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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Reads Like a Miracle.

Moravia, N. Y, Dec. 12th.-(Spe-
ciaD-Bordering on the miraculous is
the case of Mrs. Benz. Wilson of this
place. Suffering from Sugar Diabetes
she wasted away till from weighing
200 lbs. she barely tipped the scales
at $50 lbs. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured
her. Speaking of hef cure her hus.
band says
my wife suffered everything from
Sugar Diabetes. She was sick four
years and doctored with two doctors,
but received no benefit. She had so
much pain all over her that she could
not rest day or night. The doctor said
that she could not live.
Then an advertisement led me to
try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they help
ed her right from the first. Five
boxes Of them cured her. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills were a God-Sent remedy to
us and we recommend them to all suf-
fering from Kidney Disease
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Diseases including Bright's Disease,
and all kidney aches, including Rheu-
matism.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
An Anti-Fat Experiment.

M. Ramona, the French physiolo-
gist, according to Cosmos, has made a
notable discovery After injecting
olive oil into the peritoneum of guinea
pigs. he found that the operation, on
repetition, finally determined a rapid
absorption. He then showed that the
injection of serum from a guinea pig
thus treated gave to a second animal
the power of absorbing injected olive
oil very rapidly The reaction seems
to depend on the oil employed, SO
that it can be easily told whether or
not it was olive OIL The experimenter
thinks it possible, by injecting into q
fat man serum obtained from an
animal into which human fat has been
previously injected, to make the sub
ject grow thin to some degree. But
fat people need not hope for too much
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
HAD TOO GOOD A START.
Deathside Remark That Is Rich In
Moral WarninQ.

Deathside Remark That Is Rich In
Moral Warning.
A remark fraught with wisdom was
altered under tragic circumstances by
l New York physician a short time
ago. He was called to the bedside of
q young man of fine family who had
Just ended his life by putting a bull
let through his heart. The doctor was
= family physician and had known the
youth for years. He shook his head
sadly as he raised the lifeless hand
and let it drop.
He was a boy of brains" he said,
but he had too much money ever to
amount to anything"
That was the root OF the evil in this
case. as it is in SO many Others The
young man had a settled income. It
turned his mind from work. He led
the life of an idler. He had no ambf-
ton, no pride. He dawdled here and
there, he became a lounger about the
aters, he picked up acquaintance who
were a damage to him. And, finally,
when he tired of it all, he resorted TO
the revolver and brought the worth
less game to an end.
He had too much money ever to
amount to anything said the family
doctor, and it is a remark rich in NOR
al warning-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
BIRDS AS LETTER CARRIERS.
"Frisate" UsefuIIy Employed in the
Islands of the Pacific.

"Frigate" UsefuIIy Employed in the
Islands of the Pacific.
The "frigate" is the swiftest Of all
sea birds, and in some of the equa-
torial isles of the Pacific is used as a
letter carrier. Taken from the nest
before it can fly, it is handled on a
fish diet by the natives, and in the
course of a few months becomes so
tame that it can be liberated during
the day and will return to it's perch at
sunset.
1t is the practice of the natives of
the Ellice group, near Samoa, to ex-
change the birds after they have been
tanned. For instance, the Samoan pas
tors of the islands of Nanomea, Nano-
maya and Niutao-sixty to eighty
miles apart-all kept two or three
birds each, and frequently used them
to communicate with each other.
The exchange familiarized the birds
with the islands to which they were
sent, at both ends of the route. In
deed, the birds sometimes make the
distance and visit their previous COM
panions when let loose and allowed to
go as they please They always re-
turn to the home perch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
OLD STRONGHOLD OF ROME.
Sleepy British Town Once an Impor.
tant Qutnost of Ernnire

Sleepy British Town Once an Impor-
tant Outpost of Empire.
Caerleon of Roman times and of
the days of King Arthur still exists.
The famous city that was once the
garrison of the second Augustan
legion, the capital of South Wales
and the seat of an archbishopric, is
now a, sleepy little town lying between
the Industrial centers of Pontypool
and Newport, but is far enough away
from both to have maintained the dig
nifty and pathos of its Isolation. Here
are to be seen the ruins of a Roman
amphitheater, a great oval bank of
earth called Arthur's Round Table
and an enormous mound once forti-
fed by the Romans. The officers and
men of the crack Roman regiment
and their wives and families left
many remains of their occupation
tombstones, fragments of household
utensils, needles and fibulae, remains
of villas and baths, lamps, glass and
enamel ornaments, carvings, rings,
seals and the like, to be gazed upon in
the cases of the local museum. The
whole place, with it's combination Of
hill and winding river, with low-ly ing
houses nesting in abundant trees,
forms picture which many a painter
has sought to portray on canvas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
Of everyday use in the market and
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would suggest that a trial OF
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be SUI
perior to any other brand, but because
each 1Oc package contains 16 ozs.,
while all the other kinds contain but
IL ozs. 1t is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
vim.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Do You Know What An AniIine
Blue IS7

