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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-30
Vegetable Millinery.

At the recent unwilling in Ocean
Grove of the bronze statue of the
late DR.. E. H. Stokes, a Methodist
minister said:
81 knew Mr.. Stokes well, and one
of the things l most admired in him
was his simplicity, his modesty, his
plainness- He hated affectation and
vanity, even in women; and in good
humored way he would often poke fun
at the freakish fashions that come up
from time to time in women's dress.
81 remember one summer when the
ladies' hats were very large and
great many cherries and beans and
grapes and so on covered them. DR..
Stokes went about Ocean Grove tell
ing a hat story.
He said there came a knock at a
mans door one morning, and the man
answered it, and then called upstairs
to his wife:
Gam, here is the girl with the
vegetables
But the wife, coming downstairs
hastily, called as she descended:
Don't be silly. It's my new hat T"
Buffalo Enquirer.
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NEW CURE FOR TIGHT DOORS

Furniture Man Tells How to Open
Dresser Drawers that Stick.
Patrons come to me every day and
say that the drawers of dressers and
other furniture stick fast and cannot
be opened or shut without great diff
ficulty,'' said the complaint man" in
a down town furniture store. This
is the trouble with much furniture,
especially that which is new, and is
especially common in the spring.
What do we do in such cases2 We
simply tell the customers to wet the
surface of bar of common laundry
soap and rub it firmly over the parts
of the wood that stick. This makes
the surface smooth and slippery, and
in nearly all cases the drawer will
slide easily, especially after it has
been opened and shut few times.
This also is valuable with doors
which, in new flats, are likely to set
tie or are apt to scrape at the top
as the building settles. Just use soap
on them and save the trouble of call
ing in a carpenter, who will plane
the varnish of.
China cabinet doors, with curved
glass, cause us a lot of trouble, but
most of the tightness can be RENE
died by the use of soap and a few ap-
plications of sand paper"
The furniture man gave another
helpful hint
IF mission furniture, with the dull
finish, loses its smooth surface and
characteristic waxy appearance" he
said, do not despair and send it to
the renovator. Take a pound cake of
common floor wax and rub it over
the surface until the finish is restored.
If you have no floor wax use beeswax,
and if you prefer something made es-
pecially for the purpose, you can buy
liquid preparations, one of which will
remove the old finish, leaving the ia
Bile top or other object ready for the
application of the other substance,
which will duplicate the original fin
iSh."
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In the Rush of 1850.

The owner of the great dairy was
showing visitor around the plant
All these thousands of cows" he
said, ARE MIXED by machinery The
milk is conveyed into an immense
reservoir, from which it is carried in
underground pipes at speed of a mile
a minute to all points within fifty
miles of here The system works per
fectly. and yet there is one great draw.
back
what is that7'' asked the visitor
well, of course, there's no cream
any more. 1t is fmpracticable fer ue
to separate it here, and in this age OF
the world nobody has time to wait for
it to rise"
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oIQ0s OlASIS are SldllOAdIy LII tnS
main, have only the conical cap piv-
oted, while the mechanism to adjust
cap and vans works from inside. Many
picturesque bits on the greensward of
some comparatively modern villa.
Others have been brought from their
original location and incorporated in
cottages; or, deprived of their vans
and cleared of most of the rude ma
chinery, are the summer studios of
artists. But at East Hampton, Anna
gansett, Wainscott and Bridgehamp-
ton there are windmills owned by the
old families of Suffolk county which
play their part to-day in the farm
economy as they did a century and
half ago. The iron windmills that
pump water increase in number all
about them, raising their giant skel-
etons on every side, but these grind
on at their bucolic tasks to the sat
iSfaction of their owners and delight
of searchers after the picturesque.
One does not see them in ranks and
rows, as in Holland, where they are
used as cheap means of draining low
lying spots of water. But their COM
parative rarity only endears them and
stamps that value on them which col
lectors recognize when they pay
roundly for antiques.
If there is fascination in the sight
of the slowly-turning vans somewhat
akin to that of the regular success
sion of waves as they turn to white
flour on the beach, there is no less
in the sights and sounds within these
antique machines. The white flour
of corn and wheat sitting from the
hopper, the smell of the dust-Iaden
air, the particles of flour dancing in
the sunlight as it falls solid through
the door, the dull clatter of the old
wooden works, the croak of the big
wheel, and the regular flash of the
sail-clad arms as they fit past the
square window on the windward side,
these odors, sights and sounds are
like concentration of country life.
In the eastern part of Long Island
winds sweep freely. from all points
of the compass; slight elevation
looms high and affords the proper
vantage for a guiding breeze, unless
indeed the villas of summer folk
have invaded the old mound and plant
ed out the winds of summer with or
namenta1 trees. 1t is not in summer
however, that much call is made on
the creaking oaken works. Autumn
sees the big wheel busy at last with
the results of the harvest, and all
through the winter, well on into the
windy months of March and April,
when the townsfolk are only begin
ming to think of sea bathing and
ocean breezes, the slender sails are
dipping and the grist is raining down.
Then it is that rough feed is broken
for the live stock and those who be-
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Learning to Wait.

