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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Maxine statistics-Attractive.

Secretary Wilson knows as well as
another that to the average man mere
statistics are unattractive and large
ly meaningless. When he says that
every sunset during the last five
years has registered an increase of
So 400, 900 in the value of American
farms the fact sticks. When he
states and proves that "the man with
the hoe has become the man with the
harvester and the depositor and share
holder of the bank he tells a monu-
mental truth that will bear some dec
orative detail. Let the good work go
on. If the purpose of a department
report is to tell the people what it
is doing for them it should be set
forth in terms that can be under
standed of the people and remember
ed by them Figures alone will not
serve.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Authors in Collaboration.

The announcement of the death of
the widow of James Rice recalls the
notable cola boration between James
Rice and Walter Besant 1t was like
the partnership of Erckmann and Cha
trian. To-day we have the example
of the Castles, mother and son, writ
ing novels in collaboration, and other
modern instances can be cited An
drew Lang said years ago: las a
rule in collaboration one man does
the work while the other looks on
Another opinion is that of Dumas,
who wrote: "One is always the dupe
and he is the man of talent" Those
who knew the two men said that it
was James Rice who supplied the in
genious plots and Walter Besant who
worked out the detail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Old Ace.

1t is too Iatei Ali nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpi-
tate
Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles
Wrote his grand Oedipus. and Simonioes
Bore off the prize of verse from his COM
peers,
When each had numbered more than four
score years;
And Theophrastus at four-score and ten,
Had but begun his Characters of Men"
Chaucer, at Woodstock, with the night
ingales,
AT sixty wrote the Canterbury Tales
Goethe, al Weimar. toiling to the last.
Completed Faust when eighty years
were past
What, then? Shall we sit idly down and
say
The night hath come: it is no longer
The night hath not yet come; we are not
quite
Cut off from labor by the failing light;
Some thing remains for US to do or dare,
Even the oldest trees some fruit may
bear
For age is opportunity less
Than youth itself, though in another
dress;
And as the evening twilight fades away.
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by
day.
Henry W. Longfellow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

with the Beers. He is SO years old,
was born in Scotland, and has been
a member of the house of commons
uninterruptedly since 1868. He was
financial secretary from 1871 to 1874,
and from 1880 to 1882. From 1882
until his party went out in 1885 he
was Irish secretary. In 1886, when
Gladstone returned to Office, Sir
Henry was made secretary of war.
When Gladstone was defeated on the
Irish home rule bill Sir Henry went
ont with the rest. He returned to the
war Office under Lord ROsebery in
1892, and remained until the defeat of
the liberals in 1895. He was knighted
in 1885.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Career Of Richard A. Mccurdy

Richard A McCurdy, who has re-
signed the presidency of the Mutual
Life company, is a lawyer by profess
sion, having graduated from Harvard
in 1855 with the degree of LII. B. Lat
er he practiced law in New York with
Lucius Robinson, afterward governor
of the state. He first became identi-
fed with the Mutual in 1860 as its
counsel and has been drawing salary
from the corporation ever since. A
few years ago he built a house In
Morristown, N. J., which cost about
81 600, 900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
London People Slow in Movement

London People Slow in Movement.
In a recent interview with a New
York reporter Charles T. Yerkes, for
merly of this city, said London peo-
pie were the slowest he had ever seer.
ITO see them get on and on our under
ground trains one would think they
took no. note of time. Still. they are
doing better and I hope to work them
down to an allowance of thirty sec
onds-" This moves a London writer
to remark that the man who leaves
his seat in one of Mr.. Yerkes' under
ground trains before it comes to full
stop generally travels half the length
Of The car on his nose
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

or, in fact, on any sort of a stable.
This ventilator is always in working
order; there never is any chance for
wind to blow into it, but always the
air currents are out, as they should
be. and when it is desired it is readily
closed up tight. 1t consists of the
ordinary cupOla, which may be of any
form, on the sides of which are hinged
light tight doors, the hinges at the
top. These doors are connected by a
board that holds one or both a little
way ajar. Suppose the wind blows;
one of them will shut and on the lee
ward side the other will be open.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

Any soil that is loose or liable to
settle should be removed or thorough
ly dampened and rammed down, to
prevent the floor from settling and
cracking. Small or broken stone, or
brick bats. or coarse gravel put on
earth about three inches deep, before
concrete floor is laid will act as an
under drain and is a great benefit to
floor, when water is liable to soak in
underneath floor. But if the building
stands on high or well-drained ground
these broken stone are not necessary
for stable floor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
A Great Monarch.

