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l>oInted out to Moore that the idea
was foolhardy, and the risk quite I'M
necessary, especially on account of an
enemy.
Moore did not talk much. He just
picked up canteen, jumped over the
breastworks, walked to where his
wounded foe was lying, and gave him
a drink. The grateful Federal of
fered Moore his gold watch as
token of gratitude, but Moore did not
want any reward. He had merely
done what he considered right, and
now that the Federal was easier,
there was no object in staying to get
shot, so he prepared to move back.
The officer called to him at least to
give him his name, so that he might
remember his 5enefactor. Moore saw
no objection, gave his name and
walked back to his post
Subsequently Moore himself was hit
in an engagement in Virginia. and re
turned to his home, practically a
cripple relying much on the help of
others, for the wound had been a Sc
we're one and necessitated the amputa-
ton of his leg. There he lived in
anything but aff1uence, until one day
he received a very unexpected and
gratifying communication. 1t was
from the Federal officer to whom he
had given the water, announcing that
he had settled on Moore the sum of
$4,000, to be paid in four annual in
stalments of $4,000 each. Now, s1O,-
600 is high price to pay for a drink.
but not very much to pay for ones
life Only, payments of that descrip-
ton are generally made in advance
under pressure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Under Orders.

Oh, 1 am the flag of the infantry.
The raw recruit of the company,
From the bivouac, ready for night
alarms, 49,
L stumble UP at the cry ITO arms,
hurry to where The Command nes
And Present-Arms, to still his cries.
Halt, Beware!
Who goes there?'
Thy fathers spirit, doomed. at slghI,. >,
For a certain time to walk the nlsnt-
Oh, I am the jest of the promenade,
Shivering there undress parade;
Il he Commander cries Right shoulder
shift
Attention-fatherl" Steady and swift.
/ hasten to heed his every whim
And Carry-Arms, and likewise him.
Halt Take carei
Who goes there?"
I send my song across the DARK: a.,
IS 'IiS the nightingale and not the lark-
In fatigue dress, flowing loose and white:
I drill through the crawling hours OF
night. - =
"Forward.march!' I ''Charge!" I
Wheel
I "DoubIe-quick,' but still I feel
The Commander. all unmollif1ed.
Conceives still unqualified?
who goes there?
Stand and Sweart"
How sharper than a serpents tooth
To have a sleepless child, forsooth!
Saturday Evening Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
For commander-in-chief.

Comrade Wilmon w. Blackmar is
presented by unanimous vote of the
Encampment of the Department of
Massachusetts, as a candidate for the
office of commander-in-chief. He was
a trooper of the Fifteenth PennsyI-
vania cavalry, lieutenant in the First
West Virginia cavalry; served both
in eastern and western armies; was
engaged in twenty-five actions, among
them Antietam, Stone River, Chicka-
manga, Wauhatchie, Chattanooga, the
Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864,
and the final fighting from Dinwiddie
Court House to Appomattox, and was
promoted captain by Custer on the
field of Five Forks for conspicuous
gallantry, which was subsequently fur
Their recognized by the medal of honor.
A few years after the war he was ap-
pointed judge advocate general on the
staff of the governor of Massachu.
sets, in which position he served ten
years, under four administrations. He
has been a working member of the
Grand Army of the Republic for thirty
six years, Post Commander, Judge Ad-
vocate four terms, Department Com
mander, and has twice served on the
National Council of Administration.
He is a lawyer of high rank.-New
York Press.
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Many Medals of Honor.

