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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

the leading newspapers of the Ger
man empire.
Nobody has taken pains to ascer-
tain the truth. The story was signed
by l.. Triang, which is the monde
plume of the correspondent of the Ber-
liner Tageblatt, a well known for
mer member of the German Reichstag
He is the real author of the story. And
furthermore the German editors who
were taken in so easily, knew that
America was the land of the million
aires; that the country was said to be
in the hands of the millionaires, and
that the building of tunnels was one
of their principal engineering feats.
All these were facts and pitfalls
for the credulous editors, who did
not take into consideration the custom
of publishing fake stories on April the
first. The same papers once before
published a story about the invention
of a wonderful apparatus by which
all sorts of movements could be heard.
The growing of grass sounded like
the light reports of a cannon, and the
pulling in by water bugs of their feel
ers made noise similar to the open
ing and closing of an umbrella. 1t
was not until the clever copyists had
been reminded that the invention was
made on April fools day, that they
learned the publication had only been
a fake.
In geographical knowledge, not
much could be expected, and for this
reason it was easily believed that the
robber fleets vessels were Colombian
or Chilean cruisers, and were fitted
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
He Got His Money.

''I'1l send you check for my $25,"
she said after they had settled up the
bridge score.
"Oh, come, why not pay it now?" he
insisted to her establishment
Il haven't so much" she answered,
land 1 don't want to. I'll send the
check tomorrow
Come, now, open that beautiful
gold purse and see if you haven't the
money" he repeated persistently.
Count it through and see-"
She was determined on account of
his rudeness; but he won out and she
handed him over the money
what angered me most" she said
sfterward, was not so much his i'll
bred persistence as the fact that l
really did have the money. but didn't
want to pay it that afternoon New
York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

All Germany and Austria were re-
Gently stirred by the sensational news
that the United States treasury had
been looted by burglars in the employ
of American millionaires of every
dollar it contained. While the happy
American people were living in ig-
norance of such an abominable crime,
the papers all over Germany and Aus
tria, with f1aring headlines, told about
the bold robbery OF millions from the
the United States treasury At the
public resorts this villainy of Ameri-
can millionaire criminals was discuss
ed and for few days excitement ran
high, even in financial circles, about
the sensational story published by the
papers of Emperor William and EN-
peror Francis Josephs realms.
Many papers even published illus
trations, showing features of the in
credible deed and a reader of the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle who is travelling
in Europe has sent the accompanying
picture, taken from one of the Ger
man papers. In his letter he stated
that the paper expressed the hope that
the North American squadron that
was said to be in pursuit of the rob-
bers might succeed in recovering the
stolen treasure in order to prevent an
impending calamity that might even
interfere with the good commercial
relations existing between the old
country and the Land of the Future
And all that excitement, which
startled otherwise coOl-headed peO-
pie of two nations, sprang from an
article in the Berlin Tageblatt, one Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
HOW TO STAY YOUNG.
Growing Old Largely Matter of
Imacjnation,

How old are you? The adage says
that women are as old as they look,
and men as old as they feel. That's
wrong. A man and woman are as old
as they take themselves to be-
Growing old is largely habit of the
mind. LAS a man thinketh in his
heart so is he If he begins shortly
after middle age to imagine himself
growing old he will be old.
To keep ones self from decreptitude
is somewhat a matter of will power
The fates are kind to the man who
hangs. on to life with both hands He
who lets go will go. Death is slow
only to tackle the tenacious.
Ponce de Leon searched in the
wrong place for the fountain of youth.
1t is in ones self. One must keep
ones self young inside. SO that while
1.-The outer man perisheth the inner
man is renewed day by day"
When the human mind ceases to
exert itself when there is no longer
an active interest in the affairs of
this life, when the human stops read
ing and thinking and doing, the man,
like a blasted tree, begins to die at
the top.
You are as old as you think you
are Keep the harness on Your job
is not done.-Milwauke Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Profit and Loss,

