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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
"STAND PAT"
How Mark Hanna Made Good Use OF
the Famous EXPRESSION

HOW MARK Hanna Made Good Use OF
the Famous Expression.
The origin of the expression stand
pat is thus related by the Jackson
vile Times-Unian, the leading Demo
cratic newspaper of Florida:
when Hanna, the stout-hearted,
was approached by a number of re-
formers, who all agreed that the tariff
must be reformed, he waited till each
had spoken, and then called for his
stenographer: Now, gentlemen said
he. give US the items Thereupon
there was discord dire, for no two
among them could agree on the SEIZED
ule. The Senator listened until the
futility of their arguments was fully
apparent, and again spoke: We can't
revise without cutting out somebody,
and nobody consents to be cut. 1 tell
you what I will do-1et's stand pat %
Whether or not the incident is ac-
curately described in detail does not
matter much. The fact remains that
the stout-hearted Hanna, the big
Drained, the 1evel-headed Hanna. did
the Republican party and the country
great service when he applied to
the question of tariff tinkering that
now celebrated phrase. Brought face
to face with the practical proposition,
Give us the items,'' the reformers
weakened. They could not give the
items. No man living can give them.
The late Thomas B. Reed wittily re-
marked that tariff making and tariff
revising are very easy things-sin
the mind" Not SO, however, when it
comes to framing and adopting tariff
schedules on the floor of Congress.
Then and there it is that you must
give US the items" Giving the items
in a tariff bill is no mere child's play.
The reformers could not give the
items to Senator Hanna; they could
only fuss and fret and find fault.
That was why the big man said to
them. Lets stand pat" 1t was
good advice then. 1t is good advice
now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
PEssIMlsM HAS LONG EXISTED.

People Were Prone to Complain Ages
f Ago.
DIR. Richard T. Gottheil, of Co
1umbia University, mas broad
knowledge of Oriental tales and prov
cribs.
DR.. Gottheil was condemning pessi-
mism one day at Columbia.
.t"Pessimism," he said, sis as old as
the. hills. Mankind has always rec
ognized it, and has always derided it.
There is Persian story about a
pessimist- This story is SO old that
no date can be assigned to it. 1t con-
Germs pessimistic farmer.
. Good friend a viitor said to the
farmer, you are fortunate this year
He pointed to the heavy and rich
grain fields spreading as far as the
eye could see. You can't grumble,'
he went on, about your crop this sea-
son, chr ~ ?
=" No. whined the pessimist, but a
crop like this is terribly wearing on
SnS SILL .-.-FE arTf s
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
FRESH AIR THE BEST TONIC.
Physician Declares Women Need |
More Exercise.

MOre EXerCISe.
cit is safe to say" declared a ply
sician, that one-half of the women
are simply starving for fresh air, and
if they would throw away their pill
bottles and headache powders and ex-
ercise freely in the open air for at
least two hours daily they would feel
like new women at the end of year.
Nature cannot be cheated, nor can
impaired forces be restored by swal-
lowing medicine every time warning
pain and illness overtakes the Offend
er. A busy woman may be compelled
to neglect some duty or pleasure for a
time III order to obtain the outdoor
exercise, but under the circumstances
it will be excusable, and in the long
run she will make up for it because
Of increased bodily vigor.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23


chase!"
faster
Than surging foam from wind swept
seas.
IT'S Derby Day. our glorious season.
To back the bangtails is no. treason,
To pick the winner from the stand
And trails him at his saddle belt,
And urges on the steeds that labor
With the fire and fury of the Celt!
Over fifty thousand here assemble
To see the maddening, bruising chase;
Shy, piquant maids will pout and tremb!e,
ss'fBrave Highban will win the race"
Blithe. Highball looms so spruce and
Moharib stout may snatch the prize;
Fort Hunter looms keen contender
Blithe whirlwind of the pampered East:
Staunch Highban neighs and spurns dis
And looms a supple, splendid beast.
A crafty jockey guides his chances
Fuller-impassive in his seat,
And caracoles with dainty feet.
Comes English Lad, the Vests Defender,
The stubborn sluggard takes his ease.
Requitars son looms spruce and slen-
Big brother to the boisterous breeze.
Old Time. they say, is fast and feeting;
Win a LmpS gen i ste nS
ing
And graphing on the wind swept plain!
They're at the postal grouped together:
They're jockeying for the friendly rail;
With hearts buoyant as feather,
Like chevaliers of Grecian tale
They hearken to the bugle blowing;
Its aerial challenge through the air,
Keen silvery stanzas thinly flowing
Like haunting strains from SIRENS lair.
'aThey're off-they're off, the railbirds
crying
'.An ranged together in 1ine!
Supreme delight to see them Hy1ng
As stately squadron Ger the brine.
Each gallant thoroughbred is straining
With foam flecked mouth and tossing
crest:
And dauntless Highbalrs grimly gaining,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
Returned Gen. Hampton,s sword.

