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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
HE WOULD TAKE NO RISKS.
Cowboy Wanted to Have Decent
Chance of SPENDING His Money.

Cowboy Wanted to Have Decent
Chance of Spending His Money.
I'm the West" said Mr.. William
Sturgis of Cheyenne, Wyo-, 'the people
take very slowly to the notion that
government should busy itself in the
endeavor to regulate public morals
For that reason, although we have
a pretty stiff state anti-gambling law.
the statute is of little potency, and the
boys gather in the old familiar centers
to bet their coin against faro, roulette,
hazard or poker
Not long ago one of my clients, of
the cowboy tribe, who had deposited
81 900 with me, made a trip to town,
and for several days got me to let him
have about 800 per diem 1 thought
he was trying his luck at faro, and
finally, when he had spent just half
his capital, l advised him that the
writing of checks was getting monet
onous, and that if he meant to keep on
playing to withdraw the remaining
$500 in lump, so that he need not
bother to hunt for me- At the same
time l advised him in strong terms to
stop then and there and take no
chances in losing the money he had
acquired through months of patient
toll on the plains He heard me
through with the utmost patience, TAX
ing no apparent heed of my rebuke
and then said: 1 know what you say
is true, Judge; but supposing L should
die right sudden and get no chance to
spend that other S5OO?' Washington
Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
4 am afraid she WILL" said Luey.
with q depreeatory smile
Major Roper began to cough

4 am afraid she WILL" said Lucy.
with a deprecatory smile
Major Roper began to cough
You viii kindly present my COM
p1iments to Mrs--er-Boldero, and
say that l am greatly obliged, and
accept her-her gift in the spirit in
which, no doubt, it is offered"
ooh, thank youi" exclaimed Lucy,
and, with an air Of extreme relief, she
saw Major Roper take the basket
You viii wait a moment for the
for the basin?''. he suggested, as she
would have turned away.
Il can come to-morrow"-
There is no necessity to give you
that trouble he insisted, eff you will
pardon my closing the door, He did
not wish her to follow his movements,
SO. leaving Lucy standing on the top
ior held the basket gingerly as he
walked along the passage to another
door which led to a back yard.
There he removed the basin from
the basket, standing this on the red
tiles while he gaZed with mingled
sensations at the top of the half cold
but still savory pudding. Never since
leis boyhood had he felt such tempta-
ton at the sight IF anything to eat
Holding the basin now at arms
length, he stepped toward the dust
biz, and therein emptied the enticing
contents. A few feet to the right was
a tap, and, STOPPING in front of it.
Major Roper turned the water into
the basin, which he afterward dried
upon a buster that hung from a nail
in the wall. Having replaced the
empty basin, he carried the basket
into the house and opened the street
Goor.
"A thousand apologies for keeping
you," he said, offering the basket to
ucy, whose face looked quite cheer
full again.
81 hope you will enjoy the pud-
ding, MAORI she cried, with a laugh
which made him feel almost young
again.
"You will kindly tell Mrs.-er-
Mrs. Boldero it is one Of my favorite
oishes," he answered, with a bow,
and Lucy nodded brightly as she
walked away with the basket-New
York Telegraph
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

