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

Pedro A1varado of Parrai, Mexico.
said to be worth 10000. 900. has OFFER
ed his entire fortune to the po-ern-
ment of tie republic, the money to be
used In hquidating part Of the
national debt, which now amounts to
about four times the amount named.
senior Alvarado explains that his
wealth came from mines title to
which was given him by the govern
ment and that therefort he can welI
afford to crafty his desire The rov-
eminent has declined his offer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Superstition Connects Old Yew with For
tunes Of the Ancient English House Of Carr
narvon-Now Bound with Chains.
Especial Correspondence.)

with his family from London to his
seat st Briefly Park, Burton-on-Trent
On the night of his arrival he retired
early, a little tired from the long jour
ney, but otherwise in quite good
health.
There was great storm that night
with hail, and strong wind blowing
out of the west. In the morning, the
earl did not ring at the usual time for
his man servant. An hour passed, ard
still he did not ring. They Knocked at
his door. He did not answer. They
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

burst open the door. The Earl of Car
nAfvon lay dead in his bed.
He had been dead, the physician
said, eight hours, and, eight hours be-
fore, precisely, keeper, pacing the
park for poachers, had seen a limb
blow down from the Carnarvon yew.
Henry George Herbert, the next earl,
died at Highclere castle, in Newbury,
in 1888. He had been i'll for some
weeks of fever, but his illness was
not thought to be serious. His old
nurse, Mary Shaw, a woman of SO
years, was housekeeper, at this time,
of Briefly Park, and on the morning of
June 10 she saw one of the heaviest
boughs of the Carnarvon yew bend
slowly and fall with crash to the
ground.
THE MASTER she said, lis dead
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

we wonder and we wonder
WHATS ahead:
What wen see, and how wen 80 ft,
When we're dead;
If it's worth the while. or worthless.
Foul or fair:
And we wonder how Wen know it
When we're there.
We ponder and we ponder
What's to Gomez
And of all the good about us
We are dumb
waen we all might be enjoying
What is here.
We are guessing if the futures
Full of fear.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

A German critic has been compelled
to pay SIS for the luxury of saying
that a certain actress moves as grace
fully as a hippopotamus We have
known cases where the hIppopotamus
would have been the proper one to
bring action
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Great improvements are talked
about in France. A law abolisEing all
titles of nobility has been drawn up
and now the fashionable ladies of
Paris are proposing to do away with
the soup course at dinners because il
makes their faces red
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

N Briefly Park. one of
the seats of. the English
Earls of Carnarvon, an
old yew stands in
chains Never was
criminal ironed like this
tree. Its limbs are
bound round with great
links and cables, and
links and cables bind
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

The man who built the first apart
ment house in New York in 1853 died
this week. He lived to see rs per
cent of the people of the island living
In apartments and swearing at the jan
dtor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

If some of the stories told before
the anthracite strike commission by
the miners are true, the Almighty
must have forgotten something when
he made out President Baer's divine
commission
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

we worry and we worry
Over fate,
when wen answer that conundrum
Soon late
What's the good to guess If it be
Smooth or rough?
What's the use? Wen Know the answer
Soon enough
We wonder and we wonder
In the dark,
And we can't with all our guessing
Raise a spark
Let US. then, enjoy our living.
Ere we fit
And the future, let us make the
Best of it.
Baltimore American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

A fire in large Chicago brewery is
said to have damaged the stock" If
this means that the beer was badly
smoked it might be bottled and sold
Is Scotch whisky
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

A University of Michigan professor
has discovered seven new poisons.
This should put additional life into
the growing infant industry OF dis
tributing candy by mail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

That French movement for universe
peace might first try its hand on the
chamber of deputies.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

1t was indeed a brilliant society
event in London when Capt. Tew and
Miss Ward were made one
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

The English language is to be taught
in Mexican schools. Make way for
Mexico.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

II Brother Smoot is already having
. hard time lodging the brickbats of
the purity league and bands of hope
1t is evident that he will have to go to
washington in an armor-clad car If
he is actually elected to thej senate.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Exercise is great to keep people
warm. And it doesn't cost any more
than it did last winter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

In a year Minister WI will be able
to continue his interrogatory by
cable.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Sunday newspapers may have to re
duce their size on account of the
scarcity of paper. If this is a blow
at the comic supplement, let the fam
inc do its worst.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Worldwide sympathy is expressed for
Doukhobors in their efforts to Chris
tianize Canada.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

King Alfonso has a cabinet crisis
on his hands, but it will take some
thing worse than that to spoil his
taste for cigarettes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Mr.. Carnegie's digestion is reported
to be impaired. Evidently he has been
eating something besides Scotch oats.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Lord Curzon has found King Solo
mons throne. and fatters himself
that it will prove to be a good fit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Newport has established an asylum
for dogs and cats, and it is now in
order for the dogs and cats to estab-
lish an asylum for some of their own
ers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

