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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
WHITE RIVER COUNTRY.

1.-THE future playground of the
Southwest" is what the White River
Country has been called. Very earn
est and exhilarating play. much of
this sport is to those who are jaded
by familiar scenes of business life.
Nature is all alive in this wonder
full region-the rushing streams, wood
land sounds of breezes in the forest,
the whirr of wings where wild fowl
flock to the waters, the splash of
gamey fish tempting the angler, the
very colors of mountain and river.
showing nothing Of dead. arid waste
of sand and stone.
"Semi-Alpine," says an experienced
traveller. of the country, dotted with
growing towns. nestled in the valleys
of the James and White Rivers in
Southern Missouri and Northern Ar
kansas. One who has trudged through
the forests or foated down the river
from Galena to Branson and Cotter,
will be sincere in calling the Ozarks
mountains" yet there is no danger
to life or limb in such a pilgrimage.
The ozoneladen air from oak, pine,
cypress and cedar, the absence of mos
quitoes in land of cold, springfield
streams, cool nights and temperate
Udy IHdhC II a OCh6hI ~ AfSB elAAo
move in this favored cline.
There is always something to do,
whether of sport or of discovery in
the way of minerals OF land or pearls
in the stream. The casual opening
of a musseI shell on the lower White
River may bring to light valuable
gem. The children used to collect
these pearls for playthings till their
value. became known. -
Few regions have charms Of a
utilitarian character. as we'll as un-
rivaled scenic beauty. and favorable
climatic conditions. One going to the
White River Country to make money,
finds health and pleasure as well as
wealth The worn ont unfortunate,
who takes his small savings and here
seeks to prolong his days is benefited
in mind and body. and besides finds.
with new life, means of securing a
competence and enjoyable surround
fngs; the pleasure seeker, too often
tagged out in the very pursuit OF
diversion, sees in this enchanted land
serious possibilities for improving his
pecuniary welfare ard his whole sys-
tenn receives new IMMIGRATION and
tone.
"A fairy tale you say No, 1t is
that truth which is stranger tnan
fiction, a truth which shows one who
tries to tell it the poverty of all pow
ers of description. When the spell of
the beautiful White River scenery is
on the beholder he is silent. There is
such thing as the patEos of the per-
! feet
In the minds eye there passes in
review the succeeding inhabitants of
these valleys. and many generations
have left their traces-the mound
builder the early discoveries from
Europe and the Indians How many
songs and legends have been chanted
by primitive peoples. 20 whom these
nature wonders spoke with mystic
| force
1t is not chimerical to believe that
the whole valley. now newly opened
| up to travel between Carthage. Mo-,
and Newport, Ark. will in time be-
come a succession of charming resi-
| dent and resort communities, with
great mineral and agricultural pros
/ perity
The Belgian Parliament has PASSED
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ing, she ran lightly down to the din
ing ROOM She did not see, fortunate
Iy, the elevated brows behind her
back, or hear any of the whispered
comments on her appearance. 1t was
a pity she did not know that one man,
Mr.. Hughes, the. kindly-faced new
boarder, was disappointed in her. Be
fore this he had felt a certain shy
friendliness for the modest little book
keeper, who reminded him somehow
of a fragrant clover blossom in a
bunch of artificial flowers. And so,
he was thinking, as he watched her
flippant and painted. that she was like
the others, after all. He felt a mild
sort of pity that he could not have ex-
planned to himself, but all the time
he knew that the others were making
fun of Miss Peters behind her back.
But the little bookkeeper, with an
almost fierce gaiety, was chattering
away to a commercial student who sat
next to her. After dinner she followed
the others in the parlor. still deter
mined to be one of them. Her com
panion at dinner was at her heels, en-
! couraging her. Later she went to sit
on the steps to the side gallery with
him while he smoked a cigarette.
Have one?" he invited, companion.
| ably. Daisy smoked one with me
| last night" For an instant Miss Pc
ters' face went white under the paint
with anger. Then she remembered
she must be like the others if she
wanted to be popular. No one could be
| popular and be prig.
| She reached out for the cigarette
| and the young man offered her light
from the one he was smoking-and
| moved up nearer. Two whiffs of the
cigarette turned her deathly faint.
Il think I'll go up to my room,'' she
| faltered, throwing it aside with a lit
tie forced laugh.
Don't CO., he begged. 'Ain't 20,
| game enough to finish it? Must b.
| your first one"
ct isl she admitted, fighting bacl
her disgust for her companion. "Goot
| night"
Aren't you going to kiss me goo'
n;ght?'' he whispered, rising. ''Dais.
always"
How dare" But Miss Peter
did not finish. She stumbled blindl
through the dining room and ON u
the three flights of stairs to her ow1
room She slammed the door an
dropped on her knees beside the tin
white bed.
20 God" she sobbed, what have
done? Why did you let me do it
What did it matter if 1 wer
. uglyi That had no friends. Nothin
! matters any more, 1 have lost ever.
, thing now. My self respect is go-on
Forever
And she was on her knees, still so
bling and praying in the dark when tt
| last boarder came in for the nigl
and passed whistling to his room at
, O'Clock.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16

