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CALLED BY AN EARTHQUAKE.
Late Sleeper Awakened Just I'm Time to
Catch HIS Train. 49, ~

1T took me several months to get used
to the spasmodic quivers or small earth
quake shocks so frequent in California"
said q travelling man, who, Like so many
others, mourns for the beautiful San Branr
cisco that was. "ln the early part Of De-
cember, 1904, l was visiting San Franqisoo
for the first time, and the first earthquake
shock after my arrival proved a. pretty
severe jolt along about l A. NJ. -Four days
days later l enjoyed the novel experience
of being called by an earthquake, -
Il had a very important engagement In
San jose, fifty miles TO the south, and there
| was a train leaving precisely at 5 A. NJ. by
| the Coast line from the station at Third
| and Townsend streets. This train reached
| San jose shortly before 10, IAN. 90
MY appointment, very important for me-;
was at II. There was only one morning
train TO San jose, and it was absolutely
ne cessary for me to catch that s, O'Clock
train. yet I relied upon my habit OF always
getting awake early. AND 30 did not leave
a call with the hotel clerk.
"Of course | oversight. At 722 on that
m~orning-the date was December Is,
1904, and the quake Of that morning 'caA
easily be verifed-l was fast a sleep In my
bed in the St. Francis. At % there cam
u ll'NAiiNN "iiNa wy ~ ~ IS'NN u ~
r1imbled the glassware, ratified the furni-
ture, and gave my bed such a severe'shock
that | jumped up expecting another and
more severe shock Immediately, Is l1aa'
But exceot for that one pig quake, strong
nough to h Ike things without doing much
damage, the earthquake faded away
waited a minut or so, and then took my
watch from under the pillow TO see what
time it was. - r-..s-
Great SCOTT! When / saw the. time. !
forgot all about earthquakes in my anxiety
to get dressed quickly and MAKE that traif.
At 7:3) ! was dressed and flying down the
hill on Powell street to catch n Car. i
stopped in q lunch room for a cup Of coffee,
caught a slow car, which seemed never
to hurry, and reached the Townsend street
depot at 7;58.
There was a line at the ticket window,
but l rushed ahead of every one, bought
my ticket and dashed through the gate
Just as the 8 O'Clock train was pulling out.
| had to run to catch the rear car, but for
t~unately | swung aboard the rear Platform,
got to San jose in time for my appoint
ment and found that the earthquake had
done more damage there than it had in
San Francisco, as fifty chimneys had been
topRled over.
THAT was the first and only time ! was
ever called by an earthquake, and 1 be-
ieve it is tho only incident Of tue KIND ever
recorded which can be proved to he alb
~salutely true. If that earthquake had been
two minutes later / would have missed
my train and q very big business deal in
San jose. r
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ing ones begin to arrive 10 have q good
cheerful cry.
The tombstones are impressive. One
Of tho most elaborate In tho cemetery
holds down "Mignon. Dearest and Best
Beloved Friend Of Ada Van Tassel Billing
tom According to the inscription on tho
large granite stone, Mignon died on sep
ember u, 1900. She now sports a zinc
pipe railing around her bed, ' as the graves
are called by Kyle Wilson, the sexton. The
railing IL evidently a product Of the studio
Of the plumber that seals the dog collins.
The white marble stone hat marks the
grave Of Babe" just beyond. however,
showed that here the sculptor spread him
self because he Owed his art. Babe him
self stands out from the marble in high
relief, and one learns from the artists statue
of the dog that Babe suffered from enlarge
ment Of the neck. with the exception OF a
marble fourth hand tie Babe is unadorned.
He was 10 years old when called away.
Nettie and Tafy were evidently sea dogs
In life IA their grave Is decorated with sea
shells, and a large conch bears the sad
news that they were Faithful Friends and
hat their too short life was snuffed out
only last year. PETE, who died OF worms
November IS last, according TO the
inscription on his, or her, tomb, has a granite
stone that has been chiselled so that a roll
of the stone rests on an oblong block
perhaps intended by the sculptor to rep
resent a frankfurter sandwich. "Muddie'
went out from an acute attack Of the pip
or something equally fatal at the care free
age Of IA years, deeply lamented by all
who knew his kind and loving nature.
Scrap" died with his boots on away back
in 1902, and, if his headstone tells the truth
about him, his grave deserves more care
than it is getting.
"A. r. De Voe' or sSydney"--bot are
mentioned at the top of the stone-was
Born a Dog, Lived Like a Gentleman, Died
Beloved" A picture of a collie shows the
late lamented gazing soulfully into the
whitherward. On the grave of '"Baby'
loving hands have placed punches of tin
flowers of no particular kind and a black
bordered card says that Baby is Not Dead
But Sleeping Jabe Seeoord insists, how
ever that Baby is dead.
Blue, green and yellow violets cover
the mound beneath which lies the mortal
Of Our Pet, King VICTOR AS a
rule the tombstone artist is long on commas,
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IS THIS THE
/ COMING FIGHTER?
Good Points About the Automaton
Bad Points Also.

