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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
HEROIC DEEDS OF ENLISTED MEN
One of the Brightest Pages in the History of the
Sixth United States Cavalry

In the War department in Washing
ton is a letter written by Lieut.-Gen.
Miles in praise of the deeds of five en-
listed men, Gen. Niles letter is writ
ten simply as becomes a soldier, but
it is a pulse-stirring epistle. 1t is
probable that nowhere else in anthem
tic history can there be found an &C
count of a battle won by a force of
men when the odds against them were
twenty-five to one. In no story which
can be told concerning the people of
the plains is there to be found tale
of greater heroism than that shown
by little contingent of enlisted men
of the Sixth United States cavalry
down near the Red river in Texas in
the summer of the year 1874. The
Sixth cavalry has had a fighting his
tory, but this particular story shines
bright in it's pages.
The Comanches, the Cheyennes and
the Kiowas were on the war path and
were leaving a red trail all along the
borders of western Kansas. General,
then colonel, Nelson A. Miles was or
dered to take the field against the
savages. His expedition fitted out at
Fort Dodge and then struck for the far
frontier. The combined bands of In
dams learned that the troops were on
their trail and they fed south to the
Red river of Texas holly pursued by
two troops of the Sixth cavalry, COM
manded by Capts. Biddle and Comp
ton.
On the bluffs of the Tule river the
allied braves made a stand. There
were 900 warriors all told, and they
were the finest of the mounted plains
Indians The meager forces of the
Sixth under the leadership of their Of
ficers charged straight at the heart of
a force that should have been over
whelming. The reds broke and fed
"over the bluffs and through the deep
precipitous canyons and out on to the
staked plain of Texas
1t became imperative1y necessary
that couriers should be sent from the
detachment of the sixth to Camp Sup
ply in the Indian Territory. Reinforce
ments were needed and it was neces-
sary as we'll to inform the troops at a
distance that bands of hostiles had
broken away from the main body and
must be met and checked
The whole country was swarming
with Indians and the trip to Camp
Supply was one that was deemed al
most certain death for the couriers
who would attempt to make the ride.
The commanding officer of the forces
in the field asked for volunteers, and
serg- Zacharias T. Woodall of IT.
Troop stepped forward and said that
he was ready to CO. His example was
followed by every man in the two
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Dowager Queen Margherita has been
suffering from unassuag eable grief
since the death of King Humbert, five
years ago. The queen in her youth
was considered the most beautiful
princess in all Europe. She is the
daughter of the late Prince Ferdinan-
do of Savoy, duke of Genoa, and she
was married to Humbert, then the
prince of Piedmont, on April %, 1868
During her reign she was idolized by
the people of Italy.
The former queen knows French,
German, English, Spanish, Italian, of
course, and Latin thoroughly. She
knows Greek well and is familiar with
the literature of all ages.
The queen rises early and retires
late She manages with six hours
sleep and thrives on it. Her work of
charities, patronage, organization and
society keeps her constantly busy. She
is not at all domestic. She likes driv-
ing and out-of-door life generally, but
has not much opportunity for indul
gence in these tastes. She likes Ger.
many and the Germans and is a warm
friend of William and his wife.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

troops, and that day cOward1ce hung
it's head.
The ranking captain chose Wooda1,
and then picked out four men to ac-
company him on the ride across the
Indian infested wilderness. The five
cavalrymen went northward under the
starlight. At the dawn of the first
day they pitched their dog tents in
little hollow and started to make the
morning cup of coffee.
When full day was come they saw
circling on the horizon a swarm of
Cheyennes. The eye of the sergeant
told him from the movements of the
Indians that they knew of the pres
ence of the troopers and that their cir
Gle formation was for the purpose of
gradually closing in to the killing.
Serg. Woodall and his four men
chose place near their bivouac which
offered some slight advantage for pur-
poses of defense. There they waited
with carbines advanced while the red
Gordon closed in it's lines. The Chey-
ennes charged, and while charging
sent a volley into the little prairie
stronghold. Five carbines made an
swer, and five Cheyenne ponies car
ried their dead or wounded riders out
of range, for in that day mounted In
dams went into battle tied to their
horses.
Behind the little rampant Serg
Woodall lay sorely wounded and one
man was dying. Let the letter of Gen.
Miles tell the rest of the story:
From early morning to dark, out
numbered twenty-five to one, under an
almost constant fire and at such short
range that they sometimes used their
pistols, retaining the last charge to
prevent capture and torture, this lit
tie party of five defended their lives
and the person of their dying comrade,
without food and their only drink the
rainwater that they collected in a
pool, mingled with their own blood.
There is no doubt that they killed
more than double their number be-
sides those that they wounded. The
simple recital of the deeds of the five
soldiers and the mention of the odds
against which they fought, how the
wounded defended the dying and the
dying aided the wounded by exposure
to fresh wounds after the power of ac-
ton was gone-these alone present a
scene of cool courage, heroism and
self-sacrifice which duty as well as
inclination prompt us to recognize, but
which war cannot fifty honor"
When night came down over the
Texas prairie the Cheyennes counted
their dead and their wounded and
then fed terror-stricken, overcome by
the valor of five American soldiers
E. B. c., in Chicago Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
/ SAGE is oLD-TlmE FrNANclER.
Business the One Thing Wealthy Man
Lives For.