other girls. She would even make up
like Daisy, the landlady's daughter
To do this she had to improvise cos
metics. A rose petal from her best
hat put color into her cheeks and lips
She darkened her brows and lashes,
She almost fancied that she saw in the
face reflected likeness to Mrs. Live
ly, the wife of a drummer further
down the hall. Then she began to
comb her hair. Not in the usual knot.
but in an elaborate and much tangled
pompadour.
By the time she had her dress but
toned, the dinner bell rang and, with
out taking time to consider her dar-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16

being thrust into a mug of the liquor.
making it seethe and boil. and the
traveller poured it down his throat in
this fiery condition.
Postoffice in Tavern.
The Williams tavern served as the
first postoffice in Littleton- 1t was
formed in 1902, with James Williams,
the landlord, as postmaster Mail came
and went each week and each way.
The carrier. who rode horseback,
would deliver the mail to all the post
ofices between Hanover and Lancas-
ter, his course taking him from Lisbon
to Lyman, thence to the valley at
West Littleton again
One of his patrons was Deacon
James Rankin. Mrs Rankin was q
very pious woman, and objected to
Sabbath doings of other than a
churchly nature Those who are lost
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
u.,. !. aeIief For Women

Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, dis
covered pleasant kcrb remedy for women
us. called AUSTRALIAN-LEAF. It is the
only certain monthly regulator. Cures
female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney and
Urinary troubles At all Druggists or oy
mail SO cts Sample mailed FREE Address
The Mother Gray Co. Leroy. N. 7
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
LfffIe Things

Only a little shrive1ed seed
1t might be a flower grass or weed
Only box of earth the edge
OF a narrow dusty wfndOw-ledge,
Only few scant summer showers;
Only a few clear. shining hours:
That was ALL Yet God could make
Out of these. for sick cbild's sake.
A Blossom wonder as fair and sweet
AS ever broke at angels feet
Only a life of barren pain.
Wet with sorrowful tears for rain:
Warmed sometimes by wandering
CLEAN
OF Joy that seemed but a happy dream.
A life as common and brown and bare
AS the box of earth in the window there;
OF a perfect soul in narrow room
Pure as the snowy leaves that fold
Over the flowers heart of GOLD
Henry Van Dyke
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
Frosted.

"Gosh." exclaimed Nordy. 81 wish
| knew of some good way to get cool
for a few hours.
Put on your old clothes" suggested
Butts, land attend services at some
fashionable church. You'll get chilled
eff all right"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
Some Dandies.

Byron was dandy; so was the first
Lord Lytton; and Lord Beaconsf1eld
and many more might be instanced.
whistler was q harmony in black-and-
white, and, to instance two modern
Young celebrities" in different lines.
winston Churchill and Max Beerbohm
dress with rather remarkable distino
ton and care.-Referee-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16
First Taverns on the Road.