The Handy Blueing Book, whose s'ads'
columns for several months past, is well
deserving of special mention to all our
readers.
One sheet from the Handy Blueing Book
will produce ten gallons of blue water of
the proper consistency for the laundry.
Decades since, Aniline blueing was tested
it is the only blue upon the European
market.
1t is used by shirt and collar factories
everywhere. Whyz Because it will not
spot, streak, pierce or injure the linens and
will bring them out snowy white.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

by counterbalance weights attached
on a sprocket chain. The weights can
be SO made as to not only overbal
ance the car or balcony, but also the
weight of a man thereon, so that
when the car is in a lowered position
fireman may enter it and when re-
leased it will ascend with a single
passenger When two or more pas
sengers are on the car it will descend
and after its load has been removed
it will ascend again. By the introduc-
ton of a brake mechanism the car
can be arrested at any point.
Silas j. Gilmore and William S. Per
ry of Buckmore, S. D., are the pat
enteeS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

teen years L SUI
fered with terrible
pain in my back. /
did not know what
it was to enjoy a
nights rest and
arose in the morn
ing feeling tired and
unrefreshed. My suf-
fering sometimes
was simply indie
scribable. When |
finished the first
box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills 1 felt like
a different woman.
l continued until /
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS; as they cannot reach
the of the disc Catarrh is a blood cOnstf
tutional disease and In order cure 1t take
internal remedies Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken In
tcrnaly, and acts directly the blood and mucous
surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medi
Itwas prescribed by of the best ply sfcians
in this country for and is regular prescription
1t rs composed of the best tonics known combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
mucous surfaces The perfect combination of the
two Ingredients is what produces such wonderful
suits In curing catarrh- Send for testimon
FL. CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo. o
Sold by Druggists price 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

had taken five boxes. Doan's Kidney
Pills act very effectively, very prompt
ly, relieve the aching pains and all
other annoying difficulties"
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price so
cents per box.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
DOG Steals Slippers.

Two men were charged with steal
ing slippers from a church at Clonta-
"a, Ireland, and the slippers were
found on the premises. Later it was
discovered that a sacrilegious dog had
stolen the slippers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
PLAYS Golf to Quiet Nerves,

An eminent surgeon has declared
that he owes it to his patients to quiet
his nerves by playing game of golf
before undertaking an important OPP
Grafton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

Would Buy a Lot of Shirt Waists.
An exchange wants to know if
society girl can get along with $685.
900 worth of clothes a year. Don't
know, but we cou1d.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

Trout Swallowed Young Rats.
Caught in an English river, a mod
erate-sized trout was found to have
recently swallowed two young rats.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

When a man recommends his favor
lite patent medicine to an invalid, he
says: mo doctor will prescribe it
the doctor doesn't want you to get
we'll"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
No-Tip Restaurants.

Owing to the success of the -no-tip"
restaurant in Piccadilly, London, other
restaurants are about to enforce the
no-tip rule. The walters receive wages
and q commission
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Tourists Enrich Greece,

Tourists Enrich Greece.
1t is estimated that about $500 tray.
elers from the United States have WIS.,
tied Greece during each of the last
four years, and have annually left
about $1,500,0OO in the kingdom.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

When some women give nothing
more than neighborhood party, they
dress as if they were dressing for a
jury.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Species of Animals.

According to one of the officials at
the Paris Museum of Natural History
there are about $1,000 species of ami
mails on land and in the ocean; $780,
900 of these are insects.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Riskina Her Winter Hat.

A woman is always trying to get
her husband to play tips on the stock
market, which she got from the piano
tuner.-New York Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

Only two seconds are required for
prize fight, but it always lasts much
longer than that.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
COMPLETELY RESTORED,

Mrs P. Brunei, wife of P. Brunei,
stock dealer, residence Bill Grand
avenue, Everett, Wash, says: For 6f-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

Wigg-Bjones is generous to a
fault Wagg-Yes, but it's his own
fault.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

A bent pin on a chair is apt to Civ,
rise to pointed remarks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding Protruding Piles Your
druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT
fails to you in to Il days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

An Atchison man is SO giddy that
his wife has established a detective
agency down town.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

Try me just once and I am sure b
come again Defiance Starch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

There is one thing about an airship
it always has a good road.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24
Remarkable Cures
Effected
Ru De.ru.na.

