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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-05-18
IN FORTY-E|GHT HOURS
PE-RU-NA CURED HIN.
Gold Affected Head and Throat
---Attack Was Severe.

Chas W. Bowman, lst Lieut.. and AdJt.
4sh NJ. 6. NJ Cav. Vols, writes from
Lanham. Md. as follows:
Though somewhat averse to patent med
ieines. and still more averse to becoming
q professional affidavit man. it seems only;
a plain duty in the present instance to add
my experience to the columns already
written concerning the curative powers OF
Peruna.
"I ha ne been pm riiculd ri y benefited
6y Its use for colds ~ the head ana
throat. liza Ue been able TO fmltH cure
ntNselT of a most secere attack In
fortv-e fght hours by ttsmse a recording
to directions. L use itas u prerenffre
,rhenerer threatened ,cith an attack.
Members of my family also use 1t for
like ailments We are recommending IT
70 our friends &C " Bowman
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PoDular Cars.

4 London electrician has established the
"wire.ess" in his house.
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Jets and Flashes.

Better a live politician than a dead
hero.
Milkmen are the last to desert the
water wagon.
When it comes to kissing two heads
are better than one.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-05-18
Fixing Railroad Rates.

The Swiss police arc being trained in the
London model.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-05-18

The sheep that has no wool comes from
Barbados.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-05-18

Modern Japanese coins and bank-notes
b1ar legends in English.
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Paris is to use automobile garbage
carts in the future. ->>u~-
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Pe-ru-na Contains No Narcotics.

One reason why Peruna has found per
manent use in so many homes is that it
contains no narcotic of any kind. 1t can
be used any length of time without acquir-
ing drug habit. -,
Address DR.. Hartman, President o. lhe
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for
free medical advice. All correspondence
held strictly confidential.
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QUICK RESULTS.

Nn W. Hill, of Conc ord.
/ OK n c. pssas Justice Of s.ts: the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-05-18
Coal Oil For Road Making.

soE HAVE just finished read
ing 4 pamphlet by James
q w. Abbott. on the use of
u 4 mineral oil and road i'm
lAN Drnvamont Mr. AbhOtt Is
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YREE TO OUR READERS.

The lighthouse at Corunna, Spain, is the
Oldest now in use.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

For cold, unfiinching nerve" said
the man from Texas, Cooper Wright,
sheriff of Clay county, Texas, was the
leader of all the men 1 have ever met.
He was small, spare man, with light
hair, gray eye that had the blue gilt
ter of steel and voice as softly mod
ulated as that of cultivated woman;
modest of demeaner, unassertive, but
without any other idea of fear than
that which comes from the reading of
books. Clay county is on the Indian
Territory border, and in the days
when he was sheriff it was about as
rough as you could find in any coun-
try.
along in the eighties a man named
Stegall was charged with misusing
and afterwards numbering his own
daughter, and public indignation was
so thoroughly aroused that lynching
seemed inevitable Wright got the
people quieted down by promising
speedy trial, and all appeared serene
until court met, and for some reason
or other the case was continued Even
then there was no outbreak, and the
sheriff was lu1led into fancied securi-
ty by the seeming Indifference of the
populace. The mob gathered, how
ever, just the same.
"On the day appointed for the ex-
ecution of the mob's vengeance
Wright sat all unsuspecting in his Of
fee on the second floor of the court
house, and an emissary was sent to
turn the key in the door from the out
side, so that he could not appear to
interrupt the intended festivities. The
mob then went to the Jail, secured Ste
gall and quickly hung him to a bit of
scantling across the top of the angle
in the corner of the high board fence
surrounding the courthouse grounds
Here the victim was to choke to
death.
Meanwhile, however, Sheriff
Wright desired to leave his Office and
stepped to the door to make his exit
He found the door locked He knew
at once the locking had been of de-
sign, and it flashed over him in an in
slant what the design was. Taking
his Winchester in one hand, he swung
out the window with the other and
dropped to the ground
Running quickly around to the
other side of the building he came to
where the mob was silently watching
Stegan strange. Quietly and speedily
he dashed through the crowd, and be-
fore anyone realized what was taking
place, he stood in the corner behind
the swinging. vrithing body, his back
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
HOUSE,. MUCH 1aE,lpENr MumR DIED.