First Taverns on the Road.
The road between Upper and Lower
Cohos then most travelled had it's tav-
ems at distance of every four or five
miles. The first tavern was kept by
Jonas Nurse, an old settler, whose de-
scendants still live in this region. 1t
was on what is now known as the
Fitch place. 1t was a large log cabin
with six rooms, the loft being reached
by a ladder. Sometimes guests were
so numerous that the entire floor was
given up to their accommodation, and
the large family of the landlord slept
in the loft. Many of the early town
meetings were held in it's hospitable
quarters.
All these taverns had the same gen
eral characteristics. They were log
cabins, and were larger than those
erected solely for private use. An in
teresting feature about them was the
immense stone fireplace and ovens,
with a stone hearth large enough to
cover one-half of the floor of the mod
ern kitchen.
From the log houses evolved the
frame houses used as taverns, with
the same spirit of hospitality and good
cheer. Many a story has been handed
that every tavern in this region was
supplied with a bar, and dealt gener-
ously in liquors, except the Williams
tavern, which was kept by James Will
Jams and was famous from Lancaster
to Lisbon and beyond. Foreign and
domestic liquors were to be found. the
domestic liquors being New England
rum and potato whisky.
Hot flip was favorite tavern drink.
1t was considered a certain preventive
for colds and similar ills, and every
traveller felt that, after enduring the
dangers of the cold and rigorous win
ter weather, he should order it at the
bar. Often the traveller, it is said,
would call at every tavern along the
route for his glass of flip, and, as the
taverns were only a few miles apart,
one may readily imagine that he kept
warm and rendered himself imperv-
ious to the rigors of the climate.
At all the taverns except the Will
Jams tavern, the poker was always
kept red hot. The poker was neces-
sary in the manufacture of hot flip, it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16

Old Home Week always brings
much comment on the deserted farm
house, which furnishes material for
unbounded romance and sentiment,
but one element has been neglected in
the stories relative to life on the New
Hampshire hillsides, and that is the
numerous old staverns, which have not
been abandoned by their owners to
fall into decay by disuse, but have in
stead been changed into prosperous
homesteads.
Dozens of these homesteads dot the
country roads wherever one may take
his way by auto or carriage through
out this region, and their existence is
a potent reminder of days that fur
nished no palatial hotel or luxurious
accommodation to the traveller who
sought the White mountains, and yet
were unique in the customs whereby
man and beast found food and shelter
and hospitality.
In the pioneer days of this region s
history every log cabin was an inn in
the sense that it supplied this food
and shelter. The fare might be SIM
pie and homely, but the welcome was
unstinted in it's warm cordially.
The first of these cabins serving as
inns in Littleton itself was the cabin
of Capt. Nathan Caswell, the first set
tier of the town. The site is now
pointed out to visitors, and very near
may be seen a handsome monument
erected by the Daughters of the Revo-
luton of Littleton in memory of the
first white child born in the town, as
we'll as in honor of the revolutionary
heroes who enlisted in this locality.
The child born in the inn was named
Apthorp Caswell, Apthorp being then
the name of the town now Littleton-
Capt. Caswell's cabin was, of course,
not a regular place of entertainment
for the traveller, but those who sought
it were never turned away. Custom
gave way finally to regular places of
entertainment, which were known as
| taverns.
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Many Men Do.

"Jones saws he never lets the sun
go down upon his wrath
mo; he expends it all on his wife
as soon as he gets home from the
office
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16

Experience is a great teecher, but
some men are conceited enough to
think they can give experience few
pointers.
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happiness is to sprinkle salt on it,
tail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16

The Belgian Parliament has PASSED
a bill ordering seats to be placed at
the disposal of shop girls when they
are disengaged during business hours.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-16

call her pretty.
'em like me, tool" Her face had
emerged from the pillow. A new light
was in her eyes, the light of one who
determined to conquer. "A girl who
goes along. tending to her own bust
ness and living up to her ideas of
what a lady should be. What's com
ing to her? Unconsciously she fell
into the slang of the other girls
She rose with fresh determination
and began to dress for dinner She
pulled out her best frock, the one kept
religiously for Sundays, and her good
slippers. She would dress up like the
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Probably Not.

/ Wonder if the Russians,
Those somewhat stolid folks,
See anything of humor in
These witch" and soffSlly" jokes?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11
nv HEAooN HlLL

We were below I could not refrain
from mentioning It. Instead OF re-
aentinE my remark, uH / had e6
peeted. he rcgardo(lne quito bene-
Violently.
This business. my friend ~
teachNR me wkNl had never
thought tn uwn thai ! ~ not In
falllhle.4 he said There ls some
thiun going ON that DO not uadef-
stand. and had not provided FOR.
aud Mr. Roger Marake o. AT the bot
tom Of tt
when the steamer bumped the
landing stage nt Totland we re-
manned below tIil all the passengers
had cleared out. and then. 40 We
walked np the piw. We had tho
satisfaction Of seeing Roger
Marshes tall form we'll ahead OF ua.
We had reached our lodgings and
entered cor sitting room. when Mrs
krance followed us IN and shut the
door.
A rare TODD yondcr." she said
prugEinR her finger towards Col.
ChilmArka apartment. Hes hao
4 vire this afternoon from the
party AZ whose hauHa Miss Janet
vas staying To say as the young
iaay hasn't been there since yesfef-
day morning H-led ordered dls
uer 90 BE- ready When she should
come back from the country Last
nlgst. bat she never eame back a.
all"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11
wa STAR DUST ~

