
people of that city can never be as
sured of absolute safety"
In the book recently written by
Angelo Heilprin on the eruption of
Mount Pelee is told the story of the
escape of Gil Barice. and then Mr.
Helprin says that it was believed that
another negro, a shoemaker, Leon
COMPREHENSIVE by name, also es-
capped. The story of Leandre's exper-
fence is given. in detail, though it was
mostly hearsay. DR.. Brewer says that
in Fort=de-France it is now said that
the story of Leandre's escape is I'M
true and that Auguste Gil Barice is
unquestionably the only one of the
thousands of St. Pierre residents who
went through the fiery ordeal and
lived.
Angelo Heilprin was the first man
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
q Little while.

a. Little While.
oh, for the peace that foweth as river.
Making Hfe's desert-places bloom and
smile,
oh. for a faith to grasp Heavens bright
forever, .
Amid the shadows of earth's little
WHILE
To toll with weary step through erring
ways:
Then to pour forth the fragrant oil of
And clasp the girdle of the robe of
praise.
"a little while" for winning souls to
Ere Yet we see his beauty face to face.
By telling others of saviOr's grace
"A little while to tell the joyful story
OF him who made our guilt and curse
"A little while. ere we behold the glory.
To gain fresh jewels for our heavenly
crown
"A little while" for patient vigii-keeping.
"a little While" to SOW the seeds with
Then bind the sheaves and sing the
harvest song
.Tis but "a little while; the way is
dreary;
The night is dark-but we are nearing
land:
Oh, for the rest of Heaven. for we are
weary,
And long TO mingle with the deathless
bandi
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
M2S Sl2lE Z MlEEl

two days after Mrs. Maher received
her silk, and she was compelled to
work all day Sunday and all Sunday
night to get the flag finished in time
The next morning, when the men OF
the district went to the polling place.
they found floating above it a beauti-
full banner, Mr.. Maher on a block
ready to address them, and his wife
by his side pointing to the flag as its
folds tapped from the staff. Mr..
Maher made an impassioned speech.
and with the tears streaming down
his cheeks. begged his neighbors to
remain true to the Union The appeal
was not made in vain. and a large
majority was given against secession.
Mrs Maher then took the flag and,
aided by a large body of men, planted
it on a hill overlooking the whole val
ley. where it stayed till. it fell into
tatters.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

Wireless TeIegraphy Patents.
Seventy-one patents covering APP
paratus for wireless teIegraphy were
issued In the United States last year.
making the total number log.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Bicycle Craze in Japan.

Japan is getting the bicycle craze
1t imported Zoo. 600 worth of~wheels
last year, mostly of the cheaper
grades, costing from s12 to SIS. They
are chiefly used for business and
army purposes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Has Produced

Has Produced Four-Leaved Clover
The botanical papers report that
De Vries. the great Dutch experiment.
al evolutionist, has, by 1ong-continued
selection, produced a variety of clover
which has normally four leaves.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18
Dislike Pictures Of kino.

Native feelings in India have been
hurt by the new rupee because the
king appears on it without his crown.
To be bare-headed is repugnant to
the Oriental
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

of the most repulsive of criminals.
having committed an absolutely un-
pardonable offense-"
Provost has long been recognized
as an expert in psychology with all
the holiness of lola. but in a more
refined manner. One of his most re-
markable books and the first to at
tract general attention was Letters
of Women" He has been recognized
IS an expert analyzer of the motives
and feelings OF the sentler sex
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-18

III BARICE, the negro who
3of the 10000 inhabitants of
ISt- Pierre was the sole sur
ivivor of the devastating
leruption of Mount Pelee, has
ARRIVED in this country. Gil
Rarice doubtless was able
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-06
TELEPHONE LINEMEN
OF NEW COMPANY OUT

The linemen in the employ of the
Union Electric Telephone company in
the three cities have struck and were
not at work today. The trouble is in
regard to the agreement under which
the men are to work. Yesterday the
linemen asked that the company sign
the scale as made out by the organiza-
ton, but the company did not com
ply. The men stated that it was a
case of sign or no work from them.
The company remained firm, with the
result that no men are at their tasks
today.
1t is understood that the striking
linemen of both the telephone com
panies are to receive the support of
organized labor in their fight, and if
the matter is pushed to the extreme
extent a big sympathetic strike is
possible affecting a number of other
organizations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-06
MORE WOMEN APPEAR
IN THE POLICE COURT

Aaron Ausberg, of Moline, offense
drunk and disorderly, was arrested by
Officer Peterson yesterday and this
morning paid So and costs into the
treasury of local justice.
John Heahn and Belle Klein were
fined respectively $25. and 500 this
morning for drunkenness and other
unbecoming behavior. Neither could
pay and they viii have five and 20
days instead at the county Jail.
Howard Miller, the boy implicated
with Charley Evans in the stealing of
Arthur Burral's wheel was tried this
morning and proceedings against him
dismissed.
Jessie Kelly, who detached a dia-
mond pin from the bosom of Lindsay
Pitts shirt front at a colored dance
in Davenport, was arrested here last
night and turned over to the Daven-
port police. The pin is valued at $T5
by Pitts. who is the proprietor of the
notorious Fifth street saloon and
dance hall in Davenport, where color
ed characters from the three cities
are usually to be found.
Beginning tomorrow Officer James
Brinn will take the central beat days
in place of. John Schmid. The latter
will become desk sergeant.
Charles Forsberg was fined S. and
costs by Justice Mcfarland yesterday
afternoon for assault and battery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-06
TWO BABIES TO
BE GIVEN AWAY
Novel Feature Connected With SAL
walton Army Jubilee
Monday.

The formal reOpening of the bar
racks of the local corps of the Saliva
ton Army takes place this evening.
The quarters at 1909 Second avenue
have been papered, painted and COM
pletely rearranged. Lieut.. Col. Mar
shall. OF st. Louis, will be assisted by
Maj. Smith, of Peoria, and a number
of the pastors of the city churches.
Tomorrow Col. Marshall will speak
at several of the churches and Mon
day evening the closing exercises Of
the jubilee will be held The Moline
members, with the brass band from
that city and the Swedish corps and
officers, will take part
The closing Of Monday evenings
program will be marked with the Civ
ing away of two babies. feature
similar TO those that have drawn con-
siderable attention at jubilees held by
the Salvation Army in other cities.