Up to three years ago 2,525 medals
of honor had been issued, of which
4S9 went to the regular army, 236 to
New York volunteers, 1852 to Pennsyl-
vania, 127 to Ohio, and 80 to Illinois
Maine had a record of S8S, but this
included the notorious S64 of the
Twenty-seventh Maine infantry
Distributed by grades the medals
issued were as follows to volunteers:
Major generals, 8; brigadier generals,
9; colonies, So; lieutenant colonies,
IS; majors, 80; surgeons, 4; assistant
surgeons, z; captains, "a; 1ieutenants,
139; chaplains, 4; sergeant major, IT;
sergeants, 274; corporals, 156; and
privates, 1872.
In the regular army 179 privates, 65
corporals, 136 sergeants, 1 hospital
tenants, Is captains, 2 assistant sur
geons, 1 surgeon, and majors re-
ceived medals.
The courage displayed by some of
the men rewarded with the medal of
honor seems almost incredible. The
roll is filled with recitals of deeds of
daring and gallant conduct.
Officers risked their lives to save
wounded enlisted men and private
soldiers faced almost certain death to
save their officers. There are many
instances in which medals were
granted for capturing the enemy's col
ors. Men were never wanting for this
hazardous exploit, nor did they hest
tate, when necessary, to plant the
Union flag in the most conspicuous
spot on the field of battle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
The Siberian Tarantass.

Travelling in Siberia, apart from the
railway, now given up entirely to mill
itary transports, is mainly done in
vehicle called a tarantass. This has
been called the Siberian hansom,"
but it is a very different vehicle to the
hanson we know by that name. The
tarantass is a roomy carriage, cover
ed by hood. 1t has no springs, but is
balanced on long poles, which, in
some measure, break the jolting.
There are no seats for the passenger,
who has to make himself as comfort
able as he can on a kind of mattress
spread on the floor of the vehicle.
Sturdy ponies peculiar to northern
Russia are the animals employed,
usually in pairs, to draw the taran-
tass. They live roughly and can go
immense distances over all sorts of
ground without fatigue.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
QUEER RITES OF SAvAGES.
Tribes of Central Australia Who Tor
ture Themselves.

Tribes of Central Australia Who Tor
ture Themselves.
There are two fire ceremonies Pc
culiar to the Arunta and Warrampun-
ga tribes of Central Australia. The
first of these is the final initiation
ceremony, and consists in the pre-
sentation of a large number of dra-
matte performances representing the
doings of the ancestors of the tribe,
finishing with certain fire ceremonies,
in connection with some of which the
women, throwing burning embers over
the men, and in others the men have
to lie down on red-hot embers, COW
cred over with green branches. The
meaning of this ceremony is not
known, but the natives state that it
makes the men who pass through it
what they call good black fellows"
In the second ceremony certain men
shut up in a bush hut, and others arm
themselves with long poles, to which
are attached great quantities of gum
tree twigs. The men daub them
selves all over with pipeclay and mud,
and the poles, which are handed to
the party inside the hut, being set
fire to, are lifted into the air and
brought down upon all and sundry
with whom the party came in contact.
The natives say the object of this
ceremony is to finally settle up all old
quarrels, and start afresh.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
WheIks as Money.

Dewarra, n currency of New Britain,
is an instance of how the spoils of the
chase may be turned to account as
the outward and visible sign of
wealth. Dewarra is made by string
ing the shells of dog-whelk upon the
ribs of palm leaves These strings
may be retailed at so much a fathom
usually the price is equivalent to
about three shillings a fathom length
or they may be made into various
articles of personal adornment to be
worn on great occasions In New
Britain the dewarra boarded up by a
rich man is produced at his funeral
and divided amongst his heirs in much
the same kind of way as personal
property is divided amonsgt us.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Recovered His Rinos.

Massachusetts, thirty-three years ago
have just come into the possession of
George L. De Blois, of Boston, son of
the original owner. They are mourn
ing rings, family heirlooms, and were
stolen by a discharged servant. They
were recently purchased by an honest
man, who, finding that they were
marked with names not accounted for
in the personality of the vendor, turn
ed them over to the police, with the
idea that they might have been stol-
en- The newspapers published de-
scriptions of the rings, and Mr.. De
the stories.
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$4,000 for a Drink of Water.

