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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-07

buy a county and then have change
left. And that is the reason of Miss
McKee's aversion to my society. Now.
if 1 had family tree it would be diff
ferent; if a name, family crest, I'll
bet l could ride up to her house with
an old hat that had seen service be-
fore the war, pair of breeches
thrice turned, boots that had been
used for candle cases, an old sword
with a broken hilt, my horse hipped
with mothy saddle, possessed of the
SPAWN, troubled with the glanders,
rayed with the ''yellows,' short of
breath because of the hives, stark
spoiled with the staggers, full of wind
gals, begnawn with the bots, swayed
in the back, near-legged before and a
head-stall of sleeps leather, one girth
six times patched with a woman's
crupper of velour containing my ini-
tials and crest, why, I'd bet seven dol
lars that she would run to the gate
to meet me. It's this blamed, silly.
stiff-necked family pride that holds
her in restraint That might be all
right for Virginia or Brandon, Miss,
but these characteristics have no
place in Ohio, the state, sir, that has
given to the country its noblest men,
dents and its
"Oh, cut that out" replied Bailey,
hastily. And go to bed, or take
drink, or shoot craps or kick the cat,
or do something. You talk like
glass of water. If you keep on with
your rawlings I'll be constrained to
send for the DOCTOR
Two hours later Herndon was in
bed. But he did not sleep. At 6
o'clock he was up; at his trunks
for New York and sailed for London.
On the decks at night he paced to and
fro muttering to himself: Anywhere,
Once in England, he plunged in all
scrts of gaiety; he went to Nice and
lost more money than his father had
made the year previous; at Paris he
spent the nights in high revelry; in
Madrid he went to bullfights and in
South Africa he went into the gold
mines Nothing satisfied him and
again he went travelling. Two years
later, when he was satisfied in his
mind that Miss Grace Mckee of
Biadon Springs, Ohio, might marry a
Siowash Indian for all he cared, he
took a steamer and sailed for home.
When he met his father it did net
take that gentleman fifteen minutes
t. tell him that he was bankrupt and
that he was liable to go to the wall
any moment He had invested his all
in copper stock only to see the market
slide down hill with swiftness so cruel
and so strong that all of his money
had been used in mareins, hCnhR for
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Monument to ohio soldiers.

On. that most beautiful drive in the
world to-day, Crest road, Missionary
Ridge, where fought so valiant1y
Ohlo's sons, will shortly tower, eighty
feet in the air, a memorial erected by
grateful state to her heroes, says a
writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The contract for this twenty-thous-
and-dollar monument has been award
ed, the site and design chosen. Four
figures designed by Pausch will stand
upon the base. They are models of
grace and strength and represent
cavalryman, an artilleryman, an in
fantryman and a drummer boy, the
only monument to a child in the park.
High upon the shaft will appear the
great seal of the state, and on the
four sides of the enormous base the
single word OHIO. No inscription will
mar the grandeur. An appropriation
of 81 900 has been made for the spe-
cial data to be inscribed on bronze
tablets.
This memorial to Ohio's troops in
the campaign about Chattanooga will
fttingly stand on the crest of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-07
An unsoIved Mystery.

