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Evening journal., 1905-06-02
An unanswerabIe Araument.

The superintendent Of the Indian
school at Chamberlain, S. d., nod
ded toward a prim, grave little girl.
Sometimes" he said, "the argu-
ments of children are unanswerable.
You see that little girl with straight
black hair tied with a red ribbon?
Well, her name is Arrow She is a
chiefs daughter. Her father and
mother are quite civilized, and she
is being brought up in q household as
civilized as a Bostonian's. In argu-
ment it is sometimes impossible to
get the better of her. She said to
her mother one day:
4 wish / had a new doll
But your old doll,' her mother
answered, is as good as ever
so am | as good as ever little
Arrow retorted, but the doctor
brought you a new baby"
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
Improved Train Service Between Will
minston and Philadelphia, B. G
o. Railroad

Special attention is called to the B.
& o. spring schedule published herein.
particularly to the new fast local ex-
press from Wilmington to Philadel-
phia. leaving daily except SUNDAY at
for Philadelphia leaving at z p. m,
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
ncnntv.

A poetess asks. "Oh. where does
beauty lingerf" We think that we are
breaking no confidence when we reply
that in these artistic times it generally
fingers on the toilet table until the girl
puts it on with a brush and a powder
uff.-I.Ondon Tit-Bits
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
wHERE no SPEND LIE suMMER.

The 1905 edition Of pleasant Places
on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way" is now ready for distribution.
1t is a neat booklet with b.ief de-
scription of the summer resorts on the
line Of the Railway from the Seashore
to the Mountains. within easy reacA
of Philadelphia, with rates of fare. etc.
and a concise list of the Hotels and
Boarding Houses at each place. price
of board and Post Office Address, Civ
ing valuable information to those seek
ing summer quarters. There is also a
list of the Picnic Grounds suitable for
a days outing.
1t can be procured at the principal
ticket offices of the Company or will
be mailed to any address upon receipt
of a two-cent stamp. by Edison j..
Weeks. General Passenger Agent, Phil
adelphia.
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
TALKING MACHINES.

WE ARE headquarters Tor all kinds OF
talking machines. Edison and Co
lumbla cylinder machines and Column
bia and Victor disc machines. This IS
a personal invitation to hear the latest
records played-any piece on request
Journal machines exchanged. LIPPIN-
COTT & CO.. 3Os-3i4 Market street II
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
MEDICAL

ON RECEIPT of 1Oc 1 win send for
mula for making the best medi-
cine In the world for coughs. colds. or
Consumption. I had throat and lung
trouble for six years and spit blood con-
tinuously. This remedy cured me in
three months-I am now perfectly WELL
r. A. MAYS, 665 N. 18th St., Philadel-
phia, Pa
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nirhtlr ncnneh.

Teacher-W What are the three personal
pronouns? Pupil-He. she and 1t.
Teacher-Giye an example of their use.
Pupil-Husband, wife and baPy.-New
York Tines.
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THE
EQUITABLE
Guarantee & Trust Company,
Capital $5O0,00O
Surplus and Profits, $477,0O0
THE
VACATION TIME

preparations include provision for
the safety of valuable papers, sill
verware. jewelry. etc. The Safe
Deposit Vaults o. this Company
offer the necessary protection in
both Safe Deposit Boxes and space
for Storage, the charge in either
case being very reasonable. De-
scriptive booklet upon request.
TRAVELLERS going abroad fur
nished with Letters of Credit. In
ternational Cheques and Foreign
Currency without delay.
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Your Wants Supplied
SITUATIONS WANTED.

EXPERIENCED DRESSMAKER
Wishing to establish a trade in this
city, desires work by the day OF week
Apply 'Dressmaker." this Office.
April S-tf
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NOTICE

NOTICE--f'o members Of Local Union,
No. 2Ss, special meeting, Friday.
June 2nd. c. w. Shirk. Rec. Secretary.
June 1-2t.
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ROOFING.
This Iasslficailon llc a word.
Roofing ana heaters. williams. iOs W. lot

For this month we will sell gallons
Of our best waterproof roof, barn and
fence Paint at $500 for each 5 gallons;
freight paid on all lots of gallons or
over; cOlors, red, brown, black and
yellow. This Paint is guaranteed to
stop leaks on any roof and last 5 years.
Can be used on any surface from hot
boiler to a plow, without cracking,
blistering or scaling. Write for book
let and Differences. America Roofing
Co.. 665-67 N. 18th St, Philadelphia, Pa.
May 13-1m.
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
PENSIONERS.

