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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

"Agnes!"
"Mr. Fremont, You-here?''
Where should 1 be but by your
side?"
"You have no right there-now"
"Only the right of love that will
not down = that knows no rest or
peace but in your presence"
'You must not speak of love-"
81 cannot speak of aught beside
Agnes
Mrs Marsland, you must call me-
''I can never call you that"
''It is an honorable name. 1t is more
than you ever offered to me, Mr. Ere
mont"
'You know 1 could not-then."
"Yet you were not compelled to Of
fer me-the other
Listen, Agnes. That is two years
ago-great heaveni 1t seems twenty
years since last 1 saw you. l was
young and wild. / loved you. l would
have asked you to become my wife
had such a thing been possible. But
that is all changed, now. My father is
dead. I am rich. l can live only for
you. l love you as you can never be
loved by. another"
"And you again offer dishonor."
'tAs the world counts it-perhaps.
But what affinity-what natural affec-
tion-can there be between you and
this very respectable OLD gentleman
whom you call your husband? Think.
Agnes, of the possibilities of your ma
ture-of the joy that your bright
young life is capable of knowing. of
bestowing Then tell me, if you can,
that the stupid frown of a censorous
world is too dear price to pay for
the only good thing that the world has
to offer you and me-Our love for one
another"
"It is two years since you saw me,
Mr.. Fremont. If you have waited so
long you can wait longer
mo, Agnes-I cannot wait. 1t must
be tonight. A few steps across the
bridge and we are in Canada Tonight
we can be happy. Over the border.
and you are free"
From her steady contemplation of
the raging cataract of Niagara, the
woman turned to look upto the face
of her companion.
In his eyes she thought she read the
love and devotion she had yearned for
all her life-and wavered.
"I cannot go now," she said in low
tone.
"An hour-two hours-from now;
will you meet me here at sunset?''
After a momentary hesitation, she
gave the man her hand in token of
assent and the two walked away in
opposite directions.
The woman found her husband
asleep in an easy chair in his room at
the hotel overlooking the rapids.
Something of pity for the old mans
loneliness or of remorse for the wrong
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
How Fast a Badger Works.


During the daytime the badger
sleeps deep in his burrow, far out on
our Western plains and prairies, and
at twilight he starts forth on nights
foraging.
He is a dreaded enemy of the
prairie dog and the ground squirrel;
and when he begins to excavate for
one, nothing but solid rock or death
can stop him. With the long, blunt
claws of his forefeet he loosens up
the dirt. Dig! Digi Dig! He works
as though his life depended on it, now
scratching out the sides of the hole,
then turning on his back to work
overhead.
At first he throws the dirt out be-
tween his hind legs, but soon he is
too far down for that, so he banks it
up back of him, then turns about, and
using his chest and forward parts as
a pusher, shoves it out before him.
He works with such rapidity that it
would be somewhat difficult for man
tc overtake him with a spade.-St
Nicholas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
A Homemade Fleet.

Isn't it fun to sail a boat, boys and
girls? Not real one, because, of
course, very few of us can do that
but those that we make ourselves.
Some boys can build really fine lit
tie craft for themselves, but for those
who have not that knack we will tell
of a way to make a whole fleet of sail
boats. 1t is so easy that even very
tiny tots can manage it.
Take the shells of walnuts, the big
best you can find, clean them out care
fully and cover the opening with card
board cut the exact size. Thrust a
match through the center of this card
board and fasten it to the bottom of
the shell with sealing wax or beeswax.
Cut sail out of white paper and
fasten it to the match with thread.
If you like, you can paint the hull
of your boats (the shelD in colors;
say, have one fleet all white, another
gray for fighting trim, and SO on.
These boats can be sailed in foun-
tains, in bath tubs or even in real
ponds, because they are so cheap to
make that no one would be bankrupt
if every vessel were swamped. Fine
races can also be arranged between
contesting boats.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
Stop Autos With Dust.

