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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
BY JESSIE LLEwELLYN.

Annie Bradley trudged along the
sandy road in the face of dry wind,
swinging her school books by long
strap and tossing her pretty head de-
family as though enjoying her battle
with the elements
1t was a long walk from high school
in the center of Clayville, a booming
Kansas town, to her home in Logan's
Addition, which despite its Gifted
appellation was in reality but a
stretch of farm country.
The girl was too much occupied in
building soaring air castles to heed
fatigue Swaying before the wind
with song on her lips and with
rose colored dreams in her heart, in
which shabby gowns and bitter pow
erty played no part. she at last came
in sight of home.
She stood for a moment gazing alb
stractedly through the window.
The yellow lamplight within seem
ed to accentuate the coarse food and
coarSer. crOckery of the uncleared
supper table. Bradley, her father,
had finished his meal and sat tilted
back in his chair absorbed in the col
umns of weekly Populist news
paper; for he was Kansas Populist
of pronounced views and boosted be-
ing the first man to smoke a cob pipe
and wear a hickory shirt in the state
senate chamber.
Grooming a cherries tune. Mrs.
Bradley, her face lined with little ner-
vous wrinkles, went about her work
while small girl on the floor rear
the door was drawing figures with
one chubby finger in the fine sand
which the wind had sifted through
in lie Ann
breath and passed her hand over her
face with something of the strange
of an impersonator as he makes a
rapid change. Her fingers were
moist, but there was no trace of I'M
happiness on her face as she quickly
opened the door and entered the
room.
Thought maybe that smart aleck
doctor'd be carryin' you out in his
buggy again. said Bradley presently.
He is coming cut later this even
ing" replied Annie, her lips tighten
ing.
We'll, he needn't go to that trou-
bic, cause you won't see him; that
man don't mean you no good, with
his fine airs and his money spendin'."
Annie flushed consciously but made
no reply. Doctor Heyward's words
as the two had driven together under
the light of wonderful harvest
moon came back to her with new
force. Il shall always love my little
Kansas girl" he had said tenderly,
'even though we should be forever
separated and after I am an old man
with grandchildren l shall say she
was the brightest spot in my life"
OF sudden the joy which his
words had inspired was gone. The
music in her heart which had made
the days seem so bright and the
walks from school so short, suddenly
ceased. She saw for the first time
the remoteness of his meaning. Her
fathers rough words had shattered
her romance. Bradley had always de-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
WAS GEN. SHERMAN HANDSOME,
One Man at Least Was Constrained
70 Believe So.

One Man at Least Was Constrained
70 Believe So.
Gen. Sherman wouldn't score at a
beauty show, but he is good enough
to make up" was Col. George B. Cork
hills remark to a lady, as the two
fighters met her in the drawing room
of a mutual friend. Nov, frankly,
Mrs. A, what's your opinion? Do you
consider the General handsome
MANI
you are striking me at very close
range, Colonel" was the response 81
shall have to explain.
When the civil war broke out we
lived in good-sized town in the West
One morning a neighbor came in and
asked my father what he had been do
ing to get his picture in all Of the
papers and many of the store win
dows.
Father disclaimed all exploits or
leanings toward notoriety, and won
dered what it all meant. The young
sterS rushed down town to investi-
gate. The pictures in the papers and
the Autographs in the windows were
of Gen. Sherman. So you see,
Colonel
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Vast unexpIored Country.