The Britons whipped the Beers, but
the letter are getting a terrible re-
vengI They're all writing books and
selling them to the English. 1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

May Yohe and Captain Strong are
preparing to go upon the vaudeville
stage. The vaudeville stage has much
to answer for, but really it doesn't de-
serve this.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

George Gould walks to and from his
Office every day. We always knew we
resembled George in our habits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Payne Whitney has bought fifty
acres at Manhanset, Long Island, as a
site for a country seat. He evidently
doesn't believe that ten acres is
enough.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Some men manage to consider them
selves great by bequeathing their
brains to certain institutions of learn
ing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

But then, it is possible to lead a
too strenuous life. A New York boy
has played truant from school 1O8
times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

Apostle Smoot is said to be very
susceptible to the Establishments of
the fair sex. Smoot is easily smitten,
no doubt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

But after all Sir Hiram Maxim is
not the only foreign celebrity who has
come to this country with the inten-
ton of flying high.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

The Ohio man who advertises for a
wife with money enough to Offset his
brains should apply at the nearest
almshouse.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

The woman with past is often the
most eager to tackle a future.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

A girl is justihable in lying about
her age; but not in lying about the
house while her mother does the
dishes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

sisted the girl, with dry lips.
face, but the features were so glori-
fed that 1 could not realize its iden-
tity-"
Shortly after you went away, Julie
would not pose for any of us; the
American was the only one, you
know. He was particular about his
nodels- BY and by he wouldn't have
anybody but Julie. No-there was no
attachment. at least on his part He
was engaged to a young lady in New
York., it seems. though we did not
know it at the time. and he was cold
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-03

A good epitaph Is all right in its
place, but it comes so late.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27

is reported as being satisfactory. 1t
is better in the form of round sticks
than as sawed timber, owing to the
twist. No timber should be placed in
mines without first removing the
bark. and the timber should also be
well seasoned. 1t has been observed
in some of the hot, humid workings
of mines in Amador county, Cal, that
timbers placed directly in line with
the current of air passing through
the Slopes were much more seriously
affected by decay than similar tim
bers placed a few feet distant, but
where the direct air current did not
strike them.
The longevity of mine timbers is a
subject given only passing attention
by mine superintendent, as they are
usually calculated to last only a COM
paratively short time; but the fact
that timbers frequently require renew
al, by reason of decay, suggests the
necessity of either a more careful sell
ection of timber or a change of min
ing methods, which will place less de-
pendence on the timbers for perma-
nent support.
Though there are a number of prep
arations which answer admirably in
preserving timbers, there are not in
general use at mines for the same rea-
sons as those already given, although
it is not uncommon to treat timbers
placed in stills and in the first few sets
near the collars of shafts to prevent
surface decay or dry rot.
The kind of timber selected by mine
manager is ordinarily determined by
the first cost-those obtainable at the
lowest price which appear suitable as
to size and condition are generally
the ones bought and used in hte mines,
though it is questionable whether this
is always in line with the strictest
ultimate economy.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27
Some Sma rt Answers.

Here are some samples of what the
British ~schoolboy can do when he tries
hard:
John Wesley was a great sea cap
tain. He beat the Dutch at Waterloo
and by degrees rose to be Duke of Wei
lington. He was buried near Nelson
in the Poets corner at Westminster alb
bey."
The sublime porte is a very fine old
wine"
The ~possessive case is the case when
somebody has got yours and won't give
it to you"
THE plural of penny is twopence."
"In the sentence, L saw the goat butt
the man. butt is a conjunction be-
cause it shows the connection between
the goat and the man."
Mushrooms always grow in damp
places, and so they look like umbrel-
las"
The difference between water and
air is that air can be made wetter, but
water cannot"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27
When Women Carved.

In George Is reign it was the bound
en- duty of the mistress of a country
house to carve for her guests. Ell
quette demanded it of her. and no one
might relieve her of her arduous task,
not even the master. To the latter was
only assigned the easy labor of passing
the bottle and looking on while each
joint was placed in turn before his wife
or daughter. as the case might be. and
by her rapidly manipulated. Carving
became one of the branches of a good
feminine education, and there were pro
fessional carving masters who taught
the young ladies.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu took
lessons in the art three times a week
and on her fathers public days made a
practice of having her own dinner an
hour or two beforehand. A guest who
did not receive his portion from his
hostess own fair hands would have
considered himself much aggrieved.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27
HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE.
fhe Reason Lizzie Could Not Marry
Ted on the Instant.