Some Wall street men were COM
menting on the fact that Russell Sage
had not been hit by the insurance in
vestigation. One of the party said:
No; Sage is the old-time fnancier.
He does not mix with the new school.
He is living on the old PLAN He Is
neither a great philanthropist nor
great CRATER. He is simply Sage, the
biggest money-1ender in the world
There need hardly be any fear that
Mr.. Sage will unload any great bales
of tainted money upon an ungrateful
community for the founding OF col
1eges whose chief aim will be the up
bringing of youth to cry Great is Rus
sell Sagei' Nor is there any great
danger that Mr.. Sage will spend his
years this side of the eighty-n1nth
milestone in trying to form giant
trust for the cornering of the neces-
saries of life. Mr.. Sage has made his
fortune and he will hold on to 1t. he
never outraged the world with STAN
dard Oil Company, neither has he set
himself up as a great philanthroplst-
Chicago Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
GREAT LIBRARY FOR NEW YORK.
Building to Have Capacity for Mil
lions of Volumes.


New York will soon have the great
est library building in the world. 1t
will have capacity for 100000 vol
umes, and it's approximate cost will
be 100000. 1t occupies a frontage
of two blocks facing on Fifth avenue,
between Fortieth and Forty-second
streets. Its site is that of the large
city water reservoir on the east side
of Bryant Park. When completed it
Will be known as 1.-The New York
Public Library-Astor, Lenox and
T1lden Foundations. 1t will be
combination of the Astor and Lenox
libraries, strengthened by the bequest
of Mr.. Tilden. which will give a total
endowment of about $780, 600. The
work of construction has been going
on since 1899, when the reservoir was
removed and the foundation begun.
The building, which is of marble, is
$50 feet in length and $50 feet in
width. The main reading room will
have capacity for 500 readers and, in
addition, there will be a general read
ing room open to the public a chill
dren's reading room, a periodical room
and newspaper room.-Louisville
COurier-JOurnal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
Mrs. RoosexeIt,a Hobby.

Mrs. Roosevelt has one well-devel-
oped hobby and that is the collecting
of old china Under her supervision
one of the most valuable collections in
this country has been placed on ex-
hibition in the basement of the White
House, and it is a proud day when she
can add something of historic worth
to the treasures. The exhibit is made
up entirely of remnants of the din
ner sets which formerly served the
presidential families. 1t begins with
some rare gold-trimmed plates and
cups and saucers which were the pride
of Martha Washington's heart and
continues down to the era of Mrs.
Ida Saxon Mckinley.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
Famous Russian Poetess.

The poets corner" in the cemetery
of the Alexander Newski cloister in
st. Petersburg has been augmented
by the grave of Myrrha Lochwizkaya
CYbert), one of the few Russian wo-
men who have attained eminence for
their poetry. She was the daughter
of prominent lawyer in ST. Peters
burg, where she was born in 1869. In
1896 her first volume of poems was
issued, three other volumes followed.
Her verse is characterized by Orien-
tai touches, and her favorite theme is
love-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
Singers Found by Accident.