Oh, sweet baby face at the window,
Oh, dear little girl at the gate,
You are learning Life's hardest lesson
The lesson of learning to wait
And minutes seem hours in passing.
While the hours are cons of time
The clocks hands stand still while we
watch them.
The bells have forgotten to chime.
Brave youth at the portal of manhood
Fair maiden at womanhood's door,
Are waiting in GREATNESS impatience
The gifts that gods hold in store.
While manhood is ardently waiting
The crown of his victories won.
Reward for his glorious achievements,
And rest after toiling is done.
From morning of life until evening
We wait with what patience we may,
For the blessings of life see them,
And love that has wandered away
And when sunset fades into the twilight,
We linger awhile at the gate.
Tired faces turned wistfully upward.
For passing and promise still wait
Irene Pomeroy Shields in the House
keeper.
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iieve in Cracked wheat" and flour
which includes the brown silicated
husk of the grain can make their store
of meal of different sorts for the dark
er kinds of bread.
1t is said that in Mexico, in Ireland
and Scotland, the low cost of ma
chine-refined flour is putting white
bread within the means of the poor
est classes who are now eating less
nutritious loaf than heretofore. For
what says the German proverb2
BLACK bread makes red cheeks
Many people are convinced that the
boiling of meal SO thoroughly as to
obtain very white -four, not to speak
OF the alum used by bakers to give
brilliant appearance to the Loaf. II
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NOOPSi1SAts 4SOor ~
Edna came down the path cycling
me rather nervousIy.
$50 we're not engaged?" 1 de-
manded.
MY note told you,'' she said
Very gracious of you to grant me
this interview" 1 conceded, with mock
ceremoniousness. But will you do
me the particular favor to tell me why
were not engaged?"
There was no answer.
isn't your word, and isn't my word
worth something's" 1 demanded, work
ing myself into a very proper passion.
Maybe they are and maybe they
aren't" was the noncommittal reply.
But when 1 say we're not engaged,
that means we're not" And Edna
tossed her head in that pretty way
she has, and stamped her shapely lit
tie foot determinedly.
'Oh, it does, does it?" l retorted
well, after all, l never did care so
much about the engagement" This
wasn't exactly the truth, but l said it
as if it was. Its chiefly the presents
of which 1 was thinking" l added.
Were there any?" she inquired,
with a cutting, yet innocent air.
There was the-yes, indeed, there
was the" 1 hesitated l may say
right here that am naturally uncom-
municative.
Yes, indeed, there was the" go
on!" she insisted.
Edna" l entreated desperately, 'I
hate to throw these things up at you,
as it were"
Don't spare me-" she retorted, rath-
er cruelty, / thought.
well, them and 1 braced myself
squarely. There is the engagem ent
ring" l felt that had scored a point.
ut is a diamond one. too" l added.
sReally?" asked Edna, somewhat
incredulously, it seemed to me. "And
l suppose you're worrying about the
payment of the next instalment?"
Did I ever tell you about it's being
overdue?" l inquired, and then some
how felt as if l had committed my
self.
Edna reached down into an obscure
pocket somewhere and fished out the
ring. held it up to the light and ex-
amined it closely. 1.-The same" 1 NUT
tered ungallantly, heaving an audible
sigh of relief. I saw Edna's face flush
This hit had told, and l decided to
change the subject before the tables
could be reversed.
"And now, miss, would you mind
telling me just why you break off
the engagement" 1 demanded hotly.
Because" she replied very coldly
and clearly, you are getting SO a
week selling ribbons at Ketchum &
Holdum's, and l don't see any pros
poets of your securing a rise unless
you become an aeronaut'
Its a serious matter and not one
to be joked about" 1 retorted, looking
hurt.
That's where 1 agree with you,'
Edna answered fiippantly.
What you say may be true 1 put
in viciously, but mighty little you
thought of it when you kept leadins
me on and on to declare myself
I'VE must. all have our little amuse
ments,' replied Edna coolly, ''anC
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Quaint