Weather than any brother sover-
eign; master of legions. which num-
Der over a million; lord of more than
one-sixth of the surface of the globe.
with subjects of many colors and
races, amounting to over one hundred
and twenty million souls, the Gear Of
all the Russias will not be invincible
until he adopts Pillsbury's Viros as
his regular breakfast, diet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Advice from a FinaneIer.

The time to borrow money is when
you don't need it. If you have ten dol
lars in your pocket and don't need
any more borrow five dollars from
the first friend you meet. Then re-
pay him the next day, and he will
imagine himself under obligations to
you. Then the next time you really
need money it will be easy to get it
from him.-Columbia Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Dog Went After Pumpkin.

"Coallie,' a clever dog belonging to
Charlie Cahill of Bath, Me-, left home
for several hours the other day. When
he returned late in the afternoon he
was tugging big pumpkin along with
him
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

Lewis Single Binder cigar-richest, most
satisfying smoke on the market Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

Occasionally a bachelor can be in
duced to kiss a baby ggirl, though he
hasn't nerve enough to tackle one
nearer his own size.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

1t is very difficult to prevent the
water coming through walls when sub
ject to such a severe test as men
toned in the above letter. But if
there is no higher ground to build on,
try a concrete wall built one foot thick
and plastered both inside and outside
with cement mortar mixed two parts
sand to one part Portland cement, and
finish with brush dipped in water. This
will fill up any voids that may be in
the plastering.- Put in a three-inch
floor, using coarse sand or fine gravel
for top coat and trowel down smooth
Potatoes should be kept in dark, cool
cellar. / should advise a partition in
cellar, making a room for roots, as the
furnace would make it too warm for
roots.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

Fashions are naturally regulated by
trade conditions Nearly all gar
ments are worn longer in dull times
than in prosperous ones.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

GU can drive a boy to school, but
a teacher can't drive much learning
into the head of that kind of hoy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality of Defiance Starch makes IL
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

Clothing does not make the man,
but it distinguishes the honest citizen
from the convict.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

The most popular cold wave with
the United States is the one that
does business up around Medicine
Hat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

A cord of building stone means 12s
feet. When laid in wall this will
build from ninety-six to 100 cubic
feet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drug
x1sts refund money If it fails to cure E. w.
GROVES signature is each box. 25c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Foundation for Cement Floor.

In building cement floor for stable
should sub-soil be removed and small
stone be put in, there being six inches
of concrete?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
vEnTlLATEs BARN OR STABLE

Easy to Construct and Always in
Working Order.
This Illustration shows how to ar
range ventilator on a sheep barn,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
Keeping Water Out of Cellar.

wish to put furnace in my cellar
and I want to know if a cement wall
and cement floor will stop water from
coming in from the river, which is
quite close. What is the best cement?
Will potatoes spoil in the same cellar
with a furnace?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
A Cord of Stone.

Is there any difference in a cor,
of stone in the pile and in a wall
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
In Memory of
DANIEL W. RENHAM.
Brigadier General u s. Army.
Born Dec % 1887

He was a good citizen a brave
soldier and a professed Christian
His earthly battles all fought to a
close. he rests here in peace I'M
der the shade and soil of Airing
ton until such time as reveiile
shall sound for the dead
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
CRACKS IN coNcRErE WALLS.
Settling of Foundations and Frosts the
Common Causes.