William Allen White tells story IL.
ustrative of the tribulations of an edi-
tor of paper in the West in the old
days Away back in the early sos a
notice appeared in journal pub
lished at Dodge City, which ran as
follows:
In view of the fact that we cannot
pay the road tax of SO assessed
against US this year, we have been
sentenced to a certain period of con-
finement by the judicial authorities of
this state. Consequently there will
be no issue of this paper for the next
three weeks; but as the state will, of
course. have to board us, we figure
that we shall come ont some $40
ahead Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
TENANTS IN THE DEMIJOHN.
Old Lady Will Not Use 1t for Her Sas
SafraS Beer.

safras Beer.
Workmen while digging in the
refuse under wagon house at Newton
farm, Merton square, found a fve-gal-
lon demijohn, once filed with rye
whisky The demijohn probably had
been there for years. The basket
work about it was crumbling away.
John Clemmers, one of the workmen.
said:
.'Old Mrs. Summers, over on the
pike, has been wanting a demijohn, .
and he took it over to her.
The house dog appeared to take
great interest in the demijohn, upset
ting it, and sticking his paw in the
neck Then he drew out his paw
again and barked.
A green and black spotted snake
wriggled out of the demijohn and be-
gan to twist about joyously in the
heat of the stove. Mrs. Summers
jumped upon a table and screamed
Another snake and another followed
the first one, until, Clemmer says, he
counted twenty-seven. With the dog
help he killed them all.
Mrs. Summers declines to use the
bottle for her sassafras beer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

up for the expedition in the almost I'M
known parts of Polynesia or even on
the coast of Patagonia, where hardly
any accommodations may be found to
do such work.
1t must, however, be considered a
poor excuse made by those German
papers, which claimed afterward that
the story was not printed as a mere
news item, and that fake stories ap-
pearing in German papers would,
more easily, be copied by the yellow
journals of America.
1t may be quoted that not all of the
All Fools Day fake originated with
ent In a recent novel by Alfred Henry
Lewis, an unprincipled Russian noble
man. a society figure in Washington
carries out the plot to loot the treas
ury. He learns that an old sewer
runs close to the vaults. He buys q
fast yacht, employs crooks from New
York to do the work, and ingeniously
devises rubber bags to be blown up
as wanted by the man who has broken
into the vaults from the sewer. Each
bag will carry twenty pounds of gold
ard will float down the slow stream Of
the sewer to its mouth at the Poto-
mac. There, in dead of night, row
boats will take the gold to the yacht.
The plot is foiled only after the vaults
are broken into. Mr.. Lewis is the
biographer of Richard Croker His
story was not a joke. 1t was per-
haps a trifle- more ingenious than the
German Journalists imitation.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Why He Prayed for Rain.


The Rev. Mr.. Livingston of Georgia
tells this one:
"A friend of mine down in one of
Livingston, has many proteges
among the people in the mountain
country near. Several years ago there
was a long dry spell in Georgia. At
about the beginning of it the wife of
one of the mountaineers died. The
disconsolate husband followed her to
the grave, and was the last to leave
the burying ground. His footprints re-
manned, large and distinct. in the
clay beside her grave. Six weeks
afterward my friend drove out to see
how the widower was doing. He was
found sitting in the door of his cabin,
staring hopelessly at the cloudless
sky.
EFF hit would only turn in an
rain,' he said, L wouldn't ask nothin'
of nobody
1.-The dry weather is bad for the
crops the visitor remarked.
'"Tain't crops said the widower,
swears she won't marry me till it
rains
why not?' the visitor asked.
'''She lows it wouldn't be shown
proper respect for my first wife to
marry before my tracks in the grave
yard is washed out. 1 shore do wish
hit would turn in an rain. / been
courtin' her six weeks. Good Lord, a
man KANT wait on the weather for
ever Brooklyn Eagle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
A Minister'S Story.

Being the son of a clergyman, ]
have some remembrances of minister
al stories told in my youth Among
them was one of divine who
preached in the city of Portsmouth
and who one summer, with his family
went to little village on the coast
of Maine to spend his vacation.
Finding there an unused, dilapidat
ed church, he thought perhaps he
could do some good by holding serv.
ices therein. He obtained consent
and his meetings were fully attended
In the fall the little vessel came fol
him and his family, and just as they
were leaving he saw a delegation
coming hastily over the hill and beck.
oning to him. Thinking perhaps they
had some little testimonial for him
shore, when they handed him a bill
for the use of the church. He took
the bill, paid it, and on reaching
home framed it and hung it in hi
study.-Boston Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
Mexioo,s Growing Prosperity.