In 1902, when Col. Dan McCook's
brigade held its reunion on the dead
angle of Kenesaw mountain, Confed-
crate soldiers numbering between
thirty and forty assembled with our
men, and Maj. J. Gid Morris of Mari
eta, Ca, a Confederate soldier, deliv-
cred an address of welcome and en-
tertained some of the Eighty-sixth Illi-
nois boys at his home. Mrs. and Mr..
Morris had erected a monument on
Pine mountain on the spot where Gen.
Leonidas Polk, G. S. A, was killed,
and in discussing the incident some
one said that an officer of the Eighty
sixth Illinois had Gen. Folks silver
sword but nobody seemed to be able
to locate the possessor.
Mr.. Morris correspondent with sew
eral members of the brigade, inquir-
ing for this officer, and finally located
the possessor of the sword as Capt.
10 Major of Eighty-sixth Illinois at
Eureka, Ill. The correspondence that
followed developed. the fact that in
the Carolina campaign of Gen. Sher-
mans army in 1865 an Eighty-sixth
Illinois man found sword in a
house and gave it to Capt. 10 Major;
that it was not Gen. Folks sword, but
Wade Hampton, inscribed, presented
to Gen. Wade Hampton by the Ladies
of Richmond, Va"
After the war someone claiming tc
be the son of Gen. Hampton wrote
Capt. Major for the sword, but he re-
quired evidence of kinship and the
son failed to materialize. Other relic
hunters tried to get possession of the
sword, but Capt. Major would not sell,
and letters requiring proof of relation.
ship remained unanswered. Recent
1y one of Col. Dan McCook's men in
Chicago received a letter from Mr..
Morris relating to the sword, which
was referred to Capt. Major, who re.
piled he would not sell the sword to
anyone, but that he was DESTROYS OF
returning it free of cost to Gen.
Hampton's family. ~
Later, through the assistance of Col
John J. McCook of New York city and
Col. John c. Calhoun, who served un.
der Gen. Hampton in the Confederate
army and who was an intimate friend
of the Hampton family, it was learned
that both of Gen. Hampton's sons
were dead and that Mrs. G.. Med
Hampton was the representative OF
the family to receive the relic. Capt
Major returned the sword to hel
through the governor of South Caro-
lima. The governor acknowledged the
receipt of the sword and wrote thai
he had delivered it to Gen. Wade
Hampton's family, who fully appreci
eted all that Capt. Major had DONE
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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why They Were Necessary.

There is one thing regarding these
bond issues that Mr.. Cleveland does
not explain, and that is why they we're
made necessary He does, indeed. saw
popular distrust was a perplexing
and dangerous element in the situa-
tion," but what had caused this popu-
lar distrust? A critical examination
of all the events that preceded Mr..
Cleveland's administration makes it
quite clear that the great event that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
WITH THE
yF1EDANN
Vikings war song

Vikings War Song Z
When Odin calls him.
Whate'er befallS him. ~
The hero goes,
with dead and dying
. Around him lying - s
No fear he knows.
On nghtningS winging
His warlike quests
With sea gullS swinging. rs
His bright shield flashing,
And sword blade claSh1ngs
His blows fall free
He dies victorious
. For VaIhal glorious
Waits such as he,
Undaunted yeomen
And warriors brave,
Who fear no foemen
Nor early grave.
Here life is only
Through ruSheS lonely,
A passing breeze.
A frail craft sailing,
When winds are falling.
Through unknown seas
But NornS descending
From ASgard high
Brig life Intending
When warriors die
Mary Grant O'Sheridan-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