Scattered over the eastern end of
Long Island. survivals of the period
before and following the Revolution.
are windmills of the type common in
Holland and the southern counties of
England, mills with four long whips"
DIT arms, with inner works made of
huge timbers of oak rough-hewn by
the ak, and outwardly clothed with
boards or shingles trimmed by hand.
Some are of an older type than 9TH
ers. and are rotated as a whole to
the right direction of the wind by
movirS long lever that extends out
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ance of the great cogged wheel in
side which rotates the central grind
ing shaft as the vans revolve with
out; despite the rude apparatus for
checking the speed of the mill, there
has been play here for the inventive
mind In one of our illustrations APP
pears smaller wheel over against
the big one; it is a rudder that adj
justs the rotating cap of the mill to
the shifting wind Observe the angle
of the separate arms to the general
plane of the wheel of four spokes and
the inclination of the whole set of
four arms to the body of the mill
These be matters of prime Importance
to the right swinging of those fails
of the air against which the hot-heart-
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graveyards at the end of the village
street. In each case the old grave
yard runs up a steepish hill and be-
yond one sees against the sky the
arms of the wheel. Grass covers those
who can no longer live on the fruit
of grass. One thinks of those quaint
gravestones in Holland, on which are
carved skulls with wheat stalks grow
ing up through them. One thinks of
Quarles, his Emblems-the mill of
life-the mills of the gods-the staff
of 1ife-the wonder MILL of Finnish
myth
And despite the primitive appear
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a distinct detriment to health
Be that as it may, the country mill
ers about Newport and throughout
Eastern Long Island are often called
upon for the homely flour of Colonial
days, though this source cannot be
said to play much part in the demand
which keeps the vans at work. Before
and long after the Revolution a wind
mill was apt to be a joint-stock VEN
ture of knot of farmers and land
owners, the proprietors having spe-
cial privileges as to price. But of
course these partnerships suffered
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theater sometimes twice week in
winter now, for going on two years.
And I was only getting Sc a week
when commenced going around with
you, which you know was as much
your fault as mine. ''Now I'm getting
So week MORE" 1 went on hopefully.
And that's your top NOTCH" said
Edna. What l want is man who
can earn enough to keep me in shoe
strings
81 guess I could do that all right
I said, looking down at her feet. Per
haps there is another you have in
mind" 1 suggested, after a while.
Edna's reply nearly f1oored me.
There isl she answered simply.
"And he is-?' l asked.
Mr.. Ketchum.'
mot my Mr.. Ketchum?"
7 yes, your Mr.. Ketchum.''
Great heavens, You aren't en-
gagged to him already?''
Since last evening. We are to be
married in a fortnight
1 noticed Edna was peeping out of
the. corner of her eyes to see what
effect this would have on me, but
| concealed my emotions as best
could. Up to this point I had not
wholly given up winning her over
from her harsh resolution, but now
saw she had a motive. 1 have always
been afraid of women with motives.
| They are nearly as bad as women
with motors One has no regard for
| the laws of the road and the other
has no regard for anything what
| soever except that which she has in
view.
Il never thought you would marry
| for money" 1 told her.
Evidently not-when you asked me
| to be your wife," she flung back l
could see that Edna was getting i'm
| patient and losing her temper besides.
| A woman is liable to lose her temper
| when she gets impatient. 1 concluded
to close the interview, seeing that to
prolong. it would be of no use.
cat least you will congratulate me
on one thing?" 1 ventured
What is it?" she asked cautiously.
Edna's eyes were still swapping sparks
of fire, but her curiosity led her on.
My coming marriage" l answered
as nonchalantly as possible.
TO whom, may l ask?' she said
looking surprised and, though do say
it, somewhat disappointed and a little
shaken up.
ITO Ketchum's daughter" 1 replied
You will thus have the pleasure OF
being my step-mother-in-law''
We'll, I congratulate you," sai6
Edna slowly. and then she went bacl
into the house, leaving me standins
by the gate in something of guam
Diary.
l had told Edna a faIsehood, but i
gave me a clue to my proper cours.
of action, and when old Ketchum AMI
Edna were married a fortnight later
the engagement of Miss Daisy Ketch
UNI to your humble servant was mad,
public for the first time Old Ketch
: UNI raved. but Edna was good ster
mother-in-law to me and exercised he
[ influence in my behalf very effectu
. ally l was never sorry that engage
t ment story popped into my head as
: did. and eventually / gave Edna on
! old engagement ring as souvenir TO
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'dIIy OlOTy fuD GU
rot allow herself to be snapped up by
the first-though you needn't f1atter
yourself that you were that-young
man to come along with his simpering
ways and his hair parted in the middle
and"
There, there, Edna 1 protested.
Don't go rubbing it in; it's bad
enough as it is"
But l though you didn't care" she
said.
well. in a sense I don't. and then
again in another sense l do. We've
been to the beach together almost
every Sunday in summer and to the
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that I've been foolish in the past is
no reason why I should continue to
be so. From now on I've decided to
look at things wholly in a sensible
light Don't you remember what
told you Mrs. Blickendorf said?''
Hang Mrs. Blickendorf!" ex-
claimed heatedly-
Let me remind yous" Edna con-
tinued unperturbed. 1T was that a
working girl should be mistress of
her own destinias as much as the
proudest lady in all the land, and that
she should marry, when she did mar
~. to the best possible advantage, and
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change, anGlssa windmill was certain
to become instime the property of one
family. Necessarily the mill to which
all the farms about resorted was
closely knit to the habits of the COM
munity and only second in impor-
lance to the blacksmith's forge.
The close connection of windmill
and hamlet is seen very clearly at
East Hampton, where the two active
mills surviving are close to the two
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The leaves talked In the twilight drear;
HeaTken the tale they told
How, in some far of place and year,
Before the world grew old.
I was a dreaming forest tree
You were wild. sweet bird
That sheltered at the heart OF me
Because the north wind stirred
How. when the Gliding gale stirl
When peace fell soft fear.
You stayed one golden hour to fill
My dream with singing, dear
Tonight the selfsame songs are sung
The first green forest heard,
My heart and the gray world grow young
To shelter you. my bird
Sophie Jewett. in Scribner's.
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it was real diamond after an, and
/ had not bought it on the instalment
plan. my seeming self-committal to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18
Cause OF Insomania.

