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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
To make Cheap Gas-light for
Country Homes

out extra charge, which used any of these 20
just permitted houses be piped for City Cas-
wired for Electricity, under proper conditions
whether or not these 70 different makes Of Aoetylene
Generators were absolutely Safe to
plosion occurs, from of the Acetylene Gener
And here's proof of their good judgment
J.. Though there are now Two Million people using
Kerosene and Gasoline
1907 Fires from City Gas and $40 Fires from Candles
Besides these there have been &c Fires from the
That shows how sarsfai the Insurance Board was
permitting" only the 70 makes that above
tieion out of the 600 experiments that were
Wemths boom in Assylsns Lighting made lower
Calcium Carbide. material that looks like Granite
KeIossns Light Gasoiae Light: Sands Power
fhree-foavths that of City Gas.
# can't proae these statements to your full salts
But Acetyene is than the safest and cheapest
Light :; Of . the , year m 19G5 r,tb. ,,
Sunlight health giving Blue and Violet rays and
tse st Of 5 fh on he
1t is so much like real Sunlight that it has made
ray Of Sunlight could reach them It made them grow
fast similar plants that had only the Sum
That proven by Cornell University in a three
months experiment made this very year.
Now, I've saved up for the last point more inn
portant to you than all the others about Acetyene
Light.
It consumes only one fourth much of the vital
Oxygen from the Air of Living bedrooms,
either Kerosene City Cias-Light
That's tremendous difference in lifetime, mark
three-fourths of difference
Because,-Oxygen is Life.
And every bit of Oxygen stolen from the lungs of
loss that be made good again.
A "a Candle-Power Acetylene Light costs you only
f7Oo- ffths of cent per hour.
That's about $585 per year, if burned every night
in the year for four steady hours
Kerosene Lamp of equal capacity would cost you
a third more viz: three-ffths of cent hour for
Kerosene alone, $S.75 per year
That's exclusive of broken lamp chimneys
wicks, and the everlasting drudgery and danger of
cleaning. filling and trimming daily
want proOe these figures to you, Reader, If you
a house-own stOrekeeper.
Tell me how many you've got and I'll tell you
what it will cost to light them with brilliant, beautiful,
Sanitary, eye-saving Acetylene-
Write me today for my Free Book about Sunlight
Tap"
just address me here as,
"Acetylene Jones'"
Adams ST,
Chicago, Ills.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
In Crimean Times.

In Crimean times (says the "Tat-
tler'O the Highland regiments were
SO full of Hiberians that many stories
were current exploiting the fact. One
gallant Scottish colonel, it was said,
resolved to take the sense of the reg
iment on the vital question of adopt
ing the plaid as an essential part of
the uniform. When the orderly came
to report the result, the colonel was
scandalized to find that only two of
his men favored the suggestion, "And
who are there two gallant Highland
ers?" he asked. "Ooch!" replied the
orderly, 4'sure it's Corporal O'Brien
an Private O'Callaghan. sorr!''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
Perseverance,.

Perseverance.
When Lowry Parker was babe
A human candy stick
She soon found out the way to get
A thing was just to kick.
And when her little appetite ~
Got hungry in the night,
Why, Lowry simply raised a kick
Until she won the fight.
"a
And when she grew to be a girl
She gave herself a STRAIT
By kicking for a chance to learn
The airy dancing are.
The stage lights now are shining
bright
Upon the graceful elf.
She does the high-falootin' steps
A whole show by herself.
A. U. Mayfield, in Denver News
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28

adapted for the hands, the face, the
general toilet? Impossible, 1t would
be horrid. Who ever heard of such a
use3 Finally a bold shopper carried
home a cake. Does 1t look IKE kit.
chen SapOIo? No one Is sure, and q
cake of that Is bought, and comparison
made. Behold a family using both the
Sap0LiOs for every conceivable pur-
pose. and comparing hottest After
easily and quickly cleansing greasy
pan with Sap0LO, Jane thought the
other would be gritty, and was aston
ished at the smooth, dainty Eafher.
Another was certain 1t would harden
the hands and could scarcely realize
how soft and " comfy" they felt after
tho washing.
Then began the excitement of adven.
fure: what would the new soap NOT
dOf A girl tried q shampoo. Her
hair, pretty, soft and silky swenf up .
perfectly, with none of the unmanage-
Ableness that generally exists for fun
week after the usual process. A man
used tho delightful Lafker for shaving,
and felt no need for cold cream after
wards. A pimply face was treated
to . daily bath ~ ing with the
mecfear. Tartar on
Z: j: <. r.; >,:' e;
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Accident Made Theatrical "Hit.v