Some of the worlds greatest singers
have been discovered accidently- Once
upon a time Wachtel, the greatest
tenor of his day in Germany, was
cracking his whip and hailing fares
In a musical rondo. Nine. Scalchi,
the contralto. is said to have called
her wares in the street before she was
found for the opera stage. Campo
Eini,, the king of tenors. was a black
smith. but was heard singing like an
angel and was enabled to desert the
10 &c for the footlights-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

heavy backaches, and my general
health was affected when 1 began us
ing them. My feet we're swollen. my
eyes puffed. and dizzy spells were fire.
quent- Kidney action was irregular
and the secretions highly colored. To-
day, however, I am well woman. and
am confident that Doan's Kidney
Pills have made me so. and are keep
ing me WE'LL"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

LiGhtkeeper Robinson of Qucddy
head, Mass, noticed a great commo-
ton in the water in one of the gulches
near the light. He found that a num-
Ler OF old-fashioned blister-back pol
lock had surrounded a school of her
ring in the water there. To add to
the unfortunate situation from the her
ring point of view the gulls were
swooping down in large numbers
Robinson began to participate with
lis hook and line, landing three quin
tails OF pollock In a few minutes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
A Hiah-iumpina Hog.

A jumping hog afforded much
amusement in the hogyards at the
stockyards day before yesterday Al
though the animal weighed $50
pounds it would jump board fences
five feet high
The Spectator who bought the hog
found it impossible to confine it to
pen, so the pen had to be covered
with boards. According to men who
have been at the hogyard for years,
this was the first hog that had ever
Ieaped a fence there.-Kansas City
Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
CONVINCING EVIDENCE
That Dr.. Williams Pink Pills Will Cure
rheumatism.


"People can cure themselves of good
many common ailments at very small
cost if they go about it the right way"
said Mr.. Hoar, recently. For instance,
I have just cured myself of very pain
full disease. 1 might have begun to treat
it sooner, that's all the mistake 1 made
in the matter. But 1 found the root of
the difficulty and 1 picked out the right
remedy without the aid of doctor.
1t was really all i'll my blood. I first
felt twinge in my left foot and ankle
i'll the middle of last January, following
exposure to cold / realized had rheu-
matisrn and I knew that really comes
from bad blood. Gold simply develops
it. Then my hands and feet were cold
and claInmy even i'll hot weather. and
numb a great part of the time. I con-
cluded that my blood was thin and poor
and the circulation sluggish.
AFTER a time my feet aud ankles
swelled SO badly that I could only tie
my shoes half way up. My legs swelled
terribly and I could walk only short
distance before giving out completely.
"When 1 read of the cures of all kinds
OF blood diseases, that had been effected
by DIR. Williams Pink Pills, I was con-
WINGED that they were just the remedy
for my case, and SO it proved could
see that they were benefiting me before
/ had quite used up the first box. The
improvement was decldedly marked at
ter had taken two boxes. Three more
boxes restored my hands and feet and
legs TO natural size and feeling and
then stopped taking medicine and have
since been perfectly we'll"
Mr. F. LIE Roy Hoar lives at No. 1879
Constitution street, Bristol R. 1. Any
one can get convincing evidence that
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have cured
an8mia, rheumatism, erysipelas and
other serious diseases of the blood by
simply writing to the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

and other kidney u.s.
will find comfort in
the words of Mrs
Jane Farrell of COS
Ocean avenue, Jer-
sey City, N j., who
says: 81 reiterate
all / have said be-
fore in praise OF
Doan's Kidney Pills.
1 had been having
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

A man who leads germans has been
elected mayor of Providence, R. l.; a
professional violinist has succeeded
himself as mayor OF San Francisco.
and novelist was chosen mayor of
Toledo. Art and politics may yet 60
hand in hand
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
THE EARNING CAPACITY,

happiness, and success, of a man is
greatly affected by the health of the
woman of his household, the wife es-
pecially. Viavi, used in the privacy of
the home cures disease of woman per-
manently, and enables her to fill her
place in church, society and the home
as wife and mother. Sixty-four page
book on Health, explaining fully,
mailed free. Viavi Co., Century Bldg,
Kansas City, Mo.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

The New York bank clerk who forg-
ed a check and got 1859, 900 on it
"just for a joke" has been sentenced
to the Elmira reformatory. He is
probably beginning by this time to
have faint suspicion that the joke
was on him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

French Author Visiting America.
Julien Tiersot, the noted French
author, has arrived in this country on
a lecturing tour. He is librarian OF
the national conservatory in Paris and
author of several works on music.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Our friends the Koreans will now
please prepare to remove their tall
hats. There will be a Jap of one
kind or another passing along the pic
turesque highways almost every min
ute of the day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