u.. T., Nr... p-;.a;, IL tba
man wno ives up III New Dri'aiu III vne
so''e ""efe ,''e woo'eh hulites9 n@" y
nhs ihVehle1 Il Alc SIZE i'ectanio', ooAe'
~mch ne says Is prdc'loti as WI ae g
ouriosty' ~ "l' ihaNe az 'ne ot'o :
ieAi poNer Oh resn aAu p'oou ~ i"a ."e
aoVanage over MN LII '4@' Doing ii"o"'Ne
l" ~ heVei .ne
-. Is operated py mems Oh i pro- ~ q
PLATFORM WIN lne heuessiy -
aPPhahoes' ~ always i"cos tLe nnn NV
uies oo.oiueions WIN ~ Hs "es' va
Ii pi''io,tn oIue's u W w Wilt
lisa NUS n iee. 80
toho" GU oppo-enU uios ~ ~ ~
neio ana oouy oio"s' iein., uuoN' y ~
iao' iAs al .He 'ioeios vi ing se"e
oah DO nf"'e y" s.iiNe e"Iloi ael'ny
hghtiy' "ccor'n"R 10 we couiase Vi '"o
oppoteat VINO GOES up esaui9I y
ire ni'ehtoi "'u's 'I"V ~ " ., 800 W
puhcn 70 iaru ana iss' ''ru II oIin nioeN
out Jam oenrIes, anu I've WIN usA 'e'''e' W
lace MS au""n"'ie "'"'i"''u'
IL may DC nat ,ne autonIa'io. nsnVer 70
the thing me Pugi'is'ic woL.u mas iohs oeen
waiting lot mere II " hsne' WIN w no'
20 oack "ieh he cu,s " WASH aohs n,oa'
way ana squahoers MS s'afe o' '"' chaih-
piohship purse
he VIII always pa NJ, anu NJ nna'ter
"he'ner ne si's III one u IL sNueu ieeo.'N
Oh thursday eFoiius snioAnis .
ana lying wine WIN the seheros,'y d d
iom sharSey ne can % up Inie anu uanuy
the mex. morning anu Ieaoy W nhn, .ne
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UMBRELLAS AT 30 PER.
The Weather Sometimes Foo the Pedler
but He Doesn't Complain.

