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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Education In Sweden.

Nowhere else, unless in America, 10
education so universal as in Sweden.
Every child must go to school be-
tween the ages of seven and Ia, I'M
less the parents can show that they
are being privately educated There
are about twelve thousand common
schools in Sweden, even the thinly
populated districts having 'ambula-
tory schools" held in various parts
of the district. When this is the case
the school term is reduced to about
half the ordinary duration.-The
Craftsman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
An Opportunity for Rest

We come upon the Idle Rumor, tax
ing its ease in a quiet spot
How now?" we say with an air OF
Gliding. why this lack of industry!
This is no way to get along in the
world-lying around like sluggaro,
as though there were nothing for you
to do
Il was quite busy yesterday" yawns
the Idle Rumor; "but to-day can loaf
all / like"
"Indeed?'
Yes. You see, this morning they
began denying me."-Judge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
What the Jury Thought.

"Flatman, 1 hear you were arrested
the other day for insulting and brow
beating a janitor- How did you come
out?''
Il was tried for it and acquitted"
"On the the ground that it was
justifiable?"
No; the jury couldn't be made to
believe such a thing was possible
Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Facts in the Case.

'Is it true" queried the bachelor
who sometimes yearned for the siren
uous life, that it doesn't cost a mar
ried man any more to live than it does
a single one?"
1T is answered the man who had
been up against the matrimonial
game for many months, but it costs
about three times as much for his
wife to live."-Chicago Daily News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Ready to Listen.

and so,' said her naughty father,
you wish to marry into my family ?"
No, 1 haven't any desire to do
that" replied the candid young man,
land if you can tell me of any other
respectable way in which l may have
your daughter I'll. be mighty glad to
hear it.''-Chicago Record Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Clear Gain.

But, Mandy, if you can buy rib
bon like that for As cents yard at
the little store up here on the corner,
what's the use of going all the way
to town, and paying car fare both
ways, to get it for AZ cents? You
don't save anything, do you?"
Goodness, yes Papa always al
lows me money for car fare '-Chi
cagO Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

Maud-Why is that lady over the
way always in black? Is she mourn
ing for anyone?
Bess-YeS; husband.
Maud didn't know she'd been
married.
Bess-No; but she's mourning for q
husband all the same.-The Tattler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Wrote Love Notes for Maids.

Thomas Hardy, the novelist and
poet, used to live, when he was a
boy, with an aunt, and he was some
times called upon to write love let
tetrs for her dairy maids to send to
their sweethearts. In his novels he
has made good use of his experience
Ia the dairy, and his aunt was the
original of one of his characters.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Good Jokes
ImmateriaI.

The elderly and somewhat frustrated
lady stopped an obese man on q
crowded street
Does it make any difference" she
asked, which of these cars 1 take to
the cemetery"
mot to me, madam" answered the
polite heavyweight, as he lifted his
hat and passed on.-Chicago Daily
News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Maxine Il Hot for lduhbx.

Private Detective-Madam, here is
my bill for shadowing your husband
during the past four weeks
Suspicion Wife-Very well; present
it to him. And go on shadowing him
until you receive further orders from
me.-Judge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
CONVINCING.

Her-But do you really and truly
love me, Harold?
Him assure you, Eloise, love you
as much as / love myself.
Her-Then L am yours, dear. Great
er love than that no woman could
even dare to hope for.-Chicago Daily
News
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
He Enioved II.

Meeker-Did your wife enjoy her
two weeks sojoarn in the country?
EnpeckI don't know, but you bet
1 did.-Chicago Daily News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Proof.

What reason have you for thinking
that the thief who entered your house
was a locksmith by trade?" asked the
detective.
Why, saw him make a bolt for
the door," said the victim of the rob
bery.-Judge-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Between Friends

Askitt-Isn't that new umbrella?
Noitt-No; it has been in my pos
session for nearly two years.
Askitt-Don't you think it about
time you returned it?-Chicago Daily
News.
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IWH4T JOY hEYBR1NG
J IoFyERYH oME

with Joyous hearts and smiling faces they
enjoy the ceah regular habits they should be taught form and the wholesome
not but
and remedial required assist
millions
excellence knowledge
free refer all well informed who do patent
medicines and favor indiscimnate self medcahon
printed the front every package and that sale bottles OF one size
thereon fail
children,
a enc S
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Not Proud.

