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The Washington times., 1906-05-17
LATE RURAL NEWS

RAKE up.
Good fishing.
Wedding weather.
Bees are humming
Baseball and marbles
excursions start soon
Get your bicycle ready.
Garden and posy bed time.
Lawns beginning to look eree,
Sandusky (Mich-) Republican.
The Washington times., 1906-05-17

Secretary Shaw warns young men
with ideas and originality not to
get into the service of the Govern
ment. Surely the Secretary would
not like to be used as an iilustra
ton of his theory that men can't
serve the Government and have
ideas.
The Washington times., 1906-05-17
WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE
AT HALF CENTURY MARX
Romance in Lives of Men and Women of the Period
When They at Last Reach the Age of Fifty.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

When we are children we regard fifty
as the end Of life
A man or woman Of fifty seems 70 US
but little younger than one Of seventy.
but as we march along with the years
we grow 10 change our point Of view and
we set the old age stake farther and
farther away, the nearer we approach it.
In country places men and women Of
fifty are indeed regarded as old people:
but in cities and among people Of fashion
or genius. fifty is considered the prime
of life
There is a certain element Of the tragic
often about this period Of human ex-
istence for men and women Of imagina-
ton and temperament.
The children are grown and married.
and occupied with their own affairs.
The paternal and maternal cares and
pleasures no longer absorb the parents
time and thoughts. and II the wife OF
fifty has allowed herself TO grow COM
monplace and uninteresJlng. while the
husband Of fifty has kept step with
progress. he finds more and more leisure
70 feel lonely and mismated, and to
realize that the vesuVius Of his heart
Is not the extinct volcano he imagined,
but is full Of smoldering fires and ready
20 burst forth IN an eruption upon
prOVOcatiOn-
The Washington times., 1906-05-17

a bridge whist party viii be given at
RaUsCher's next Tuesday evening. May
San Francisco. Tables are being made
up in parties Of four. friends being in
this way. able TO play together. Prizes
VIII be provided for each table. many Of
which have been donated. The patron
esses are Mrs. G. II. Davis. Mrs c. c.
Glover. Mrs. Oliver. Mrs. Pierce. Mrs.
Shiras. Mrs. c. II. Meals. Mrs. Henry
McCrea. Mrs Thorne, Mrs. Alex. Brit
ton, Mrs. w. X. Carr. Tickets are 81
and may be obtained of any Of these Ia
dies or at Rauscher's.
The Washington times., 1906-05-17

King Alfonso is to give S5OO.OOO
worth of jewels to his bride, but it
IS authoritatively stated that the
Pearl of the Antilles, long a priced
heirloom of the Spanish royal
house, will not be among them.
The Washington times., 1906-05-17
Leads to Divorce Court.

OF course the mere he INDUCES such
thoughts the nearer he brings the provo
cation. and the daily paper tells the rest
Of the story, which is frequently the
record Of the divorce court.
The woman Of fifty, as a rule. waits
until death has made her free before she
INDUCES IN romantic analysis Of her
emotional nature. Then she IS often
times astonished TO find that she is as
desirous OF admiration, attention and de-
votion from the opposite sex as she was
at twenty; and she does not seem 10
realize. despite her long acquaintance
with the six, that men are not always
disinterested n their pursuit OF woman
kind She is indeed inclined TO be more
trusting and coanding than she was in
her first yoU-L-
The man and woman Of fifty have been
much in evidence the last year or two
as leading characters in amorous ad-
ventures. II would be a simple matter
20 count half a dozen Lotharios Of fifty
who have occupied much space in news
paper sensations, and the mature Juliets
are almost as numerous.
1 call 10 mind the tragic death OF 2
beautiful woman with grown grand
children few years ago: a woman who
had been Lying a double life. unknown
10 her family and church: and whose
death. under painful circumstances, first
revealed the tragic facts.
In this particular case the Romeo was
OF her own age; but as a rule. when a
woman or man has lived a half century
and develops q sentimental or adven-
turous tendency. ! is at the instigation
OF young companion. a millionaire
whose death brought 20 light many SEN
timental entanglements. had put aside
az least Two mature wives IN his de-
sire 10 enjoy the companiOnShip OF
younger charmers- and a woman OF fifty
revealed 10 the world shortly afterward
that she, too. had renewed the emo
uons OF youth, IN a romance with man
young enough TO be her son.
Many instances have been recorded by
the pen OF the historian. where a man
OF htty won the admiration. and love.
and loyalty. Of a young woman I have
known girl Of twenty 70 fall deeply
IN love with a man who had crossed
the half century mark
A girl Of hero worshiping tendency
would be easily led 70 place genuine
The Washington times., 1906-05-17