sent to the assay Office were loaded
with pure gold by the joker The as
say was all right, but, sad to say, our
mine was not Running $4,000 a ton!
Think of it, And we're not running
anything yet
But we will strike it if it's here.
We are down 200 feet now and are
hrstling with the help of the two
hired men. And we will keep at it,
regardless of appearances or gossip
Just then Miss Kepford, in leather
skirt and boots, came up out OF the
shaft and joined in the chat She
vouched for the determination Of Miss
Picker and herself to see the thing
through" and mot to cry if the claim
should prove worthless
Every evening, when sunset tints
St Peters Dome, the girls quit the
shaft together and go over to their
camp. After setting the kettle to boil
they shift clothes and get ready for
supper-bacon and eggs, coffee, jam,
perhaps some biscuit, ofttimes baked
by themselves
Now and then a neighbor or visit
ing prospector chances to blow into
camp" and is introduced He's made.
welcome right away, even asked to
share luncheon or supper Ii the
evening is fair, the little company sits
outside the storage 'tent-the dining
room'-round a rough board table,
covered with strip of oil cloth-out
in the open, under great pine trees,
and no more convivial party could be
imagined
After supper, as the shadows creep
rcund the camp and the embers OF
the fire sputter and glow, and then
grow DINNER and DINNER, and the
moon comes out of the blackness OF
the night, the girls take up mando-
Inns and pick them tinklingly, the
while softly humming some bits OF
opera or lullaby they used to sing
to their own true friends at home
So much for the gold mine" and
the singularly strange and plucky ca
reer these girls have chosen But,
with all the romance of the environ
ment and their lonely yign and laboKs,
they have set themselves against
rainy day in a businesslike manner.
OF course, they know that line to
their parents at any moment would
bring q check but they wish to make
good with their venture So they
have taken over lot of granite prop
erty, and it is said to be . find"
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glancing from the basket to Mr.. Ro-
per's face, and scarcely knowing how
to explain her errand.
"A remarkably fine day" cried Mr.
Roper, with a cough
Mrs--Mrs. Boldero saw you pass
cur window" Lucy faltered.
q have not the-er-pleasure of
Mrs Boldero's acquaintance, 1 be-
love"
STILL" said Lucy, becoming more
nervous every instant, "she knows
you very well by sight"
Mr. Roper Strengthened his back;
Re had been somewhat of buck in his
6ay-major in line regiment, retired
on half pay some years ago. His only
SON had come to a melancholy end
and, having left numerous debts of
honor undischarged, Major Roper had
felt it incumbent to take them on him.
self. In order to raise Immediately
the necessary sum of money, he had
sequestrated the bulk of his pension,
retaining. in fact, sufficient only to
support the barest existence An
other year and the debt would be
wiped out; then, Major Roper told
himself. he would once again be able
to hold up his head.
Mrs Boldero presents her compli-
ments," said Lucy, drawing on her in
vention, "and she-she has sent you
th-this."
And what is 'this'?'' he demanded.
fixing his single eyeglass, and leaning
forward to peer into the uncovered
basket
"A rump steak pudding
He stood glazing at Lucy's rosy face
while he ferociously twirled his mus
tache.
I am Major Roperi" he said.
Mrs Boldero thought"-
-She evidently thought that she
could insult me with impunity."
Il am very sorry,'' faltered Lucy.
His annoyance was the greater, if
possible, on observing that the pud-
cling was not even whole, yet, incon-
gruously enough, the sight of it tickled
his palate Still, Major Roper found
lis appetite easier to control than his
pride. which had never been more az
gressive than now, when he looked
forward shortly to leave Borrowfeld
and to live again within reach of a
London club
You will kindly present my compli-
| lents to Mrs.-er"-
'Boldero." faltered Lucy
ITO Mrs Boldero, and tell her that
| L am very much-very much obliged
She will be rather hurt" said Lucy.
AND L, said Major Roper, Am
/ rather hurt"
I do wish you would let me leave
it," cried Lucy, holding out her arm
with the basket in her left hand close
| to his face
| Il have told you 1 am Major Ro
perl" he answered, stepping back
| ward
/ Mrs Boldero win be immensely an
gry." murmured Lucy, gazing from
the basket into his face
"Angry-with you. do you meant"
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We're not min

when we do strike it We're not min
ing for our health
HAnd"-Miss Picker lowered her
voice to whisper-"we've got town
site scheme working and a summer
resort proposition under our hats.
why, do you know, / thought I
never should get used to this sort of
life when we first began it And
Grace now I'm going to tell it
cried for three days and two nights
because she didn't hear from home,
and on the third evening she got a
letter Say, 1t was pretty hard to
srTing on two lonely girls-but that
letter told how Fanny Kirk had been
having the gayest time of her life go
ing QUIT was her first season-and
here we were, up under the Dome,
with not so much as a ball gown with
in miles of US, and feeling like two
chickens without any protecting wing
tBnt we have stuck to it, although
when my shirt waists all got soi1ed
and 1 had nothing to wear. Then we
took to leather skirts, 1eggins and, at
times, even to boots.
Il don't mind saying" Miss Picker
went on, that one of the reasons we
have kept working hard here is to
live down a mean joke. Someone,
perhaps not intending that the thing
should go too far, spread a report that
we had struck gold running $4,000 a
ton. Indeed, some Of our samples
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10
A $40 Chill.