II puts his peace 10 rout
When. IN the middle Of the night
Hla cows 30 hawi him out
And then such Kansas his arouse
Suspicion. and he's found
Down hearted when the board o.
health
Decides Topeka round
lie does a driving business. yet
Receipts are oftiwsz los.
ifs patrons ues bis bottles for
Ketehup when be Ia SLOW
fiia fodder may be ont and. worne
HIa calls may no; be- ycallnE well
you can't forgive that SIM
But things he uses In bis milk
Arc worse and. lacking pride.
lie does not hang his head al such
A. make foFmaldehyde.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11

whole ocean. hedaod me IA on
every side. / was Wishing myself
dead. whom d telegraph boy appear
ed al the garden gate A minute
later Mira kfnncn entered with "A
message FOR lt-yEog
A. h rsud o. be drew long
breath From the brief tlme hr viok
over the pcfuHal guessed that the
message unlike the others which
he had been receiving. WAS not in
cipher. La hiH treat mont Of a.. too.
/ noticed "a difference. The cipher
kilograms he had instantly de-
Htfuygd hy tearing them into inflni-
feamai fragments of burning them
ia the Rrala. This one he carefully
folded aud put IL away Ia hiu peck
abook
Then hc looked up at me. his
broad features breaking into a niow
aimos, putornai smile.
Il have baan comforting the col
uuel." he aald. In n4a most cynical
tone Let me also comfort you.
my friend / have been telling sioo
that young ladies who Wish 60 80
long their shall We call thel. r.
holidays. are sometttsca ariyes 10
strange shiftH and eKpedless tn. IL
short ! pointed out Ia hlsn that. far
from having met wra H"nra aHfs-
ter. lis daughter mEat very NeA
have aest that first telegram her
self. having good reason FOR not re-
turning 90 sleep last night at the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11
THE MIIKMAN

THE MILKMAN
But little Joy doth tighten up
The humble milkmana life.
he dare not take n paper home
For fear his loving wife
VIII read that mtlkmen are all
kuHvea
who live by false preteuHe
Ia bottifug water up chalkfui
To sell FOR seven cents.
Not cen a funny magazine
For. do not Iokesmitha Say
That heavens not for miikmen. for
It's got a Milky wayT
Some folks may think his title
means
OF life his Is of the cream.
But has IL not curd to You
This may be butter dream7
Especially when that would seem
Good luck, but makes him Sigh
That. though his dairy's flooded out
Ills cows may still be dry.
lie cannot read for habit has
Such mighty hold ON him
That. when he picks the paper up
lts news he can but skim
lie would not sleep all whey. but
still.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11

hoyse ~ the old servant with whom
aba was to stay she might TOT IN
stanes. though l did NOD moot ihlH
to the colonel, be engaged ~ ttfint
to pull ehoHtnuw out Of q very NOV
fire for sweetheart unable 10 per
form the operation for himself
You devil" anarled. gueaainf
that his lmur0mpln Kindness had
had for It's object the pumping oil
the colonel
iorzog continued 10 smile. fuu
arc rude" he said. FOR man VINO
ought 10 have been hanged the day
before yesterday Yes. ! eomtattcdl
that Invalid warrior. aud ! Wnnld
have YOU also take comfort my gal
liant captain. for I know that your
troubles los the same. After "a little
dincuraive talk the colonel cleared
up point that has been puSDnE
mo by admitting that Miss Janet
know the notorious HNinKton
slightly #is II not right tn cmphh
alze that word. my friend ~
You must make what use YOU
choose OF your eunnluEiy gained
discovery. but expect no lnfnrmh-
ton from O." ! replied aullenly
lie lookef At me as though abfu1
70 make an angry retori. but
checked whatever he had been
about to say and remained silent
for the rest Of the evening, amok b.
ing aud evidently thinking deeply.
II was only AZ we lit our candles
20 go npata9a that he flung ~ me
the remark. You will have cause
10 regret your reticeues before
many hours are over HiYinEton.
You mean that because you have
found out there IL an honest girl
who believes IN me your plot
against the premier stands revealed
a. hopeless. and that YOU will there
fore have sio recapturedY ! inquir-
ed
tie shook hia head almost sadly.
Il cannot tell you whence Ypur dan
on will aspros for the irJod reason
sosf - yet / do not know he an
aWercs Not from me. for In that
case should fail with you. This
ease hRa been q ssrpri@e packet all
along. tut have me- given az hope
yet"
ITO be Coutlnued1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11