In connection with the first appear
ance of Tamagno, the singer who died
recently, in Verdi's "OtellO," in Feb
ruary, 1887, the following story is
told: At the rehearsal, in the last
scene, when he should have fallen by
his own hand PROSTATE across the
body of Desdemona, he, not noticing a
step leading up to the bedside, slip
ped and rolled to the ground He was
about to apologize, when Verdi, who
was directing the performance, called
out in excited admiration that it was
as it should be done and he must new
er do it otherwise
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28

The fearful Bard.
You soar about from star to star,
On. poett and you wing afar
10 spaces where we cannot go
We are SO earthly, here below,
Our Nights are made by trolley car.
OF course. it is an awful jar
when you hit earth. and leaves scar,
Yet, you recover from the blow
You soar about
you should be happy. Singular
1t is that anything can mar
Your happineSs-yet it is
GU sing of pain and death and woe
Great Scott, man! Tell us, please. what
You sore about2
Cleveland Leader.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
No Wonder.

Gray-Terrible storm we had last
evening, wasn't it? Thundered loud
enough to wake the dead
Smith-So? / didn't hear it.
Grey-Didn't hear it, Why, man,
where were you?
Smith-At home. An old school
mate of my wife that she hadn't seen
for years spent the evening at our
house.-Chicago News
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
nIacksmith,s Narrow Escape.

While working in his smithy at
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, a black
smith had startling experience. Upon
throwing down heavy drill he heard
a peculiar rumbling noise He had
hardly time to jump back when the
ground near his anvil opened, leaving
a hole two feet in diameter and sixty
feet Deep The hole turned out to
be the shaft of an old gold mine, the
slabs covering the opening having ap-
parently been worn out and giving
way under the weight of the falling
drill
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Information Wanted.

Jane said the mistress to the
new girl, you must not forget to put
the mackerel to soak for breakfast
"Al right, num-" replied Jane.
What pawnbroker, kin 1 soak 'em
with. mum 2''-Detroit Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
Bears Stopped Electric Car.

An electric car loaded with people
was stopped near Duluth, Mimi, a few
days ago by big bear and her cubs,
which emerged from the bushes and
stood on the track. The bears be-
came alarmed at the attention they
attracted and soon moved on.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
SIG Months old. weiahs 41 BOUND

Ii little Alma Raba of Elizabeth.
N j., barely six months old, weighs
forty-one and half pounds to-day,
what will her weight be in another
half year? 1t is a question that doc
tors and local scientists are asking.
Though born of small parents, Alma
has the reputation of being the latest
child in New Jersey.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
Lord Mayor of London.

Walter Vaughan Morgan, the new
lord mayor of London, is a septuagen-
rian, q banker and a bachelor. He
was educated at the Bluecoat school
and is a prominent Free Mason.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28

The application of little kerosene
oil is given as good remedy for mos
quito bites, bee stings. corn worm ana
obacco worm stings-
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worry as to which they ccuEd better
spare II they had to make q choice.
TRY HAND sAPoLIo.

Its steady use will keep the hands
of any busy woman as white, I'M
tanned and pretty rs if she was
under the constant care of a city
manicure. 1t Is truly The Dainty
Woman's Friend" in the suburbs
or on the farm.
Those ugly dark brown streaks
en- the neck, arising from tight
collars. and the line where the
sunburn stops, can be wiped OUT
by the velvety lather of HAND
SAPoLIo. 1t Is, indeed, "The
Dainty Woman's Friend"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-10-28
WHY TAKE DAINTY

WHY TAKE DAINTY
CARE of your mouth and
neglect your pores, the myriad
mouths of your skim HAND
SAPoLIo does not gloss them
over, or chemically dissolve
their health-giving oils, yet
clears them thoroughly by q
method of its own.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-11-02
An Odd Old Custom,