Mexico has been steadily growing in
prosperity for a quarter of century
thanks to the establishment of order
ly government. No longer is Mexico
synonymous with perpetual faction
fighting, of the most truculent type
Diaz rules and order is maintained
steadily, but without recourse to Sc
verify. AS the people have no revo
buttons to divert their time from bust
ness, trade and commerce steadily in.
crease. In twenty years imports have
risen from s20.0OO,0OO to s75.O0O, 900.
and the exports from S7,000,00O tc
s43 100000 OF the foreign trade OF
Mexico the bulk is with the United
States. Mexican exports to this coun-
try which were $4,346,36 thirty years
ago, were s43, 633,720 in 1904. Mexico
imported from the United States last
year goods valued at s45,S44. 72O,
against $5,946.S39 in 1S74.-BostoJ
Transcript
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
~Haxanasv Out of Season.

Summer resorts in the winter time
are very different from what they are
when the residents who make the
heated term prosperous are present
The other day Babes in Toyland"
played in Newport, R. l., and during
the afternoon Gus" Pixley, of that
company. went into a cigar store and,
putting down a quarter, demanded of
the proprietor, a typical New England
err, that he give him clear Havana
cigar. "Tuh," said the tobacconist,
"they are not in season now. We only
keep them in the summer time. All
we got now are five-centers."
Pixley took a cigar and twenty
cents change
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
He Wanted "Siston1."

At a certain coal mine down in New
Mexico the Superintendent was great
ly annoyed from time to time by en-
ployes moving into and out of the
cOmpany'S houses without due Motif
cation of their frequent changes OF
domicile. 1t became quite impossible
to keep the rent accounts straight on
the Office books, and finally the super
intendent, in his evaporation, re
solved upon stringent measures He
therefore posted the following notice
which is given verbatim-orthogra
ply, syntax and all:
february the 18th.
Notice to all employees
aney Person or Persons that Moves
into A house Without My Consent
shall be Put out Without anney Gem
mony.
Dam it Must and Will have some
Sistom.
(Signed.) Hen Filster."
Los Angeles Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
His Idea of Dinner.

Colonel John s. Flaherty of the
Majestic Theater. New York, was
speaking of a manager who is noted
for spending money literally on his
prod actions, but who does not always
spend the money with advantage to
him. elf and his audiences
och, he spends enough money,
said the Colonel; -'but he does not
always get satisfactory results He is
one of these fellows who, if he had
two or three friends for dinner and
wanted to show them great honor,
would order a hundred dollars worth
of ham and eggs."-The Sunday Mag
axine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

INJURED.
CHEEKY way. ttI've brought a friend to
lunch. Come DOWN."
Very soon, dear" the clear voice
echoed from some room above.
The husband hung up the receiver
with a disguised jerk, after a few
sharp words.
.Thunder!" he snorted. Lew,
must go back to the Office. The man
can't wait, and the matter is too i'm
portant to go over. III return in an
hour
iii go with you." said Wix in low,
quick whisper. While you are busy,
I've bit of business to attend to-"
mo. Lew; stay and lunch with Mrs.
Branch"
Sam, I'd rather go with you. 1
don't wish to be impolite, but"
His tone was scarcely audible
s'Wenr come along, then. I've got
to hustle" Branch turned to the
stairs.
Jennie" he called, wait lunch.
have to see a man who just tele-
phoned. Sorry; Wen be back by two
o'clock -
Not waiting for reply, he hustled
out. Wix was ahead of him.
Branch absorbed, his companion strid-
ing mechanically.
Presently Wix spoke.
Your wife has a pleasant voice,
Sam
Yes, yes, she has. Confound it, l
ought to have had that deed regis
tered
did / hear you call her Jennie?"
Guess SOL Names Janet, Janet
Shelton, Jennie to me- Drat that
| deed, Pardon my not listening, old
man. I've some thinking to do
At the corner wix halted, putting a
OBTAINING hand on Branch's shoulder,
a firm, affectionate grasp.
iii leave you here and take a cab,
| he sal dcalmly; there's a car going
your way. Shake hands, Sam, for
luck. 1 feel sort of lost in this great
city, but Ill reach you at your Office
before lunch
-Sure!" answered Branch, absently
pressing the extended fingers. Good
by, for now, Lew"
| "Good-by," said Wix. "Good-by"
| When Branch had finished his bust
ness. he glanced at the clock in the
main Office.
Its time Lew showed up" he com
mented. ..Hullo, here's a messenger
| boy From him, I'm afraid. Yes
He signed the receipt book, tore
open the envelope and stood rigid
] staring.
No answer" he said. thickly.
The lad stro1led out, whistling.
Branch sank into a chair, and
| again read the note Slowly he tore
it to bits, dropping the pieces hstless
| ly in the waste basket
''And he says / must never let hel
| know" came his inaudible murmur
Lord save us. To think that wen
and married his girl,''
Branch was man of expedients
and one to allay suspicion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
SHE SLEEPS STANDING UP.
Aged Cleveland Woman Has Done
This for Twenty Years.