81 have just returned from visit to
the battlefelds of Cedar Mountain and
the Second Manassas after an abb
sence of forty years." said Daniel L.
Reynolds of Canandaigua, N. Y, re-
Gently to a reporter of the Washington
Star. s.It was while the last-named
battle was in progress that something
happened to a member of my COM
pany, and with whom l had been
raised, that has always been to me an
unsolved mystery His name was Will
lam Brown and his age at the date l
speak of was "a years. He had always
pined for a life of adventure, and when
Pope called for volunteer scouts he Of
fered his services and was accepted.
This was just prior to the Cedar Noun
tain affair. Prior to the second Ma
nassas Brown had frequently disap-
peared for several days, but in due
time returned all right and at night
time about the camp fire would fire
our imaginations and excite our envy
over his marvellous hairbreadth
escapes from capture and death. He
was missing for good after the sec
ond days fight at Bull Run, and the
rest has always been conjecture as to
his fate. The story told by a captured
Confederate soldier is that he was
caught red-handed and was hanged as
a spy.
ct appears, according to the nara
tive related by the soldier mentioned,
tnat during the battle of the first day
a man resembling Brown, dressed in
Confederate gray, rode up to the COM
mander of division with written or
ders from Jackson to move his troops
to a certain portion of the field where
they could possibly be of use and sud-
denly disappeared The next forenoon
Longstreet appeared on the scene, and
the same young man in gray again
rode up to a division commander and
attempted to duplicate the trick, when
he was recognized by an officer pres
ent, handed over to a drumhead court
martial and hanged on the spot. The
most disquieting thing about the whole
matter is that rumors have reached
our post from time 20 time that Brown
was not the martyr we pictured him,
but a deserter to the enemy | am go
ing to call on Longstreet and ask him
If he can solve the mysterious disap-
pearance of William Brown"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-07
A NEGATIVE MAN is NAueHr.
Confidence in Ones Self Absolutely Es
sentiaI to SUCCESS

sentiaI to Success.
A vacillating, undecided, negative
man can never amount to anything, no
matter what his environment or ad-
vantages may be. 1t would be impos-
sible- He constantly subordinates his
opinions and even his plans to what
others say and think. There is no
certainty as to his action, because he
is always subject to outside influences.
He never relies upon himself or the
inward authority that speaks to him.
He is the echo of the last man who
pleaded his case before him. He is re-
magnetized every time he comes in
contact with a new personality. Blown
hither and thither by advice and opin-
ions as opposite as the poles, like a
leaf whirled on the autumn wind, no
one, not even himself, knows where
ne will alight.
The man who lives to any purpose
or accomplishes anything of good in
the world has an abiding faith in him
self, in his forcefulness and originality
in his efficiency in the management of
his own affairs, and in his power to
accomplish whatever he puts himself
to do.-O. S. Marden, in Success.
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Relic of the Revolution.

DR.. T. G. Simpson Main street, West
Fairlee, ORANGE county, Vermont,
bears the unique distinction of being
the owner of the musket from which
was fired the first shot at the battle of
Bunker hill.
DR.. Simpson was born in Deerfield,
N. H, Oct. 9, 1923. His first recol-
lection of the gun was seeing it stand
behind the door in the room where his
grandfather, Major John Simpson.
slept.
Major Simpson enlisted as a private
and took part in the celebrated battle.
The order given to the continental
soldiers in that engagement was to re-
frain from firing until they could see
the whites of the enemy's eyes. MkJJor
Simpson being a good shot, could not
resist the temptation to shoot AFTER
they came within range, so he fired,
and, it is said, brought down his man.
This was the signal for opening t-e
all along the line, and the engagemes4
became general.
TEat the story is true is born out by
the fact that the major was placed un-
der arrest for disobeying orders, and
was finally court-martialed.
That this arrest did not initiate
against him is shown from his subse-
quent career, as he rose to distinction
and was rapidly promoted until he
gained the commission of major.
He was quite young when the en-
gagement took place, and lived more
than so years after the battle, dying
Oct %, 1926. His house still stands.
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Thought He Was obeyins Orders.

Thought He Was Obeying Orders.
1t was in a Penn avenue saloon that
this happened. A young man, fresh
from Ireland, had been engaged as
bartender, position that had been OBJ
tanned through the influence of
friend of the saloon keeper. The new
man was awful green, but after work
ing with him several days the pro-
prietor of the place had an errand
down the street, and he decided to
leave his new man in charge for a few
minutes. He gave him a number of
instructions and departed.
No sooner had he gone than cou-
pie of men came in and asked for
drink. They were dirt-begrimed and
wore small lamps on their caps and
the bartender eyed them suspiciously-
What d yez do fur a Hvin'?" ne
asked.
I'VE dig COAL" was the reply.
well, ye can't hev anything to
drink"
AN why not?"
9TH boss towld me not to sell t.
minors" ."-Pittsburg Press.
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Panorama of Battlefield.