selected for the ceremony was April
%, the anniversary of the birth of
Monroe On that date the tablet,
which is a handsome creation of
bronze, was, with impressive exer-
cises, placed on the house hitherto
neglected by patriotic societies.
The interest of the occasion was
greatly enhanced by the presence Of
great-great-grandson of President
Monroe, Master Gouverneur Hoes, of
Washington, D. c. This lad, who is
but eleven years old, unveiled the tab
let, which describes the numerous
deeds of historic interest performed
by his illustrious ancestor.
Monroe'S most popular acts, per-
haps, were the recognition Of the in
dependence of Mexico and the South
American republics, and the promulga-
ton of what has since been called the
Monroe Doctrine in which he de-
clared the American policy of neither
entangling ourselves in the broiIs of
Europe nor suffering the powers of the
old world to interfere with the affairs
of the new" and that "any attempt
to extend their system to any portion
of this hemisphere would be danger
Gus to our peace and safety At the
close of his second term as President,
Monroe retired to his home, at Oak
Hill, Va, but did not cease from pub
lie service. AS justice of the peace
a member of the State convention and
interesting himself in the University
of Virginia, Monroe was yet active.
But the death of his wife and his own
ill health forced cessation from fur
Their work. Generosity to any one ask
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
That Was Different.

Sir" said Major Leffngwell to Col
Dwyer, Il understand that you say
that on the Fourth of July, 1863
borrowed SIS of you and never returned
it?''
Never said anything of the kind,
major-never did,
But you must have made some re-
mark to start such a story
''All L said was that you were on
our side at that date, at the battle OF
Gettysburg, and that, while you looked
as if you would like to ask me for
the loan of SIS, the eMgencies of the
occasion prevented you from doing SO.
1 pledge you my word 1 said nothing
beyond that"
We'll, you are a gentleman, and i
accept your word, and wen go and
have a drink. If you only said that.
then that's different, and of course ]
have nothing to say"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
A Statesman and His Pipe.

Mr. Stuart Cumberland, who has
made thought reading experiments
with many men of note, tells in Pear
sons how he had on one occasion Mr..
Chamberlain as a subject says the
Pail Mall Gazette. At the outset Mr..
Cumberland found that, much as Mr..
Chamberlain desired not to Ibis
thoughts kept straying to the mantel
shelf. The mental grip, the unwaver-
ing decisiveness, which had been so
strikingly displayed in the previous
experiments, were lacking. 1 begged
him to concentrate his thoughts en-
tirely upon the test in question. It's
no good he said. My thoughts keep
going to my pipe. 1 haven't finished
my smoke, and 1 really cannot concen
trate my thoughts without it, The
pipe was on the mantel shelf. Mr.
Chamberlain took it up, placed it in
his mouth. and the experiment was
Immediately carried to a successful
conclusion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

At last 1t came. A letter containing
Mary's eyes,
She smiled through her tears as she
wrote her answer.
Come Always, your Mary"
Church was over. The notes of the
organ fell Hngeringly over the depart
ing crowd The glorious sunlight fell
through the window upon a tall, hand
some man, and a plump little pink
checked woman in gray with a soft
light in her dark eyes.
Helen came down the aisle, her
white dress trailing after her, and her
hands full of flowers. followed closely
by a stately young man, whose chief
aim seemed to be to keep close to
Helen.
Miss Helen" said Max Vaugn, and
there was gladness in his voice, "al-
low me to introduce my-wife.''
Il am so glad" said Helen, kissing
Miss Mary 81 like to see people find
their own Then she and Jack
turned away.
There was tears in Miss Mary's
eyes, but they did not dim their
brightness. She was still Miss Mary,
Miss Mary she would always be. 81
believe" she said looking after Hell
en-, that she told me of you and you
of me purposely-'
"Of course" said her husband, kiss
ing her, land thank God that she did,
my-Mary.'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