About the Crock of Chickamauga."
The vacillating course of George H.
Thomas in the exciting days of 1861,
says the Richmond (Va) Time-De-
spatch, caused much comment at that
time, and has been a subject OF dis
cussion off and on ever since. Gen.
Thomas was Virginian, graduate OF
West Point and an officer in the army.
With the exception of a difference in
rank, he occupied the same position as
Gen. Robert E. Lee, and his relatives
and admirers in Virginia believed he
would do as Lee did. That he gave
them time and again assurances that
he would never draw his sword against
his state has often been asserted and
as often denied by his admirers in the
north.
In March, 1861, Gen. Thomas wrote
letter to Gov. Letcher of Virginia, in
which he expressed lis devotion to the
state and said in effect that he would
remain in the army so long as his
state remained in the Union. How
ever, in a few weeks he changed his
mind, and drew his sword against his
state.
The letter he wrote to Gov Letcher
gave rise to a controversy at WASH
ington as to whether he had recog-
nized his allegiance to Virginia. While
the course of Gen. Thomas in remain
ing in the Union army and repudlat1ng
his allegiance to his state was of I'M
mense benefit to the federal cause at
the time, it is nevertheless true that
the belief that he did write the Let
cher letter Though his friends denied
IT'D, taken with the knowledge of his
oft expressed devotion to Virginia,
made the authorities at Washington
afraid to trust him far, and he was
never given the commands which had
been tacit1y promised him, and which
his ability as a soldier SO eminently
fitted him for.
1t was denied at the time that the
Letcher letter was IN existence or was
ever written. 1t has often been de-
MED since, and only few weeks ago
the existence of the letter was again
vehemently Denied;
The letter is in existence, and is
safely kept in the home of the ar
chives of Virginia. Here is copy
of it: .s'
New York Hotel, March II, 1861.
Ellis Excellency, Governor John Let
cher, Richmond. Va.
"Dear Sir-I received yesterday a
letter from Major Gillian of the Vir-
GINA Military institute, dated the 9Th
instant, in reference to the position OF
chief or ordnance of the state, in
which he informs me that you had
requested him to ask me if would
resign from the service, and if SO,
whether that post would be acceptable
to me- AS he requeAted me to make
my reply to you direct, I have the
honor to state, after expressing my
| most sincere thanks for your very kind
offer, that it is not my wish to leave
the service of the United States as
long as it is honorable for me to re
main in it; and, therefore, as long as
my native state, Virginia, remains in
the Union, it is my purpose to re
main in the army, unless required tc
perform duties alike repulsive to honor
and humanity. I am, sir, very re
spectfully, your obedient servant,
George H. Thomas,
Major, u S. Army"
The authenticity of the letter seems
| e y
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
HEeeARs AMUSING CHARACTERS.
Strange Requests Made by ImpecunI-
Gus Mendicants.

Gus Mendicants.
Miss Mary Richmond OF Philadel-
phia is one of the noted charity work
ers Of America
AS the executive head of the Phila-
'delphia Society for Organizing Char
fty. Miss Richmond has made a thor
ough study of all sorts of beggars.
and some of the beggars she has met
must have been amusing characters.
There was one, for instance, New
England beggar, who used to tramp
about in the twilight, saying to every
housewife who answered to his knock:
ssWill you give me drink OF water,
lady? for I'm so hungry 1 don't know
where I'm going to sleep tonight"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
Reason for Long 'Workday.

A recent attempt to reduce the daily
hours of female factory workers at
Freiberg, Germany, was opposed, on
the grounds that competition with
Italy, Japan and China would not per-
init it, and that, if factory life were
made too attractive, domestic help
would be still more. difficult to obtain
than it Is now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
HOW HIGHBALL WON THE DERBY.
Glorious Race Furnished Inspiration for Poets
Song of the Strenuous Steeds.

The West against the East contending,
Has sent her champion to the fray,
On blithe High Ball our eyes are bend
ing
The s1uggard holds the right of way.
Where's Irish Lad, the New York won
der,
Whose deeds have set the turf on fire?
His hoof beats ring like rumbling thun-
der
His Titan heart will never tire!
Which horse will win the Derby laurel?
: Will Woodson snatch the Croesus prize?
Will Highban conquer in the quarrel,
Or English Lad the world surprise?
Rapid Water, too, may loom MASTER
Big brother to the boisterous breeze,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
Kept Record of Defenders.