SERVICE PENSIONS FOR AGE-Neg
and important order. Sc whea c.,
sS when S. $40 when IS; SIP 1hen 20
years old. JOHN WAINWRIGHT &
CO., Pension Attorneys. End floor. w.
7th St.. Wilmington. Del. anr29tf
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
WANTED.
EXCHANGE.

WANTED.-Bringy your tobacco tabs. cou-
pons. cigar bands. soap wrappers
and trace marks to the Hunt Stamp Store.
s22 Market street. and exchange them for
the valuable H,at Stamps.
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
OFFICERS.

OTHO NOWLAND. President
e. BRINGHURST. JR.. Vice President.
J. T. PENNYPACKER. Secretary and
Trust Officer.
RICHARD REESE. Treasurer.
Nj. ID. CROSSAN. Peal Estate Officer.
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
INSURANCE.

INSURE your furniture and home.
Don't delay. The cost is so little
that you cannot afford TO be without
1t. The savings Of a lifetime may be
wiped out IN an hour. We deal only In
the good kind-INsJRANCE that IN
SURES. Get our rates. A postal viii
do. r. c. LUPTON & CO.. 925 Market
st. oct7-tf
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FOR SALt

FOR sALE-First class Victor Talking
Machine, 3 dozen records thrown
in; terms reasonable. Address Z. c..
Gunby, Az E. 10Th ST. April 1-st
Evening journal., 1905-06-02
SIGN PAINTING.

ALL KINDS oF SIGNS MADE AT
Bucher's.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT A part of dwelling No. sos
King st. May lift
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FOR RENT.

This Classification &c a word
FOR RENT-House No. 12 East S4th
street. May 27-6t
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Personal.
WALL PAPER.
This Classification &c a word.

Jones. fine wall paper. 42s Market st.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE OR RENT-Or will itrade
for city property, farm 10S
acres, 10 roomed houSe and other
buildings; possession at once; 10
miles from Wilmington. Apply to T. F.
McEVILL'K, 623 West Fourth St Both
phones. t24-u
FOR SALE-New 12-room houses.
Beautiful location, 2 porches, open
fir. places, laundry tubs and other at
tractive conveniences. Lot 21.9 by 1888
All car lines handy. Reasonable terms.
and VIII assume your rented house, If
Won buy. Thirteenth and Clayton Sts
-Four sold. Charles c. Kurtz.
April 7-tf.
Evening journal., 1905-06-02

FOR RENT-one large Shird-story
room, furnished. VIII rent to one
or more gentlemen. Apply sO7 e. 4th
St Mar. 9--tf.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Ihis classIilcation e q word.

MONEY TO LOAN on mortgages Il
sums to suit.
LAMBERT J. FOULK.
i29 Market Street.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

Little PauIs grandfather is a
physician, and in Paul's eyes he is
the greatest hero that walks the earth,
Recently the doctor resolved to take
a trip to Europe for the benefit of his
health. Paul was almost frantic to
think that he was to be separated
from his idol, and tried by every
means within his power to dissuade
his grandfather from going.
Il don't see why you need to go
away for your health, grandpa; you're
a doctor!"
well, Paul." replied the old man,
lit is because l am doctor that
know what is best for my health AS
a doctor l have examined myself and
found that 1 need a rest and change.
| have advised myself to take an ocean
voyage, and when physician tells
you what is best for you, you ought
to obey his instructions, or else what
is the use of doctors?"
Paul sadly pondered over this
weighty argument for a few minutes.
and then his face lighted up and he
said eagerly:
why don't you try another doctor,
grandpa?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
The Careless Writer.