\ lawn fete will be given at 222O Con-
necucut avenue this afternoon for St.
Margaret's Church, bet xeen the hours
Of and 10 O'Clock, and the ladies of
that church are working hard to make
Il a SUCCESS.
The Washington times., 1906-05-17

Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth are entertaining Miss Harri-
man, Of New York.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17

A remarkable coat is the invention
of Sydney Banks a Cape Town tailor
With this coat in his portmanteau
the traveller may face any social con-
tingency- A frock coat at first sight.
it is changed into a morning coat or
dress coat by whipping or the skirt
and lacing on another which will join
the body of the garment at line not
to be distinguished from an ordinary
seam.
The inventor recommends it to all
travellers for its. cheapness AID porta-
bility--Trinidad Mirror.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
Improved Counting Machine.

Autorith is the latest calculating
machine, and is the invention of one
Alexander Rechnitzer of Vienna Sub
traction and addition were the first
operations attempted by the abacus
of the ancients. The first calculating
machine deserving the name that es-
sayed the complications of multiple
cation and division was invented
about 1912 by Blaise Pascal, and the
first practical success was brought
out about thirty years later by Leib-
nitZ. 1t was able to do all four funda-
mental arithmetical processes, but
was complicated and laborious to han
Gle. Most of the inventors since have
taken their ideas from this machine
and have been aiming to make it more
entirely automatic, and to avoid the
possibility of error by slipping The
autorith probably represents the great
est advance. 1t is far more complfcat-
ed than any of its distinguished an
cestors, principally because it aims
to overcome the necessity of any man
ual operations other than indicating
to the machine the example to be per-
formed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
4fNess-~st3f a~ss->>t1 fsess-t2fA~'
A Condensed Sketch
of the
Great Irish Saint.

tized by immersion $1,000 converts
and ordained so preachers. He estab-
lished schools. mills, factories, and
stores for general merchandise. His
schools supplied all Brittany with
missionaries for centuries He instill-
ed into his converts the principles of
industry, sound morals and good gov
eminent. The most celebrated of
these schools was at Armagh At
one time it had 1000 students. The
Danes destroyed it in the eighth cen
fury
Patrick wrote two books, "The Epis-
tie to Coroticus." and Confessions.
The former denounced Coroticus for
killing converts on the northeast coast
of Ireland; the latter is Patrick's auto
biography These books betray lack
of classical learning. Patrick calls
himself unlearned and rustic. In style
he is crude and archaic His SEN
fences are ungrammatical and incor-
rect but clear and compact. His writ
ten style in Latin corresponds to Mr..
Moody's in English. Patrick seems to
have qualified himself in much the
same manner as Mr.. Moody.
He was an ideal preacher Simple.
hut never commonplace; earnest, but
not confused; persuasive, but not dog
aggressive, but always reason
able. Convicted that he was an am
bassador for Christ. he backed up his
preaching with the authority of God
Almighty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
John Ruskin,s Plain Talk.

A newly published letter written by
the late John Ruskin to Sir Oliver
Lodge says: is it still impossible to
get into any human head at your uni
versities that the economic crisis is
because people will dig iron out of the
ground and build ironclads, instead OF
raising corn and vine and giving them
to whose needs them2 That is the
one plain two plus two equals four
that have tried TO teach these twenty
years. The thing of all others indis-
putable and needful-and no mortal
yet has taken up the world"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
Wealthy Youths Got Mitten.