Late in the sixties actors still had
their costumes carried to and from the
theater in champagne baskets by the
basket boy" and the very first and
most important duty of the actor or
actress after rehearsal was to get the
basket ready and place it outside the
door: then only one might feel free.
Well. Cupid had been taking a little
hier behind the scenes, and a young
for a bit of a girl who danced between
the first play and the farce. One day
he saw the old leader of the orchestra
tap her cheek with his bow, and the
awful familiarity vas too much to be
endured silently. He walked home
with her, and in the boarding house
hall he spoke. a minister's name was
mentioned, a number, a street, some
thing about a license. Nothing seemed
very clear except his love and his de-
sire to get married at once, at once!
"Oh, Lizzie, will you marry me? Dear
little Lizzie, will your" he implored.
And Lizzie, who was about the height
of a nine-year-old child, but was full
sixteen, very pink and very pleased.
looked coyly up, then modestly down
and answered, I'm awfully glad you
love me, Ted, but - but, really you
know. you'll have to wait a littleI"
Down went Ted's face. "Waitr' he
cried in a tragic voice. Wait! Good
kingdoml Why? What for? How
long?" And Lizzie, with wide, ~reproach-
full blue eyes. said, Why, Ted, you
know we'll enough you'll have to wait
till l get my basket ready"-Clara Nor
ris in McClure's Magazine.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF
STAGES

Paradise leaves daily except Sundays
at 6 a. m.. and arrives 3:15 p. m.
McDermit leaves daily except Sundays
at 6 a. m. and arrives at 3:15 p. m.
DEMO leaves Tuesdays and Saturdays
at 6. a. m. and arrives Wednesdays
and Mondays at 3:15 p. m.
Kennedy leaves Tuesdays and Satur-
DAYS at 6. a. m. and arrives Mondays
and Fridays at 5 p. m.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27
About Timber Lands

When timbers are placed in under
ground workings of mines the life OF
these timbers is somewhat s%peculat-
i've. and not always easy of determi-
nation. There are many things, aside
from crushing and destruction by
blasting. which have a direct influence
on the life of timber. Importane
among these are the amount of mois-
ture in the atmosphere of the mine,
together with the temperature, ven
tilation, etc. A hot. moisture-laden
atmosphere rots pine timbers with a
rspidity that is sometimes astonishing.
II however. the same timber is placed
in a position where it is perpetually
wet. not with the moisture of the
a~t.nosrhere. but with running water,
or entirely beneath the water Its life
is greatly prolonged, and it may en-
dure for years if not crushed by pres
sure.
The condition and kind of timber is
itself important. Pine, spruce etc.,
ETC., cut il the winter months, when
the sap is down, will last very much
longer than that cut in spring. In
tact, sap-laden timbers are expensive
At almost any cost, as a few months
IS all that my be counted on fter be-
ing placed underground.
The butts of logs often give a fair
index Of the probable relative life of
Line timbers. Those having narrow
rings, and a firm solid appearance,
will be found to far outlast those hav-
ing wider rings with a soft, porous
texture. Spruce timbers are usually
more serviceable than either yellow or
sugar pine. When placed in the anne
sets, where the conditions are practi-
cally uniform as affecting timbers, in
a humid atmosphere, the pine timbers
will quickly become covered with
white fungi, and in a few months de-
cay will have proceeded so far that
only the heart of the timber will be
serviceable, while spruce timbers, put
in at the same time, are still in a
good state of preservation, though
spruce timbers will not stand as great
strength to resist cross fracture.
Oak timbers endure longer than any
of the conebearing species of timber,
but owing to it's high cost and the in
ability to obtain it at all in most
places, oak is not used extensively in
mining operations. 1t is more expens-
i've to frame also. In California red
wod has been employed extensively
as mine timber at the New Alameden
quicksilver mines. and has proven
satisfactory there. The timbers are
all sawed, usually of large size, and
are often placed in the mine double,
being bolted together. That is, two
posts are employed where usually but
one is found, etc. AS redwood is
cheaper han pine at this mine, and
as the timber does not rot out, it
seems we'll suited to use in mines
having ground that stands fairly well
with out timber.
In Australia the eucalyptus has been
extensively used in some districts, and
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-03-27

A new line Of taoie linen napkins
towels, sheets. pH;ow cases AZ ped
spreads at The copies Store. O.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-16