At the top of Cemetery Hill on the
Boonsboro pike fine view can be OBJ
tanned of the Antietam valley. This
view also includes some of the battle
field To the east the Boonsboro pike
stretches over hill and down the val
leys of the foothills leading to South
Mountain.
To the southwark on high hill may
be seen an observatory, a slender
Clellan's lookout. To the southwark
the valley of the Antietam narrows in
it's course toward the Burnside Bridge.
To the northward we are looking in
the direction of Prye's Bridge. Here
the fields are fruitful and the country
rolling and varied so that the land
scape is everpleasing in its changing
grades and tiny valleys.
On either side of the pike at this
point is cemetery. That at the north
side is the village cemetery, where
for years the citizens of this rural To-
cality have been laid to rest On the
north side is the National cemetery,
one of the many spots in this coun-
try where sleep the soldiers who have
cied in the hospitals, and on the battle
fields of the civil war, part of the
large army that is slowly passing
away, the surviving comrades one by
one joining the comrades whose
graves in the National cemetery are
marked by the tiny white headstones-.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-07
Colonel Mosby Reminiscent.

Col. John G. Mosby of Virginia, the
noted guerrilla chieftain of Confeder-
ate fame, has been in Washington
several days. News of the death OF
Mrs. Gen. Grant made him reminis-
cent, and he told the following story
after a cordial eulogy of the federal
general. He said:
After Appomattox we went to Alex
andria to live. The town was under
a provost marshal with a big staff
About three times a week l was ar
rested on a trumped-up charge, and
finally I was ordered to leave the town.
My wife became so nervous that I
was afraid she would break down un-
der the strain, but the day l was or
dered off l returned home prepared to
obey orders. She was not to be found.
Late in the afternoon she returned
looking brighter than l had seen her
for many days. She waved a paper at
me and said:
"'You need not pack up. You won't
be interfered with again. Here is an
order they will respect 1 went to
Washington this morning to Gen.
Grants headquarters. l sent in my
name as Mrs. Colonel Mosby. He re-
ceived me most kindly and courteous
1y. 1 told him 1 wanted to see him
alone. He dismissed his attendants
and 1 told him the exact status of af-
fairs in Alexandria. especially
begged him to protect you. I told him
your parole signed by him was not re-
spected. He drew a paper to him
and wrote with his own hand:
Colonel Mosby is not to be mo-
Tested in any way in the future.
u. S. GRANT
I'VE keep the document as an heir
loom. I was never troubled after that.
and the town was better managed. -
Washington Times
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The Tattered FLAG.

In the sun-bright dust of the street be-
low
GIfttered the bayonets all arrow
And the muff1ed tread of a thousand feet
Deepened the roll of the war-drum's
beat,
And the gray old sergeant reused to hear.
With his followed palm to his deafened
While the fife shrilled loud and the drums
kept time
To the nations heart beats hid in rhyme.
He lifted himself from his old armchair
And gazed on the regiment marching
there
In a glory of scarlet and blue and gold
And high overhead, like torn-out fold
Of Liberty's robe. with its glimmering
stars
Heavens glorious blue on a field of
The old flag fiuttered. half shot away
In the storm and stress of that judgment
day,
When through blood-dyed stream, by
threatening crag,
The old line regiment carried the flag.
The veteran looked; and his face turned
gray
With the specter light of a by-gone day
He fingered his old guns rusty lock,
He felt the thrill of the battles shock,
And he lifted his head like startled stag
AS he saw the ghosts by the tattered
flag.
Some were withered and bent and gray,
Some were blithe and bonny and gay,
And their voices shrilled through the
martial din
.tComrade, comrade, where have We been?
Ye have missed the drill this many a
The call rang sweet to his deafened ear.
And his soul broke loose from the Grip
pied form
That had weathered a nations years of
storm,
And he joined the soldiers who never
lag
The ghosts that march by the tattered
flag.
Sam Lamprey in Washington Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-02-07

by the way" he continued, you win
please have an extra plate on the din
ing table Your future daughter-in-
law will likely dine with us this even
ing"
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ridge, bathed each day in the brillianti
rays of dying sun, whose crimson
and gold typify the crimson flood Of
long ago, the golden glory of the mem
ory of those who gave their lives to
their country's cause.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25
COST OF A CENSUS.