Settling of Foundations and Frosts the
Common Causes.
l. In this locality many concrete
walls crack. even when built under
military instruction What is the
cause of his and how could it be rem
edied? g What is the best way to
secure the woodwork of u pitch roof
to concrete walls? 3. How are the
openings of doors and windows of
concrete buildings fitted when the door
and window jambs are narrower than
the thickness of the wall? f. Give
description of how a pitch roof on a
two-story concrete cottage can be
made artistic?
Concrete walls should not crack.
There are many reasons for walls
cracking. One is the settling of foun-
datioEs, which is the most common
cause; also walls being heaved by
frost. Concrete walls. built on good
foundation and thoroughly built. will
not crack. 2 To secure roofs to con-
crete walls, anchor the plate to the
concrete walls by building in the con-
crete wall bolts with large washers on
lower end, say. every eight feet apart
having top end of bolt stick up about
three inches above wall to bolt plate
to. g. To- build in window, and door
frames, when jambs are narrow, tack
on to frame a false jamb to fill out
from frame to plank These can be
taken off after concrete has set. These
false jambs can be made beveling or
square to suit taste
f. take 1T that this question means
how to beautify the gable end of a
concrete house. Block off the gable
end SO as to represent cut stone work
This can be done by plastering wall
with a thin coat of mortar, mixed two
of sand 20 one part Portland cement,
and stripe or bead same.
, 1905-08-23
NIAGARA FALLS EXCURSIONS
Low-Rate Vacation Trips, via Penn
syIvania Railroad.

The remaining dates of the popular
Pennsylvania Railroad ten-doy eXcur
sions to Niagara Falls from Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, and Washington are
August %, September s and %, and
October Is.
The excursions from Philadelphia
will be run by two routes. Those on
August %, September S and %, going
via Harrisburg and the picturesque
valley of the Susquehanna, special
excursion of October ID running via
Trenton, Manunka Chunk, and the
Delaware Valley, leaving Philadelphia
on special train at S.07 A. NJ.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage Oh any regular train, exclusive
of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $1,000 from Phila-
delphia and all points on the Delaware
Division; Sl1.25 from Atlantic City;
$500 from Lancaster; and at proper
tionate rates from other points, inclu-
ding Trenton, Bordentown, Mt. Holly,
Cape May, Salem, Wilmington. West
Chester, Reading, and principal inter
mediate stations. A stop-over will be
allowed at Buffalo within the limit of
ticket returning.
The special trains of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will be run with
each excursion running through to
Niagara Falls. An extra charge will
lie made for pariur-car seats.
An experienced tourist agent aud
chaperon will aeeom pany each excur-
sion.
For descriptive pamphlet, time of
connecting trains, and further in for
nation apply to nearest ticket agent,
or address Geo. w. Boyd, General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
, 1905-08-23
The Trf-city Parade.

Five Mile Beach made a touchdown
yesterday. The tri-city parade Of the
merchants and hustling business men
of Anglesea, Wildwood and Holly
Beach, was a grand success. a person
who counted the floats say there we're
fifty-nine in line, besides the local
organizations. One who was present
from here says the parade reached from
Anglesea to Holly Beach. The last
was all the trolley cars placarded, 80
cents to any old place" Jennings
famous Third Regiment Band, ofGam-
den, led the procession. The demon
stration was in honor ofthenewS25, 900
board walk at Holly Beach, which was
dedicated. Addresses were made by
J. Thompson Baker, Thomas Martin
dale, Rev. DR.. Roberts and Carl Has
win.-Vineland Journal, Aug. Is, 1905.
, 1905-08-23
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK, LEWIS
AND CLARK EXPOSITION, AND
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
An Attractive Fall Tour via Pennsyl.
yania Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged Il special personally-con-
Quoted tour to visit the Pacific Coast,
including the Yellowstone Park, Port
land (for the Lewis and Clark EXPOSE
tom and the beautiful resorts among
the Colorado Rockies. This tour will
leave New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, and other cities on
the Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday,
September ., by a special train of high
grade Pullman equipment. The itin-
erary will covera period of three weeks,
the party reaching the East Oh the
homeward journey September %. The
special train will be used by the party
over the entire route, except during the
five and one-half days in the Yellow
stone Park, when the fine hotels now
in service in the Great Preserve will be
utilized. The train will be side-tracked
in Portland for occupancy there, and
all meals en- route, exceptin the Yellow
stone Park and in Denver, will beserv-
ed in the special dining car.
Round-trip tickets, covering all
necessary expenses fortwenty-one days.
5000 from all points on the Pennsylyan-
ia Railroad except Pittsburgh, from
which the rate will be $l95.
For itineraries and further informal
ton apply to ticket agents; c. Studs,
Eastern Passenger Agent, 263 Fifth
Avenue, New York; Hugh Hasson, IT.,
Passenger Agent Baltimore District,
Baltimore, Md; b. M. Newbold, Pas
senger Agent, Southeastern District,
Washington, D. c.; Thos. f. Watt,
Passenger Agent Western District,
Pittsburgh, Pa; or address Geo. w.
Boyd, General Passenger Agent, Phil
adelphia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
THE NEED OF MANHOOD.

