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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-11
REAL POWER OF THE PRESS.

:
But is it not plain that the power
of the press as saving agency de-
ponds not so much on the skill OF
journalists as on their nobility OF
character and their moral motive!
When we see so many accomplished
public men, adopts in all the technical
arts of politics, putting their power
to unpatriotic and selfish uses. 1t
seems to us that the salvation OF the
republic depends more on the instruc-
ton and Quickening of conscience
than on greater capacity for work
This is also the peculiar needs of
Journalists, and especially OF proprie-
tors Of journals; who, as rule. viii
be capitalists, not trained in any
school OF Journalism. and having little
of the spirit of heroic selfsacrifce In
a missionary Boston
Herald. M q
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The wenan's part.

The woman's Part.
No matter; no matter! I yet will holo
That woman's part in the infinite plan,
Is to add to the worth of the human gnu
That glor1Hes still the race of man
And this I know. and know It Wen,
The best that am. and the best tnae
know, -,
From my mothers lias in wisdom feu
In the twilight shades of long ago
how, God help the man. for sore Is ms
need.
Whom nnother-wisdom and mother-Iove
Have failed Through the days OF MS youth
To the bright. white light all the mists
above ~,
We men do stumble; we falter stfll;
We daily With Sin wien the rooe seeis
fair, ~,
But stray az ve may. or roam as we WILL
We never forget mothers prayer
And so I say. and say ii again.
That ever some woman Is In our pest
And thinking of ner. men lift again
The burden they dropped when 1t sore
ly pressed
kind
who barter their birthright for pottase
disdained?
Somewhere is the one whom your sou'
enshrined, -
To lure you and lead you to the hight
attained
Alfred ]. Waterhouse-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-11
ANTI1f Tile W,OQLDsSo A
~BEST WQTFERS\
GOING TO FUNERALS.

The habit of going to funerals
grows upon one so that it becomes vir-
tually ineradicable if properly encour-
aged. Such funerals as those of Grant
and Sherman are grandly solemn
Mourning gives place to morbid curl
osity to witness the spectacle and lis
ten to the lofty strains of brass bands
In dead marches. There is something
deeply impressive about q military
funeral. As for the everyday funeral,
with its real crepe and grief, nothing
is SO grewsome. hope I never shall
be obliged to attend any but my own.
and the thought of doing that is not
cheering I am willing to leave fun
erals to those who dearly love them
New York Press
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-11

Co-education, does not discourage
in America. In every high
school where boys and girls are
brought together there are budding ro-
mances that not infrequently flower
into matrimony, and as for the col
leges and universities where men and
women meet on an equal basis the
conditions are extremely favorable to
matrimony, and seldom are these mar
riages unhappy. Indeed. SO far from
college education uniting woman
for the duties or domesticity, the spec
tacle of a college-bred woman in the
divorce courts is practically unknown.
London Telegraph.
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CAN DUCKS SMELLY

It has been often asked whether or
not ducks can smell. Some hunters
cite from their experiences instances
that seem to show ducks can smell.
others that ducks cannot. Now, the
natAralists would say that ducks, ow-
ing to their habit, have no need to
smell, and hence cannot. This rule is
not infallible. but generally holds good
Any wild thing with such eyes as
ducks have does not need to smell.
Nature seems to have given birds a
Discerning nose. A fox will look
straight at a man and not see him,
even when only a few feet away, pro-
vided he does not smell him or the
man does not move. A duck will not
only see a man standing perfectly still
at long distance, regardless of the
wind, but will notice any change in
the landmarks of its haunts or feed
ing grounds--Outing- 81 se 4rt,
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HAS NO USE FOR BACHELORS.

Joe jefferson Recounts With Pleasure
How He Hit One of Them.
One of Joseph Jefferson's pet abomi-
nations is a bachelor. The venerable
actor believes in early marriages and
recently advised a group of Yale
juniors to marry as soon as ever they
could afford it. "Bachelors-why, 1
have. the utmost contempt for the
whole breed of them" he said. "The
older they grow the more conce;ted
they grow. 1 took one down a peg,
though, the other day. He was talk
ing about this woman he had known,
and that woman he had known, and
these women, it seemed, had married.
Why you.' / said, ARE in danger of
getting left. Why, don't you, too, get
married before it is too later Oh
said the bachelor, with a chuckle,
there are still plenty of good fish in
the sea- But the bait,' said I, isn't
there danger Of the bait becoming
stale?'"
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MOST DANGEROUS MAN OF ALL.