'As a rule" said the umbrella vender,
Il have no kick coming. It's a cinoh to sell
my celebrated fast color waterproof UNI
brelas at So cents apiece, with a wide choice
in the handles, to people going home caught
in a heavy rain, and there's a lot Of people
here to sell 'em to, and when the conditions
are right | get rid Of a big bunch Of 'em;
but sometimes | do get a little wrench.
"I'm a good Judge Of the weather, and l
don't often 10 wrong; but / do sometimes,
like did. for instance, yesterday.
Raining like Niagara before they turned
started out, but clearing up and stopping
raining altogether just when the crowds
were going home. When it hits one
like that, why, Of course, l don't sell a
parachute; not one. ! have to pack the
whole big bundle home,
I've got no kick coming, for all that.
I sell en- a lot Of shelters when it does
rain, and | don't expect it to rain all the
tinaH
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Bulaoan Funerals and Marriages.
From the Youth's Companion,

From the Youths Companion,
The occurrence Of a death In n Filipino
family In Bulacan Is the signal for an imme-
date celebration. Our brother has gone
to a happy land. and we must rejoice, they
say. Relatives and friends are invited to
come, and an orchestra Is summoned. Then
the dancing and f~easting begin. and continue
until the time Of the funeral. which In this
climate follows within t~wenty-four hours.
Those who have the means buy a black
cloth covered castet ornamented with
spangles and bow Of bright blue ribbon.
The poor rent the town oof1n.- q plain tin
box. evidently designed for those Of medium
stature; for a year or two ago. In a fuperal
procession. the feet Of the deceased, endased
In bright blue plush %chinelos. were seen stick
The orchestra heads the procession through
the streets. usually playing some, lively air
lsa5nied f fTom me mu: Am e * vs s9lfTi tms " TIA
II keeps the procession moving at a brisk
PAGE.
In Bulacan. as 1t Is bargain day In the matri-
monial market, On Thursdays the priest
marrles many couples at a time, and conse-
Quently al less expense to each couple. Four
o'clock In The morning is the %fayorite hour;
pair return to the brides home. where dane
A bride to whose, wedding feast some
AMERICANS 1ln,ids ns were Invited bad a rom n
bride were strenuously opposed to the match,
owing to a strong disinclination on the part
Anastasia was sent up into the mountains
to visit some relatives, and traces Of her
Whereabouts were carefully concealed from
Felicidad, the bridegroom-elect.
, Tut Felioidad. although. too indolent TO
support his prospective bride. did not purpose
several faithful friends TO his aid and began
an active search. His devotion was rewarded
with success. and three weeks later Felicidad
returned in triumph, with. radiant Anastasla
borne aloft on the shoulders of two OF his
trusty friends.
teen other happy couples, they were married.
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seecord. who hauls the late lamented
Fidoes from the station TO the cemetery,
by a widder up here who fust got the
habit by plantin' three husbands. Then
when things was CROWN dull with her a
fantail cat Of hern up end croSked, an
lest TO keep her hand in she give it a swell
funeral.
That's when / learned the undertaken
husiness-when Fuz7. the cat, died, / don't
want to boost my own game, but | will say
that no long tailed coat Teller lack in the
city could have planted that faDtailed cat
neater han / did. Fuzz locked pretty
much all in the SECOND day after she died,
but as | wasn't takin' no chances, ] put a
rock like a mill wheel over her grave, and
80 fer's | know she never come back
Jabe is Of the opinion that his undertaking
abilities came to the ears OF the vete rinary
and that the present enterprise is the re-
suit. However that may be, soon after
Jabe started Fuzz toward the happy hunt
ing grounds Or. Johnson got hold OF the
ground in which Fuzz reposed, fenced it in
and marked of the plots. Then Kyle Will
son was enga ged as first grave digger and
keeper OF the dogwood and pussy willows,
and Hartsdale was ready for business,
For a long time the industry Ia aged, but
as heartbroken ladies began to hear of this
place where Towser could rest in pea ce.
ther re began to arrive at the station small
boxes OF "perisha bic goods" addressed to
Kyle. From the sIme trains that brought
the boxes came fearful women who gave
every evidence that a great sorrow had
come into their lives,
Up TO this time Jabe Seecord had been
content merely with sorting mail in the
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OF its real value until some little time ago,
when she broke the clasp and took ii to n
local jewciIer to te lei aired. The jewellcr
at once saw that tho Iegrls Ncic valuable.
and not satisi ed with the womal's story
he sent for the police, The pelrls were
handed over to the custody of the police,
and in due course were advertised by them
as found.
A day or two ago the necklace was iden-
tilted and claimed by a lady well known in
fashionable circles. who had dropped it into
the river while staying at a Thamesside
mansion near Henley.
Tie pearls are vailed Mt 80 or SO, and
the man who found them has received a
check for GS.
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automatic world Chamber through the
ropes and are introduced to the crowd.
Joe Grim, the man with the Iron Jaw. Is
the only Hesh and blood fighter left in the
game. He makes his usual speech, with
appropriate variations.
Gentlemen, I hava fought all desl men.
Jimma da JEFF. Bob Fitzsim da bigga da
Cornish, all desa person. l get da decish'
over Automica Gentleman Jeem. Fighta
anybod' cen da profesh. Joea ola Greerna,
no one can knocka me out.
When the terrific battle is over and the
decision n draw, the fighters return to their
dressing rooms. Each gives out a state
ment, which reads:
Il was robbed. / had him going all the
way, and except that the alleged referee
was a soft headed mush that was bought
up by tho other side l would have won in a
gallop. There is too much of this favorite
son business in this town for me-
Yes, 1t does seem as II TIE automatic
fighter might fiji q long felt want. But wait a
moment. Would 1t not be able to initiate
human fighters in other matters besides
mere fghtingf
Your machine boxer Is of his feed, cay
DESPITE the fact that he announced to the
reporters: Il never felt better in my life.
I'll win in one punch. The other fellows
a dub"
A mechanic comes around to mend the
interior apparatus Of the boxer. He is a
traitor in the employ Of the OPPOSITION.
Crafty he works several screws loose in
side the battling machine.
At the third or fourth punch in the fight
the reporters get out their notebooks,
and write Before the round was over
Automatic Mike Schreck seemed to go all
to Tieces. 1t IA easy going for his OPP
nonant from tina noint on"
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at the square formed by the junction Of
Market, Battery and Suffer streets. There
for many years 1t confronted all the Oak
land and Alameda commuters as they came
into town from the ferries. Even the birds
refused to light on it,
One night members Of that merry and
lively circle which founded the Lark deter
mined to strike a blow for the municipal
improvement of San Francisco. They held
a meeting, bought a rope and started in to
lynch a statue. The rest Of the crowd
picketed the neighborhood, while Gelett
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HAD THE COURT WITH HIM.
The Late Judge Van Drunt's Advice to
n Young Lawyer.