We loudly bemoan Russia's need If
manhood. Her need indeed Is great
hut like need of far greater imporot-
:rce to us lies nearer at hore.
Americas own need of manhood
cries out form every page Of every
newspaper every cay.
1t is shameful that auto"racy should
dominate Russia and hold her peo-
pie in poverty and ignorance
But it is far more shameful still that
eieed and graft should perm .ste and
10; as it does. tn" institutions of our
own enlightened and free people.
Philadelphia needs manhood to su;-
pc ct and carry through ;fe fight be-
gun against exposed po;ti:Al chi::1ne
and crime.
Missouri needs manhood to sustain
tie valiant Folk in his esfc'..s 10 res.
cue he state from it's lons tolerated
defiance of law.
Wis. onsin and i<,Esas need man.
nOOQ Ill tIelt COutSStc w III VII! ellNi
ed monopoly.
| Ohio needs manhood to dethrone
political bossism that. like a gigantic
| spider. has entrapped every depart
| ment of the state government in its
! deadly web.
Poor Russia She indeed needs
manhood. But she is not alone in
! that need.
1t is inconceivable that any enlisht-
ened American can believe business
monopoly and political graft many
continue in their ascendency without
eadins to the disgrace and death Of
the republic.
Manhood must, sooner or later,
assert itself in this country. More
! is expected of us than Russians
In deploring Russia.s need of man
hood, lets not forget our own.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
DEATH BED EPICRanS
OF FAMOUS PERSONS

ecutioners dragged him roughly to
the block. Il die guiltless Of the
crimes imputed to me. Pray God my
blood fall not on France. If So
ed by the loud beating of drums, and
a second later Louis was no more
Charles I. also died with an uncnm-
rleted sentence on his lips He turn
ed on the scaffcld to speak to DR..
JpXon, bishop of LONDON. but after
uttering one word Remember" he
paused, as if doubtful whether to con
tinue and then. shaking his head.
walked firmly to the block.
Don't let poor Nellie starve," were
the dying words OF Charles H., PROV
ing at least that his thoughts were not
for himself James V. of Scotland
died thinking Of the succession. News
had just been brought to him of the
birth of a daughter-known in after
years to fame and sorrow as Mary
Queen of Scots-when the dying king
exclaimed prophetically: "The crown
came with a lass and will go with
a lass
| The English prince cOnsort'S last
sentence was characteristic of the
lofty and yet humble piety of his
life. 81 have had wealth and rank
and power but if these were all had
had how wretched l should bel"
But all rulers have not died thus
bravely and resignedly. Queen Eliz-
abeth is reputed to have exclaimed
as she lay dying: Cali my possessions
for moment of time" William III.
called out in his insufferable pain:
Can this last long ~ Richard HIS
final words were: "Treason! Trea.
SOM" And Charles TX of France
left the world shouting: Nurse,
nurse; what murder-what blood!
Oh, have done wrong! God pardon
me."
A curious fancy possessed Garibaldi
just before he died. Two birds came
flying by his window and alighted
or the sill, and to Garibaldi they ap-
peared like the spirits of his two
dead children. "They have come, -
he said, tenderly, "to see their father
die. Be kind to them and feed them
when I'm gone Thomas Carlyle's
death was not easier or happier than
his life. and at the last he remarked.
pathetically: ''Is it not strange that
these people should have chosen the
very oldest man in all Britain to
make suffer in this way?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
COTTON BELT TIME CARD
Trains North

