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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18

agitation. THAT night Jarvis wa.
murdered, I was comm across the
Fields an met him. He'd been drink
in, but he knew me an shouted words
it was bitter hard to bear. l went on,
but he jeered an shouted after me.
1t was something about you-never
mind what-an', though I knew it was
4 lie, 1 couldn't stand it. 1 ran back,
mad, an dashed my fist in his face.
Next minute he had a knife out and
was on me. We rolled over atop of
each other-I got his wrist an
wrenched the knife away
He stopped, and she stared at him
aghast. 81 hated him." he continued,
in a strained, hoarse whisper I'D
never thought to do him harm, though.
But ="
He paused. painting as if for breath,
and presently resumed. brokenly:
Now you know. 1t was me. An II
it's him you love-an' not mel don't
care to hide it-any longer. I never
meant to tell you-but now That
settles it! You can give me up. Jen
ny. That's why I'm telling you. Give
me up, an I'll swing for it! Go on
Here! There it Isl With a
hasty movement, he flung a long
bladed knife down on the table be
fore her.
He ceased, and stood, duly resolved
his breast heaving convulsively. There
was a moment of awful silence. Then
the slow tread of Mrs. Cripps return.
ing sounded in the passage. Instantly
Jenny started to her feet.
Benz" she cried, in an agony, under
her breath. "Oh it was my
fault 1t was never him.
reallyi never cared
thought 1 did-but''-
She broke off with a warning ges-
ture as the door opened, and, snatch
ing the knife from the table, thrust it
into her pocket.-Sketch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
Studying Chinese Character.

In report on the German estimates
for this year secretary to the Brit
ish embassy in Berlin states that in
the new estimates a sum of $4,000
is inserted under the head of further
ance of scientific, especially ethnologi-
cal studies in China" In explanation,
it is mentioned that. as the opening
of China advances, a more exact study
of the individuality of East Asiatic
nations is becoming a necessity. IL is,
therefore, advisable to station perma-
nently in China a German scholar well
acquainted with ethnology and the
Chinese language, whose object is to
develop intellectual relations with a
little known form of civilization.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
Figures Centuries Old.

The famous great gallery at the
base OF the towers of Notre Dame
cathedral, Paris, is decorated with
curious grotesque figures which have
been made familiar by thousands of re-
productions and copies for centuries.
The statues were carved and put in
place during the twelfth century, yet
they still stand exactly as they were
placed in position. The inroads of
time and weather have not served to
destroy their original lines. AS with
the statuary of the cathedrals of the
middle ages, these statues differ slight.
iy in form, even though they are sup
posed to be symmetrical.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
To Stop irish Emiqration.

Calculating the cost Of raising a
person in Ireland at $2OO-and this Is
one-fifth Of the supposed cost in the
United States-emigration has cost
Ireland since 1851, when the statis-
tics were first kept, about $500, 600, 900.
An antf-emigration society has been
started in Dublin and Is doing what
it can to stem the tide of emigration.
Its plan of campaign is to show that
while some of the emigrants do oetter
their condition, many of them do not,
and that these latter almost invari-
ably reach a lower state of misery
than is possible in Ireland, where the
worst they have to face is poverty, but
poverty without the moral degrade
ton common in large cities. This
society has arranged to hold an anti
emigration conference at the st. Louis
exposition in 1904 in the hope that It
may do something among Irish peo-
pie in the United States to prevent
them in any way assisting emigration
from Ireland.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18

1t was no wonder, then, if Jenny
was dazzled by the homage of SO
masterful man. The wonder was
that his dashing airs. the glamor of
his crude greatness, the open hatred
of one he had Tilted and several he
ignored for the sake of her, turned
her head so little as it did.
Suddenly, at this critical juncture,
before she could be sure of her own
heart, or ALT could overpersuade her.
some unknown hand had abruptly
torn him out of her life forever.
His tragic end filled her with hor-
ror and affected her with an emotional
belief that she had really loved him
The tears she shed were tears of gen
uine sorrow.
This development of the situation
seeming to make it imperative, she
trimmed her. hat with Grape and
bought herself a cheap black dress.
and in these habiliments was treated
with distinguished consideration at
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Vegetable Dwarf Giant.