It is understood that four young
millionaires were put aside by Alice
Roosevelt in favor of the man who be-
came her husband. The unsuccessful
wooers were Ned Mclean, Ogden
Mills Reid, Robert Sterling Clark and
Robert Goelet- All these young men
were SO devoted to the presidents
daughter that they became known in
official circles as "the faithful four"
Miss Roosevelt might have had any of
them. Washington society said, and
it is common knowledge, that at least
two of the gilded youths proposed to
her, not once, but several times All
four of the ssfaithfuls,'' however, sent
gifts-Clark, a gold bracelet, Goelet
gold and Venetian glass set of fifty
pieces. Reid a diamond hair ornament
and Mclean a watch crusted with sap
phireS and diamonds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
A Toast to the irish Blood

Fill me a cup with the Dew of Killar-
Purer than chastity. essence of fire;
osling laugh at ye- beaded with blair
Breath of the peat-smole, and blood of
FIJI me a cup, till l drink to St, Patrick
Dir to the harp strains, the songs
Drink to our emblem. the mystical sham
Up with We. Down it. The Emerald
Isle.
Oh we are the worlds great lovers:
To our hearts love fled from the skies
And know the passion of signs.
And your vanity's fief to our blaIney,
And your soul to our Irish eyes.
We follow the star of the vision.
For US swing the ivory portals
Where the pearls Of fancy CLEAN.
IT'S ine the mad ce er's'i MADDEN
We have followed the scarlet ways.
Then. to war with our penis stilettoi
And.l behold che pS the P pa a~l Blatant
Impaled on our poignant phrase
From cerements of convention
The heart and brain we free
Rebels and Knockers. and dreamers,
Our pelf is but love and laughter
Lootiess and frfendless, We,
Though broken our falling rafters
Though our larder shelf be bare
And the hearts that know not care
And the hand that is free and ready
A crust with all to share.
Then I'LL me cup. till I drink to st.
Drink to the. harp strains. the songs
that heguile,
Up With ye, Down it, The Emerald
Mrs. Wilson woodrow in Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
Expects to Live to Be 1875.

Jesse Jones of Pulaski, Tenn, is
nearly 10 years old. having been born
of a Portuguese father and a Choctaw
mother in Raleigh. N c., June 10,
1896. He fought in four wars, hay-
ing honorable discharge at the close
OF each-the war of 1912, the Florida
Indian and French troubles, the strug-
gle with Mexico, and the civil war.
Erect and keen-eyed, he does not
look much over so. and expects to live
to see 125- He has been married six
times. thirty-two children having been
born to him. His present wife is 4S
years old and his youngest child, a
daughter, is just turned Il.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
Identified by His Voice.

A short time ago Signor Caruso, the
celebrated Italian tenor. had occasion
to draw some money from a New
York bank. Being unknown to the
cashier he was asked to produce evil
ience of his identity. Caruso tried to
persuade the cashier that he was
really the celebrated tenor, but that
obdurate official would not part with
the money, although he had been to
the opera and had heard Caruso sing
He declared that he thought Caruso
taller. At last the tenor had an in
spiration- Without losing any further
time in apparently useless. negotia-
tions he began to sing that delightful
romanza in "Tosca.- Reconcile Ar
+monie." He had hardly started sing
ing when the delighted cashier be-
gan to count the money over the coun-
ter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
stin Another Military Invention

The newest thing in war is to pho
tograph the enemy's troops or de
lenses by a camera raised hundreds
of feet in the air by balloon or kite.
thus obtaining accurate information
at distance of ten or twelve miles
Views of the country to be fought over
and pictures of Notifications are in
valuable The expert determines by
photographs the velocity of projectiles
fired from gun, and the course and
speed of torpedoes, and he records
their efforts in the same manner
Worlds Work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17

NATIONAL COLOR OF IRELAND.
First Worn by the Heroic insurgents
of Wexford.