'-Nomadfc, their tents are pitched
generally along the rivers, and during
the short summer living is compare
lively easy. They are of medium
stature, little taller than the Eskimo
and what impressed me in the few
isolated individuals that 1 met was
their almost absolute Indifference to
ward a white man.
ITO follow the rivers and streams
is to come in contact with the best
of Labrador's fauna and flora. The
rivers TEEN with fish. The majestic
salmon, brook trout of all sizes, chars
and suckers abound. No one need
starve if he has fish hook left.
Small game, the leming. q short
tailed SQUIRREL; woodchucks, beaver
and others of that family are there
Grizzly bears are sometimes found,
and one of my personal ambitions is
to add the pe1t of a Labrador grizzly
to my collection. There are also black
bears and other large game. with the
ever migratory herds of caribou.
There are at least fifteen varieties
of edible berries, of which two or
three remain all winter and would
sustain life for some time, as they
are found in considerable abundance
Besides the ptarmigan, there is the
spruce partridge to be either shared
trapped or shot. All these if you. stay
in the timber regions, which as a
rule are on either side of the water
courses.
These water courses are the most
dangerous 1 ever commended with. Ex-
tremely rocky, they are filled with
treacherous rapids, and one never
knows what there may be few hun
dred yards down stream. A perilous
fall of ten to twenty feet may await
him, and he cannot turn back.
"a P. Lowe, a member of the Cana
dian Geological Survey, who, with Mr..
Eaton and Mr.. Mckenzie. OF the Hud-
son Bay company. is the only man
know that can talk Of Labrador,
nearly lost his life and lost all the
valuable Photographic negatives that
he had taken by being overturned in
his canoe at one OF these hidden
falls"
DR.. Morri3 II the only white man
ever to visit the Mealy Mountains, on
the south side of Hamilton Inlet,
where the Hubbard party entered La
brador. He explored Eagle River and
the surrounding country and journey
ed several hundred miles Inland
New York Herald
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Free to twenty-five Ladies.

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The Teacher.

The teacher in the Sunday school
class had been telling her young pu-
pills of the omnipotence of God, and
just before the end of the lesson was
endeavoring to illustrate how God
was everywhere and knew every little
action, no matter how trivial. One lit
tie boy appeared unusually interested,
and when the first time came for
questions to be asked was the first
to secure the floor"
Teacher" he said, "is God in my
homer"
YES" my dear"
"Is God in our par1or?"
Yes, DEAR
els God in our kitchen?'
yes He is everywhere"
And is he in our cellar?"
HE is even there" responded the
teacher.
NO, he isn't, smarty," answered
the child, because we amt got no eel
lar. "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