Tompkins met Bell, who owed him
some money. Bell was subject at in
tervals to shaking chills. which racked
him in a terrible manner
Hello, Bell How are your" said
Tompkins.
bad. old man. bad. Worse than
ever"
Indeed. When do you EXPECT to
have enotheS chilli"
Il can't tell Why do you ask me?p
well, I thought I'd like to be
around to see if you wouldn't shake
cut that ten dollars you owe me-
Chicago Record-Herald-
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SHE DIDN'T GET A KITTEN.
Young Woman's Disappointment No
Fault of the Butcher.


She is such sweet little thing,
bride of only four months, that the
Harlem butcher with whom she was
taking her first lessons in marketing
was delighted to see her come into
the shop. He waited on her himself
and never, so he says, took advan-
tage of her inexperience- If he was
busy she stroked the fine Maltese cat
stretched 1azily in the window and
waited for him
when this cat has Kittens" she
said to him one morning, will you
be kind enough to let me have one OF
them 1 am so fond of CATS
when that cat has kittens" said
the butcher, you certainly shall have
your pick of them
She waited a few weeks and then
mentioned the subject to him again
Nothing doing yet, lady" he re-
plied
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Lucy's voice tremb1ed as a short,
stout, red-faced woman opened the
street door.
May I speak to Mr.. Roper" she
asked, and, turning her back, the
woman of the house shouted his name
at the foot of the narrow staircase.
He came down a few moments later
in the act of buttoning his shrunken,
faded coat.
with a bow.
''Ye-es. if you please said Lucy.
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To a Haven at Last.

1 have seen the worst of the world, and
/ care no more
For chances and changes, for perils
afioat and ashore
God is over them all; spirit more calm
than fate
Ny times upon Him wait
In the uttermost parts Of the sea there
the corals grow.
And the wealth of its oozy floor no divers
through an ocean of weed
Our captain takes good heed
But better heed takes he who steers
without chart the storm.
Who hath hidden the north blow cold
and the south breathe warm
That though he Splinters the ship on
the coral marge.
He hath her crew in charge
From the peril of fire and flow, from the
roof and rock
He hath gathered them man by mana
weary flock
He viii bring them home to t>e haven
where they would be.
Over jasper sea
Black and white
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A week or two afterward she ex.
pressed some impatience to the CASH
Ter. 4 shall be gone from the neigh
borhood,' she said, before I get that
kitten he promised me-.
IF you wait until that cat has kit
tens" said the cashier, with a smile,
you'll wait until sausages grow in
strawberry BEDS
The bride started, and her face
grew scarlet She left the shop in
hurry and has not been back since
New York Press
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seUnc1e" John. Cameron gave the girls
the tip
Were forming a company" said
Miss Picker, land expect to get cap
ita1 from our friends Soon we Will
be shipping, and if the thing goes
why, well, who knows but what wen
find another Cripple Creek up here on
St Peters Dome"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-10

Rubies of Great Value.
Oriental rubies are worth, weight
for weight, about twelve times the
value of diamonds
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22

immigration is all the talk row and
South Carolina is reaching out the
hand OF welcome TO industrious settlers
; Commissioner Watson is on the alert
and his work is meeting with success.
We notice, that while we are seeking
the Immigrant, other states and Sec
tions are coming into our TERRITORY
and bi ding for our people TO take up
their abode and to cast their lot with
tEem. And hundreds OF people leave
the State yearly for rev fields, and it
is not the floating element either, but
those that werc born and raised in the
Palmetto State and who think
they can benefit themselves in n differ
ent section. Now if these settlers
brought into our midst can take cid
fields and barren tracts Of land and pro-
duce living and profit, why can not
our own citizens, who know the soil,
know the crops and know the people
stay in their native State and do rs well
as q stranger unaccustomed to the cli-
mate and to our crops. immigration
Is good, it is being worked admirably,
the plans being well formed and car
ried out, but let's talk n little to our
people fore they bite at the alluring
ads OF railroad companies in the West
and sell out all they have got, pocket
ing the few hundred dollars thus
gathered together, striking out FOR
new fields seeking the prosperity which
lies at their very door. The rail
roads are right. it Is business propo-
: . - 49,, ---- n n tIrnat sat1lnrS n Ion "a
their routes and thus build up Their
systems. 1t is "A business proposition
with South Carolina, too. We want
settlers, good working settlers, hut no
ornaments, we have plenty of them.
Stay at home. Work and your toll
will be rewarded with abundant har-
vests, stay at home and you will be
honored in your own State if you prove
yourself worthy.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
CHANGING STRAW INTO MANURE
A Hogs Spout Is Cheap and Effect
i've Manure Hook