"A man should not be proud be-
cause he is rich
'Of course not" answered Mr. Dus-
tin Stax. Nowadays we're looking
for sympathy.''-Washin Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29

rs she in society,"
well, just a sort of probationer;
she has never, been divorced yet
Houston Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
Sometimes So.

$50 Pickles went back to his first
love. / wonder why
..She was the only one that would
have him."-Detroit Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
North Dakota Solves the Adulteration

North Dakota seems to have found
the key to the question, How shall
we protect the people from frauds in
manufactured products?" A new law
has recently gone into effect designed
to make it impossible to deceive peo-
pie into buying inferior and adulter-
ated paint under the impression that
they are getting real paint, viz: pure
white lead and linseed oil.
The North Dakota lawmakers did
not attempt to absolutely prohibit the
inferior pigments, or mixtures of
pigments. They adopted the slogan,
Let the label tell" and then left to
the people to buy whichever they
wished.
Under this plan, II any one wishes
to buy mixture of rock-dust, ground
quartz and other cheap elements
which are found in many paints and
so-called white leads" no one can
object; for they do it with their eyes
open. But If they prefer genuine
white lead and linseed oil, they can
be sure of getting it, for none but
the genuine article can bear label
which says pure white lead"
In all other States mixtures are Of
ten sold as pure white lead which
contain little - sometimes no - real
white lead.
1t would seem that were this same
principle applied to food, beverages
and all other prepared articles, where
deception is practiced upon the buy
er, the question would be solved. 1t
would leave us free to buy what we
pleased, but would protect us from
unwittingly buying what we did not
want.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
WILD WITH ITCHING HuMoR.
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over
Body-cured at Expense Of Only
$1.25-Thanks Cuticura.

"The Cuticura Remedies cured me of
my skin disease, and l am very thank
full to you. My trouble was eruption
of the skin, which broke out in spots
all over my body, and caused a con
tinual itching which nearly drove me
wild at times. 1 got medicine Of a
doctor, but it did not cure me, and
when saw in a paper your ad, sent
to you for the Cuticura book and |
studied my case in it. l then went
to the drug store and bought one cake
of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura
Ointment and one vial of Cuticura
Pills. From the first application / re-
ceived relief. l used the first set and
two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and
was completely cured. l had suffered
for two years, and l again thank Cuti.
cura for my cure. Claude N. John.
son, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. d. 2,
Walnut, Kan, June Is, 1906"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
SAVING THE FLAG.
How Ned Barton Won the Race with
Three Confederate Horsemen.

am going to tell you the story ex.
actly as 1t happened. l have no de-
sire to make you think Ned Barton a
brilliant hero; l will simply recount
the part he bore in some stirring
scenes and let you make up your own
mind about him.
The war of the rebellion broke out,
you know, in April, 1861. Ned was
then II years old, strong, athletic
boy, the best runner, jumper and ball
player in Hoodville.
Hoodville echoed with the drum and
fife as we'll as other places, and the
boys were as full of the martial spir'
1t, In their way, as the men. Ned Bar
ton was particularly enthusiastic and
early in the summer of that eventful
year he organized a company among
the boys of the town, pored over "Har
dee's Tactics" and "Ellsworth's Zou
ave Drill" and gave himself up, heart
and soul, to training his young re-
.cruits in the manual of arms.
He called his company the "Zouave
Cadets" and suitably to the name
they were uniformed in dark blue
jackets, loose red trousers and linen
leggings. Jaunty red caps, trimmed
with yellow braid, completed the
dress, and since these ambitious
young "home-guards" could not OBJ
tain arms from the state, each one o.
them carried double-barreled shot
gun. The women of Hoodville, proud
of the boy-soldiers, presented the
company with pretty flag ant
Capt" Barton with a handsome
sword. having pearl handle and
silver-plated scabbard.
Now, all this was great fun to the
members of the Zouave Cadets, anc
no less to the citizens of Hoodville
for when the company paraded, nigh
or day, there was general turn-ou
of the people to look at them.
About this time, says the writer o
the story in the Chicago Daily News
/ began to recruit a company of cav
airy for the federal army under tn,
authority of the governor of the state
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