First Worn by the Heroic insurgents
of Wexford.
Some orators are wont to refer fer
wildly to the green flag as 1.-The an
Gent banner of Ireland" Probably
however, ST. Patrick and his contem-
poraries never saw a green flag in
Ireland, nor did the Irish for about
fourteen centuries after him. There
is, no mention of green flag in the
Irish annals previous to 1898. At the
celebrated skirmish known as ..the
battle of the Boyne'' the opposing
armies of King William and his
father-in-law, King James, wore red
Uniforms. In order to avoid killing
one another by mistake in the con-
fusion of battle Williams men stuck
green leaves in their hats, while those
of James wore white paper rosettes
representing the white rose of York
Thus, by strange irony, the Orange
men were the first wearers of the
green in Ireland The famous Irish
brigade in the service of France wore
red uniforms; some of them therefore
were mistaken for English and cut
down by the French cavalry in the
melee when the brigade's charge gain
ed the victory at Fontenoy. The Irish
insurgents of 1898, Catholics and
Professionals, were the first to adopt
green as the national color of Ireland.
1t had been previously proposed as
the color of hope" by Camille Des-
moulins to the French revolutionists,
but he was outvoted in favor of the
tricolor- The Wexford insurgents at
first used impartially flags of various
colors-red. yellow and green-but
eventually they fixed on green. which,
with baptism of heroic blood, was
then firmly and permanently establish
ed as the national color of Ireland
There have been some fantastic and
wholly unsuccessful attempts to in
troduce green, white and yellow
Irish tricolor.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
St. Patrick

Patrick began life in Dumbarton,
Scotland, in the year A. D. 2S7 He
came from noble stock, his father
ranking among his townsmen as a
magistrate Pirates carried him
away to Ireland in his fifteenth year
. and sold him into slavery. For six
wears he served as shepherd slave.
He escaped and was recaptured. He
escaped second time and went home
to Scotland.
When he received the divine call to
devote his life to the conversion of
the Irish. his parents opposed him.
They said he already had experienced
enough sorrow in that land. But he
was ready to forego comforts, to en-
dure hardships to leave home and ma
tive land if thereby the Irish could be
saved To bring him to speedy decis-
ion the angel Victorious came to him
in a dream. saying: "The voice of
the Irish. We pray thee. holy youth,
us,v
He began his mission among his
old slave companions. He started
first of all to give the gospel to his
old slavemaster, who. hearing of Pat
ricl-'s approach, killed himself He
aimed first to convert the chief of the
clan, and through him the clan itself
BY this method he wrought all over
Ireland until every tribe heard and
received the new religion.
He established So churches. bap-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
SET ASIDE FASHIONS DEGREES
Mrs. RooseveIt's Gowns Were of HeI
Own Choosino

When it comes to choosing colors
for her gowns no one can accuse Mrs
Roosevelt of being conventional All
the Inauguration ball she chose a rob
ms egg blue and all her friends threw
up their hands. why, it is never
worn at night they protested 1T is
suitable only for a morning gown, OF
second-best walking skirt But she
said she would give it a trial. At the
dress parade in the White House
when her daughter became a bride
Mrs. Roosevelt wore a rather dark
shade of brown. 1t was the only cos
tune of that color in the procession
There were champagne cloths and
pale chocolates and tans and fawn
colors, pink and blue and greens, but
the substantial brown, dear to our
grandmothers, was seen only in one
instance. Mrs. Roosevelt's gown was
ivened with creamy lace, Illuminated
with threads of gold, and made fur
Their gay by the big bouquet of lady
slipper orchids at her corsage.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
St. Patrick Taught Temperance.

St. Patrick was an apostle of tenn
perance- He desired that his dis
ciples should not drink during the day.
Lut only after vespers- One of them
named Coleman went thirsty all day
ir the fields praying for the hour of
gespers, and when the bells rang he
dropped dead. To-day any one bear
ing the name of Coleman is likely to
have that of -stadhach' attached
in memory of the thirsty one" The
fa-orite drink of the people, -poteen. =
dates to the name Patrick. And on
his feast day no Irishman need go
hungry or thirsty. as .sPatrick's pot
is set out for refreshment in every
inn ana every household and the
stronger is made welcome to eat and
drink
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17

the Byzantine school, susceptible of
decorations both mural and mosaic.
The material of the exterior will be
of gray granite trimmed with dark
blue Colithic. The marble for the
interior will be of old convent Sien-
ma, Alps green, rose Numidian and
Pavanazze, highly polished. The
high altar will be simple marble
table. without reredOs. but over
hanging it will be large baldrican
of silver filigree work supported by
four pillars of white marble and
onyx. In the rear of this altar will
be stalls for the vested choir and
behind all will be a private chapel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17