DR.. Welwitsch brings news of a
wonderful tree which he found grow.
ing in the west Of Africa and named
for himself, the Welwitsch. The ex.
traordinary proportions of a trunk
four feet in diameter, with a height
of only one foot, make the plant look
like round table. The tree never
has more than two leaves, and these
are the seed leaves, which appeared
when the plant first began to grow,
and which it never sheds or replaces
with others. They are in themselves
remarkable productions, often attain.
ing length of six feet, with a breadth
of from two to two and a half feet,
each being cut into numerous ribbon
like segments- The flowers form Grim.
son clusters something like those OF
the 1arch. These trees form forests
on tableland some six miles broad,
at a height of from 300 to 400 feet
above the sea on the west coast OF
Africa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
Opium Smoking in China.

1t is generally understood that q
large percentage of the Chinese are
addicted to the use of opium. This Is
misconception. The belief that the
Chinese of rank and culture use the
drug is due to the prominence given
to the cultivation of the plant and the
manufacture of opium in the Celestial
empire. As a matter of fact, a native
who uses opium is looked upon by his
superiors as we discuss and classify
our drunkards.
The idea that pill will produce an
exhflarating effect on the beginner ia
also erroneous One must be accus.
toned to the use of the drug to get
the pleasant effect. The first pipe to
an American produces nausea. Two
Or three will make him sick. If he
can stand eight or nine of these
pills" he is apt to dream, but the
awakening is always an unpleasant
reality.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
Know Little of the World.

Some of the Albanians whose insur-
rectionary operations have been an
occasion for concern both to Turkey
and to the powers which are trying to
compel reforms in that region are cur
iously ignorant as to the conditions in
the outer world. A writer who visited
an Albanian monastery says: 1.-THE
fact that l write impressed these
worthy friars greatly, and Padre
Gioacchino. politician as are all Al
banians, made a wonderful suggestion
Write long article, my son. he ex-
claimed enthusiastically. Thou know
est us and the bravery of my nation
Suggest an alliance against Europe
that will assured1y destroy the bal
ance of the powers The alliance
which the padre expected to overturn
the balance of power was to consist
OF England. Italy-and Albania"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18

"Give me up, an I'll swing for IL"
the inquest, where she sat on a front
bench between Alf's father and
mother.
Later she was the most attractive
figure and a principal mourner at the
funeral Altogether it was a strange
and grievous experience, not I'M
mingled with a certain pleasant self
complacence of which Jenny was dim
ly ashamed even while she INDUCED
it.
No arrests were ever made. ALI had
wronged many people and made
numerous enemies; moreover, his
companions were as brutal and as law
less as himself. He might have been
murdered out of revenge. or in the
heat of some drunken Highland by
degrees the search began to be
abandoned.
Meanwhile. though Ben Gfllett hao
made no attempt to fntrude upon Jen-
ny's misery, he had not lost sight of
her. But, strong in the Importance at
taching to her almost widowed state,
and too proud to own it in hurry
even if she suspected she had been
any way duping herself, she steeled
her heart against him and discouraged
renew acquaintance with her.
When he could endure this no
longer, crushed and reckless with de-
spair, he forced her to make up her
mind about Kim, once for all by calling
to see her in her own home.
The front door of the house stood
always open, for the convenience of
the various dodgers, so he entered at
will and, before she was aware of his
presence, was in the room where she
sat at the table sewing, alone.
You needn't be afraid. Jenny" he
said. quietly. closing the door and
standing with his back to it. 81 must
speak to you You're breaking
my heart 1 saw your mother go out,
an came in hoping to find you by
yourself. want you to tell me the
plain truth-an' have done with it.
want to know. Jenny-was it only a
sort of fancy-are you only sorry for
him-or-or did you really love him."
81 shouldn't wear black if 1 didn't
should I?'' she cried, resentfully.
"But-once you loved me. Jenny
mo, I never did theni"
"I've been mistaken, them"
Reckon you have" She tossed her
head scornfully-
You're quite-quite certain?" he
urged, anxiously. Don't fool me any
more, Jenny"
who's foolin' you? You've no
right to come here bullying me, Ben
Gillett. an the sooner you take your
self on the better"
I'll tell you, Jenny" His grim
calmness seemed to increase with her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18