at the last moment whether to board
the incoming train or return to drudg-
cry and humiliation, she caught sight
in the distance of the milk wagon.
hideously red in the morning sun
The train rumbled in at her side.
Nearer and nearer came the wagon.
All aboard shouted the conductor.
Annie's eyes seemed riveted on the
approaching wagon, with a half-dazed
half-fascinated expression. The loaf
ers standing about regarded her with
curiosity and amusement, which
broke into audible laughter, as she
half screamed, 'It's-the wagon" In
a frenzy of terror she sprang toward
the nearest train coach. The train
was juggling and putting and ponder
ously moving out, but clutching the
platform railing convulsively she
swung herself free of the ground. A
warning cry went up from the crowd.
The train 1urched forward with in
creas1ng speed. With a last despair.
ing glance the girl looked back A
doctors buggy passed vaguely before
her vision, then a blurred patch OF
red. That was all.
An hour later with bowed head and
a heart as crushed and bleeding as
the burden he bore, Bradley drove
home with the body OF his daughter
in her strange hearse. In an oppo-
site direction DR.. Haywood drove rap
idly TO his Office.
Poor little spirit" moaned the
father in agony of bitterness and re-
morse. why were you ever born
why-why is anything?"
she was a bright little creature"
murmured the doctor; too bad. too
bad. Well perhaps it is better SOL
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perils that no one has ventured 70
make the attempt.
There is much, however, to reward
the explorer. 1 have been bitten by
the North as the saying goes, and
the incubation causes me even this
moment to wish that I were there.
The sense of exhilaration that
comes to you when you place your
foot where you believe no white man
ever stood before and journey on,
knowing that you will be the first to
bring back the news of an unknown
country, is in itself a great reward
and a tremendous stimulant.
Then. too. there is an chronological
study to be made in Labrador to COM
plete the history of the North Ameri-
can Indians. In the forests and on
the river banks are the Nascauppee
tribe. of which very little is known.
Living by themselves in the most
primitive fashion, they do not come
put to trade with the white man, and
are apparently Indifferent to whether
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camps there would be more divisions
until the white man would not be LET
without enough to live on.
HE would then die, for he is no
prepared to fast and feast as the,
do, and his fate would be to them I
matter of no concern. A refusal t.
divide would mean that he would a.
once be killed. Except for this par
ticular feature, it is doubtful if the ex
plorer would meet with unpleasant
treatment from these Indians.
Their fasting and feasting is re
markable- They can go from eigh
to ten days without tasting food ant
then will gorge themselves for tire,
or four days, if provisions or game i,
discovered. Their principal source o
food is the caribou and as these trav
Ell in great herds they are met will
but seldom.
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we've decided that you've think it
is best for you to drive the new milk
wagon and save the hirin' a new boy"
For moment the girl stood as one
dumb. Then the full import of the
words rushed over her with a flood
of sickening thoughts. To give up
her school; to appear before her
smart friends she had made in town
in such a plight
"Oh, Nanny" she cried, you can
not intend for me toto peddle
milk" The word stung Bradley
Perhaps ycu think yourself above
workir'," he sneered; you don't
belong to the common people, sup
pose You're better than your pa or
ma, eh?''
do 1 belong to the common peo-
ple?" Annie repeated slowly, looking
straight before her as one in a
trance st do not believe 1 do, for
l delight in things uncommon, beauti-
full things, music and pictures, and,
oh, everything shall never enjoy"
She stif1ed sob. but the storm burst
the common people"
1t was the wrong argument to use
with Farmer Bradley.
Your idees will be your downfall"
he cried. I've told you there's moth
in but vice an corruption in the
class you're dreamin' about and
wantin' to be like. The men are op-
pressors of their betters; knaves in
business and libertines in secret. The
women. ughl" Bradley shook his
head like a wild animal-"pigmy
women, happy with littering play
toys; with no response to the plea Of
motherhood and deaf to the cries of
the struggling world. The common
people. God bless 'em-they are my
people and your people"-he paused
for lack of breath, then added -brupt-
ly, you be up by five in the morning
-JimU help you load up" Jim was
the hired man.
Before five in the morning Annie's
slight figure again swayed before the
wind along the sandy road Her face
was pale and determined and one
small Redeemed hand clutched ner-
vously a slim purse in the pocket of
her shabby gown. The restless wind
erept and moaned and bitterly laugh
ed at the weary little pedestrian.
"The world is WIDE" she thought
vaguely There must be a place for
me-, but the wan smile suddenly died
as uel nanQ closed anew over the lit
tie purse. ~
It was broad daylight before she
reached the railway station and
bought a ticket for Kansas City.
though the train was not due for
an hour About this time her absence
was discovered at the farm.
You must go to town for her.
quick, quick" urged the frantic
mother.
The little buggy's broke"
Take the wagon"
It's already started out with the
melons,
Then, my God, what shall we do?"
The new milk wagons left.
guess she'll be glad enough to come
back in that after her little walk"
And SO it was that as Annie stood
on the depot platform undetermined
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

Unknown as yet as to the circum-
stances, the recent death of Leonidas
Hubbard, Jr., in Central Labrador,
while on an expedition of exploration
or that country, is an emphatic at
firmation of the peril which has to
be overcome by any traveller who
dares to set foot in that almost unex-
plored land.
There have been but a scant half
dozen of white men so far as known,
who have ventured to leave the sea
coast or the river banks and trek
toward the interior. One of these is
DR.. Robert T. Morris, a New York
physician. and from him, a Herald
representative obtained an interest
ing interview concerning the country
that Mr. Hubbard sought to explore in
the interests of science.
DR.. Morris has made two trips to
Labrador and has had schooner built
in Newfoundland for a third voyage
next year. 1t is called Illinak (Friend).
Il cannot believe that Mr. Hubbard
could have starved at the season of
the year he is reported to have died
unless he met with a personal injury"
began DIR. Morris. There should be
only light fan of snow on the ground
at that time, and near the rivers game
and fish are plenty and berries are
abundant.
But had he wandered out to the
great interior plateau he would have
found nothing there to sustain life
Covered with snow, the plateau be-
comes confusing, and it requires
great skill to keep track of your bear
ings.
1T is doubtful If any part of
North America, even that lying within
the ATTITUDES occupied by Labrador, is
SO little known as that great peninsu-
la, which. ice bound nine months of
the year, has no allurements, except
to the genuine explorer.
so far as known no deposits of the
precious, or even the grosser, miner
ais are there to tempt the pioneering
prospector and open the way for the
entering wedge of civilization. With
its rocky. unchartered and unlighted
coast, the beetling cliffs seem to
frown upon those who approach it
from the ocean side and journey to
the interior by way of a land route
from the southwest is so beset with
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For Sunday Observance.