Standing on the northwest corner OF
Prince and Marion streets, two short
blocks from Broadway, is an old-fash-
toned brick house which to the casual
passerby presents merely the spec
tacle so often duplicated Of a former
mansion relegated to the march of
commercial progress. But the stu
dent of local historic landmarks
knows this to be the place where the
fifth President of the United States,
James Monroe, famous for the pro-
mitigation of the doctrine which bears
his name, passed the last months of
his life with his second daughter, Mrs.
Samuel L. Gouverneur, and died in the
year 1881, like his predecessors,
Adams and Jefferson, on the Fourth of
July.
In these days of commercial activi-
ty, when the lower portion of the city,
once fashionable, is now dotted with
lofty Office buildings, points of historic
interest are paid but scant attention.
And such, apparently, Indefinitely
longer would have been the case with
the old Gouverneur home had not the
members of the Women's Auxiliary to
the American Scenic and Historic
Preservation Society, of which Miss
Mary Van Buren, Vanderpoel is the
president, heard last autumn of this
house and it's total lack of identifica-
ton for the popular eye. Straightway
it was determined by the auxiliary to
place on the house a tablet commem-
Grating the achievements of the gen
era1 of diplomacy and fearlessness,
whose name is synonymous with re-
sourceful, honest politics. The time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
Fancy pigeons Abnormal.

Pigeon fancying is art for arts
sake, says a writer in Country Life
in America. Its distinguishing marks
are great beauty and complete inu-
tility And the fulness of the fan
cier's success is the measure of the
birds help1essness. The fancy" is
a study in artifcialities- From the
time when Babylon was young to the
present hour the fanciers have been
perfecting their birds in impotence
The beauty mark of the bird is the
record of disability. Nothing in
suits one of the tribe so keenly as to
suggest use for his birds-as for
squabbing, or speedy flight, or mes
sage bearing By inbreeding, abnor-
NAL environment, massage and nag
ging, the birds qualify for blue rib
bons.
Enter a representative loft and see
the vision of decadent types There
is a tumbler, throwing epileptic fits,
an archangel whose luster is kept
from the sun by some fanciers, a
trembling fantaiI that goes through
life with it's head ceaselessly rebound
ing from the cushion of its tail to the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
An Irish Art Critic.

Gen. Ben Butler often told the story
in the House cloakroom of an Irish or
Derby who approached him in New Or.
leans, on Canal street, near the bronze
statue of Henry Clay, and asked per-
mission to examine the statue more
closely, saying:
'Oi want to LUX at it close. fer it
sameS strange to me that these Moo
Orleens pa-aple w'd put up statoo to
a nagur-"
The general told the orderly that
THAT is not a niger, but the cele-
brated Clay statue
The orderly went and examined it
closely, and came galloping after Gen.
Butler to tell him: "Gin'ral, the pa
APPLE that told yez that was a clay
statoo, lied till yez- It's made av
IRON
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
So 1t Is.

New York attorney who had tired
of the smart brand of Office boy finally
secured one who appeared very raw
looking. but seemed willing to learn
and mind his own business. One of
the first of the tasks given the new
conner was the copying of a letter,
and the employer noticed that the lad
was carefully studying the first line
of the epistle- The lawyer called the
hoy over and asked him if he had dis
covered an error anywhere
mo, SIR was the reply; s'but I
don't see why you use this word" and
the youth pointed to the last, word in
the first line. The line read as fol
lows:
Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge
the receipt of yours of the 18th ult-''
why, don't you know what ult.
means?" said the attorney.
Yes answered the boy, 'it's what
they say to soldiers when they want
them to STOP"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

to the fence, his Winchester cooked
and thrown against cheek and Shout
der, pair of blue-gray eyes fairly
flashing along the barrel, one hand
caressing the trigger and the other
searching his pocket for his clasp
knife. He was also saying: Boys,
I am going to cut this man down and
take him back to jail I don't want
to hurt any of you, for I reckon you
are all my friends; but 1 will kill the
first man that makes a move in this
direction By this time he had found
his knife, flung it open with snap,
and with one slash severed the rope
and let Stega11 fall to the ground.
"There was as big a bunch of bad
ones gathered around there in front
of the plucky little sheriff as ever
man looked into the face of, but every
mothers son of them knew that the
one who made the first move was as
good as dead at the start and none
was willing to go up against sure
thing in the undertaking line. So Ste
gall was allowed to lie on the ground
until he recovered sufficiently to be
able to walk, when Wright marched
him back to Jail, under cover of his
Winchester, and turned him in Ste
gall is now serving a life sentence,
unless he has died since going to the
pen-'Cincinnati Enquirer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
DOG MET ODD DEATH.
Thrust Head Into Drain Pipe After
Pigeon and Was Drowned.