The story that the statue of William
Penn on top of Philadelphia city halls
tall tower was seen doing a song-and-
dance act after the football game, in
which Pennsylvania defeated Harvard,
is undoubtedly a pure invention.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Navy officers in Washington uphold
the custom of permitting midshipmen
in the Naval Academy to settle dis
putes with fist fights. They evidently
believe that fighter gets practice
every time he fights.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Reports from Santa Domingo say
another revolution is brewing there.
This is the first we have heard from
Santo Domingo for several months.
Somebody must have administered an
anesthetic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

With cali money at 20 on the New
York stock exchange, dear old Uncle
Russell Sage must be doing tolerably
well.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Admiral Nebogatoff has returned to
Russia and explains that he surren-
xlered to the Japs in order 70 keep his
sailors from getting hurt. 1t would be
no more than right for the sailors to
adopt vote of thanks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

The latest holy war" is about to be
waged on Armenian Christians by
Turks and Tartars. The Moslem
means to get even for the crusades,
if it takes all summer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

The Pawtucket girl who twisted
her neck out of joint in a nightmare
probably dreamed that she was exam
lining the latest fashions during a
street promenade.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Norway may recall that the first
king to reign over the children of
Israel also was chosen by the people.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

1t is asserted, on the other hand.
that big hats for women are not go
ing out of fashion The report that
they were, doubtless, was started by
some designing masculine person.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Port Arthur fell, and England
should not be too cock-sure about, the
Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing in this
world is inyulnerable. Last week a
Missouri mule was blown up by dyna-
mite.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Up to date, the Audubon society
hasn't taken any steps for the protec-
ton of the turkey.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Chicago is said to contain $4,000
deserted wives. Somebody will have
to start another cooking-school.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

King Edwards birthday cake, with
the sixty-four blazing candles on it,
must have been a sight.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Even though Henry Labouchere ap-
proves the corset, no one will accuse
him of wearing one. He is anything
but Staid.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

New York's new national theater, di-
rected by Herr Conried, will be a
great institution. Perhaps some time
some other dreams also may come
true.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Automobile riding, according to the
doctors, is good for digestion. When
taken, to be well shaken?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

China is talking of having a consti-
tuition. It must have concluded that
the ways of the foreign devils are not
so bad, after all.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Lieut.. Burbank, who has been trying
TO graft scandal on the army, should
not be COMPOUNDED with the California
wizard of the same name who does
coNmendable kinds of grating.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

The roller-skating fad is coming in
again. Will it also bring back the
hustle?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

That Minnesota boy who has had
1900 bits of rock taken out of his
body must have had as much fun as
If he had played football.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

1t is to be hoped that the New York
society ladies took their fancywork
along when they were invited out to
meet Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

The British Medical Journal says
mems necks are longer than they
used to be. Before the Introduction
of the peek-a-boo shirtwaist?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
Able to Report Progress.

college:
He has two fractured ribs, a broken
collar-bone and a dislocated shoulder,
but the doctor says he'll be out again
in few weeks.''-Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Pobiedonostseff is done for in Rus
STA. He goes down with the bureau
Gratis. The newspaper compositors
will be glad he is gone.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Jcpan is enjoying the fact that
peace hath her victories" much more
than Russia is.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Emperor William wished Joachim,
the famous violinist, to give the Ger
man crown prince lessons, but the mu-
sic master declined the honor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

A woman hardly ever gets SO old
that she speaks of the time when she
was young.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
TwlcE.ToLo TEsIIMoNY.

A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.
The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinary disorders
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

incognita and make tour in an auto
mobile from New York to San Fran
cisco, whence she will take a steamer
for Japan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Whether nome is heaven or the
other place often depends on the cook
ing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Many a man who thinks himself a
born leader meekiy surrenders the Job
10 his wife shortly after marriage.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
The North Pole.

1t is often said that. when the North
Pole is discovered there will be found
Scotchman doing business The
Highlander always ranked foremost
amongst the pioneers OF the Amer1-
can West His HercuIeaH strength
fitted him for frontier life. and to his
constant use of -porridge" for break
fast is attributed his splendid ply
sique This generation can be as
brawny by eating Pillshury's Vitos.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
MAReHERITA TO VISIT AMERICA

Dowager Queen of Italy Will Travel
Incognita.
1t is announced that the Dowager
Queen Margherita of Italy is going to
America next year. She will travel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Every little frog is great in his own
bog.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09

Speaking of hollow mockeries, di0
you ever hear a hungry parrot?