There is in the vaults that contain
the records of the town of Terryville.
Conn, a sketch of the life of every
soldier who enlisted from the town OF
Plymouth for the civil war
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
Christmas In Bethlehem,

Christmas in the Holy Land is an in
teresting experience. Indeed it is one
never to be forgotten, and every Christ
the world make II journey to Palestine
In order to witness the various ceremo-
MES held there during the festive sea-
son. Every one almost puts up at Je-
rusalem and on Christmas morning
makes his way to Bethlehem, which
lies almost due south, about six miles
away as the crow flies; over Il range of
hills. No highway the world over pre-
sents such motley crowd as may be
seen streaming along this thoroughfare
early on Christmas morning.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
EIRSI FORK.

At box social and fair, held at the
Gilmore school house, on last Saturday
evening for the benefit of Rev. Simpson,
the sum of $4,000 was realized, which
will pay up his salary at this, and Brooks
Run appointments.
Spafford & Currier have their bark
hauled and shipped and have their Job
bers at work skidding the logs.
w. II. Tanner has moved his family
into the camp up Mill RIM.
Hunting season being over we have
very few casualties to chrOnicle,as far as
the deer are concerned and none as far
as the hunters. One OF The b. 4 S., en-
ployees reports 16 deer and 2 men killed
about Medix Run, by the hunters Said
it was dangerous to work in the woods
with log loader, as the bullets were
whistling in all directions.
VIM. Mahon was down from Hulls
and stayed over Sunday with his family
\ good many wells have gone dry in
this vicinity and the people are hauling
or carrying water a long ways, as the
water in the creek is unfit to use for any
purpose whatever. Wonder ifthe Board
Of Health or the fisheries commission or
our lawmakers in the Legislature, will
look after the matter at the coming ses-
sion?
A good many of the farmers about
bnra arn ,,,inr, T., H., tboir q, ,,,,.l -. h
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
THE COUNTY.
SINNAMAHONlNG.

Pretty good winter weather. Snow
enough for sleighing would be appreci-
ated.
Our young people are enjoying the fine
skating
r. Ii. Lightner is doing business again.
His quarters are small but his new and
commodious building will be erected soon.
Crum Bros have their new store build
ing up.
The p. o. S of A. boys are building
the wall for their new hall.
Nr. and Mrs. Edward Losey, of La
quin, attended the funeral of Twila Ber-
field on Saturday. The floral tributes to
the little one was profuse.
The Patriotic Order of Americans have
received their new charter and parapher
malta and will meet in Brooks hall We'd
nesday evening Of this week.
Members of Lieut.. ID. w. Taggart
Post, No. 24l, will attend meeting at
Dritwood, Saturday afternoon to elect
officers for ensuing year. All comrades
are requested to be present.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08

Hot feel lonely during the night. ex-
pecting that It would again have plenty
OF company on the morrow.
In the morning before the sun was
up servants came into the room and
took out the evergreen tree, then tore
down the evergreen from the wall.
The holly sprig looked on, terrified.
One of the servants said to another:
"1ts n pity master doesn't like to see
these things about after Christmas.
They would look pretty for weeks"
With that the holly was pulled down
and thrown into the general heap. all
Of which was taken down into the eel.
lar
Then the holly Sprig wished itself
back on the mountain side, where it
could see the sun sparkling on the
snow and icicles by day and the stars
and the moon by night. but as the
juice of life dried out of 1t it gradual
ly lost sensation
One spring morning n servant came
down into the cellar and looked about
for some kindling Seeing the holly
sprig, she took it upstairs, put it on
the hearth in the room where the tree
had been, laid wood on it ana touched
n match TO its dry leaves. As it burst
into flame it thought of its home on
the mountain side, where the buds were
sprOuting, the soft south wind was
stealing up the valley and the sweet
summer time was at hand. Its last re-
membrance was what the robin had
heard the clergyman say:
lone Of the greatest blessings is con-
tentment."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
The Farmers Interest.