Ned Barton was among the first who
proffered their services. l knew the
boy we'll, his strong, positive charac-
ter, his courage, his ambition and his
physical strength. He was too young,
30 far as years might be counted, to
assume the duties of soldier in the
6eld, but this weighed as nothing with
me against the other considerations l
have named.
He was one of the best drill mas.
ters / ever saw. Before l was able to
put squad through the simplest ma.
neuvers, he had mastered the whole
company drill, and / did not consider
1t derogatory to my dignity as the cap.
tain to sit on my horse in the field
where we practiced our evolutions and
permit him to take command.
In less than month we had the
company formed, and on the day we
were sworn into the service, Ned Bar.
ton was formally elected second lieu
\ tenant. Wishing to have what is
called crack" company when / led
1t to the scene of action, / asked the
governors permission to encamp near
Hoodville for three or four weeks to
perfect the drill of the men.
Saturdays the camp was crowded
with visitors, boys and girls particu
larly, and on the last one before we
left to join the Army of the Potomac
we scarcely had room for the drill
that had arranged to give for oul
visitors benefit. Perhaps 1t was the
crowd that excited him, or he may
have been taken with an ugly spell,
as one. of the men said, but Ned's
horse-Rocket he called him-was sc
full Of spirit that day that his young
rider had difficulty In controlling him
In going through the maneuvers o.
our drill, 1t became necessary severa
times for me to warn the young peo
pie back out of our way; they wanted
to see everything, and would GROVE
up as close as they could, regardless
of galloping horses and flying heels
In executing one of my commands
called out as they were cantering ovel
the field, the men made bad break
and Ned Barton, who was near me
noticing their mistake. suddenly CAV,
Rocket the spurs and swept aftel
them at gallop. His course led hin
directly toward part of the fielt
where so or more boys and girls wer,
standing. all intently watching tn,
drill.
rs did not appreciate the danger my
self. until caught look from Ned'i
face. then / started toward the crowd
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
DRAG THE ROAD"
The Gospel Which Needs to Be
Preached and Practiced.

You seem to think, says writer in
the Rural New Yorker, that because a
man grades and fits the roadside in
front of his farm and turns it into a
beautiful lawn, then in muddy sea-
son the drivers desert the road and
travel the entire length on this smooth
grass, the Recording Angel might
with propriety look away and turn
deaf ear to some bad though or even
bad language this man is tempted to
use. Now, l find this very thing;
worked, graded and fitted the road
side in front of my farm; l hauled on
to it several loads of rotted manure,
that l badly needed on my truck
patch; / sowed expensive lawn grass;
clipped it when / should have spent
the time in wedding onions, and now
the road being simply impossible,
people that of necessity must travel
over 1t in sheer desperation turn from
1t on to this Smooth" grass. Now,
under the conditions, what sort of
language would / be justified in using,
and how would such language look
in print? l might do like a neighbor,
lay rails on this smooth grass and
thus prevent people from getting on
to it, but / do not think it would be
lawful, as this road, from fence to
fence. belongs to the travelling public,
and not to me individually, so il / 90
to work and turn public property
used as a road into lawn, / can see
no way out but to suffer the conse-
| Quences. l must here confess that
| love to see a nice roadside in front
| of a farm, and in this instance will
say that / can blame only myself for
the way 1t is now cut up. Had i
| graded the roadbed first in front Of
| my farm, and put in first-class con-
| expect to do now, in way that 1t
will not tempt travellers to leave it,
then fix up the roadside, no one would
think of cutting up this smooth
grass. have graded the road now,
and have made drag of two pieces
of oak timber 6x6 inches. eight feet
long, set on sharp edges, strip OF
heavy wagon tire spiked to cutting
edge. These sticks l have bolted to-
gether foot apart with chain in
front to hitch to, SO that l can run
the drag in any desired angle, and
from now on propose to adhere strict
| ly to the advice given in the following
poem:
When the smiles OF spring appear.
| u Drag the road;
| y When the summer time is here,
Drag the road;
| When the corn Is in the ear,
| In the winter, cold and drear;
Every season in the year;
Drag the road!
When you've nothing else to do,
| Drag the road
II but for an hour or two,
| Drag the road,
| It will keep them good as new,
| With a purpose firm and true
Fall in line-it's up to you;
Drag the road.
Would you do the proper thing?
Drag the road.
Set the system on the wing.
| Drag the road.
| Give the drag a lively swing,
| Toss the laurel wreath to King.
Hats off! everybody sing,
Drag the road.
| A boy never lets his new watch ruI
down.-Chicago Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