There was no harder fighting, when
the men had once gathered the idea
that discipline was of Importance and
that the first duty of a soldier was not
to save his own life, than in the
American civil war, 1S61-1S64, SAYS an
English military journal, the " c. In
one of the many desperate fights the
Federals had charged up to the Con-
federate works, only to be repulsed
in confusion, leaving the ground COW
cred with their dead and wounded.
Among the latter was an officer very
badly hit Everyone knows, or least
knows of, the terrible thirst caused
by physical injury. The one appeal
that rises from the battlefield is for
water The officers means reached
the ears of one Moore. of Burke coun-
ty, South Carolina. who was lying in
comparative safety behind an en-
bankment. He was in safety. the
officer was an enemy, but he was suf-
fering and wanted water, and water
he should have. So said Moore. His
comrades thought otherwise They
were very happy on their side of the
embankment- To go to the other was
to walk into a hail of lead and other
missiles. in fact to court almost GER
tain disablement. if net death They
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
NoHLEMAN LIVES IN CAVE.
Wealthy Man Carries Love Of Soil
tude to Excess.


One of the most remarkable noble
men in all Europe is probably Count
Russell, whose love of solitude is car
ried to such an extent that he lives
in series of caves placed high up Or
the snowy Vigremale in the Pyrenees.
The Count has a house in Pau and
is a man of Wealth. Frenchman OF
Irish extraction. He does not, how
ever. care for social functions, and SO
he conceived the original notion OF
renting from the French government
the whole of the Vignemale mountain
from 5000 feet to its summit, IL 900
feet. For this he pays the nominal
rent of one franc GO cents) a year.
While the caves were already in exist
ence, the Count has considerably "as-
sisted" them by means of pickaxes
and dynamite, carried up on mules.
The Count frequently sleeps in deep
snowdrifts, wrapped in his reindeer
sleeping bag, and from his nest among
the eagles both France and Spain lie
at his feet on either hand. The caves
are quite comfortably furnished, but
have carpets of straw, and the Count
frequently lends them to friends who
come to visit him in Pau.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Hindo Merchanies at Worship.

wont to look after a gas engine, he
gives it thorough overhaul, or if he
be a carpenter, or a weaver, or a
blacksmith, he makes his tools bright
and lays them out for the coming
morn.
On the day of the festival the i'm
plements are festooned with flowers
or other decorations, and during the
day the religious-minded Hindu offers
dainties to his tools, particularly
sweetmeats. While he offers the sweets
he mutters prayers, invoking success
to his future labor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
A Literary Curiosity.

Here is a literary curiosity-"Sator
arepo tenet opera rotas." 1t is curious
because it spells the same words
backward as forward; the first letter
of each word placed consecutively
spells the first word; the second letter
of each spells the second word, and
so on The last letters read backward
spell the last word; the next to the
last letters the next to the last word,
and so on throughout There are also
as many letters in each word as there
are words in the sentence.-New
York Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
TEACHER OF ORIENTAL LORE
Levantine Has Set UP Studio in New



York.
Caleb is high caste Oriental called
Levantine. He has recently opened
a studio in Twenty-frst street to
teach barbaric Americans about Da-
mascene antiques and the lore of in
cense and Oriental things generally.
1T is no small thing" said the dis
ciple of Damascus, but I've touched
the heart with my incense fiddle, and
the rest will be easy The incense fid-
die is heart-shaped instrument play
ed in the lap or on the shoulder. The
foundation is a sweet-smelling wood
inlaid with mother of pearl and gems.
When it is laid fiat the little fish-skin
surface makes a bowl and receives
thin brass plaque. Incense is burned
in the plaque, and as the fumes rise
to the nostrils of the player the spirit
moves him, he draws his arrow-shaped
bow and improvises the queer melo-
dies of the Orient. We have incense
lamps, tabourettes, rugs, and even
vases, but the fiddle seems to be the
object around which the American
fancy fingers "-New York Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04

heard, the Judge turned to the pris-
oner and sternly exclaimed:
Stand up there, Holahan, and let
the court hear what defense, if any,
you have to make to this charge of
brutality
The prisoner staggered to his feet,
and as the blood trickled from his
wounds, as if to emphasize the plain
tive tones of his remonstrance, he re-
piled:
Begin yer pardon, yer Honor, but
Oh don't think Oh bate her"
What" Indignantly shouted the
Judge; don't think you beat her?
After all the damning testimony we
have heard have you the audacity to
expect the court to believe your I'M
supported assertion that you didn't
beat her?'
AKIN yer mercy. Joodge, for me
bowldniss." deferentially replied Hol-
ahan, but all the same Oh do be
t'inkin' that eff yer Honor had been
rifereein' the schrap yersilf ye'd a.
called it draw."-New York Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
THE FIRST woMAn's cLus.
Old Church Where 1t was Formed is
Still Standing.