When the American people under
take reform they must begin nearest
the ground, closest to the great
source. II they will insist on an end
of violence and murder by labor and
on purity in their legislators they
must first get after the corrupt scoun-
drels who stand in the background
and poison all sources Of public action
by their brfbes. The principal vii
lain is the man who buys councils
and corrupt legislators, the respect
ed" citizen, the promoter" the
manager who is clothed in soft raj
ment, and whose name is writ large.
This man, who is to-day sappfng the
vitality of American institutions,
municipal, state and national. is the
one that must first be driven from
prominence to obscurity, from respect
ability to disgrace, from fame to In
famy.-Indianapolis News.
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centers Of European Population.

London and Manchester are still
disputing as to which is the greater
European center of population. Most
people would suppose that London
owns the title beyond peradventure.
Even If one draws a circle with ra-
dunn of thirty miles about Charing
Cross station one gets a population
of more than 5000, 900. as against
$500, 900 within a similar distance
from the Manchester exchange. But
protracting circle with a forty-mile
radius one gets a greater Manchester
that shows a population of more than
5000. 900 as against q greater London
Of only about ,0o0, 900.
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THE sRowN MAN AND THE GUN.

II has at last been demonstrated.
In this Arst considerable collision be-
tween an Oriental and European army
under conditions of modern warfare,
that the small brown man IL foe
who II to tax the best efforts Of an
aggressive white civilization Fight
ing with battle axes, as Of old. he
would be put out OF the combat in
short order, man for man; but he Is
plainly the peer of any in handling
gun and putting to his service the
machinery of destruction which west
ern civilization has contrived for its
own aggrandizements- The results OF
the war 50 far are to place in a new
light entirely the projects of the west
ern powers for the disposition Of the
eastern world.-Springfeld Repub-
ucan-
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FRENCH WOMEN AND SPORTS.

The necessity of chaperonage has
largely interfered with the physical
development of the French girl. 1t is
not to be expected that a mother or
an aunt or other person qualified to
chaperon can take or desire to take
part in game of golf with the same
enthusiasm as young player. Some
progress, however, has been effected
of late. The keen interest taken in
skating last winter did much to tenn
porari1y eliminate the chaperon, and
now we find the French champion
woman tennis player, Mile. Mason,
organizing a ground hockey club in
Paris exclusively for women.-Illus-
trated Sporting News. -. t
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THE FASTEST wARsHIP AFLoAT.
Proud Honor Held by the Kentucky
of the u. 6. NAVY.


In stripping the Kearsarge of her
1aurels gained in her record-breaking
run from Southampton to New York
the battleship Kentucky, one of the
great fighting ships of the navy,
marked up the records for the navies
of the world and demonstrated once
more the supremacy of American ma
val architecture.
In the fighting efficiency of the mod
ern battleship speed and endurance
are important factors. The floating
fortress must not only have the guns
and the men behind the guns, but she
must be able to cover long distances
at a high rate of speed without mis-
hap. Judged by these standards the
Kentucky must be crowned queen of
the American navy.
Under the command of Captain Rob-
ert M. Berry and with Rear Admiral
Robley d. Evans and staff on board,
the Kentucky made the run from Ma
deira, 1885 knots, at an average
speed of Is. 80 knots an hour. The
record of the trip includes 1876
knots from Hongkong in thirty-nine
steaming days, being an average of
315 knots a day, including the slow
passage of the Suez canal, a record
reached by no other warship of the
United States. During her absence
of three years and seven months on
the other side of the world her total
sailing was 6s,157 knots.
Several years ago the Kearsarge
stuck her nose in the air and made a
dash from Southampton to New York
at an average of 10. so knots under
natural draught. Upon this achieve
ment she has received the plaudits of
the whole country. 1t was pointed
out that she had steamed 5000 miles
before her record run without having
made repairs. But the Kentucky, be-
fore the run completed on Saturday,
had steamed 5000 miles to Honolulu
and back. making a total distance of
$4,000 miles, without repairs to en-
gines.
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One Cartridge to Two Men.