by power from a gasoline engine
is illustrated in the sketch of elevator.
Parts may be secured ready-made
from manufacturers of these appli-
ances.
The dump, explains the Farm and
Home, is arranged so that load OF
corn may be dumped directly from the
wagon bed without shoveling. BY
drawing back the lever, C, the pivoted
platform on which the wagon Is
firmly secured comes down and allows
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
Labor the Great Quality.

The most beautiful actions OF the
human body, and the highest results
of the human intelligence, are condi-
tions or achievements, of quite unla-
borious-nay, of recreative effort. 1t
is the negative quantity-or quantity
of de-fect-which has to be counted
against every Feat and of defect which
has to be counted against every Fact
or Deed of men. In brief, it is that
quantity of our toll which we die in.
-RuSkin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
Euronean Neatness.

In a thousand miles of Europe an
observer saw only one rubbish heap
some old metal cans at Carlsruhe.
Everywhere else was a complete alb
sence of all waste or carelessness,
and above all, of DETACHMENT and
roadside uncleanliness.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

the grain to run
into the barn,
where it is taken
up by the eleva-
tor. A small por-
ton of the floor,
b, also drops down,
making a larger
opening for the
grain.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
At Nine.

II don't enjoy calling on Bessie
War;" stated one of the young men.
"But she's a clever girl and a good
talker," said another.
II know. But her father was a
bugler In the army, you know, and at
nine every night he takes down his
old bugle and blows taps"
"Well. what does he mean by thatY''
"Light out Judge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

into a crib with
oAt an elevator
of som Q sort.
Such a device,
which may be in
stalled in a barn
or crib, to be run
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

shown will held 5000 bushels of corn
on the ear, if both sides to the top
are filled. Additional bins may be
provided in a driveway. at either end,
raised at such height as will allow
a loaded wagon to pass under.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

Meme Shoes, go to $l;So. h,ogs yo sn9%ep, s % S3
hIisses' s. Childrens Shoes, 90 30 TO $1.co.
Try w. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Childrens shoes; for style, At and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you Into my largo
factories at Broclston, Mass. .,and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are Of greater value
than any other make.
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stnniped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Take no substis
fufs. Ask your dealer for w. l.. Douglas shoes
and insist upon having them.
Fast Color Eyeets usedi they wn not iveay 6rdssy.
Write for Illustrated Cntalog Of Fall Styles.
WI. DOUGLAS, Dept. ~ erockton, Mass.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

1t Is often desirable to locate pair
of scales in the driveway of granary
of this sort, where they are very con-
yenient for. use. Such a crib as here
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
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ELEVATOR FOR FARM eRANARY
How the Handling Of Crops Can eo
Made Easy.