Some of the farmer boys on the
Long Island roads have hit upon a
plan to ''get even'' with the hated
automobilists who slaughter pet dogs
and chickens in their wild bursts OF
speed. The "get even" plan is not un-
attended with danger for the pro-
jectors, but they seem to relish it.
The apparatus is simplicity itself
consisting of an old buggy, good,
strong horse capable of getting over
the road at a fair rate, and young
cedar tree. The latter is tied be-
hind the buggy. and allowed to drag
along the road, which at the point Sc
lected for operations is especially
dusty.
When the boys see an auto coming
they whip up their horse, taking the
same direction as the approaching
machine. When the old horse is
urged into a gallop the amount OF
dust raised would do credit to small
cyclone.
When they meet the cloud of dust
the autoists generally. speed up in
hopes of passing the supposed farm~a
and giving him a little taste of hrs
own medicine. After trying this ruse
for about thirty yards, they generally
slow up in order to get the dirt out OF
their lungs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
When Mother Is Away.

When Mother Is Away.
The old house seems creepy,
And the rooms SO dull and dead
think / hear SpOokS walking
In my bedroom overhead.
And L hear the StrangeSt whispers
Coming down the chimney fiue,
And a voice. guess a witch's-
Keeps a-saying: You, boo-hhoo!"
And when the flames quit blazing
And get low upon the crate,
And the shadows come a-creeplng,
And the hour is getting late.
Then I hear the front stairs creakfng,
Just if some there
And I'd like to and look, but
My gracious, I don't dare
And sometimes in the cellar
1 can hear the awfullest things
1t makes me get all creepy.
And / have such wOnderingSt
And sometimes when the wind blows,
Then the caves make such a noise
It's like the ghosts pa tells about
That ScareS the little boys
And when 1 get real awful scared
/ close my eyes up tight,
And scuddle up in this big chair.
And turn on all the light
And say, you ought to see them Scoot
Those ghosts and gobble-uns,
The witches and the things like that,
AS soon mother cOmeSi
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
Parlor Football.

Girls, did you ever have a secret
wish to play football? If you did, you
can begin right off without any fear
of broken arms and legs and other dis
comforts that boys do not seem to
mind.
Your athletic field can be dining
room table. and you need have no
bother with going in training under
severe coaches. Moreover, you'll have
lots of exciting sport, so much that the
boys will be glad to join you in a
game after their short season of real
football is over.
This new game of parlor football is
played by driving a light ball inside
a netted space toward the goals, or
touchdown, at each end, The driv-
ing is done by swapping wire under
the ball with a pointed stick.
AS the other player is trying to do
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
FLAGS at Half Mast.

What is the origin of displaying
flags at half mast?
When this question is put the an
swer always is unhesitatingly given:
"It is borrowed from the navy. The
pennant at half mast is always sign
of mourning"
Eyes; but was it at first ships
signal of distress, as some say?"
In the seventeenth century it was so
employed by the Spaniards, and in the
following century it was SO recognized
by English and French sailors. We
also know that flags were commonly
used at funerals in England; hence the
common application of the combina-
ton of the two usages on occasions Of
bereavement.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
French Care of Children.

will not go into such a vexed ques-
ton as the French theory with regard
to the limitation of the population; !;
suffice it here to say that it is ground
ed, whether right or wrong, on a
great and solemn sense of the respon-
sibility of parenthood.
No true, honest, honorable French
man or Frenchwoman thinks it justi-
fable to bring children into the world
without having a fair certainty of
these children having their chance of
a happy and prosperous life.
For a Frenchman to leave a daugh-
ter, brought up in comfort and even
luxury, without means and the slave
of destiny, would be a crime which
he would regard as almost the worst
of sins.
/ have heard an Irishwoman who
had lived nearly all her life in France
say, in good-humored exaggeration,
that a Frenchman could be tempted
to almost any crime to leave his
daughter proper dot. P.'s Week
ly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
How a Dogs Mind Works.

The professor philosophy in the
Manchester university has given to an
audience of teachers the results of his
study of the dogs mind. The tale
of the dogs merits and demerits-it
was an rish terrier-his likes and dis
likes, and the reason why of each
were unfolded. How much does a dog
reason? was the question all the ex-
periments tended to answer. From
observing his dog Prof. Alexander has
arrived at a rather modest estimate of
dogs mental power. He said his dog
had learnt "how things go, but not
the go of them," or, in other words,
his actions were intelligent, but not
RATIONAL He knew mechanically what
effects followed what causes, but not
not why they followed. Similarly, his
virtues were not moral, they were
merely habits; he did not know the
reason for prohibition-his sense of a
guilt was only the presentiment of a
whipping.-Scottish American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
The Fussy Cook.