The Russians and the Japs," said
the Sergeant, ARE going to war well
equipped as to arms and ammunition.
That is more than can be said for
scores OF regiments sent to the front
in the first year of our civil war. For
example. two regiments of the Kanaw-
ha division went up the Ohio from
Cincinnati in boats. We were armed
with old smooth bore muskets and we
had never seen a cartridge 1t was
supposed that there were at least one
thousand cartridges on the two boats
for two thousand men.
There was great rejoicing along
shore as the two boats, crowded with
soldiers and with bands playing and
flags flying, steamed slowly up the
river. On the Ohio side men on
horseback followed us for miles,
cheering and waving flags, and every
town made a demonstration. There
was also some enthusiasm on the
Kentucky side, but as we neared Guy
andotte on the Virginia shore warn
ings came to us from both sides of
the river that Capt. Jenkins, guerrilla,
had a force massed near Guyandotte
to attack US.
The boats were tied together, the
men were massed on the upper deck,
each man proud of the one cartridge
given into his care, and we moved for
ward to attack. Think of it, One
cartridge to a man, and all the men
exposed to artillery or rifle fire. As
the sun went down we moved slowly
to the jenkins landing And no soon
er had the boats touched the landing
than thousand men were on shore
eager for fight. Fortunately, jenkins
and his men were not there and we
escaped slaughter. If the Japs moved
on the Russians as we did then thuo-
sands of them would be kilied."-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
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THE ENGINES OF WAR.

At dinner during the Franco-Ger-
man war Disraeli did not open his
mouth till near the end of the enter
tainment, when he observed in his
most sententious manner: "The
French embarked in this war because
they conceived that they had the SUI
periority in arms of precision; they
had the chassepot and they had the
mitrailleuse" (Which he pronounced
.'mitraillouse") but of the third en-
CINE, called man, they did not pos
sess even a single specimen" This
said, he relapsed into perfect silence.
From the Diary of Sir Mountstuart
Grant Dun.
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A Useful Outpost.

Speaking of alertness on picket.
there was a case of nonalertness in
the McMinnville campaign that took
the cake. Gen. Nelson was in COM
mand, and, as Bragg was making
feints all along the line preparatory
to his grand f1anking movement, the
orders for outposts were very strict.
A detachment from the Thirty-fifth
Indiana was on outpost duty on
one of the main roads leading south
from McMinnville. Scouting along
this road I came upon a soldier sit
ting upon some rails cleaning his
musket- He had taken his gun apart
and the pieces were scattered about
him.
He was very much In earnest and
was doing y thorough job. thought
1t was q queer place to clean gun
and asked him how far 1t was to the
picket line. ut Is here am on out
post" Just as I calculated "the hell
You are" who should come dashing
up but Gen. Nelson and staff and the
field officer Of the day, Lieutenant
Colonel Frank p. Cahill of the First
Kentucky was asked some leading
questions by Cahil1. and was asked
also how far it was to the outpost.
I pointed to the man sitting on the
rails. who. proud of distinguished
company. was ostentatiously putting
his gun together.
Gen. Nelson urged his morse nearer
to the outpost End asked: do you
know who I ann" The absorbed gun
cleaner said he did not, end Nelson
Numbered. Il am Gen. Nelson. SIR"
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= solder said, It didn't know that,
General. and If you will wait until
put my gun together 1 will come to
a sort OF a salute" Then came the
storm Nelson ragged and swore and,
ordering one of his bodyguard to tie
the careless guard with his own gun
strap. said: You will cause the
death of more good men by your
cursed stupidity than your damned
neck is WORTH" and the General rode
away in his wrath, the very person
ffcation of the war spirit-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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NEW CONSUMPTION TREATMENT

A new remedial agent giving great
promise of future success in the treat
ment of consumption is being tried
by two St. Louis physicians. The rem
edy is very powerful proteid. which
Is found In healthy blood. and the
theory Is that its use increases the
carrying power of the blood SO that
the dread disease can be thrown on
by the patient. The drug Is given In
ternally. inhaled In the form Of spray
or, In extreme cases, injected hypo-
dermicalIy. It is very rapid in. its
action. the beneficial effect being
noticeable In . few days. It is alleged
that one patient, who was unable to
rise from bed, after receiving the
treatment for seven days walked
distance Of four blocks and climbed
fight of stairs. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that further investigation viii
prove the new remedy capable of all
that Is claimed for Utica Globe.
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All Knew what She Meant.