In the West the object is to iced
one-third OF the straw stack, and con.
vert the balance into manure as rap
idly Is poSS bic. The straw trampled
unGCr foot by the cattle will not thor.
ou"hly rot within year if left 10 it
sell. To rot and fine it. ii must be
stirred about. and the swine can be
made TO DO this work. If the hCss
are fed on tie straw once week
they Will move the emt're mass un-
les Qui;c deep. roofing after ray
grains. If their noses 90 not g, 10
the bottom Of the heap. sharpen a
heavy stake and prod 1t through IN =,
straw; then withdraw it and drol
sG"llCd corn or oats into the hole. IL.
this way n hoe can be made every
few feet over the pile. and the hogs
Will turn the manure thoroughly. y
hogs snout is Il very cheap and effec-
tive manure hook. The hogs must
not be allowed To lie Oh the rotting
straw. as this is almost sure to pro-
duce disease among them. They be
come too warm. and then when they
come into the open air they con
tract colds. catarrhal or pulmonary
diseases. II the hogs are used as
above recommended. straw can be
converted into well-rotted and fined
manure within six months: and if the
straw stack is put on background
not much Will lie lost during this rapid
conversion. When from twelve To
eighteen months are required for The
rotting of the manure lInd this time
will be required when deep masses
are not diSturhed. and the straw is
on side hill. not little of the value
of the manure is lost by being washed
down hill
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
Given Up To Die.

Is. Spiegel, 1904 n. Virgini,. st
Evansville, Ind, writes: Forever 5
years | was troubled with kidney and
bladder affections which caused me
much pain and worry. | lost nes h and
was all run down, and year ago had
TO abandon work entirely. had three
OF the best physicians which did me
no good and l was practically given
up tc die. Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended and the first hottie gave
me great relief, and after taking the
second bottle ras entirely cured. -
Sold by TimmOns Bros.
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AbsceSs

W. II. Harrison, Cleveland. Miss.
writes, Aug. 10, 1902: ~ want TO say
II word of praise for Ballar!'s Snow
Llnlment. stepped on nail: which
caused the cords in my leg to coutr ct
ana an aoSceSs 10 rise IL my knee, and
ne Doctor told me that | would have a
SUN leg, so one day | went 10 j. f.
horu uruG store (N no is now in Den
yer, COIo) lie recommended In M,
OF Snov Liniment; got a 50,. size
and 1t cured my leg. 1t is the best
ilniment III the world,
Assesses with few exceptions a-r
indicative of constipation or debility.
IheJ may, however, result from blows
or from foreign b d:es, introduced in
TO the skin or flesh, such rs splnters.
thornS, etc. O. j, Harris.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
TAX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
books will he open for the payment OF
Municipal Taxes f:om October 18th
1904 to December lSt 1904 after which
time Il peualty of 100 will be added.
The rate cf tax will be as follows
For interest on Electric lights and
water works bonGs and expenses Incl
dent thereto - mills. For town eX-
peuses mills making a total of II
IN lis. J. &. Glover,
City Treasurer
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
LET'S HAVE THE ROAD.

While building is not on the lag, nor
are our citizens letting the progressive
ness of our town become q back mum
Der or a dead issue, there is a ripple of
good-road talk going the rounds that
is stirring the SUI face water. The idea
seems to be taking and everyone is
catching on to the fact that good
roads are both convenient and profit
able. The road which Aiken county
has just clayed ohd put in condition
from its county seat to Monetta has
pointed the way to us for n continuous
Sood-road route from Batesburg to
ken. The citizens along this road
from Monetta TO our town are willing
to subs scribe half the am cunt. if Saluda
county, through which the road runs
will furnish half the expense. The en-
tire cost will not exceed a thousand
dollars and will be of lasting benefit to
all parties concerned. If the road is
ciayed from Capt James Roatwright's
place, about four miles from Batesburg.
10 the town limit, the citizens Of our
town will complete it. besides subscrib
ing to the original amount needed to
put it through Saluda county. The
section that The Advocate wo' Id like
to see this road built through (the ter
rltory above mentioncd) now offers to |
the weary traveller proposition that |
tries the souls of men. namely. four
miles of knee-deep sand through which |
snaiI-pace may be kept up with a
hne team and light load. Let every
one who is interested in this matter
take firm hold, with the determina-
tion OF seeing the road built to Bates
burg, and never turn loose until il i,
completed. The peoI lie along the
ronse are entitled to it and should
have It. Ifyou are called upon to con
tribute don't hold your hand i'm your
pocket to keep n dollar from getting
out, bat turn loose Of few. and in
time to come they will return TO Won
in pleasure and profit.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
SPA MS.