Under date of January 10, 1897, DR..
Hartman received the following let
ter:
MY wife has been sufferer from
a complication of diseases for the past
twenty-five years. Her case has bar
fed the skill of some of the most
noted physicians. One of her worst
troubles was chronic constipation of
several years standing. She was also
passing through that most critical
period in the life of a woman-change
of life.
"In June, 1895, I wrote to you about
her case. You advised a course OF
Peruna and Manalin, which we at
once commenced. and have to say 1t
completely cured her.
"About the same time I wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of twenty-five years stand
ing. At times I was almost past going.
commenced to use Peruna according
to your instructions and continued its
use for about q year, and 1t has COM
pIeteIy cured me. Your remedies do
an that you claim for them, and even
more ''@JOhn o. Atkinson.
In a letter dated January 1, 1900,
Mr. Atkinson says, after five years
experience with Peruna:
Twill ever continue to speak a good
word for Peruna. I am still cured of
cafarrk. John o. Atkinson, Inde-
pendence, Mo-, Box2z2.
AcL v>o,,s nrrrnrscf FIR a fri
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

Mrs. ALA Schwandt, Sanborn, Mimi,
writes:
81 have been troubled with rheuma-
fsm and cafarrh for twenty-five years.
Could NOT sleep day or night. After
having used Peruna can sleep and
nothing b0fhers me now, III ever am
affected with any kind of sickness
Peruna will be the medicine shall
use. My SON was cured of cafarrh OF
the Larynx by Peruna. Mrs. Ala
Schwartz.
Why Old People are Especially Liable
to Systemic Catarrh.
When old age comes on, catarrhal
diseases comes also. Systemic ca
tarrh is almost universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has be-
come SO indispensable to old people.
Peruna is their safeguard. Peruna is
the only remedy yet devised that en-
tire1y meets these cases. Nothing but
an effective systemic remedy can cure
them.
reward oA $4,000 has been de-
posted in the Market Exchange Bank,
Columbus, Ohio, as guarantee that
the above testimonials are genuine;
that we hold in our possession anthem
tic letters certifying to the same. Dur
ing many years advertising we have
never used, in part or in whole, a sim
gle spurious testimonial. Every one
of our testimonials are genuine and
in the words of the one whose name
is appended.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-12-24

&: ;:s s :sss seSs Is e / S e s:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30

PORT ARGENT; n Novel BY Arthur Cotton.
Holt & Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne
Sons.
Mr.. Cotton has learned the valuable les
son of finding his inspirations in the COM
moner phases of life With that sense of
the Importance of the things near at hand
and with a marked capacity for making
them vivid and attractive and interesting,
he has turned in this instance to the forces
which pulse through a growing American
community to show the line-up of the fac
tors for good and evil In municipal affairs.
He presents in opposition the political ma
chine Of the dominant party. headed by
''Marve" Wood. and the loosely knit or
Ganization of reforr7ers. lod by Alrott
Aidee. preacher without a denomina ton,
self-stvled a freak. Between these two,
somewhere in the midground OF prat -lcai
craftsma nship and transformations decency
of life stands Richard Hennion. engineer and
contractor who accepts favors from the ma
chine gives Jobs to its henchmen, insists
upon efficient service from them and quiet
ly strives always to build UP the city's
morals while he is constructing its bridges
and pavements and leveling its hills. Wood
is killed by a fanatical listener of Adde'S
fervid preaching. and Hennion Is chosen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30

eat at slight cost. In the basement also
will be found shooting gallery where pis-
toll practice can be INDUCED In and where
the small target rifles can be used On
the left side of the building is set of
bowling alleys, which is one of the features
OF the buildings. The alleys are laid In the
most careful manner and are equipped with
three different sets of pins each with
proper number of balls to play the games.
On the left of the bowling alley Is to be
found the engine room. from which hot
water heat is supplied to the entire build
ing. The building is lighted with acetyline
gas, supplied from the plant at the post.
The stores from the old post exchange were
moved yesterday and # is expected that
everything will be ready for the opening OF
the new building for business on Monday.
The old structure and the new form a most
decided contrast. The old building was a
small frame structure on the outskirts of
the reservation In the rear of the riding
hall. 1t was inadequately lighted and heat
ed and did not have anything like the
pleasant surroundings of the new structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
Our Taste for Chocolate.
From Harper's Weekly.