Indigestion nearly always disturbs
me sleep more or less and is often
the cause of insomania. Many cases
nave been permanently cured by
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
tablets, For sale by all druggists.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18
Kansas Flood

Kansas City. Sept lS.-Rain has
fallen in Kansas City and vicinity
every day during September, except
one, with a total downfall TO date OF
ten inches in seventeen days. and to-
day there is no prospect of a cessa-
ton. Practically the same conditions
have prevailed throughout western
Missouri. especially in the northwest
ern part of the state, and in a por-
ton of of the eastern and central
part of Kansas. As result. all
streams in this part of the country
have been raising and railway traffic
is becoming dangerous on account of
the numerous washouts.. Carrolton
is experiencing the worst flood since
1858. Seven inches of water have
fallen in the past twenty-four hours.
making eleven inches since Thursday.
All residents in the lowlands are mov-
ing out The Standard OIL works and
the city water works and the electric
light plant have been threatened and
they will have to shut down. The
damage TO crops is heavy. Near Mar
shall the Salt Fork river is over a
mile wide. Railway tracks have
been washed out for considerable
distance. The Missouri Pacific steel
bridge at Otterville, went out today
and traffic on the eastern division OF
the main line is impeded Missouri.
Kansas and Texas tracks are under
water in many sections.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18

Artistic job printing done at
The Sentinel Office.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18
Black Flag
Especial to The sentinel