In q murder trial at lancaster, Mo-,
States Attorney Smoot asked q fe-
male witness some Question about her
domestic affairs. The witness resent
ed the asking OF such q question, say
Ing: Il reckon a woman has a right
to boss her own house." Mr. Smoot
asked what she meant by that, where
upon Judge Shelton interposed: 1.-THE
remark made by the witness is per-
fectly clear. and I am confident the
jury understands what she means.
They are all married men"
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Come. Back 70 Politics.

At the age of 50 years Henry q.
Davis of West Virginia has returned
to active politics and win be one of
the delegates to the democratic ma
tional convention 1t is twenty years
since this veteran of democracy re-
tired from the United States senate.
after serving there for twelve years.
He began his political career the year
GLOWING the civil war by being elect
I'd to the West Virginia assembly. and
began attending national democratic
conventions in 1863
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-11
Good One On the 18th Maine.

The War "Reminiscences of a Pri-
vate Soldier" which Hon. William M
Olin gave at the Y. M. c. u, were
filled with anecdotes, told as only
BILLY" can relate them. The most
appropriate one was concerning Sher-
mans march to the sea, when a south
erner went to the general and said.
with great earnestness:
General. your rascally men have
stolen my pigs. have emptied my cell
lars, have robbed me OF everything
except my hopes Of Immortality.
Thank the Lord, they can't steal
them-''- --s a<sr s-s
81 won't vouch for even that" re-
piled Sherman The Nineteenth
Maine is coming along next"-Boston
Journal.
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at Schipke Pass, and he also served
in the Turkestan campaigns. He is
held in high esteem by the officials at
st. Petersburg, and, it is said, was
first sent east at the special request
of Alexieff. Gen. Stcessel is about SIS
years of age, is of sanguine disposi-
ton and is possessed of rugged con-
stftutiOn. 5
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Capture ct LADY Breckenridge"


"I cannot indorse Peter Miller's
account OF the capture of two guns OF
a rebel battery at Missionary Ridge,
said E Black of company A, Seventy
Fourth Illinois, now living at Downing.
Wis. "The capture of the guns
Lady Breckenridge and Lady Buckner
(not Bragg) is claimed for the men
of Wagner's brigade of Sheridan's
division. Wagner's brigade was the
Second, and / was in the First Brl-
gade, on the left, and in position to
see the work of Wagner's men.
I'VE had toiled up the ridge in the
face of a terrible musketry fire that
caused the solid earth to rock, and
which was destructive and appalling
Ten or a dozen rods from the crest
we found a bank or sleeper portion
of the ridge, which afforded some
shelter Here the advance (the lines
having become spread out with men
and scattexed) halted to catch breath
and to await the men coming for
ward. Two or three minutes after
reaching this point looked over into
the lines of the Second brigade and
saw an officer talking earnestly to
the men, and in a short time the
lines moved forward in the last and
final effort
The men of Wagner's brigade lay
directly in front of the battery and
as they moved forward and rose
above the sheltering bank they re-
ceived a fail discharge of canister.
which tore great holes in their ranks,
causing them to falter for a moment,
but a moment only. Immediately the
files were closed and. cheered and en-
couraged by their officers and with
determination on their part, they
rushed directly forward toward the
guns. Seeing and knowing what they
were about to attempt 1 could only
stop and look. forgetting my own
danger in admiration of such mag
nificent courage. On they went.
right into the flash of the guns. the
torn and ragged edges of their clothes
and colors seeming to catch fire as
the flame enveloped them.
All the regimental flags OF the
brigade were represented in the
charge. but l particularly noticed and
remember the shot-torn colors of the
Twenty-Sixth Ohio, and a few years
ago, when the Ohio flags were carried
in the parade at Columbus, l again
saw the flag of the Twenty-Sixth, and
I thought OF this hell-spot and felt
there was glory enough wrapped up
in the folds of the flag to make a
whole state proud. At the moment
of discharging the guns the line was
broken just at the right of the bat
terry, and in a minute all were over
the works and the enemy was fleeing
down the other side of the hill. See
ing wagner's men in the fash of the
rebel guns. and also seeing them in
the rebel intrenchments before the
smoke of the discharge had raised, 1
decline to believe that any one else
captured that battery.'-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
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COMMANDS AT PORT ARTHUR.
Gen. StoesseI One of the Foremost of
Russian Soldiers.