Near the town of Baldwinsville, N.
Y, on the old homestead of Elizabeth
Harrington. stands the ruins OF lit
tie old Puritan church which for years
now has been the home of pigs
Yet associated with the spot and
the few decayed boards remaining are
recollections that will ever live even
in the memory of feminine clubdom.
1t was in this little house that, in
the early part of last century, soci-
ETY. was formed by some charitable
and socially inclined young women
which proved to be the nucleus of the
oldest woman's club in America
1t will delight the hearts of the
members of Sorosis and of feminine
clubdom of the country over to know
that this mother of all women's clubs
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
MARvELs IN HUMAN VOICE.
Singers Who Do Wonders With Their
Vocal Chords.

Singers Who Do Wonders With Their
Vocal Chords.
The London Mirror has an article
on high and low notes of the human
voice, and of the singers who sing
them. Starting with a woman's voice,
we find that the average top note is
the G, an octave and a fifth above the
middle G GO-the number refers to
the note on the scale. The profession
al soprano generally takes the C alseve,
known as &C in alt" Nine. Patti sings
an F above ca. Ellen Beach Yaw
goes one better than Patti and takes
the G above the F CD. The last rec
olG-holder was Miss Edith Helena,
who could sing the next note, A 90.
But now there is a MARKETABLE. Anne
liza de Lagreze can sing c, three &C.
taves above the middle c 60. This
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Wartime Incidents.

lnlQSS happened QueeTiy III IhO
army" said Sergeant Sam Grimshaw.
when Carlins division was driven
back at Bentonville, N. c., our brigade
(the Third of the Second division)
was thrown out to check the rebel
advance. The underbrush being
heavy, we ran into the rebs unawares
and got in the first volley to our adj
vantage. We had fired six or eight
volleys when the brigade commander
ordered us to cease firing. This gave
the rebs a chance to notice that both
our wings were in the air and they
proceeded to take advantage of the
situation.
when the brigade fell back, took
to a tree, and Comrade Giles took an
other to my right. We felt pretty Sc
cure, as we had seen rebels only in
front, but l had fired only once and
had reloaded and was putting on the
cap when a Johnny who had gotteE in
on my left flank took a shot at me,
tearing thirteen big holes in my folded
or rolled blanket. This convinced me
that he had my range and that 1 was
outf1anked, and 1 hiked for more
congenial cline. 1 came across Col.
Clancy and we travelled together to
where the regiment was in line along
a fence. / had been with my COM
pany only a few minutes when 1 re-
ceived a musket ball that put me out
of the fight for the day.
In the same fight the Fourteeth
Michigan and a rebel regiment both
got lost from their brigades and had
an independent fight of their own, in
which the Fourteenth whipped the
rebs and captured their flag. One of
the boys of company G was sent back
after a box of ammunition, and, the
lines changing, he walked, on his re-
turn, into the rebel lines. The rebels
thought it was a great joke, relieved
him of his ammunition and gun. and
started him to their rear without a
guard. He made flank movement.
got around their line and came back
to the company in three hours.
That is one illustration of the re-
Sourcefulness of the American soldier.
Here is another. When our regiment
the Fifty-second Ohio, made the march
to Knoxville after the battle of Mis-
sionary Ridge, we camped for one
night near Cleveland. Our quarters
were in the timber, and for tenting
purposes Mclaughlin, Hastings, Roe
and myself had Joined forces, so that
we might splice pup tents to the best
advantage 1nor0 DelnS plenty OF
leaves, we made a fine bed ate our
supper. smoked our pipes, and retired
to what the boys called our 'downy' in
great contentment.
I'VE were just going off to dream of
what a fine feast we would have the
next morning, as Sergeant Withrow
was cooking a twenty-pound turkey
which Mclaughlin had confiscated,
when | was awakened by CRY of fire
and other cries which suggested that
I was an interested party. We had,
like others, built a fire in front of our
tent. The leaves between our tent
and the fire were in flames, and we
were asleep. Mclaughlin was a good
soldier, but inclined to be a little slow.
On this occasion. however, he went in
to action so promptly that we saved
our tent and bedding, and we had our
feast of turkey the next morning.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Lono-Iived Trio.