For children of the school-going age
a good mental game is called the fussy
cook. Some one begins by stating that
he has a very good cook who is, how
ever. very fnicky in her taste and
doesn't like pease. He asks what he
shall give her to eat? Each person in
the row or circle must then name some
article of food which is spelled with
out the letter tP.' Thus, Spinach
would not do for the cook nor would
potatoes. But cabbage and celery
would both be acceptable to her. Any
one falling to name an article without
"P" in it or who gives one by mis-
take that contains the fatal letter,
must pay forfeit. Or prize may be
given to the boy or girl who outsits
all the others in the row or circle.
An amusing forfeit which never fails
to create fun is to have the unlucky
player go to each person in the room
and smile sweetly at him or her in or
der to expiate his blunder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
Don't Miss Your Chance.

1t is a dangerous thing to wait for
opportunities until it becomes a hab-
it. Energy and inclination for hard
work evaporate in the waiting. OPP
portunity becomes invisible to those
who are doing nothing or looking
somewhere else for it. 1t is the great
worker, the man who is alert for
chances, that sees it. Some people
become so opportunity blind that they
cannot see chances anywhere-they
would pass through a gold mine with
out noticing anything precious
others will find opportunities in the
most barren and out-of-the-way places.
Bunyan found opportunity in prison
to write the greatest allegory in the
world. One sees a good chance to
get an education in the odds-and-ends
of time-evenings and half-holidays-
which another throws away.-Tatler- j
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

~4.n the tracks will get good whip
ping
This frightened me, but 1 was bound
to get some melons. Bills feet were
much larger than mine; so l got his
in them to the patch, got melon, ate
it and replaced the shoes.
Next afternoon my father came to
where Bill and 1 were, with a stick in
his hand, and ordered Bill to fetch his
shoes. They were brought, my father
measured them, and then, in spite of
Bills protestations, gave him a sound
thrashing.
Two days afterward we were again
in the yard, when my father appeared.
made me bring my shoes, measured
them with stick which he held, and
then gave me a worse drubbing than
he had bestowed upon Bill.
Some hours afterward, when I was
feeling little better, 1 met Bill, and
said to him:
How did you manage to wear my
shoes?''
Bill answered my question by ask
ing another:
How did you whar mine?"
PUT grass in them!" said, feeling
proud of my ingenuity, in spite of the
way that my back smarted.
WELL" chuckled Bill, dat was
smart; but 1 done took a pair O. short
stills, and put you shoes on de ends OBJ
'em. Reckon, Mars Dick, you and rs
about eben now!"-Golden Days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

that first night l saw you at the thea
ter? Was it love, or pity, or self pity
that prompted me to seek you out?
do not know. Selfishness of some sort
no doubt But there was an air of
purity and refinement and melancholy
about you that made you seem out of
place in that Bohemian throng. I saw
at once that you were born and fitted
for better sphere. 1t seemed to me
a wrong thing that you should be com
PEELED to make an exhibition of your
charms in a subordinate role in order
to obtain the mere necessities of life
1 thought that 1 could offer you a home
and pleasant surroundings, in which
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
A Little Table.

Many boy would like to make a
fittle table for his sister, if he only
knew how to go about it. The direc-
tions given below, if carefully fol-
lowed, will make very nice table.
For the top of the table secure a
board 14x1O inches, and after rounding
the corners with a file, finish with
sandpaper.
Two pieces of wood, S1zxS1z inches,
can be used as legs. Before finishing,
cut out little piece from the bottom
CT each leg about 1 inch deep and 11z
inches wide, as shown in the diagram.
Also secure two pieces of wood, 13x2
inches, for sides of table, and file and
finish with sandpaper as before.
When this has been done, nail or
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

meet the woman advancing in the
gathering dusk. He would have claspej
her in his arms, but she waved him
back.
81 cannot go with you,'' she said.
my husband died an hour ago"
She waited, but as the mar did not
speak sne auoeo:
Il am free now
yes"
"And-so are you-Charles."
"But, Agnes-your promise?"
His death absolves you. 1t would
be no conquest worthy of the winning
powers of Charles Fremont to gain a
widow-would it t?'
Raising her arm;- she pointed to the
Canadian side. Fremont turned upon
his heel without word and left her.
She watched him until he was over
the border.
Then she went back to her dead,
and wept-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
ALesson in Honesty.