This for Twenty Years.
For twenty years Mary Dickerson, a
domestic in the family of Mrs. B. H.
Smoot, has slept at night leaning
against a wall while standing on her
feet, says Cleveland special to the
Kansas City Journal. Her case has
just come to the knowledge of the
local physicians and has created
much interest.
Mrs Dickerson is 70 years of age, a
small woman, but exceedingly strong
and wiry for one of her years. She
informed the physicians that for more
than fifty years she was addicted to
the use of morphine, but has cured
herself of the habit through becom-
ing converted at a religious revival.
Its this way she said. when L
took the dope l had the most terrible
dreams The more morphine 1 took
the worse the dreams got 1 found
that when l took the dope and went
to bed 1 would dream of falling into
hells fire or going through the worst
tortures. / just couldn't stand it, and
I'd have to get up and take more dope
I couldn't afford that. / had just
money enough to buy little of the
stuff at a time and couldn't afford to
take it day and night. So I started to
sleep in a chair That was better,
but the dreams still came, and so
started to sleep standing up. Then I
had no bad dreams, and I've kept it
up ever since. / couldn't sleep in
bed now if l wanted to-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
PIav They Had Never Seen.

President Finley of the College of
the City of New York tells this. He
was coming down in the elevated one
day last week. Opposite him were
seated two men, evidently from up
the state. They were discussing
theatrical matters.
This man Mansfield" said one. 81
go to see him every time I'm in New
York But there's one thing 1 never
saw him in
whats that?" asked his compan-
ion.
sort of a play it is?''
And the other one couldn't enlight-
en- him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

Branch looked up from examining
the mortgage deed spread upon his
desk
A shadow had fallen across the pa
per, blocking the light from the near
by door of his dingy private office.
well, siri'' he Intercepted brisk
ly, what can 1 do for you?"
You can give me your hand, Sam"
"It isn't Lewis Wix? Levi 1t can't
bei''
Eyes, it is" laughed the caller, as
Branch sprang up. Same old six
pence. I'm tickled to death to find
you. First thing did when reached
the city was to hunt directory. Ran
my finger down the BIS Branch, s.
w. & Co.'-that's Sam said 1, and l
never even stopped for a bite to eat
Your old grip feels good. It's twelve
years since 1 last felt it,
Twelve years! Is that so? I'd lost
all track. Sit down, old man. You are
going to lunch with me at my house,
right away. Where have you been?
What do you do? You're looking fat
and gay Made money? Married."
zone thing at a time" smiled Wix.
Eyes, I'm prosperous at last, after my
ups and downs. Mining properties
solid ones. I've been all over the
West. Denver's my home; that is, as
much of a home as 1 have"
mot married, them"
mo, not yet. Hope to be in due
season. Think I've changed much,
SAM"
Mighty little. Pshaw! you want to
hurry up and settle down. Now, let
me see. l know some nice GIRLS
ssIO1d On i0farrrDtod WV Grin.
ming. 1.-The fact is, Sam, I've come
East on that very errand, and
81 see. l sec. And old affair, eh ?''
That's it. Dear mel I've got to
locate her. It's so long since l heard,
and she-to tell the truth, we both
stopped writing years ago. 1t seemed
SO hopeless. l wandering around, a
poverty-stricken prospector, and the
poor girl, waiting. Those letters grew
to be too narrowing. They dropped
off. 1 simply couldn't bring myself to
worry her with constant reports OF
bad luck Besides, my whereabouts
were uncertain. Finally, 1 wrote her
cousin, who knew of our feelings for
each other, telling him how things
stood, and ne was to let me know il
anything happened to her. AS I've
never heard, I'm sure she is still in the
old town, still waiting
III bet she isl cried Branch. en-
couragingly. You'll find her, Lew
She will be just as young in you
eyes, and you in hers. Say! Why
not be married at my house? It's
real romance. l must tell my wife
about it,
Il remember Mrs. Branch and you
wedding. It's splendid of you to b,
so kind, Sam. Maybe we'll take III
that offer"
-Deari Dear! my weddingi Lew
you didn't know, of course. / los
Anna within a year. Never though
to find anyone to take her place. blu
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03
cotton Mill at shanohai.