Oh careless. supercare1ess wight
Why dost with pen or pencil write,
AS either comes? And paper use
Without distinction. none refuse?
Why do you like board as well
AS desk in1aid with tortoise shell?
Why write alike amid the bloom
OF garden and your cozy room?
In fine lest you get somewhat mixed,
Why haven't you your habits fixed7
Why should youe Simple, Don't You
know
That if some day fame's trump should
blow,
And some few people speak your name
With loud and most admired acclaim,
And from the papers came around
Reporters with a look profound
And didn't find your stuff you wrote
Always upon a special mote,
And used a certain kind of pen.
Wrote always in your favorite den
(Which den. of course, with artless craft.
All ready to be photographed
In disarray you ever keep
A state to make housewife weep.)
And all the other smart details
They hand the people but in bales
Why don't you know those persons bright
Could not single column write,
And, missing them, most folks would say:
He amt no 1it'ry man! Go way
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

own l said nothing of my part In the
transaction I soon convinced myself
that the old fellow spoke the truth
and that Araminta. whose real name
was Mulligan. instead of Montmoren-
cy, had merely played upon my cred
ulity- / suppose Susan, who had over
heard my story of my dream had re-
peated it to the Mulligan girl during
a servants gossip.
Somehow ~Araminta'' didn't sound
nearly SO sweet after that and the
chug-chug of the car wheels seemed
to say, on the way to the Office:
.'She fooled you, She fooled you.
She fooled youi"
But say, "Araminta" sounded awful
ly sweet the way the girl in the dream
said it,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
BROUGHT TEARS FROM FATHER
Singing Reminded Him of His Daugh-
ter,s Attachments.


A good story is told by the writer
of Some Stories of the Concert Plat
form concerning Nine. Patey, the
famous English contra1to. The sing
er was delighting a large audience in
the Town Hall at Birmingham, when
a workingman at the rear of the
building was observed to be in tears.
There was nothing in the words to
account for this display of feeling,
and, had this been otherwise, the
famed prima donna was singing in the
italian tongue. But the grief of the
man became more pronounced ere
Nine. Patey had concluded At length.
mid a thunder of applause. the sing
er retired, and the stranger was asked
the reason of his grief.
.'She reminds me so O. my darter,''
said the fearful one "She wos in the
singin' line
"But surely your daughter could not
sing like that?" queried the man in
the next seat.
NO" answered the mourner. with
another sob: Nbut you never could tell
what she wos singin' about,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
MISSED BIRDS BUT GOT LEGS
sportsman's Story That Broke Up the
Catherine


One night recently a party of tour
lists at hotel were telling stories of
famous shots and how many ducks,
and other birds had been killed at
single discharge. After listening for
some time to what seemed a wilful
exaggeration by different narrators,
man who was present volunteered his
first and only experience of the fatal
double-barreled gun. He began: 81
went into a field one day to try shoot
in The only game discovered was
an immense flock of blackbirds. l
should say there were 10000 in the
flock. Yet, quite 10000. Slowly 1
crawled up to them and when not
more than thirty yards away the birds
rose in a solid mass. l fired both bar
rels, and how many do you think l
killed." Different guesses were made
ranging from twenty to one hundred
birds. Not one said the stranger,
3sbut 1 went out with my brother to
look for results, and we picked up
thirty bushels of legs / had shot a
little too lowI' That was the last
story told that night.-The Tatler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
The New Lamp Shades in the Making.

and when water color floral designs
are beyond the purse or the art of
the lamp shade desiring person then
wall paper will do
The new shades are made in any
possible shape. They may be square,
rounded, slightly sloping or exceed
ingly slanting-
They may not, however, be globu-
lar, but must present a fiat surface
or series of surfaces, no matter how
sloping The foundation consists of
an ordinary shade, covered with China
or some other equally thin and un-
pretentious silk, or it may be crepe
or crepe paper of a solid color and
gathered slightly
This fabric is fastened to. the shade
at the top and bottom in regular but
not very full gathers, as is the case
with most foundation shades on which
a fancy cover is to be built
If one can paint in water colors
the next thing is to cut out of water
color paper piece shaped exactly
to the lamp shade. This piece is then
painted in floral or fruit design or
in design showing pompadour fig
ures, etc.
After it has been painted all the
blank implanted spaces are cut out.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

The piece of paper is then tackled to
the foundation shade with small
stitches of silk, or it is fastened on
with gilt headed tacks or the clamps
used to fasten several sheets of pa
per together
In painting a design on the lamp
shade it is best to use something that
admits of a great deal of cutting out;
for instance, buncnes of grapes in a
trellis, roses clambering over a lat
tice, punches of cherries with their
leaves and connected throughout the
design by their stems, ETC., are very
good. These all permit of many open
spaces which can be cut away, thus
leaving the shade more light and
open.
In all these instances the founda-
ton shade which shows through the
open spaces is of the color of the
design OF one that contrasts pretti1y
with it. For instance, design of
green grapes on pale brown lattice
would he made up on pale green or
white shade, an exquisite design of
cabbage roses is made up on a pink
shade or a green one. a design O.
yellow iris is made up on a cree
color silk shade and so on.-Nev
York Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
The TubercuIous Child.