Much heavy work is necessary to
put large crop of corn or other grain
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

Eyes, the prisoner was a woman Of
extraordinary nerve. They tried in
every known way to mako her norv-
GUS"
"That so?"
"Yes. They shot off gun unexpect-
edly, yelled 'Fire!' and told her a dis
tant powder blast was an earthquake.
Still she was unmoved. Then they
liberated a mouse"
"I'll wager bank roll against
stogie that the mouse made her nerv-
ous."
mot at ALL She only stepped on
it and laughed"
Great Jupiter! Such woman as
that wouldn't lose her nerve If the
earth exploded"
"Oh, yes. One of the detectives
stepped up and whispered in her ear
that her hair had been ussed up for
two hours, and then she collapsed"
To keep your auto looking bright
use the following mixture for all paint
ed parts: Sperm oil, one-half pint;
common vinegar, one-half pint; oil
bergamot, one dram. Mix and rub with
clean cloth. For all brass work use
tripoli, one and one-half pounds; any
lubricating oil, eight ounces; gasoline,
three quarts. This is one of the best
cleaners for all polished brass.
If you contemplate buying medium
priced automobile and want to be cer-
tain of securing car suitable for tour
ing on country roads, up hill as well as
down hill, you will make no mistake
in buying either a Buieck, Maxwell,
Mitchell, REQ, Knox, Franklin or
Queen. These range in price from
$3.50 to $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07

A boy never lets his new watch run
down.-Chicago Daily News.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-09-07
Crucial Test.

Eyes, the prisoner was a woman Of
extraordinary nerve. They tried in
every known way to mako her norv-
GUS"
Graham guardian., 1906-11-02
Earl Johnson Shoots Himself

Last evening about sundowr
Stafford was startled by the an
nouncement that little Earl John
son was shot. The story is as
| follows:
He left school at the usual hour
and went directly home. Shortly
after he got home Mrs. Spaulding,
who lives next door to the john
ston home, heard noise at hei
back door indicating distress. She
went out and found the boy lying
on the ground. He was able to
talk for moment and gave no
further Information than the re
mark ~ shot myself"
Drs. Platt and Warner were
summoned and in the meantime
he was carried into the house,
Upon examination it was found
that ball from 32 calibre pistol
had been fred into his body just
above the left nipple and seemed
to have ranged slightly upward,
penetrating the left lung. He
rested during the night as well
as could have been expected
and strong hopes are entertained
today that he will recover. AS to
just how be came to shoot himself
is only a matter of conjecture. The
gun was fouud IN his mothers
room lying on the floor, where he
had dropped it after the shot was
fred and he had evidently started
to the Spaulding home to seek
help. The theory of the family is
that he was hunting pencil and
accidentally discharged the pistol.
Graham guardian., 1906-11-02

WHILE a number of people are
criticising Joe T. Mckinney for
Withdrawing from the race for
sheriff, his action is certainly com
mendable. He bas withdrawn in
favor of no one. He had made a
thorough canvass of the county
and had convinced himself that he
bad no show to be elected, found
that scores of those who encour-
aged him to "stay with it" and
agreeing to support him, were
really Anderson men and gave
him this oncouragem ent to help
Anderson. Mr.. Mckinney was as
sured that Mr.. Anderson would
not have been running only for the
reason that Joe was IN the field.
He found that the republican party
was centering all their energies on
the election OF Anderson, and that
it he stayed in the field it gave
that gentleman good opportuni.
ty of walking into the sheriifs
Office at the expense of Joe Il.
Mckinney. Knowing M Of these
Graham guardian., 1906-11-02
Vote for Arizona, your home.
Mrs. KimbalI'S Funeral.

On last Sunday afternoon one OF
the most notable funerals was held
at Thatcher that, perhaps, has oc.
Cured in the valley for long time
The remains of Mrs. Andrew Kim
ball were laid to rest on this day.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted from the Latter Day Saints
church, of which she was an ac.
kDowIedged and faithful member.
People from all parts of the
country were present to pay their
respects to this good woman, and
it was noticeable that so many
throughout the valley we're present.
Mrs. Kimball was highly re.
spected by all the citizens OF the
Gila valley. and the GUARDIAN
joins the entire people in condo
lence to her honored husband,
President Kimball.