1t is said that half the British peer
age derives its origin rom one or 9TH
er of these border unions; and, al
though this is doubtless an exaggera-
ton, there are scores of aristocrats to-
day who would have been nonexistent
but for the temptation Gretna Green
offered to their headstrong ancestors.
Many an embryo peer of the realm has
stood before the improvised altar in
the blacksmiths shop or dollhouse and
left in happy man. The houses of
Villiers, Coventry, Paget, Fame, Beau
clerk and many another noble and his
toric name have had their destinies
shaped in the Dumfriesshire village.
One of the most historic and ro-
mantle of all Opponents was that of
John Fame, tenth earl of Westmore-
land, with pretty Sarah Child, the
only daughter and heiress of "O1d
Child" the wealthy banker of Oster-
ley Park. 1t was the daughter of this
union, Lady Sarah Fame, who brought
the Child money bags to the noble
house of Jersey, and in many another
case has Gretna Green introduced new
blood and wealth into England's great
families.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18

An English judge, Lord Hammer,
was celebrated for his kindness and
courtesy to the younger members of
the bar. Once he made a little speech
to some of them that was full of hope
and encouragement and ended with
advice as to what to do with the first
brief Read it," he said; read it
carefully. Then forget oil about it
as quickly as you can, for it's sure
to be all wrong. Tell the cour- a
plain and straightforward story, and
when you've lost your case go back
to your client and tell him it was all
the fault of that old fool of a judge"
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~H3LCZ1H Al[CN

Lavender row was accustomed to
sensations, and would not have been
happy without them.
But never had the row been SO stir
red to it's grim depths, so blown with
notoriety and unholy excitement, as
it was on the occasion of ALT Jarvis
sudden departure from it.
One night in autumn, a night OF
ghostIy mists and no moon, ALT failed
to come home. AS he was not man
of regular habits, this was nothing
unusual. But in the morning his body
was found lying out on the NANCY
green stretch of the London Fields
dead, with savage cash in the throat
that could not have been self-1nh1cted.
While he lived, nobody had been
especially fond Of ALT except his pa
rents, and they were half afraid or
him. A loafing, ill-conditioned ruffian.
he had suffered Imprisonment for one
brutal outrage, and was strongly sus-
pected of others that could not be
brought home TO him.
Nevertheless, his death was general
ly accepted in Lavender row as a
calamity; he was discussed as ex-
lhaustively as If he had been real
loss to the community, and men and
women reapeC glory in a small way by
retailing his sayings and doings and
posing as his personal friends.
The police could find no clew to the
murderer, and, throughout this thrill
ing period, of all who rose to local
eminence by reason of their acQuaint-
ance with ALT, none rose higher than
Jenny Cripps, nor took subtler pride
in the elevation, nor appealed thence
r,<rlxr 70 ,nv,t
Jenny lived with her mother in the
house opposite to that in which ALT
had lodged. She earned a livelihood
by work in a chocolate factory, and
was a good-looking, vivacious girl,
who, for all her native coquetry and
love of dress and amusement. had a
robust imagination and a ballast of
common sense that stood her in good
stead in a narrow, perilous world.
She had owned no preference for
anybody until she began to walk out
with Ben Gillett, and Ben's triumph
was not lasting. She quarreled with
him frequently, and at length, Of
Tended by some fancied slight, sent
him away in a moment of pique and
apparently transferred her affections.
But Ben was not readily daurted.
He was a logged, steady-going fellow,
q capable artisan, dwelling at a dis
lance from the row, and had come to
know Jenny through meeting her at
intervals as she walked to and from
the chocolate factory.
He went away when she sent him;
but he returned and returned again
with a tireless persistence that was
presently rewarded; she found she
could not care for his supplanter as
she had cared for him, so he was for
given and they were reconciled.
Then. after an interval. she broke
with him capriciously for a second
time, and he departed into the wilder
ness of her displeasure, smarting IN
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
Invocation.