Citizens Of the old Devonshlre town
Of Honiton, in England, are immune
from arrest until sunset one evening,
for while the horse fair Is In progress
the arm Of the law is powerless. This
is in continuation Of a quaint and pic
turesque ceremonial which has been
handed down from the time Of Henry
Ill. When the horse fair begins the
town crier, in the gorgeous dress Of
beadle Of the last century, appears car
rying a pole, at the end Of which Is a
large gilt glove decked with flowers.
Having rung his handbell three times,
the crier. In his three cornered hat, an
nounced: "Oyez, oyez, oyez! The fair
is begun; the glove is up; no man can
be arrested till the glove is down. God
save the king" Each sentence Is cho
rused by the children standing round
and at the conclusion they scramble for
nuts. The glove is taken down at sun
aof
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The Monster Diplodocus,

DR.. Andrew Wilson speaks Of that
huge extinct reptile, the diplodocus,
whose bones Andrew Carnegie present
ed to the South Kensington. museum in
London as dragon" IF we could
imagine it restored" says DR.. Wilson.
I'VE should be tempted to imagine that
the dragon legends Of old had some
foundation In fact. As a rule, these
Observation-Disclosures, as they are called
were huge, bulky animals. Mr.. Car
negie's specimen has been estimated to
have possessed length In life Of
about seventy feet. The diplodocus,
With regard to It's personal character
istics, appears to have possessed
head of very nA,!erate size indeed,
considered relatively to the animals
bulk. Its jaws are weak, and its teeth
are borne by the front Of the jaws
only. That it fed on soft vegetable
matter would therefore appear to be an
inference fairly warranted. by the
facts. yet, like the vegetarian elephant,
1t may have been capable Of fierce on
slaughts enough in its day. To feed
on plants is not always commensurate
with mildness of temper, as every vic
ious horse testifes. We may further
believe that the diplodocus, If not
swimmer, at least had aquatic habits.
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ground. and with flushed face and
tears In her eyes exclaimed:
why don't you call me names and
yell at met"
But why should IT.
Because I'm Paddy Wharton's gal.
Because I'm stealing coal. Because
I'm ragged and barefooted and hain't
Of no account. Because
"Oh, well, never mind" he said
soothingly. Things will be different
some day. 1 will give you this coal,
and so you need have no scruples Of
conscience"
She looked at him through her tears
for a moment and wanted to tell him
how ashamed she was and to thank
him for his consideration, but she
couldn't find words. All she could do
was to run out her tongue and make
up face at him as he raised his hat
and sauntered away. The coal wa
emptied from the sack, and Padd.
Wharton's gal went home to declare
that she would never steal another
pound of coal as long as she lived.
And why won't ye?" asked father
and mother in chorus.
"Because-I won't"
! That's all they could get out Of her.
1t was decided that she had found the
agent terror and been scared of, and
Paddy was furious; he thirsted for re-
venge. Conferences were held in the
kitchen and in the groggery, and
strange men were called in and strange
things discussed.
/ One night, a month after the gals
meeting with the agent at the coal car,
he was aroused from his sleep at his
boarding house and descended to the
parlor to find Paddy Wharton's gal
awaiting him.
They are goin' to bust up the sta
ton with dynamitew she said as he
stood before her.
| "When?'
AT midnight-an hour from now"
What for?'
Because l won't steal no more coal.
They think you drive me Oh, and they
are mad about II"
miss Wharton
II hain't Miss Wharton! I hain't q
lady! l hain't nobody! I'm just-just
gal. You hain't no right to smile al
me. You hain't no right to tip your
hat and help me shoulder sack Of
coal. IL don't like you-and hate
| you-and they are goin' to blow up the
| station-and-good nightw
The station was saved, and Paddy
Wharton and his gang were sent to
| prison, while the mother and the gal
went to some distant city.
''Sorry for that little girl" says the
| agent sometimes to himself as he leans
back in his Office chair with hands
clasped behind his neck.
HE was such nice man-and he
| called me Miss Wharton-and he raised
| his hat to me-and-and"- signs Pad
dy Wharton's gal before she closes he,
eyes In sleep.
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Alexander Melville Bell was 4 man
whose benefactions to afflicted man.
kind will live long after his name has
been forgotten by those whom he aided.
AS the inventor Of visible speech" the
system Of phonetics in vogue In vir-
tually all deaf and dumb institutions
in this country, Mr.. Bell did more than
any other single individual to tighten
the burden of the unfortunates de-
prived of one or both of these faculties.
Coming from family three genera
lions of which devoted their energies to
developing the art of instructing the
deaf and dumb in methods of commu-
nication, his achievements in this direc-
ton have left lasting imprint. The
system which he devised enabled those
denied such privileges by nature to
enjoy communion with their fellow be-
ings and has brought Joy into thou
sands Of lives. Rarely does it fall to
the lot of man to confer such bless.
ings upon humanity. His death will
be source Of profound regret to the
world. and particularly to those In
whose behalf he labored 20 earnestly
and with such marked degree Of sue
cess.-Detroit Free Press.
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Az ADin3Aj Story ror
Little Felix's
The No Good" Cat