II Andrew Carnegie really feels
be should give asaF more than
30 900 q day. here are a few things
he might do 10 make the separation
Of himself and hiH canh more rapid
Pay The Chadwick claims.
Make Eood the beef trusts losses
Hay Easter bounets for ali the
original friornsiora saxtet girls.
Buy Colorado. and lock the EateA.
Run for senator ia Delaware.
Lend II 90 Russell aaKe.
Build = nex fleet for Russia
Hslp Kansas n ght the Standard
walk down any street in Chicago
wlth his money In kiz pocket
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11

Almost every case ~ heart dis
ease can be cured with br. Miles
New Heart cure. In the early
stages. quickly and surely IN add
vauced stages. with persistent use
almost ne surely. let US send you
testimonials from those cured. where
symptoms were Ike yours
DIR. MILES MEDICAL co. F.fkhart.
Ind
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11
DE PR0FUHDtS"

"
Wide. snius a day
dceusaent prison just
given o friend volume
named De rrofaudis Nearly puts oord heart
autobiography pro-
pity personality
their
prison
hair Of his release In
opens soul Inspection
The ga. had given almost everything nut let myself be
spells senseIess and sensual amused
being
ed myself resner miais
the speadthrf Of Eeaius
yousH JOY being
search
sphere passion nalsdy
careless
passed toso'
character
chamber
TO aloud on the husetor ceased to be lord myself
dia
horrible only
absolute humility
may search long before you finer more
Wide formed purpose upon reeaHs
r-plef began catch smmer
He had bibei me first lesson taught b. sorrowbseonng hp
~.
Morality does not help ansnoruian am one
exceptions.
nothing
passed experience
grief tho chastsnsd feel
Of fellowship
manifest
% he says e
hopes 70 write some day book on christ the Precursor d the
Life" Of all the
concIuafng
Of
Society,"
Mature
valleys
undfsturbed the
stumbling
win bitter herbs make
vhole
personality very
surface Z there
something wrong
It's danger the habit Of It
pulls And character
destiny.
--tha a shalt die"
wndes fatal admission Nor
ally
eonprehsnd appeal
mentality the Of all The
Tennyson. Wide belongs former grouping
include morality
both
reached bndy
light
that he where psassd him and
better the than drif
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-11

A Connecticut Judge has decidsd
women arr not qualified 10 testify
rs 90 stages uf intempeFnnee, IL ~
hardly uarth while 10 add thai
there's unthing nnx in that decision.
Explorer Peary'a new boat has
been chflstenad nooseYah. Wait uh-
tli Il II caught In the Acrtie fields
ana hear the talk uf the big stick.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-04-14
property Of the Town Of Lovelock, in

property of the Town or Lovelock, IN
said County, for protection against fire,
and matters relating thereto, approved
March list, 1905" the Board of County
Commissioners of Humboldt County, Me-
vada, win on the first day Of May, A. ID.
1905, at 2 o'clock p. m, at the office of
the County Clerk of said County, nego-
tiate the sale, for coin, to the highest
and best bidder, at not less than their
par value, and OF the denomination of
four hundred dollars each, gold bonds
of the Town of Lovelock, in said Coun-
ty, to the amount of Twelve Thousand
Dollars, and Eight Hundred Dollars of
said bonds payable on January first. A.
d. 1906, and the remainder payable in
annual payments of Eight Hundred Dol
lars thereafter, none of which bonds
shall run for a period longer than fifteen
years from the date thereof, with inter
est coupons attached, at SIX per cent
per annum, payable annually at the
office of the County Treasurer of sad
County on the first day of January of
each year. Each bid must, as evidence
of good faith. be accompanied by a GER
titled check for at least two per cent
of the amount of the bid.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Purchasers will please
make their applications to the Clerk of
said Board on or before the first day o.
May, A. ID. 1905.
By order of the Board.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and attached the seal of
said County this 5th day of April. A. -.
1905. GEO. o. HILL,
1852 Clerk of sad County.