Blown mist of rosy grasses
Into my singing drift:
Kindle its cloven masses
With lights that sway and shift:
Between its dark impasses
Your fairy torches lift.
Brown ri11 through rushes wendin9
Where red-wings flash and dip,
Lend me the rhythm bending
Each dark reeds following tip
The pause. the swift ascending.
The careless slide and slip.
Into my plodding measure
Your least enchantment fling.
Earth of the winds wild pleasure
And leaves soft jargonfng;
yield me but one hid treasure,
Then listen while 1 sinEi
Gertrude Buck % the Atlanta
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18

With Mrs. Margaret Parker of Cliff
ton Hall, Westmoreland, who died a
few weeks ago at the age of SO, the
last of all the hundreds of brides who
were wooed and carried away across
the border to Gretna Green disap-
peared, and one of the most romantic
chapters in Cupids history was finally
closed.
1t is just sixty-one years ago since
Mrs. Parker was carried bOrderwardS
swift as an impatient lover and horses
feet could take her, and for more than
forty years she led an ideally happy
life with her romantic husband. Mr..
Parker, it is interesting to note, was
no novice at runaway weddings, for he
had made one previous trip to Gretna
Green with the daughter of Col.
Youngson of Bowscar, who was just
on the eve of being sent to India to
be married to a young army omcer.
On this first adventure the irate faith
er, in true fiction style, gave hot chase
and arrived at the scene of the bridal
few minutes too late to disappoint
his son-in-law.
Another interesting survival Of the
romantic days of Opponents was Car
oline Margaret, dowager marchioness
of Queensberry, who died quite recent
ly at the age of SO. The marchioness
was the youngest and prettiest daugh-
ter of Gen. Sir William Clayton, bart,
who objected strongly to Lord Drum
lanrig's ardent wooing of his 19-year-
old child. What could the young low
ers do in face of such implacable op-
position but hurry away across the
safely be defied?
So one night in early June, 1910,
Miss. Caroline and her lordly wooer
until the obliging blacksmith at Gret-
ma Green had made them one.
The marchioness always retained
her romantic notions. Years after her
own runaway match her maid ran on
with the coachman, also on a matri-
monial errand. The coachman Dor
rowed the marquis favorite hunter for
the journey and unfortunately famed
him, with the result that Lord Queens
berry in his wrath dismissed them
both. Whereupon the marchioness in
terceded-and successfully behalf
of the young couple, reminding her
lord that you would not have minded
how many horses you famed when you
eloped with me-
At Gretna Green every facility was
offered for .he invading lovers. Inn
promptu parsons were plentiful; and
if the blacksmith was by chance en-
gagged, the ferryman, the tOllkeeper
and landlord of the village hostelry
we're all ready and eager to assume
the priestly role and pocket a vel
come fee Indeed, the tollkeeper-the
first priest an clipping couple would
be likely to encounter-did the best
business of them all, ur,iting, SO 1t is
said. as many as 200 couples in a
single year, a record which made the
blacksmith, who has had too much OF
the credit green with envy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
Beyond Knowledge of Science.


Little Boy wish I was a great
philosopher like you.
Great Scientist-And why, my son
'"Cause you know everything, and
there's some things can't understand,
but if I was like you 1 could"
Tell me one of them
well, for one thing, I'd like to
know why photographers can take
pictures of comets an meteors. an
flying cannon balls, an lightning
flashes. and yet they can't photograph
a boy without sQuashing his head
in a pair of piacers."-Stray Stories,
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II1E ODD
CaDEgNR1g
AeAeMaAAAeAeAAn
To a Cigar.

To a Cigar.
@. Panatella. you are blent
with much of human element
And when your form and fate we scan
we think how you resemble man
We judge you by the wrapper which
Is thought to make you poor or rich:
ana AI man-by outer garb Of his
we reckon what the filler is.
although man at his fortune mocks
Ike you, he's sometimes in a box;
Ike you, his makers cunning hand
determines what shall be his brand.
sometimes you are domestic. He
IS often compelled to be
Again, to honor customs due
he must provide much revenue
And man-like you a HELPLESS thing
rs made Tor some ones pleasuring;
Ike you, some day he meets his match.
Like you, he many dreams VIII hatch.
.. Panatella, you and man
4noeeo tulhl the selfsame plan
EoI IN the end aside you're cast
ana come to ashes at the last
Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-06-18
brands" His Hens.