Once there was mo good" cat, just
I plain, thin, dirty looking cat who
spent most of his time asleep in the
coal bin in the day time and lodging
the bootjacks and coal that were
thrown at him at night as he sat and
sang on the back fence.
He didn't belong to any one in par
ticular, but he usually slept in Mr.. Slip
per Shoppers coal bin. So the neigh
bors all came to Mr.. Slipper Stopper
and said his cat was stealing their
chickensr' His cat was stealing their
milkw So Mr.. Slipper Stopper made
up his mind that as the cat was mo
good" cat and had NO friends he better
be drowned.
He told this to the cat, and at once
the cat got his back up.
Il won't CO." said the cat.
"You will Co." said Mr.. s.
'But I catch rats and mice for you"
pleaded the cat.
you steal others food" said Mr..
Slipper Stopper shortly.
Il might do you some good some
day." whined the cat
you're no good" said his master.
and, taking his water pail on his arm
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Honest Toll.

I'm the old days. says a well known
player, when I was member of a
stock company in Chicago, we used
nightly to gather in bohemian resort
near the theater. One night just after
the show a number Of lis were seated
at table near the entrance when there
entered to us lean and hungry look
ing chap very thinly and stability clad
Noticing his anxious gaze, one Of the
party Immediately OWNED his purpose
and, anticipating the stranger, said:
Sorry, old fellow, but as we our
selves are playing in rather hard luck
we have no money to give you for Z
meal and a nights lodging. We're
nearly broke ourselves
AT this tho stranger smiled pleas
antly. Permit me, gentlemen, to cor
rect a Misrepresentation said he. I
was not going to ask you for money. !
merely wanted to know whether one
Of you would not lend me a sandbag 50
that might 60 out and make little"
-Harper's Weekly.
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Origin Of Lilac.

Both name and tree are Of Persian
origin, but came to US through Turkey.
The name means "bluish" (see Skeat)
and indicates the color Of the flower.
The tree is said to have been brought
to Vienna by Busbecq late in the six
teenth century. The first mention Of
the name l have seen in English is In
Gerard, where it is given as 'lillach or
lilach" and Is said to have been applied
by 1.-THE later physitians' to Syringa
caerulea, or "blew pipe" by which ev-
fdently Gerard means the lilac.
'These trees" he says, grow not
wild in England, but have seen them
growing in my garden in great plenty"
There are, as is well known, different
varieties, some white, some different
shades Of purple.
The lilac, says some punster s1yly,
Is named from smelling like lilly!
He must have thought US wondrous silly
We know the sound Of 1 in lily.
..- Notes and Queries.
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Germany maintains monopoly Of
making stone marbles In spite Of vari-
Gus efforts made to wrest the trade
away. In the marble and agate quar-
ries there are innumerable chips and
bits of stone from the butting Of the
large blocks, and this refuse Is broken
into cubes about the size of a marble.
An experienced worker produces these
cubes Of stone at an Incredible speed
and with remarkable uniformity. When
about a bushel are ready they are
dropped between a grooved bedstone
and revolving runner. Water is kept
constantly supplied, and in half an
hour the stones are turned out perfect
spheres. With abundant water power
the cost Is slight, as a couple of men
can keep a dozen stones supplied and
the raw material costs nothing at ALL
In other countries the cost of preparing
the blanks eats up the profits, and COM
petition with the German made prod
uct is impossible.
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Not Worth Hfs Salt.