Thrust Head Into Drain Pipe After
Pigeon and Was Drowned.
There was mourning in the house
of engine company No. IL in Mana
yunk last night, says the Philadelphia
North American. Percy, the collie
dog, the pet of the company, is dead.
Percy came to No. 12's house four
years ago in a big snowstorm- The
firemen took him in fed him and gave
him a bed. He never left.
The firemen taught him tricks, and
he learned to know as well as the
horses what the sound of the gong
meant He was always on hand and
raced ahead of the horses to the fire.
Yesterday evening Percy spied a
pigeon on the roof of the fire house.
He ran up the steps and out on the
roof to chase the intruder away. The
pigeon lodged into the drain pipe.
Percy put his head in after it but he
couldn't reach the pigeon and his col
lar became wedged so that he couldn't
withdraw it.
If he parked none of the men heard
him, and no one saw him on the roof.
After while it began to rain. The
firemen below noticed that the water
was falling down over the ledge in
stead of coming through the pipe and
one of them went up to investigate.
The water had run down about Per
cy's head in the pipe and drowned
him. When the body was pulled away
the pigeon flew out unframed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

Prof. Bierwith, instructor of German
at Harvard, is a proctor in one of the
freshman dormitories. One evening
about $3.50 O'Clock, as he was walking
over his beat" he saw two freshmen
tugging an immense cake of ice, tied
with a rope, up the staircase.
What are you going to do with that
ice at this time of night?' questioned
the professor sharply.
We are going to use it to cool beer
with" was the instantaneous reply in
most respectful tones.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

Miss Mary Jones was an old maid
Possibly if she had lived in an up-to-
date town and been up to date her-
self she would have been Miss Marie
Jones. a bachelor girl; but as it was
she was simply an old maid. Pretty
she had once been, and perhaps sne
was not far from it now, but who ever
stops to think whether an old maid Is
pretty or not?
1t was a bright morning The out
side world-God's world-was full OF
sunshine; the inside world-M1ss
Mary's world-was peaceful. To-day
was her birthday-forty years OF
spring and sunshine, of cloud and
shadow; and yet she did not feel Old
She looked out at the beautiful bright
ness, past the nodding white flowers
in the garden, past the dusty road.
Again she seemed happy girl, wan
dering through the green woods, float
Eng upon the bosom of the lake whose
waters were just visible from her
window. She had not been alone then,
and every tender word he had spoken
was dear to her even now. The flow
ers they had gathered together had
withered, but their fragrance was still
in her heart.
FIeSeHlly me gaze CllChSu anu Will
a sigh, for only her God knew how
lonely her life was at times, she
reused from her day-dream and hur-
ried out to meet a tall, graceful girl
that was coming slowly down the gar
den walk.
why, Heleni When did you get
back?" she exclaimed joyfully, taking
the girls hands in both of hers. How
good to see you again!"
The girl smiled down at her. She
was tall and strong, and everybody
loved Helen. "Only this morning.
she said, kissing the soft cheek of the
older woman and drawing her down
upon the rustic bench upon the vine
covered porch.
81 have SO much to tell you," she
said as she loosened the strings of her
hat and let it fall beside her upon the
floor.
I'll be glad to hear it, Helen" said
Miss Mary. caressing her fondly you
know that l am interested in anything
That concerns you"
A smile dimpled the girls face.
well, we had an accident" she said
slowly.
"Accident-what kind of an acct
dent?" asked the little woman.
Railroad" she answered seriously
"a broken rail dumped us down an EN-
bankment into a sand bed"
"Oh, Was anybody hurt?'
"Some had scratches and bruises
but we came out free, although our
coach was turned upside down and
was shut in for two hours
"Oh Helen!"
Whom do you think was shut III
in the compartment with me, Miss
Mary?"
Jack"
"Jack? Oh. no." the soft color
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27