Gen. Stoesse1 is the commander of
the belea guered Port Arthur garrison
and has been in supreme control
since Viceroy Alexieff departed for
Mukden some weeks ago. Gen. Stoes-
sci distinguished himself in the Turk
ish war, having fought at Plevna and
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Medal. Of Honor,

The frst Congressional medals Of
honor were issued by Secretary. Stan
ton on March IS. 1868. to six OF the
twenty-five men who, by direction Of
General Mftchell-or General Buell..
the records fail to state the correct
nameNpenetrated. the enemy's terri
tory and captured a railroad train
in an attempt to destroy the CoBfetier-
ate lines of communication. While
the civil war was still in progress. and
up to the close of 1866. about 1900
medals were issued, chiefly to enlisted
men of the volunteer service
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WOULD NOT BE BISHOP.

Dr.. Day Rejects Honor rendered by
Methodist Conference.
The Rev. DR.. ]. r. Day, whose cleo
ton as bishop by the Methodist con-
ference at Los Angeles followed an
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attack on him by the Los angeles
Examiner. created a sensation in the
conference by resigning the honor.
Dr. Day has been chancellor OF SYRIA
cuse university since 1894.
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ingalls, claimed magazine article
parallel"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-18
DEATH OF MRS. HILLEsRANp.

Mrs. J. L. Hillebrand died this morn
ing at 4 o'clock at the HON efo her
daughter, Mrs. A. c. Alexander at Col
lege Hills. The deceased lady was aged
70 years and months, being born at
Wailua, Hawaii, April 6, 1925, being
one OF the first missionary children
born in these Islands. 'Mrs Hillebrand
vas daughter Of Artemus Bishop. one
OF the first missionaries to arrive In the
Islands. She spent most OF her long
life in the Islands Of her birth, She
married Herman Hillebrand, whom she
survived number of years. Deceased
leaves two daughters, Mrs. A. C. Alex
ander and Helen l.. Hillebrand, and DR.,
S. L. Bishop, brother
The funeral will take place from the
home this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-18
Eighth Precinct
Call To Work

cans has been issued by the executive
committee Of the Eighth Precinct:
III you are Republican It is your
privilege AZ well as one of your high.
est duties as a citizen to belong to and
take an active part In your precinct
club and Il Is with pleasure that the
newly elected officers of this precinct,
all Of whom are active and earnest
workers, respectfully request your
presence at the meetings to be held
upon the following dates at the new
club headquarters on the EVA side of
Alapai street, mauka of the Beretapia
street pumping station.
Friday. July 22d, 1880 p. m.-Nomi-
nation Of delegates to the Territorial
Convention and members of the Dis
trict Committee to be voted for at a
primary election to be held on Satur.
day, August 9Th. from 2 to p. IN.
THE headquarters will be open for
the enrolment of new members on
, Monday, July 18th, 1880 to s p. m, also
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday,
August LIST, End and 3rd at the same
hour.
The meetings announced are i'm.
portant and It Is earnestly requested
that you viii attend and thereby aid
the club In securing n Representatives
ticket OF delegates who In turn will
work for the nomination in convention
of desirable candidates for the Senate
and Legislature
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-18
HONOLULU IRON WORKS

Improved and Modern SUGAR MA
cHiNERY Of every capacity and do.
soriptioh made to order. Boiler work
and RIvETED PIPES for irrigation
purposes a speciality. Particular attsn.
tion paid to JOB WORK, ana repairs
executed at shortest notice.