AS the United States has progressed population and
material development the taking the naturally grown
But the additional expense only expansion
due the Of the and the
of their numbering the people,
but decennia inquiry commercial agricultural
The first of the little
cent head OF the population The last the twelfth
the end OF the last fiscal according Badstreets
1927 little nhabtan The of the
did not exceed until the middle of the last The
for 1850 called for expenditure OF $29o27 which,
per nhabant The carrying Census
Office for the fiscal 629 less than the appropriations
available for that The unexpended balance
the the Attorney General available general
that the which may be used in this way during
fiscal of the expenditures
this for the fiscal year.
The printing bill of the Census Office large appro-
and bulletins constitutes the expensive part this print
work There however large of miscellaneous printing
required for the work Of the Office This FORMS
blanks and ettereads naturally required the routine
large office but also the schedules inquiry which quite
circular letters instructions special agents
sheets and other demanded special nvestga-
tons. The supervision Of this printing well general
work is under the charge division of the Census Office which
likely be heard in the when
will be highly developed than it S a present.
This the division of methods and
hded the preparation presenting correlation analysis
of the important results of the Twelfth Census The this
work furnish further Interpretation of already publish
of the topics from the points left by the
of the reports and bring
results stated the separate making international
likely enghening presenting the
whole from fresh standpoint with the differences treatment nat
rally resulting from different authorship The work of this division
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day and
thousands upon thousands of turkeys
have been sacrificed in anticipation of
the feast 1t is pleasant festival and
many are the families which are re-
united on this day. Thanksgiving is
the national day. Christmas and other
feasts are common to all Christendom,
but Thanksgiving is a purely American
day. 1t takes us back to the beginning
of our history, and has been handed
down to us as a memory of the early
founders of our civilization. AS years
go by the day becomes more and more
revered by those who thank while to
the small boy it is an ever recurring
period of gaiety and feasting.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

The German beet sugar industry is
contracting considerably since the
Brussels conference. During thirteen
months, ending Sept. l, 1903, the Ger
man sugar refineries consumed twelve
million and a quarter tons of beets.
During the similar period 1902 they
consumed seventeen million and a half
tons, thus showing a decrease of five
and a quarter million tons. The amount
of sugar turned out during the period
has been 1863 1913 tons as compared with
2,246,237 tons, in the previous period.
This is a decrease in the worlds supply
of sugar of $50, O44, considerably more
than the total Hawaiian crop. The fis-
cal year, for purposes of taxation has,
ia Germany been changed from August
/ to September l, and therefore calcula-
lions have had to be made on thirteen
months for this season.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

The Colonizer Gan English publica-
tion) states that a scheme is on foot
for the organization of a floating in
dustrial exhibition of British manufac-
lures which is to make a tour of the
Empire The plan is TO fit out a large
ship with samples of all classes of
manufactured articles which Great
Britain supplies or can supply to her
colonies From fifty to one hundred
firms are expected to furnish exhibits
and a representative of each firm will
accompany the ship, which, in the
course of a six months voyage, will
stop at every important port in the
British colonies and dependencies, as
we'll as at ports in Japan, China, and
other countries to be selected. 1t is ex-
pected that the tour will begin in the
early part of next year.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

Senator Mitchelps bill amending the
Organic Act will probably be them
selves amended. There are several sug-
gestions which Ex-Governor Dole rec
commended. Some of these as the right
OF removal of officials appointed by the
Governor and approved by the Senate
are likely to be embodied in the bills.
The matter has come so prominently
forward recently that there is little
doubt about its being pushed forward.
Then again there Is the time limit for
bonds which i'm the opinion of Governor
Carter and other financiers should be
extended.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