1t is so often the habit of thrifty
parents to send the sickly, tubercu-
lous child to school. and keep the
strong and healthy boys and girls at
home to work on the farm or to help
with the homework, that many cases
of this disease in all stages may still
be found even in country schools. Such
pupils are a source of great danger to
others, as by coughing they fill the
atmosphere with infected droplets full
of bacilli, and by splitting on the floors,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

1t is an art or knack TO cut bread
evenly and it is tiresome task when
there is much cutting to be done at
one inning. The individual therefore
to whom this bread cutting task daily
falls will be interested in a new con-
trivance designed for him or her es-
pecial benefit 1t is a simple device
of wood with solid bottom and per-
forated sides as shown in the accom-
panying illustration. The sides are
arranged like toast rack except that
a grooved joining at the base permits
of their being brought together at the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
Told BY Col. Hiodinson.

When Col. Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson was running for Congress, in
the eighties, he told this story to IL
lustrate the point of view"
He was enjoying a quiet vacation
in the Adirondack region, and one
day, while fishing on lake with a
guide, he CHANGED to remark that his
friend James Russell Lowell had often
spoken of the beauty of that region,
as he spent several summers there
Jim Lowell?"
"Oh, yes." returned the colonel.
amused by the mans familiarity OF
style. 81 have known Mr.. Lowell q
good many years.
Hump" said the guide, reflective
"; ignorant cussi"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

The vogue of the lamp carries with
it the vogue of the lamp shade. Vol
umious and lacy, it has been draped
over colors, fantastic, elaborate and
expensive Artistic and beautiful it
has come to be- The very newest
thing in lamp shades is both artistic
and inexpensive, and has the great
advantage of being adaptable to any
room and any occasion This is
positive advantage, for the Oriental
lamp shades, beautiful as they are,
are out of place in many rooms whose
furnishings have no rich Oriental col
orings. and the lace and silk draped
shades are equally inharmonious
amid the everyday surroundings or
the ordinary living room
But the new idea in lamp shades
labors under none of these limita-
lions. 1t embraces every order OF dec
Grafton which can be included among
designs based on natural motifs and
is suitable alike for the most deli
cate drawing room and the most use
full living room
Moreover, it is not Inexpensive, but
may be very successfully manufacture
ed at home
1t requires simply the use OF wa
ter color paintings as lamp shades
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
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was note. / opened it and read with
amazement:
Dear Mr. wilson, it ran, 'sI have
tried to summon you to me in my dis
tress many times. 1 am a prisoner in
this house, where l am kept by my
father, who is trying to keep me
from the man 1 love. He has given it
out that I am insane, but 1 am not,
though this torture will drive me mad.
There is no one in all the world whom
I can get to help me if you refuse.
You are good and kind, 1 know, and
you will not turn a deaf ear to a wom-
an in unhappiness. Will you bring a
ladder tonight at 10 O'Clock and
climb up to my window? Bring also
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

Some time ago a former resident
of Norway, Me-, went out to Devils
lake, in Minnesota, to indulge in his
favorite sport of duck shooting He
secured a boat of a farmer along the
lake shore, and when well out on the
water stood up and fired at some
ducks At the recoil of the gun the
boat capsized and the sportsman was
compelled to swim ashore
Seeking the boat owner, he exclaim-
ed in angry tones, I'D like to know
what you mean by giving me that old
tub. That boat isn't fit to shoot out
af.''
You shot out of it, all right -
piled the farmer. with grin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
Mutually Satisfactory.

They had been married in due and
ancient form.
"Geoffrey,'' said the young wife,
s'you endowed me with all your world
ly goods, didn't your"
81 did, answered the young hus
band.
well, hereby give them back to
you.'
.'Gwendolen,' he said, you prom
ised to obey me, did you not?"
81 did"
.'Well, dear, hereby solemnly com
mand you to do as you please here
after, no matter what orders I may
give YOU"
On that basis they lived happily
ever after.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04

fill the room with infected dust. Some
times the teacher is the victim of this
insidious disorder, and all in the room
may run the risk of infection because
of breathing infected air.
In school hygiene, one very import
ant element is healthy teacher.
If children suffering from tubercu-
losiS have chance to live at all, it is
in an outdoor life. To send them to
school is to send them to the grave
speedily, while they are almost certain
to infect others.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
photographs Kite Birds.