). \. Read, Cisco, Texas. writes
March llt;: 1891 My wrist WAS spraiu
ed 80 badly by fall that it vas use
less: and after using several remedies
that failed TO give relief; used Ballard :
Snow Linimeut. and was cuted | ear
nestly recon- mend 1T to amy one Suf-
rering from Spraius.' 25r SOC, 81.
O. j. Harris
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Purifying Power.
Inherent Qualities OF IIancocks Liquid
Sulphur Make il Household Aid.

This preparation i natures greatest
germicidp. Thus its use upon the fl, {
produces that moss highly valued re
suit : rare, clear, beHutiiird complex
ION.
Added to the bath, lIancochS
Liquid sulphur cures diseases II thc
skln aud conrers the benefit OF lasting
health
Th-s2 ailments and many more are
conquered by the uSA, .ccOrGIng to the
direction of iIancnvEs Liquid SuiphTr:
ache, itch, burns aui SraiaS pri"kiN.
heat, dipIherIa, eat 'rrh cin!ir: nnh
soreness OF eycliGs. mouth, scalp, nu,r
or throat
At principal druggists. Send for
booklet to llancochS l. quid sulphur
Co. Baltimore, Md.
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Subscribe to the Advocate.

\ ou can tool al of the people part
81 ohe tlme, and pare of the people all
ol the time, bat you cau'r FOO! all the
people all the time, - declares the srreet
orator.
y GU can if yon sell cantaloupes. .
chuckled man who is gong toward
the bank with tiie last iustl! ment oi
his summer receipts"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22

The Lexington County Fair Associ-
atinn has sent out its premium list for
the eighth annual Fair, to be DeIu at
Lexington Oct. 18TH, 10Th and Goth.
Remember that the County Fair comes
first and then the others Send to
the Secretary. Mr.. S. M. Efrd, at
Lexington fer a premium list and pre-
pare your exhibits. Every on. in the
county should attend.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22

Dora Uhe miil!onairc's daughtnD-
How miserable Arthur locks slncc
rejected him.
ti''a-No won der. poor fsl ow. Now
he'll have to work FIR living ana
pay OF = few Of his debts
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22

Goodman Gonrong-One o. these
guv'meRt exp'r;s says ther' amt u
bari Of genOOine Scotch whisky ia the
United States.
TnfrOld Knutt-Gee! Jes' think wot
good time he had vile he wuz anna
kim the investigation
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
Fruit Trees.

am still selling fruit trees for
The Greensboro Nurseries, the same
firm that l have been connected with
Tor 10 years. The trees have given
much satisfaction, displaying hardy
growth, and | find no trouble making
sales. See me before buying.
Geo, M. Adams,
Batesburg, :. C..
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
Cured OF Lame Back After II Years
OF Suffering.

~ had been trouhled with lame back
for fifteen years aud | found Il comp
lete recovery in the use of Chamber
laIn's Pain Balm" saps John G. Bis
her, Gillian. Ind This liniment is
al.o without an equal for s"rains and
bouiscS For sale by TImmnns, Bros,
Ratesburg, " Cr0s>on, D'ug Co. Lees
willie.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22

DO you want good pair of shoes:
If so call on j. C.. Glover.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-22
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Aids
Nature.

Medicines that aid nature are al
ways most otiectua. Chamberlain :
Cough Remedy actS on this plan. Ii
aliays the cough, relieves the lnn@S,
aids eXpcCturation opens the secret ions
and aids nature in restoring the syS-
tenn to a healthy condition. For sale
by IimmCuS, Bros, BatcsburE, u CroS-
SOL, Drug Co, Lcesvilie.
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SOME GOOD THINGS.

nd
yard. Yard.
cent on; pictures
Sl.'" tOeacl
ICE 30 AES, % pounds ice capacity.
REFRIGERATOR getting hot ord ,c, r,,, ana
CIeaNabIe and SANITARY Re'rgeaus at $G9j " """'
MlNSIER IT,
paror rug made $3.50 Rugs " te''
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