The Belgian postoffice authorities
have hit upon a novel idea. Every
postage stamp has a slip attached to
it which may or may not be used, at
the option of the person who posts
the letter. This slip is worded to the
effect that the communication to
which it is attached is not to be de-
livered on Sunday. On all stamps
of every denomination this notification
is to be found, and the consequence
is that there is growing up in Belgium
a tendency in the direction of having
no letters or newspapers-for news
papers are mostly delivered by post
on Sunday.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
Lands Of Russian Peasan...

Statistics compiled by the Zemtvos
OF forty-nine provinces of European
Russia showed that S91 900 peasant
families, representing a population Of
perhaps 100000, had only nine acres
of land to the family. and that 2,219,-
444 peasant households, representing
population Of about $4,000, 900, had
only twenty-one acres each, although
hundreds of thousands OF such house
holds consisted of from eight to twen>
ty-nve members.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16
PEPlIOUo. BUT
EER FASCINATING

French, like the Crees at the south
or German, as do some of the Eski
mos in the north.
They seem to stand on the border
land between the true Indian and the
Eskimo. and are content to be as they
are.
1T is because of their peculiar tribal
traits that white men have not re
NAMED in Labrador during the winter
that is, the few who wished to stay
to explore the country.
Should white man venture amons
them with a quantity of supplies he
would be compelled to divide with
them, for that is their custom among
themselves. and as he came to other
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

INJURED at the attentions of the hand
some, well dressed man of the world
but he had never before so openly de-
clared himself. Mrs. Bradley looked
up with secret sympathy at Annie,
who abruptly left the table, her sup
per untasted. The woman was
gaunt and unhandsome and work
strained. but she was a mother and
she understood
Hiram" she said, al Annie left
the room to see about the work of the
kitchen, hadn't we better wait until
morning to tell her about the milk
wagon? She is awful hit with that
doctor and what with all her pride.
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The Worlds Fair.

In making your arrangements for
the Worlds Fair at st. Louis this
SUMMER, if you consider convenience
and saving of time, you will take the
Wabash Railroad as it runs by and
stops at its Station at the entrance OF
the Fair Grounds; thus saving sew
eral miles run and return, and the in,
evitable jam at he big Union Station.
By all means consider the advantages
of the Wabash.
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they ever meet him or not. Their
wants are few. and we apparently
have nothing that they wish. 1t is
a rare sight when a few stragglers
from some camp come down the riv-
ers during the summer months into
view.
mo one knows how large the tribe
is. but they are supposed to inhabit all
Of interior Labrador. They are dim
sult to talk to. as they do not speak
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

Miss Hapgo0d tells how she >
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In our own Writing.

There is a book where each must WRITE
His faith in characters of Light
And leave an immemoria1 page
TO that shrewd critic men can Age.
1t Is the book of daily life.
The human calendar of strife,
The fight g annals of mankind.
which cod viii publish. angels bind
No book shall live 50 long: no Leaf
Shall beAr so far its woe or grief,
And every hand must set therein
In tale OF honor Of atn-
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Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar
Price to dealers $500 per NJ. They cost
some more than other brands, but no mort
than good sc cigar should cost. Lewis
Factory, Peoria, Ill.
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With the possible exception OF
boarding house hash, it is said that
goat will eat anything.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-04-16

Too many young men look upon an
education as sort of loophole through
which to escape work
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British Police.

The 6O946 police of the United
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year.
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it looks like coming down on her
pretty hard"
Her pride will be her downfall, %
Numbered the man, bringing his first
down with force on the table. 1T
IS only right that she should drive
the new milk wagon and save the
hirin' of a new man"
"I'H tell her." whispered Mrs. Brad
ley to her husband as Annie rejoined
them in the dining-room
Annie she began bravely.
Your pa and me have been talkin'
things over-the mortgage and all
that, you know-we've been. tryin'
hard to make the ends meet and
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Der. but with the aid of photograph
he manages to pull through.
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those that get away make monumental
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