When 1 was a boy in Virginia, my
father had one of the finest water
melon patches in the region round
about One of the colored boys on
our plantation was named Bill He
and 1 were great playmates and we
were both very fond of watermelons-
One day, when the crop was almost
ripe, my father called us to him and
said:
'If any of the melons are stolen, l
am going to measure the tracks in the
field, and then measure feet, and the
owner of the feet that correspond
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
Fears

1 fear my country's glory-fear the reign
OF dull security and joy of gain;
The thrifty turmoil of successful trade,
The and barter and the ambuScade
OF conquering commerce and of counting
That build one palace and a hundred
tombS.
1 fear my country's pride, free competi-
tion
And license for the money-makers mis-
sion.
Chains are not stronger than their weak
est link,
Nor nations richer than their DOOR, me-
thinks.
Nor wealth. nor glory can more lofty be,
Than wealth and glory through equality.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

the same thing at the same time. you
can see what a lively contest follows,
the quickest winning every time.
There are 'kick-offs,'' 'ttouchdowns"
and kicking the goa1' and regular
fixed rules, just as in real football, and
thirty points is game.
Parlor football is one of the most
popular of the new games this fall.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
steaminq Out spIinters.

When a splinter has been driven
into the hand it can be extracted by
steam. Fill a wide mouthed bottle
near full of hot water, place the in
jured part over the mouth and press it
slightly. The action thus produced
will draw the flesh down, and in a
minute or two the steam will extract
the splinter, also the inflammation Try
it and be convinced.-National Maga-
zine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
Reward for Faithful Service.

A H. Mcleod, freight traffic man
ager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton, is to retire from that position,
which he has held for thirty years. In
appreciation of his long and efficient
service he will be given the title OF
general agent of the freight depart
ment on the Erie, which will carry
with it a comfortable salary. This
place he will hold for Efe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

she was contemplating prompted her
to stroke the silver locks on the
bowed head of the sleeper, who awoke
with a start With grave courtesy and
tenderness Mr. Marsland took, in his
own the hand that had rested on his
head and drew his young wife down
into chair beside him.
AN, Agnes" he said, 81 am glad
you have come. 1 was thinking of you
to-night-as l am alvays-before
went to sleep l don't know. child,
whether l did right by you in asking
you to be my wife. Do you remember
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16

Fremont sprang forward eagerly to
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-14
MoRToAoEE's NOTICE OF FORE
CLOSURE AND OF SALE.

In accordance with the provisions oil
certain mortgage made by Hattie X
Hoolapa OF Halawa, Eva, Island Of
Oahu, Territory Of Hawaii. dated the
22nd day Of June, A. d. 1904, and re-
corded in the Hawaiian Registry OF
Conveyances In Liber 259. page 215
and assigned to VIM. J. White, Trus-
tee, by assignment dated September
20, A. d. 1904, recorded In said Regis
try in Liber 25s, page 217.
Notice is hereby given that the said
VIM. J. White. Trustee. assignee OF said
mortgage, intends to foreclose the said
mortgage for condition broken, to-
wit, for non payment Of principal and
interest when due;
And also that after the expiration OF
three weeks from the date Of this no.
tice, the property conveyed by said
mortgage will be sold at public auc-
ton at the auction rooms of James F.
Morgan, auctioneer, on Kaahumanu
street, in said Honolulu, on Saturday,
the 9Th day Of August, A. d. 1905, at
~ o'clock noon Of said day.
The premises covered by said mort
gage and intended to be sold consists
of all of the undivided interest. being
not less than an undivided two-ninths
(2-9 interest in and to all OF those GER
tain pieces or parcels of land situate
at Waikele, in the District OF Eva, Is
land OF Oahu, described in Royal Patent
(GranD No. 131 and 1877, containing
an area Of 1892 acres more or less.
Terms Of sale: Cash In U. s. Gold
Coin. deeds at the expense OF pur-
chaser.
For further particulars apply to c.
F. Peterson, Attorney for Mortgage,
Kaahumanu street, or to said James f.
Morgan, auctioneer.
Dated Honolulu, July 10, 1905.
WIN. J. WHITE, TRUSTEE,
Assignee Of Mortgage.
3125-July IA, 81, 28, Aug. 4.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-14