There died in Paris recently Count
Emile de Keratry, who could boast
that his grandfather, born in 1899,
was a page in the household of Louis
XIV. The former page married his
second wife at 70 years of age and
had a son, who was Emile's father.
He was born in 1897 and lived till
1852. Three lives bridged 205 years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Red Rose Paid for Rent.

Probably one of the longest leases
known was granted for a small piece
of meadow land, some sixteen acres
in extent, in Surrey. It is for the
term of 1900 years, and was granted
on ST. MichaePs Day, in 1861. at the
singular rental of "a red rose when
demanded 1t is not stipulated that
the rose shall be the product of this
land, which is fortunate, for no such
rose grows anywhere on the sixteen
acres.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Famous English Clocks.

At Buckingham palace the Augsburg
clock on the equeries' stairs is among
the earliest examples of the clock
makers art, and very beautiful Is
the clock in the state dining room
Hampton Court is also rich in histor-
ically interesting clocks, such as the
old astronomical one made for Henry
VIII, 1910. said always to stop when
any one who has long resided in the
palace dies.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Something Unusual.

Little Bessie was so accustomed to
seeing the baby crawl around the room
on his hands and knees that she
thought it was his natural mode of
travelling. One day he succeeded in
standing up with the aid of chair.
and Bessie, very much astonished, ran
to her mother and exclaimed: "Oh,
mamma. come quick, Baby is stand
ing up on his hind legs
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Grim Relic Lona Preserved.

In a square niche on the staircase
of Wardley Hall. Lancaster, reposes
a human skull This belonged to the
last male member of the Downes
family. He was killed on London
bridge and his only sister had the
grim relic placed in the little niche,
and here it has remained ever since.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Many Blind in One Eye.

DR.. Ernest Clarke of the Central
London Ophthalmic hospital in giving
evidence at an inquest not long ago
said that many person went through
life with only one eye and did not
know it. A British Judge had lately
found to his establishment that he
was blind in one eye, having lived
more than forty years without sus-
pecting his inf1rmity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
The Old Presbyterian Church.

still exists and is in a most flourish
ing condition.
No woman's club in the United
States can boast of such an aged an
cestry, and surely it should be award
ed the first place upon the roll OF
honor of all declarations of women.
Lysander, N. Y, is it's present home,
and it is needless to add that it plays
a most important role in the social
life of the vicinity in which it is To-
Gated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Cut. OF EnoIisn NoveIist..

The British Weekly. London. says:
"Only a very few among the fore
most of our novelists can have their
stories published in serial form in
America Eight or ten years ago the
English novelist of standing could
count on receiving more than half his
income from America, and now he can
count on practically no returns at
ALL"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Report Seeing White Robin.

white robin was discovered in
North Brookfeld, Mass, the other
day The bird was in flock of or
binary plumed robins. and created
so much of a sensation that a freight
engine was stopped to allow the train
men to see it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
HOMAGE PAID TO ENGINES.
a Remarkable Festival Observed by

A Remarkable Festival Observed by
the Brahmans OF India.
OF all the many wonderful sights in
that wonderful land of India, none is
perhaps more striking to the European
than the festival of Sri Pancham.
Pancham is the god who looks after
the implements of those who have to
work for their living. and one day
early in the year is set apart to pay
homage to those implements. The
night before the festival the mechanic
polishes up his implements II he is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Preeocious Younqster.

,Readfield, Me-, boasts of a young
ster years old who has never
learned to read, who will tell you if
you ask him, by the shape and the
position on the map, the names of
the counties of Maine, and in the
same way all the states in the Union
and their capitals, and also all the
countries of the old world.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-04
Literal Literature.

Extract from a popular novel;:
lorabel was a vision of feminine
loneliness. Her swan-like neck sup
ported a fair face crowned with
wealth of golden hair which glowed