The kite, according to the ornitho-
logical authorities. is declared to be
extinct and it is practically so. But
a vigilance committee has neverthe-
less been formed in Wales for the
protection of the bird A photograph
er recently traced one of the only
pair of kites known to exist in South
Wales to cave in the mountains and
with lucky snapshot secured a photo
graph. The home of the pair is being
kept secret.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04
HAS YET TO MEET EXCEPTION
Writer Erred in Thinking Stranger
Proud of His Vocation.

Proud OF HIS vocation.
Ihave yet to meet the man actively
employed at a vocation closely relat-
ing to the sea who has a good word
to say for it. Once, to be sure,
thought 1 had found him. 1t was on
the Fulton street pier, last year. on
the spot formerly occupied by the
present market. He was a small ven-
cradle old salt, not without consider
able dignity in his bearing He stood
for some time absorbed in my work
before 1 began cautiously: THAT isn't
a bad sort of 1ife-eh?''
1t was some time before he an
swered me- Then he spoke enthusiast
tically of the life, its variety and ex-
element. There was just a note of
regret in his remarks, but in spite of
my efforts to draw him out, he was
always impersonal.
When 1 outlined our conversation to
Tom Bird, pessimist and involuntary
ed hard at me, then spat upon the
ground, and then Tom Birds great
frame shook from head to foot with
uncomfortable merriment.
Say, Jack" he continued, dryly,
gradually regaining his composure,
tits a shame to take an ammytoor
like you and fill him full o. hot air 1t
amt right nor it faint kind. That's
old Blinkey Doyle yous been talkin'
to-and it's a hot seaman he'd made.
Years ago, before he went nutty. he
used to run a canalboat on the Erie
Canali',-Charles H. White, in Har
per's.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-11-04


that told it with gusto to the folks
in the morning. l don't know what
in the world ever made me dream it.
They say that you always dream
about that which occupies your
thoughts. But 1 never believed it, for
1 had tried often to dream about get
ting money, but l never even Dor
rowed any from one of those friends
that are of the stuff dreams are
made Of
To tell the truth,sI had thought a
great deal about the new girl next
door-the girl in the big picture hat,
who looked so lonely and forsaken as
she walked around the big place all
by herself. Somehow she looked like
a prisoner behind the big fence that
shut the house in off the street and
l could only see her from my room on
the second floor.
But / didn't know what her name
was and l never dreamed, when
dreamed this ridiculous dream, that
she was the girl named Araminta,
who came to me as l lay asleep-or
rather, came to my window and held
OFT her hands to me as if in entreaty
and whispered, right through the
glass of the window: "Araminta,
Come to Araminta!"
She didn't whisper where she want
ed me to come to; neither did she
look at all like the girl next door
But somehow the name took posses
sion of me. 1t sounded so romantic,
like that of some fair lady in wimple
and crinolines from out the pages of
a beautiful book all about the ancient
knights, who rescued damsels in dis
tress and all that sort of thing, you
know
In the train that morning going to
the Office my thoughts ran on that
fanguishing name. The rumble of the
cars seemed to be saying: "Aramin-
ia, Araminta," You know how car
wheels seem to talk sometimes; or
at least how cars seem to talk when
they have wheels
All that day during the round of my
arduous duties of fioor-walker the
name seemed to be lowering in the
air around me. Once when I had in
tended to call "Cash." l called Ara
mintal" instead and then l got the
horse laugh for making a donkey of
myself.
1t was the same going home in the
cars 1 don't know whether they had
kept up that rigamarole all day long
or not, or Whether they just began
again when 1 got on. At any rate,
they kept repeating "Araminta, Ara
minta,' all the way home They
probably kept on repeating it after
left thems for they were saying some
thing.
When 1 got to my room 1 looked out
into the yard of the establishment
next door, but could see nothing of
the sad young lady l started to pull
down the curtain, when some small
hard object ratified against the win
dow pane. 1 poked my head out to
see if some mischievous boys were
throwing rocks at the house, when 1
heard subdued call which seemed to
come from next door.
Yes. there was the sad young lady,
in a room on the second floor. I had
not noticed that the window was