ough, J. G. Jack, II. Krusi, r. Krusi,
F. H. Long. Barclay MCGOWAN, Mrs. I.
II. Metcalf, ID. r. Noyes, Miss Jennie
Olin. Sang Pang, Miss II. A. Robson,
Way Sang, Miss Edith Sysnar, r. II.
Thomas, Mrs. C.. r. Wiley
From San Francisco, per o. S. s. Al
ameda, July 14.-F. f. Allen. ]. s..
Angus. c. T. Bird. Arthur Scott
Browne, Mrs. Browne. +. Cocker, I. s.
Dillingham;. w. r. Douglas, Miss A.
Dow, II. NJ. Dow, Miss H. J. Games, C.
Elschner. Miss A. Gault, N. Greig, Mrs,
Greig, Capt. Jno. Hackett, G. l.. Hall
Mrs. j. c.. Henderson, Master Gerald
Hughes, Master Willie Hughes, II. G.
Morton, H. o. Parsons. Miss w. A.
Ragland, r. G. Roberts, G.. Sandys
and servant. Mrs. l.. Sandys, ]. G..
Wheeler, Miss b. Williams. Miss q.
Wiinams, Jno. s. Ross.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-14
GUESTS AT LUNCH

At the luncheon given the Taft party
at the Hawaiian Hotel today those
seated on the front semi-circular lanai,
Secretary Taft, Acting Governor Atkin-
son, Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mrs.
Alatau Atkinson, mother of the Act
ing Governor, having the seats Of hon.
or. were as follows:
Acting Governor Atkinson Hon, w.
H. Taft, Miss Roosevelt. Mrs. A. T.
Atkinson, Hon. II. p. Baldwin. Hon.
VIM. Haywood, r. II. Trent, Senator
NJ. w. Foster. Senator +. b. Warren,
l.. f. Pinkham. Hon. J. !. Gilbert. Mrs.
Victor Blue. Hon. Serene Il. Payne.
f. ID. Tenney, Mrs. Tenney. Mrs. Payne.
Senator C. l.. Long. w. o. Smith. Hon.
II. A. Cooper, b. F. Dillingham;. Hon.
Charles Curtis, A. G. NJ. Robertson.
Hon. w. S. Scott. James Kennedy.
Senator F. G. Newlands. w. G. Irwin,
Mrs. Newlands. Mrs. Irwin, Senator
n. b. Scott, G. W. Smith, Mrs. Scott,
Mrs. Smith. Hon. c. II. Grosvenor. F.
w. Macfarlane. Mrs. Grosvenor, Mrs.
Macfarlane, Hon. Geo. Z. Foss. Capt
II. w. Lyon, Mrs. c. b. Cooper. ms.
Lyon, Senator F. T. Dubois. Col. s.
Parker. Mrs. Dubois. Mrs. Parker. Hon.
d. A. De Almond. II. E. Cooper. Mrs.
De Almond. Mrs. W. o. Smith, Hon.
Geo. E. Loud, E. F. Bishop, Mrs. Loud.
Mrs. A. J. Campbell, Hon. z. G. Hill.
F. NJ. Swanzy. Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Swanzy.
Mrs. Iaukea, c.. p. Iaukea, Senator T.
NJ. Patterson. w. A. Kinney. Col. c. r.
Edwards, Col Mcclellan, Mrs. McClel-
Ian, G.. F. Bush. Hon. NJ. Longworth.
W. F. Dillingham;. Miss II. Patten. Miss
Alice Jones, Hon. Mkt Saito, Hon. r.
de B. Layard, Mrs. Mkt Saito. Z. r.
Hendry, Hon. Swager Sherley, L. T..
Peck. Mrs. l.. T. Peck. Mrs Sherley.
Hon. Ching Tso Fan. Bishop Restarick,
Mrs. Ching Tso Fan. Mrs. Restarick.