asked about the action OF the Governor
in this case, said that no bill of indict-
ment had been sent before the grand jury
against Ingram for the reason, that after
committing the homicide three years ago,
he escaped. and had not been heard from
until some days ago when he was arrest
ed IN Harrisburg, and acknowledged thjlS
he was the man wanted. r.
Since going to Harrisburg, Ingram has
married a wealthy negro woman She
had employed lawyer to defend him ana
to resist the granting OF requisition pa
pers. This lawyer examined the papers
and pronounced them all right. and adj
vised that he could not prevent their be-
ing henored. The woman then employed
another lawyer, who made the argument
before the Governor yesterday. The Gov
ernor overruled every point he made, but
when he h&d got through, the Greensboro
chief was Knocked silly" by tho raising
of % fatal point by the Governor himself,
to the effect that the requisition was
not grounded upon q bill OF indictmcnt
The chief of police promised Mr.. Scott
to hold the prisoner for 90 days If ne
could, hut could not say what effect q
writ OF habeas corpus would have if il
was sued out as he expected would be
done. Criminal court meets here in Jan
uary, the soonest a bill can be found.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-16
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and by virtue of judgment Of
the Superior Court of Wake County rem
dered at October Term. 1903, the under
signed will expose to public sale on the
premises to the highest bidder, on
MONDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF DECEM
Der, 1903.
at IL O'Clock NJ, that certain lot or parce
Of land In the City of Raleigh situate al
the Northeast corner. OF the intersection
of Wilmington and Edenton Streets
fronting 2f0 feet more or less on Whining
ton Street and los feet. more or less. or
Edenton Street, and known as the Skin
ner residence" The lot will be offered 70,
sale first in two separate lots, and imme
diately thereafter as one lot.
Terms of Sale: CASH. Inquiry may be
made OF either of the undersigned fol
particulars
Although the sale is for cash, the pur.
chaser can have indulgence as to the
greater part of the purchase money.
G. NJ. BUSBEE.
F. H. BUSBEE.
Commissioners.
November IA. 1903. t.d-s
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-16
Killed by Runaway Horse.

Especial to News and Observer)
Windsor, n. c.. Dee. 15--Walking to
town, Marcus r. Butler who lived about
two miles from here, was overtaken about
a half mile from his home by a runaway
horse and killed. He was somewhat deaf
and did not hear the warning cry of the
boy who was in the cart drawn by the
horse, and the end of the shaft struck
him on the side of the head about the ear
This knocked him down and the cart,
loaded with green weed, passed over his
body. The weight was so great that his
head sank into the frozen GROUND. Some
people who we're passing carried him into
the house of negro woman, near by.
where he was cared for. a doctor was
sent for. but before he arrived the man
was dead
The deceased was about sixty years old,
a veteran of the Onion army, and leaves
q widow and several children.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-16
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSION
RATES YEAR OF 1904

On account OF the Christmas Holidays
the Seaboard Air Line Railway Will sell
round trip tickets for one and one-third
first class limited fares plus % cents, to
all points East of the Mississippi and
South of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers.
Dates of sale-For the public, Deem
her %, "a, 25, goth, Slst and January L.
1904 Final limit January 4, 1904.
Dates of sale-For students and teach
ers, December 10th to 22nd, inclusive.
Final limit January s, 1904.
For students and teachers tickets viii
he sold on presentation and surrender Of
certificates signed by the superintendent,
principal or president of school or college.
c. H. GATTIS, C. P. & T. A.
Raleigh N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-16
WILSON, TRAGEDY
The Percy Jones Murder
Case Continued.
Judge Ferguson Says if the State Was
Ready the Trial Of the Case
Ct the Accused Would
Proceed.
Especial to News and obsoryer)

Especial to News and Observer
Wilson, N c., Dee. 15.-The Jones muir.
dcl case has been continued to the next
term Of court. The bond for the parties,
now in Jail, has been reduced from six
to three thousand dollars.
Wilson, N. c., Dec. 15.-Court for the
trial OF criminal cases only convened here
at ! 0o'clock this morning with Judge
Ferguson presiding. The grand jury,
composed Of as fine a body OF men as is
generally seen, with that splendid far
mer-citizen, Iredell Williams, as foreman
was soon drawn and after most admir-
able charge by His Honor the court set
tied down to the trial of the big docket,
numbering 100 cases to start with
When the case OF State vs.. Rich, Ward
Morgan and others. charged with the kill
ing of Percy Jones last May was reached,
Mr.. S. A. Woodland, OF COUNSEL announced
his readiness to go on with the trial. So
licitor Daniels was not ready, saying that
he and Messrs. John e. and r. A. Wood
ard had agreed that the case could not be
tried. in consequence OF which agreement
he had permitted some OF his most import
ant witnesses to leave town. Mr.. Pou said
that he was anxious to try but ne did
not wish to put tie solicitor to disad-
vantage Judge Ferguson ruled that he
would cali the case Thursday, and If the
state was ready the case would be tried.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-16
Yonng Wife Dies.

Especial to News and Observer
Richmond Va, Dec. 15.-Mrs. H. NJ.
Bell. Of Warrenton, N c., bride of a stu
dent of pharmacy, died here. She is the
third person to die in the house in which
she and her husband had been boarding
within the past few weeks. ali of typhoid
fever. Mrs. Bell, before her marriage, a
short time ago, was Miss Marie w. VII
lams, of Warrenton. She was a very
pretty woman with charming manners.
Her body was sent to Warrenton for bur
ial