A man at Deering. Me-, who has
found that some of his hens look a
good deal like his neighbors' hens
has adopted a unique method of fden-
tification- In short he paints a wide
red collar around the neck of each
hen. And the hens, true to their seq.
enjoy the frill.
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"eouneina" Boy, Indeed.

The Missouri baby record was SCI
rerely fractured, il not broken, when
Mrs. Holder. living at Avtla, Jasper
county. gave birth to sixteen-pound
boy.
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der the knowledge that he had a new
rival who was far more dangerous
than the old.
This new rival was none other than
the redoubtable ALI Jarvis.
Before his solitary conviction had
rendered the undue prominence too
risky, ALI had been the leader of a
gang of Hooligans who were the ter
TOR of the neighborhood; and since his
release from durance he had been no
less daringly lawless, but carried out
his exploits with a bathing cunning
and secrecy that left the police no
chance of entrapping him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-08
COTTON SINNERS MEET DISCUSS PRICE OF STAPLE AND
 OTHER MATTERS. At Charlotte, \. C., Is q Gathering of The Yarn Manufacturers, and CoIored Goods Men Assem-
 bIe in Atlanta.

Charlotte. N. C.. Sept. 7.-Hosiery yarn manufacturers representing 2S5,- 900 of the 400 900 spindles engaged on that line of goods in the South held what was said to be an important se- cret conference here today.
 After adjournment 1t was given out that there was nothing for the public in the proceedings; that several resolu- tions had been passed and that the sit uation was discussed.
 One of the resolutions looked to the fixing of the tare at figure between five and ten pounds to the case of yarn. Samuel A. Carter. of Atlanta, was chosen chairman and J. F. Taylor, of Kingston, secretary.
 An Alabama manufacturer when asked what was done volunteered the information that the conference had done absolutely nothing. and Mir. Tay- Tor. the secretary, said the meeting was entirely informal and had no connec- ton whatever with any organization. The meeting. said MT. Taylor, was for the purpose of discussing the situation and getting on better working basis The outlook. he said, Is more favora- ble, if the present cotton crop can be kept out of the hands of the specula- tors. If the crop should prove to be more than 1l.oo0.0o00 bales. the spin ners believe the speculators win hardly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-08
THEY LAUGHED.
At the Arguments on the Packages.

The husband of an Ohio woman brought home some packages of Grape Nuts one evening and there was much discussion. but let her tell the story:
 Two years ago I was thin and sickl / and suffered so from indigestion, was very nervous, and could not sleep at night. was not able physically or men tally to perform my duties and was constantly under the care of our physi~ cian I had tried plain living and all the different remedies recommended by friends but got no better.
 one day my husband brought home two yellow boxes and said, The grocer wants us to try this food and report how we like 1t, he thinks 1t will help you I read all it said on the boxes about Grape-Nuts and I remember how I laughed at it. for I thought it foolish to think food could help me. But the next meal we all ate some with cream. We liked and enjoyed the deliciously crisp and new flavor so we kept on using Grape Nuts. not because we thought 1t would cure me but because we liked it.
 At that time we had no idea what the results would be. but now l am anX ious to have the world know that to day I am d well and strong woman phy- sically and mentally. I gained over 30 pounds, do not suffer from any of the old ails and I know that 1t is to Grape Nuts alone that l owe my restored health. They call me 'Grape-Nuts' here in the home. and all of my friends have asked me the cause of 1t all. I have persuaded several of them to use Grape. Nuts and every one of them who has done so has been benefited. and I wish It were in my power to induce every one who is sick to give this wonderful lood trial. We still have Grape Nuts three times day and never tire of 1t" Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek. Mich.
 Ten days on thls nourishing and com pletely dtgestible food will show anyone who Is run down from improper feed ing a great change, sometimes worth more than gold mine because it may means the joy and spring of perfect health in, place of the old ails. Trial proves There's a reason"
 Look in each kpg. for the famous lis- tie book. 1rhe Road to Wellville."