Year after year since the inaugu-
ration of William Mckinley and
the accession of his succc cssOr,
Theodore Roosevelt, and during
the continued operation of our
present Protective Tariff the farm
products of the country, without
regard to the quantity harvested,
have netted the farmer more than
a billion dollars in excess of the
value received during the opera
ton Of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff
law under the administration of
Grover Cleveland. This by no
means, however, measures the in
creased value to our farmers, as an
other billion dollars must be added
as the increased value of farm
animals. 1t is not likely that the
farmers either West or East, North
or South, care to change existent
conditions and go back to the low
value and to the cheap markets of
1898, 1895 and 1896. -Rockland
(Me. "Courier-Gazette." "
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
THE HOLLY sPRIG SAW A NEW SIGHT.

all came in together The candles were
lighted, and all stood about admiring
the beautiful tree.
What happy change for me!' eX-
claimed the holly sprig. Had not the
children come and brought me down
here | should now be a part of my
parent bush, out in the cold wind, with
nothing above me but a murky sky.
nothing beneath but the cold snow"
Then some of the elder people who
were present went to the evergreen
tree and took off boxes and packages
they had hung there in the night when
the children were In bed and distribut-
ed them among the little ones. Each
package was marked with the name
of the child for whom it was intended
and was opened eagerly. The holly
sprig, hanging high in the center of the
room, could see everything and MS
each child opened its package watched
eagerly to see what was being unwrap-
ped. There was frequent clapplng of
hands, shouts of laughter, everything
expressive of happiness.
This is delightful" said the holly
spring to itself. Il wonder if they are
going to DO this often"
BY and by. when the merrymaking
had lasted Il long while, the candles
on the tree were eXtinguished and the
children were sent to bed Then their
parents put out the lights, and the
room was dark. But the holly sprig
had 50 much to remember that it did
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
Flight VIII be Hitter.

Those who will persist in closing their
ears against the continual recommenda-
ton of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, will have long and bit
ter fight with their troubles, if not ended
earlier by fatal termination. Read what
1: B. Beall, of Beall, Miss, has to say:
Last fall my wife had every symptom of
consumption. She took DR.. Kings
New Discovery after everything else had
failed. Improvement came at once and
four bottles entirely cured her." Guar
antced by L. Taggart Druggist. Price
Doc, and $l.00. Trial bottles free.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
Where the Heavens Omen.

In Poland it is believed that Oh
Christmas night the heavens are open
ed and the scene of jacobs ladder is
re-enacted, but only the saints are per
mitted to see 1t. In Holland the peo-
pie enter thoroughly into the spirit of
the Nativity. In nearly every Dutch
town at o'clock Christmas morning
the young men assemble at the market
place, singing the Gloria" and other
hymns. One of them carries large
star on Il pole. This is supposed to
represent the star that guided the steps
of the three kings to the stable at
Bethlehem.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-12-08
CHRISTMAS TREES.
Where They Come From and How
They Are Sold.

They Are Sold.
Where do all the Christmas trees
come from? You would think there
were not enough to supply the huge
demand, but in almost all parts of the
cedar tree forests that remained I'M
disturbed for centuries until Mark
Carr gave Americans the idea of cut
ting them for Christmas.
1t used TO be that Maine furnished
80 per cent of them, and for two
months before the holiday the wood
men were busy chopping and the farm
erS were busy carting them to the sta
tionS. where they We're loaded into
cars and sent west and south to be sold
to the dealers. Today Maine has
rivals, and all the northern border
states deal regularly in Christmas
trees. Christmas tree selling is pay
ing business nowadays, and it Is en-
tered into with all the formality and
shrewd business methods that you
might use in disposing of acres of
land.
The woods that furnish spruce and
fir are sold OH contract, and the jobber
visits them in October to size them
up" He offers so much apiece for
each tree rs the trees run-usually
about So Il hundred-and makes the
money payable on receipt of the pack
age OF trees ut the nearest railroad
station. On their arrival in the city
the jobber sells them to the whole
saler, getting about 81 a hundred for
the trees, after which the wholesaler
sells them to the retailer ut Il good
profit, and the retailer does his best to
get big prices from the housewife and
the head of the family.
The boughs of fir bring the highest
price because of their symmetry and
grace. After them come the sitter
pine and cedar, but when they are COW
cred with gorgeous tinsel and brilliant
baubles and strung with popcorn, can
dy, toys and presents you really do
not see much of the form of the tree.
One of the most remarkable facts
about the Christmas green's lies in
connection with the people who handle
them. Christmas tree merchants do a
rushing business and work steadily
from October to the 1st of January,
after which they take vacation and
are the LATEST of all idlers from Janu-
ary to the next October. Their sea
son is only three months long, but they
have TO step lively" during that time
or it will pass them by unremunerated.
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