No. 2.-Leave Pine Bluff 1:25 p. m.
arrive st. Louis 7:34 a. M: arrive
Memphis 7:30 p. M.
No. 4-Leave Pine Bluff 1855 a. m. ::
arrive Memphis a. m, arrive St.
Louis 6:51 p. M. arrive Cairo 1925
p. m.
Little Rock Train
No. 32-Leaye Pine Bluff 3: SO p. m. :;
arrive Little Rock 620 o. M.
No. 31-Leave Little Rock sos \
m.: arrive Pine Bluff 1926 a. IN.
Trains South
No. leave Mempl Is $40 a. M. !,
leave st. Louis at 8:43 p. NJ;
arrive Pine Bluff a:45 p. m.; arrive
Texarkana S:35 p. m.
No 3-Leave ST. Louis $3.50 p. m. !;
leave Memphis $50 p. m: arrive
Pine BLUFF 1855 a. M; arrive Texar
kama 1880 a. r.
p. B. A. r Trains
Leave Pine Bluff 2:30 p. m.
Arrive Pine Bluff 1910 a. NJ.
Sunday
Leave Pine Bluff 6 p. N.
Arrive Pine Bluff 9 q. m.
g. M. Dickey. Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Men are not won by working them.
A loafer never eats any sweet
bread.
Work soon wears out worry.
Gods truth often jumps mans
track.
Sorrow may be course IN
sympathy.
The oily hypocrite does not lubri-
cate the church wheels.
Long wind cannot make up for
short weight.
Happiness is not in having what we
like, but in liking what we have.
We are always building bridges for
things with wings.
The man who shouts in prayer
evens up by silence in practice.
Heavens best gift to anyone is
someone to suffer for.
The sense of the all-seeing eye
ought to save us from the all-sound-
ing l.
Malice furnishes poor material with
which to build new Friendships.
Religion commends the tender
! heart. but it does not ask for the
same kind of a head.
The man who learns by his mis-
takes soon dicovers that there is no
! graduating from that school
| Heaven measures a man's wealth
| by the things he has given away.
A bigot is man who is blind in
one eye and can only see one thing
| with the other.
! People will discover a gj,d man
without the aid of a press agent.
little degree of divinity is better
than the biggest degree in divinity.
The best way to clear your title to
an estate in the skies is to pay your
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27

There are few sayings Of great
men half so interesting as the words
they utter before the curtain is rung
down fer the last time.
What. for instance, could be sweet
er than this picture of the last mo-
ments of John Richard Green, the
historian? He had spoken the last
sentences of tender farewell and
gratitude TO those standing around
his bed. and then, placing his fore
finger nhis pulse, he looked up at
the doctor STOPPING over him and
With a smile uttered the one word,
stopped"
Phelps closing words were the
most dramatic he had spoken on any
stage. He was playing Wolsey i'll
Henry WILL and had just spoken
the line Farewell. long farewell to
all my greatness when he staggered
and was led off the boards which he
was never to tread Attain.
Many of the kings of the earth
have never been nobler than in the
concluding moment of ther lives.
Richard l., just as he was breathing
his last, said to Bertrand de Gourdon.
whose arrow had killed him. youth.
I forgive you" and then turning to
his attendants he said. "Take off his
chains, give him a hundred shilings
and let him 60
The first Alexander of Russia was
much troubled in his last hours mt
the length of time he occupied in
dying. and made many apologies to
his attendants. The last words he
spoke were to his wife. words spoken
with deep tenderness. "You must be
tired. Elizabeth.
When Maximillian was facing the
ii1es of his executioners he had no
thought of himself His mind was full
of his loving and loyal wife. and Just
before the fatal volley rang out he
exclaimed, "Poor Carlotta!"
"a king should die Standing was
the proud sentence which closed the
life of Louis XVIII. of France. Crom-
wells dying fords We're. "My design
is to make what haste | can to be
gone: and Louis XIV. spent his last
moments in trying to cheer his weep
ing attendants. "Why do you weep?"
he said to them. .Do you think I
should live forever? thought dying
woud have been more difficult
Louis XVI. of France did not live
to complete his last sentence.
"Frenchmen." he shouted, as the ex-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-27
Short Jaunts for Busy PeorIe.

Is an illustrated folder containing
an excellent map and many interest.
ing and helpful facts about the hun
dreds of charming nearby resorts
reached by the Northwestern Line.
Send &c stamp to ". B. Kniskern. P.
T, NJ, Chicago. (tf)