owned by a native Chinese company.
with a mandarin as president The
mill has 10000 spindles, and the cot
ton used is of Chinese growth The
help numbers 1000, all women and
children.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-08-05
CHANGED HUSBAND.
wife Made wise change In Foo

Wife Made Wise Change In Food.
Change Of diet IS the only way to
really cure stomach and bowel trouble
A woman says
MY husband had dyspepsia when
we were married and had suffered
from II for several years. II was al.
most impossible TO find anything he
could eat without bad results.
IL thought this was largely duo to
tho use of coffee and persuaded him
70 discontinue IT, he did so, aud be-
gan 90 drink Postum Food Coffee The
change did him good from the begin.
ming, his digestion improved he SUI.
fcred much less from his nervousness
and when he added Grape Nuts food
10 his diet he was soon entirely cured.
my friend, Mrs, ---, OF Vicks
burg (my former home) had become a
nervous wreck also from dyspepsia
Medicines had no effect neither did
travel help her on my last visit home.
some months ago. ! persuaded her to
use Grape Nuts food. She was IN de-.
SPAR, aud consented. She stuck 20 e
MNNAl III AfHNNAHN ANfN AlfMANA ~ NWAAA-
plctoly that she rs now the most cnthu-
siastic friend OF Grape Nuts that ! ever
knew. She eats 70 with cream or dry,
Just as It comes from the package
keeps II IN her room and eats II when.
ever she feels like a.
II began eating Grape-Nuts food
myself. when my baby was two
months old. and don't know what |
should have done without II. My ap.
petite was gone. / was weak and nerv.
Gus and Afforded but very little nour-
ishment for the child. The Grape-Nuts
food. Of which ! soon grew very fond,
speedily set all this right again. and
the baby grew hoalthful. rosy and
beautiful as mother could wish. lie
r. two years old now and eats Grape
Nuts food himself / wish every tired
young mother know of the good that
Grape Nuts would do her"
Names given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's a reason.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-08-05
PAPER MANUFACTURERS
EMPLOY OLD TACTICS
in Government inquiry
Make No Reply to Questions
Bearing on Combination.

St Paul. Mimi. dispatch lnvcstiea-
tion Of the bushes OF the General PA.
per company was begun here Monday
before Robert S. Taylor, special exam.
liner appointed by the United States
district court
The tactics of the corporation were
the same here as those adopted In the
hearing at Milwaukee. J. G Flanders
attorney for the paper company. In.
structcd witnesses 10 refuse replies 20
all questions bearing ON the existence
or nuneNistence OF combination TO
equalize profits or fix prices
Mr. Nelson OF the General Paper
company was The FIRST witness called.
He admitted that II. A. Edmunds
general Manager OF the Rhinelandcr
mill. was n director OF the General
Paper Company. but refused TO answer
as TO Edmunds' activities. TO every
question asked that could by any pos.
sibllity have borne on the issue under
investigation, Mr. Nelson refused re.
plies.
AZ tho conclusion OF Mr. Nelson's
examination Mr. kellogg. who handled
tho case for the government. an
nounced that the government would
appeal 10 the court for an order com
pclllng tho witness and subsequent
Witnesses 10 answer questions.