The taste of the people of the United
States for cacao and chocolate appears to
DO developing with rapidity. Figures COM
piled by the Department of Commerce and
Labor show that the importation of cacAo
has grown from nine million pounds in 1888
to twenty-four million pounds in 1893, and
sixty-million pounds in 1903. Cacao, as Is
well understood. Is the product of the ca
Gao tree, which grows wild in tropical
America, and is also much cultivated there
and to some extent in Asia and Africa
The fruit of this tree. a pear-shaped pod
from five to ten inches in length, contains
numerous large seeds from which the choc-
olate of commerce is produced. while the
shells are also utilized for the decoction
known as cacao, or cocoa, used a SUBJ
stitute for tea or coffee. 1t Is the crude
cacao, leaves, and shells which form the
large and rapidly growing importation
above referred TO, which has Increased from
nine million pounds in 1883 to sixty-thres
million pounds in 1903. The value OF inn
portations Of cacao In this crude form has
grown from one million dollars In 1883 to
four million dollars in 1893 and nearly eight
million dollars IN 1908
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Expansion and New Name
Proposed for Columbian.
ENLARGEMENT PLANS
COOPERATION WITH WASHING
TON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Buildings Projected for the Van Ness
Estate Site Recently, Acquired
Important Educational Move.

Columbian University is ABOUT to take a
very important action. a proposition has
been made by the George Washington
Memorial Association to- erect a building.
to cost half million dollars. upon the new
site of the University, upon condition that
the name be changed to The George Wash
ington University" The building will be
known as the George Washington Memorial
Hall, and will be the center building in the
group planned for Van Ness Park. This
building is of classical. design; it will con-
tain an auditorium seating from 1000 to
200. offices of administra ton, So roo ms
and large examination room. The CEN
trail portion will be a memorial hall about
sixty-four feet square, extending to the
dome, very imposing entrance, to the
auditorium and offices. In this hall will be
placed statue of Washington and memoir
ia1 tablets. -si''.--5 = a1'sif.
The memorial association was organized
some years ago for the purpose Of erecting
q building to be used for educational pur-
poses in the city of Washington. in which
should be conducted graduate courses of
study and scientific lectures, thus memoir
ializing Washngton's desire for an educa-
tional institution here. The officers are:
presidents. Mrs. Charles. d. WaIcott. Mrs.
Henry r. Mallory, Mrs, Charles J. Bell,
Miss Risley Seward. Mrs. Fred. B. Mcclure,
Miss Bessie ]. Kfbbey; trustees, Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst, Mrs. L. NJ. d. Sweat.
Mrs. Leslie c. Wead; treasurer, Mrs. Frank
Northrop; recording secretary, Mrs. Susan
ma P. Gage; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
J. Hubley Ashton; auditors. Mrs. Chas M.
Ffoulke, Mrs. Geo. M. Sternberg; trustee of
the permanent building fund.- Charles j.
Bell.
George Washington's Ideal.
Ua Q
will be most completely realized through
an institution supported by private endow-
ment and having no organic relation with
the government. Columbian has purchased
a site Immediately adjoining that Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution and
near the place selected by Washington for
a university. 1t is non-denominational, and
Is proposing to give special attention to
graduate and scientific work. The associa-
ton has, therefore, determined to place this
building at the disposal of the university.
Columbian University was chartered by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
NEW POST EXCHANGE
HANDSOME BUILDING ERECTED
AT FORT MYER.
Every Convenience for Enjoyment and
Comfort of the Enlisted Men
Built at a Cost of $4,000.

The new post exchange building at Fort
Myer has been completed and was turned
over to the government by the contractor
last Tuesday. Chaplain sChas. C.. Pierce,
under whose supervisionthes "details of the
building were arranged will have charge OF
1t when 1t Is thrown open t6Ithe soldiers
which will be in few days. 1T has been
the effort to make this model post ex-
change and canteen or elt3b.o
1t Is two stories in height apa has base
ment. 1t is constructedSpf brick and stone
and the interior is finished Unpublished oak
The building cost the gdpernment $40,OO0
and every corner of 1t isf6r Use. The first
floor is reached by a broad fight of lime
stone steps from the pavement leading to
the riding hall. The visitor enters, through
a vestibule. a wide half finished In oak.
The first floor is the mosf important of the
building. The major portiensef it, the en-
tire center of the building, isfoccupied by
the gymnasium. Oh IS
Gymnasium is Complete.
This gymnasium is probably the most
complete in or about the District 1t is
newly fitted. of course. and has the most
modern athletic appliances. 1t is not as
large as several of the gymnasiums in the
District. but It is full Of the most modern
athletic appliances and is so equipped that
almost every form OF exercise can be taken
within its limits Opening into the gym
nasium IL q locker or coat room, where
racks and pegs are provided for the cloth
ing OF the men. Opening from this ID
bath room equipped with all modern APP
pliances for shower and needle baths, warm
baths, etc. The bath rooms occupy the
front Of the building to the right of the en-
trance. On the left OF the entrance Is the
post store, provided with counter and
shelves. Here will be kept all the articles
usually found In a post exchange store. A
storage room for surplus stock ID In the