The revolutionists have captured San
Domingo and have become the govern
ment now, the previous president is
comfortably out of the way on a Ger
man ship. Now the revOlutionists will
have to pay Uncle Sans bill which by
this time has grown to considerable
size. They profess to be determined not
to pay the claim but no doubt they will
think better over it.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

Russia and Austria are getting tired
of the procrastinating policy of the
Sultan. 1t looks as if these two pow
ers will have to undertake the task of
administering the government of Ma
cedonia themselves. 1t will be no easy
task, though Austria has been very
successful with Bosnia and Herzoga-
Vina.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25
H.F. WiChman & Co., Ltd
1O4S FORT STREET.
Optical Department
Exclusively Optics

der the loan, and the prospective Fed
eral expenditures, civil, naval and mill
tary, money ought to be plentiful in the
Territory during the next couple of
years. Our time of leanness is gradu-
ally slipping away and we are going to
reap the advantages of annexation, and
being a Territory of the United States.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

The Russian attitude towards Japan
is having a disturbing effect upon the
trade in the Orient. When the posi-
ton of the United States is realized as
it will soon be Russia will temporize,
or in all probability withdraw from her
present position.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

The Duke of Devonshire is a repre-
sentative of the unprogressiVe states
men of Great Britain. 1t is but natural
that he should attack the policy of
Chamberlain in his protectionist de-
parture.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

TO WHOM IL MAY CONCERN'
A good bath room, with up-to-date
furnishings, doesn't cost much. I will
be pleased at any time to give you
facts and figures concerning the cost
of remodeling your bath room. Look
this up, you cannot afford to expert
ment, IL you are thinking of building,
or contemplate making any changes in
the plumbing lineS you cannot afford to
experiment with cheap plumbing, SOON
er or later the work will have to bS
done over again. I DO THE WORK
RIGHT, and it costs you no more, the
charges for good plumbing are the
same as for bad.
BATH, THE PLUMBER.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25
Y. G. IRWIN & co.

AGENTS FOR
Western Sugar ltefining Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Newell Universal Mill Co., Manufac-
turers of National Cane Shredder
New York, N. Y.
Paraffine Paint Company, San Francis
CO Cal.
Ohlandt & Co., San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

These are the days when the tired man
Will carry round his gun
That weighs about a ton
And call it fun
To wade through lknee-deep muck,
Beneath a broiling sun,
And then Just miss his duck
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25
Lost
To Rent
Furnished Rooms TO Let

A nicely furnished front room. Mos
quito proof and electric light. 4sA Bere-
tania near Punchbowl.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

A magnificent building site on the
Punchbowl slope near Thurston ave-
nue.. Particulars at star once
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25

Building lot corner King and Kane.
hameha road. Palama terminus OF
Rapid Transit road. Apply at Star
office.
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For Sale

For sale cheap, two me lots In Kali
muu Charles L. Rhodes, Star ONCE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-25
Classified AdS in Star.

Ad. under "sHuations wanted" inserted
tree until further notice.
The independent., 1903-07-02
soMErHING ASTONISHING

One of the signs of the times that
indicate a coming revolt against the
universal rascality by which for
tunes are accumulated is that even
the Wall Street Journal has raisei
the question as to morality of certain
transactions that have been very
common during this reign Of Nam
mon. The directors of railroad de-
termine to purchase the stock OF an
other railroad and by that means
consolidate the two roads. After this
action is taken these directors go out
individually and buy the stock of the
road to be purchased for themselves
at so to 70 cents on the dollar. Then
they make the announcement that
the corporation that they are trustees
for as directors will buy the stock of
that road and it goes to over 100.
The directors then sell the stock
which they have privately purchased
to their own company at profit from
80 to 40 per cent and put the cash in
their own pockets. The Wall Street
Journal has advanced far enough to
question the morality of that kind of
stealing, which is very great ad-
vance. Such tricks DIS that have been
the common thing in Wall street and
this is the first time that the question
of morality" was ever raised.
Morality has been an unknown
thing in Wall street and the fact that
some one has taken a thought On the
subject there is simply astonishing.