The anecdote Of the late Justice Charles
H. Van Brunt in last Sundays SIN recalls
another incident Illustrating his kindness
OF heart and r%oughness of tongue.
A young lawyer was arguing a motion
before him which was rather beyond his
powers and was being numerically pounded
and ridiculed by his opponent, an old ard
experienced practitioner. After a few
minutes of this, Judge Van erunt himself
OOH up the argument on the young lawyers
side and proceeded to give the older man
a full dose Of his own medicine.
The younger man, delighted and en-
%oouraged, attempted to put in a word or
two of his own as the Judge went on. The
latter almost shouted at him:
Keep still, sir. am arguing this motion
on cur side and may win, but II you blunder
into 1t, the Court will be sure to decide
against us"
The lawyer kept still.
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COGSWELL FOUNTAINS FATE.
One Disaster at which San Francisco Grins
and Bears Up Braveiy.

This head of the benevolent gentleman
in the pile of ruins is thought to be the last
of the Co gswell fountains in San Francisco.
After all, San Francisco people think,
there are some bright spots in this I'M
paralleled calamity.
The Cogswell who gave these fountains
to San Francisco also added to the municipal
perplexities Of Brooklyn. To the city
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Of the Golden Gate he gave three, each
one bearing his efigy and legends recon-
mending temperance. Ore Of them was
somehow lost in the shuttle by the munic-
ipality. 1t was found three years ago in
the municipal stone heap and the Cogs-
well heirs sent some acrid letters to the
city asking why the gift had been sighted
in that manner, No ore knows what the
duly constituted authorities answered,
but the fountain stayed in the scrap heap,
The worst Of the three, however, stood
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PEARL NECKLACE FROM THAMES.
Lost for Year, Recovered by Workman
who Didn't know Its Value.