ing for aid caused Monroe to become
deeply involved in debt, and in 1881 he
came to this city, where he spent the
last months of his life.
The house where Monroe spent his
last months and where the tablet was
placed belonged until five years ago
to the Charles H. Contoit estate. when
it was purchased by Michael and Dan
ie1 Mahoney. The structure is in a
good state of preservation, and just
now is used as kosher restaurant on
the first floor and as a carpenter shop
above. 1t has served many purposes
since the REIMBURSEMENT of it as a
private dwelling, the basement having
been used as a junk shop, the upper
stories as Hungarian restaurant fur
rier's store and various other branches
of business. Permission was obtained
from the present occupant to use the
first floor as an assembly hall on the
day of the ceremony, and there were
held ceremonies appropriate to the oc-
casion- The house was decorated
with American flags and bunting, the
band from Governors Island played
and prominent speakers made address
es. The tablet, which is twenty-seven
by thirty-five inches, was placed on
the corner of the house adjacent to
Marion street, where it will be plainly
legible to all who pass. An agree
ment has been made with the present
owners which stipulates the house
shall always bear the tablet and in
case the building is ever torn down
the tablet will be placed on the build
ing afterward erected.-New York
Herald.
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He was SO gloomy and dull that
was more than glad to hear papa's
voice once more. But-you know him,
don't you?"
Il did once" said Miss Mary, her
eyes wistful and shining, but that
was a long. long time ago, Helen"
Helen chatted on a little, then she
arose to go.
tIs-is Mr.. Vaugn-did you say
he was married, Helen?" asked Miss
Mary, summoning all her courage to
ask the question.
Married" Helen's dark eyebrows
arched themselves prettily- mo wom-
an in her senses would marry him.
, He is cynical, skeptical and lots of
unnecessary things, Miss Mary. Per
haps though" with tenderness in
her voice which Miss Mary felt, "per-
haps had he married the woman of
his choice-the one he loved and had
| a home and little children-perhaps
| he might have been different He
| was disappointed in his youth, and it
soured him for all time 1 heard some
! one say"
Helen was looking at the passion
flowers then and did not see the pitt
| full little culver upon Miss Mary's
|
| apparently forgotten Max Waugh, for
| she said, Helen, do you ever quarrel
with Jack?"
"Oh, yes, often-or rather he quar-
rels with me-" said the girl promptly.
Miss Mary picked Tab up in her
| arms. How do you make up-that
| is-come to an understanding,
mean?" she asked rubbing Tabs coat
| vigorously
"Oh. / always begin" said Helen
vaguely, '-even if he is the most to
blame, and then he gets sorry and it
! is all right again. Somehow the max
| ing up is, is nice. Miss Mary. 1 like
| it and so does he"
Helen kissed her and then left her
alone.
| Miss Mary walked slowly up and
| and down the porch, her hands
clasped tightly together and her head
bent 81 was to blame some" she
said slowly; Ct was sorry and 1 ought
to have told him so. 1t has ruined
his life and spoiled mine" She
looked out at the birds fitting about
in the sunshine. st was not too late
to tell him yet, and he would under
stand
She went to her desk and took vi
her PEN Miss Mary always put
something of herself in all she did, Sc
she wrote the one word forgive and
signed her name under it; then she
went into the garden and slipped
white carnation in the envelope Sh,
sealed and addressed the letter, ant
fearful of change of mood sh,
slipped On her garden hat and wen
and mailed it.
Two people watched and waite,
that week. Miss Mary watched tn
mails and Helen watched Miss Mary
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-27
He cheered Me Oft.

His words have cheered me off," they
said,
AS he in peace was lying
With folded hands, upon his bed,
Beyond the stress of dying
He had art to gather gold.
He loved too well his brother.
But, Much I loved himr'-thus they
Their thought to one another.
NY Father. though this life of mine
Lead through the valley lowly:
Though half unwrit's the thought divine
That Thou hast whispered wholly.
Yet when / die. and visions soft
Through my long sleep are pressing.
Let fond hearts say, He cheered me
off,
/ ask no other blessing
Alfred ]. Warehouse in Success Maya
zine.
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scopyright. 1905, by Dany stony Pub. co.l

me, assuring me that everything
would be all right in a short time,
and pacifying as well as he could"
HE introduced himself, and tried
hard to be agreeable, and as had
nothing else to do 1 talked to him.
could see it was very distasteful to
MIN, and that he was cynical and mo-
rose in his disposition, but as the cir
cumstance was he could do no less
than he did. Well, after few at
tempts at conversation, he just kept
silent and I talked to him and he
listened I told him about this town.
and 1 told him lots about you, Miss
Mary-how good and true you were