when we say man is not worth
bis SALT said philologist. I'VE use
an interesting and classic form of
speech. We 60 all the way back, in
fact, to the time of the ancient Ro-
mans.
''The Roman workers in the salt
mines were paid in salt. The salt that
they got in return for their labor was
called their salarium (sal-salD or salt
allowance.
"The word salarium, meaning salt
money or allowance for salt, later on
was applied to the fees or tips men got
for odd jobs. For patching my toga, ;
the noble said, I will give that fellow
a slight salarium-a bit of measy to
buy salt with
Finally. 'salarium' came to mean
wages. salary, what II does today. A
salary is essentially salt money, and
when we say man 10 not worth his
salt we mean he is not worth paying
wages to."-St. Louis Globe Democrat
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DhA00ED him, 6CNAICd1NG AND HOW LING.
and seizing the cat by the tail, he,
dragged him, scratching and bowling,
to the river.
what are you going to dor cried
the cat
"Wait and ses." said Mr.. Slipper
Shopper. He took hong cord from his
psekst and tied II about the cats neck
and then bent down over the bank to
ct q big stone. But his foot slipped
aad In hs went, splashinS and bowling
iato the deep water. ~
Mr. Slipper Stopper when boy bad
never learned to swim.
IT'S all up with me-" be moaned.
But the no good" cat made for home.
As he came alone Mrs. Slipper Stopper
grew anxious and ran to the shore ysst
in time to pull her husband out. =
How did you known he gaspe ~
1T was the cat" she replied.
He was some good. then, after all"
said Mr. S. So he was.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
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ESTRAYED before me, F. R. Garrett,
u Justice of Peace, Ward 3, Precinct
|, Bossier Parish, La, on Sept. 81, 1905,
by J. s. Rodgers, one Black and White
Spotted Steer, list across shoulders and
across hips, marked crop and split in
right ear and crop and two underbits in
left ear, about Z or 8 years old; ap-
praised at $18.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, etc.,
or the same will be sold according to law
at J. S. Rodgers pasture, near Miller's
Bluff, on Saturday, Nov 4, 1905.
sep2s-nov2 F. r. GARRETT.
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c, B. Burhan. restifles After Four Years.

c. B. Burhans, Of Carlisle Center, NY, writes:
had been entirely cured Of severe kidney trou-
Bile BY taking less than two bottles of Foley's
Kidney Cure. 1t entirely stopped the brick dust
sediment, and pain and symptoms OF kidney dis
ease disappeared l am glad to say that have
never had a return of any Of those symptoms
during the four years that have elapsed and l am
evidently cured to stay cured and heartily rec
ommend Foley's Kidney Cure to any one suffer-
ing from kidney or bladder trouble. Benton
Mercantile Company.
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For Sale or Rent.

nN best terms, my plantation, known
" as the Huckabay place, described
as follows: VIZ of nw14, section 8, e1s
of section 8, VIZ of VIZ of section 10,
ne4 and nH of nw4 of section Is, sw1a
of nwA of section IS, township is, range
II, containing $40 acres; situated two
miles from Koran and five miles from
Taylortown; five or six good houses on
the same. Possession given January 1,
1906, when the present lease expires, or
will rent to responsible parties on that
date. Address
MARX BLuEsTEIN, Shreveport, La.
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Homestead Entry No. 1904.
Department of the Interior, !
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
na4oha. 81 fQnE

NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing named settler has filed no
tice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver. at Natchitoches, La, on
Jan. 13, 1906, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 73W-George
E. Rodgers, of Mot, La.-for the neA
of nw14, sec. 6, tp. % n, rng. ii W, Lou
isiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
J.J. Albums, OF. Kilgore, J. B. Lynn
and o. C. Cason, all of Mot, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
November 2, 1905. dec -
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Department of the Interior, !
and Offioo ot Notchifoohoc To

Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
October Is, 1905. J
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing named settler has filed no.
tice of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver, at Natchitoches, La, on
Dec. 6, 1905, viz:
Homestead Entry No. tO398 Will
liam T. Idom, of Bolinger, La.-for the
AZ of sw14 and nwl4 of se114, sec. 8, tp.
% n, rng. II W. La. Mer.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
j. E. Cason, O. c.. Cason and j. j.
Albums, of Mot, La, and A. ]. Logan,
of Emma, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
November 2, 1905. nov 30