The rev Roman Catholic cathe-
dral to be erected in ST. Louis will
be one of the most imposing religi-
GUS structures in the country The
total cost will approximate $4,000
000, and it is estimated that the
edihce will be completed in three
years The structure will have
depth of 400 feet over all, with
width of PIP feet through the tran
sept, and the entire floor and aisles
will be laid with marble mosaics.
The details and character of the
exterior are of pure type of Roman
esque, and the interior is developed
on the lines of the best example of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
FORCE IN ANIMsh S.
Developed in Lungs and Hearts. Says
San Francisco Scientist.


The brain as an electric motor is
the theme of DR.. Albert B. Atkins of
San Francisco's preachments. He says
that he has proved by experiment
made on a steer that brain action is
an electrical phenomenon His appa-
ratus consisted of two platinum cleo
trodes connected with a long copper
wire running to extremely sensitive
galvanometers. The electrodes were
inserted in two lobes of the brain OF
a living steer. After the first culver
caused by the insertion of the plati-
mum points the animal lay quiet and
yet the needle of the gal<anometer
was detected four points on the scale
and remained so for nearly six min
utes. Upon further action by the
operators Immediately tie needle de-
Elected nineteen points in the same
direction. Then the needle gradually
returned to the normal position Dr.
Atkins has previously demonstrated
that electric force is developed in the
lungs and hearts of animals, and he
argues that the mysteries of gravita-
ton can be solved only by attribut-
ing it to electrical action.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
practical Women at washinoton

Speaker Reed once remarked that
there was but woman in Washington
society who could talk politics intelli-
gently and she is Mrs Robert r. Hit.
Mrs Fairbanks realizes more nearly
the woman who is such force in Brit
ish political life She is lawyer and
profound student of social condi-
tions- She is. worker in the Junior
Republic and the present prosperous
condition of that social venture is
largely due to her direction Mrs La
Toilette, wife of the newly elected SEN
ator from Wisconsin, is also a lawyer
and is interested in social reform, es-
pecially among the younger criminal
class
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17
PLEASURE FOR THE EVENING
Euchre Party with Appropriate coIors
ara Decorations

This affair is to be a euchre party
Two ladies have joined forces and
will have fifteen tables-six at each
table. Their cards will be tied with
narrow ribbon of emerald hue The
rooms will be decorated with quanti-
ties of green cheesecloth drawn from
the four corners of the room to the
central chandelier
The Irish flag will adorn pictures,
doorways and window curtains. Palms
and ferns will occupy all available
hooks, while the florist will furnish
carnations or roses of beautiful
green color. They are really every
effective, but only appropriate for St
Patrick's day The card tables are
covered with green paper cambric-
this slippery surface is ideal for card
playing The score cards are to be
four-leaved clovers with a knot of
green.
For refreshments green grapes,
Eut, apple and celery salad will be
served with green mayonnaise dress
ing, sandwiches, coffee olives and
sherbet colored green with pistachio
nuts, green iced individual cakes
with peppermint bars of the same hue
The napkins are pinned with a green
woven silk shamrock and the forks
and spoons are to be tied with green
ribbon The prizes are a small pic
ture framed in dark green molding.
green art glass vase, a card case of
green leather and a beautiful Boston
fern. 1t is needless TO say that the
hostesses are to be gowned one in
green and the other in white. with
sash and bow of ST. Patrick's favorite
color.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-17

of large dimensions The cryp
will have many surrounding chapels
providing for mortuary monuments
The interior of the edifice will be
cruciform Celtic in effect, and the
sanctuary will be fanked on eacl
side by two large chapels, the sane
tuary itself to be patterned after the
great basilicas Of Europe. The
dome is to be a magnificent affair
in height it will be 200 feet, and il
space will contain over 100000
cubic feet. The site selected fol
the cathedral is on the west side OF
Newstead street, from Lindell to
Maryland avenue.