Chicago. Sept. 1S.-Wlth a black
nag flying at its mathead and It's oc-
cupants armed, a sailing craft appear
ed OFF the foot of 33d street yesterday
afternoon and after battle with the
members of the Douglas Yacht club.
in which the latter was forced to ap-
peal 10 the police. the vessel weighed
anchor and departed in the direction
of South Chicago, The police believe
that the pirates are outhful burglars
who live in the district south of Hyde
park and who have been wanted for
a series of robberies.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18
Wind Storm

Cripple Creek, Sept, IS.-Ycstcr-
morning high wind prevailed
throughout Teller county and some
damage was done to ranch property
An immense ice houcc located south
of a reservoir, owned by the Cripple
Creek Water company went down he
fore the wind. Towards evening tho
temperature dropped several degrees
and early this morning a heavy snow
storm set in. A wind blew and snow
fell to the depth of four inches be
fore nine o'clock.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18

Stationery and school supplies at
C. V. Store.
Tin ware and granite ware at the
G.. v Store.
All candies at the G. V. Store only
Is cents a pound.
Co to the Progress for bread.
pies, cakes and fruits.
"Soclean." Have you tried IT.?
A goth century wonder. For sale at
G. V. Store.
Candy at the C. V. store Free
or Is cents a pound at your option.
Which do you want?
1t is good to know that Prim-
rose Will fix your watch right, and his
prices are the lowest.
1t is good to know that Prim-
rose has the reputation of selling the
best goods at the lowest price.
Self-hlling fountain pens. No
more inky fingers. always clean at
c. W. Stong's. The optician and
jeweler.
Mesa 1Oj is the telephone num-
Der of Barton & Platt's livery barn.
When you need their services Just
call them uD.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18

Rev. Burd, pastor of the Method
tst church Of Fruita, spent the day
in the city.
George l.. Williams, the popular
travelling man, returned YESTERDAY
from the eastern part of the state
and will remain at home during the
fair
The official colors of the fair are
10 be seen in all parts of the city to
day. The effects in some of the win
dows and on the awnings is very
pretty.
Miss Marguerite KanI left sun
day evening for ST. Charles. Mo.
whore she will enter Underwood col
lege. Her father accompanied her
as far as Pueblo
Charles II. Arthur returned
home yesterday from business trip
TO Omaha and other points. He ac-
companied a large train load OF cattle
to Omaha, shipped from the range Of
the Webster City Cattle company in
Utah.
Some time during Saturday night
one of the big and heavy plate glass
windows in the front of the Mesa Dry
Goods store was broken. Sunday
morning there was a small round hole
near the center of the big pane, form
a
cracks.
Saturday night while the Fash
ion store was crowded with ladies
viewing the display of millinery goods
the electric lights suddenly went out
and leaving the store in complete
darkness. It was nearly an hour he
fore the necessary repairs We're made
and the lights turned on.
"A resident of the northeast sec
ton of the city created quite a dis
turbance in his particular neighbor-
hood Saturday morning. 1t seems
that he had imbibed little too free
ly and going home about the hour OF
three O'Clock he got noisy and bois-
ferrous on the way and caused quite
a number of people to lose some re-
freshing sleep.
Charles Sumner and wife and
Charles NanHoorebeke and wife re-
turned Saturday night from Pinon
Mesa after a pleasant outing of one
week Messrs. Sumner and Van
Hoorebeke found the shooting fairly
good and killed a good number OF
birds and chickens. Many of the
friends of the gentlemen proiited by
their hunting trip as many Of the
birds were brought home and liberal
ly distributed.
This afternoon at two O'Clock
certain property of Clarence o. Pratt
and Claude +. Hull bankrupts, was
sold at public auction. The sale was
conducted by George j. ID. Williams
as public trustee, The property sold
consisted of part Of lot % in River
side division. The property was sold
under a trust deed given to secure
the payment of note amounting to
s.. 500 and accumulated interest. The
property was purchased by Orson
Adams, Jr.. for $1,000.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-18
Responsible
Tspeeial 10 Nc sentInel.


Boston. Sept. tS.-The Armenian
American citizens of Boston and the
vicinity held a mass meeting last
night to protest against the massacre
OF Armenians. Resolutions We're
adopted. denouncing the Russian
authorities and holding them respon-
sible for the death of thousands of
innocent persons.