From thf London TribNnf.
A valuable pearl necklace lost In the
Thames over a year ago by a lady of title
has just been recovered by its owner.
Some months ago o .lienley-on-Thames
workman walking by the side of the river
near Shiplake Ferry saw something glisten-
Ing in the water, and getting the object out
he found that 1t was n pearl necklace. Think.
ing the gems, however. were only imitation,
he casually carried the necklace home In
his pocket and gave II 10 his wife.
She occasionally wore IL, but never dreamed
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wife Beatcrs In Germany.

From Inc Louisville Couri,s-JourudI. III
wifi b%caters." sali n Magistrate. are
wisely punished in some German towns.
The wife beatcr is nor imprisoned: He
Is compelled to do his work MS usual. But
his salary is handed over each week TO his
wife and he, iron saturday night Till Monday
moEn1nr. is kept In jail -. -t..E-
This punishment usually lasts about ten
weeks. One administration oil Il cures the
life beRter as a.rule -. ..
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much as the people up above have been
Worrying me With their internal racket.
By all means let us have a law passed com
pelling every one who lives in a fat to wear
soled pianos-but ! guess that dream will
never come true
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Burgess and Sydney Peixotto tied a rope
about the neck Of the bronze Mr.. Cogswell
The co%nspirators heaved together and the
bronze tumbled and broke into a thousand
pieces.
The next morning Cogswell complained
to the police and detectives were put on
the trail. They failed to find the lynchers.
notwithstar ding the fact that their rames
and pictures were published in the rews-
papers two days afterward. For a week
all Battery street went past the spot with
a broad grin.
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Deing Accurate.

From the Neu Orleans Tines-Demoerdt
He has n large family"
why, he hasn't anything but e wife"
Il know: but she weighs 800 pounds
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row road met Il hay wagon fully load
ed. The woman declared that the
farmer had to back out, but her hus-
band commended that she was unrea-
sonable. but you can't back the
automobile so far" she said, land i
don't intend to move for any body.
He should have seen us" The hus-
band pointed out that this was inn
possible. owing to I'm abrupt turn in
the road. Il don't care, she insisted,
Il won't move if we have to stay here
all night" The man in the automo-
bile was starting to argue the matter
when the farmer, who had been sit
ting quietly on the hay, interrupted:
"Never mind, sir" he exclaimed,
s'I1I try to back out; I've got one just
like her at home. Eek.
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(First publication Feb O. 1906.)
SHERIFF'S SALE.

In the District Court of the BIRD Judicial
district setting in and for the County
of Trego. in the State of Kansas
j. Warwick ILLUS, ct al. plaintiff
w. A ArroI. ct al, defendant
BY virtue of an execution in partition is
sued to me out of said District Court III the
above entitled action. L will. on Tuesday. the
9th day of March, A D.. 1906. at 10 O'Clock a.
m of said day. at the front door of the court
house in the City of Wa-keeney. in the
County of Frego. in the State of Kansas, Of
fer ut public sale. and sell to the highest and
best bidder. all the following described real
estate. to wit:
All of section seventh. in township fifteen
Q5) south. range twenty two CD west
The northeast quarter OF section twenty
one CID. township eleven I'D SOUTH range
twenty-fonr cs4 west
The west half and southeast quarter of
section twenty three (23) In township eleven
I'D south. range twenty five (25) west. all
lying and situate in the County OF TregO. in
the State of Kansas.
The above described real estate is taken
as the property of the parties to the above
entitled action and is directed by said exc
demption to satisfy said execution, at not
less than two thirds of the valuation placed
upon said lands by the commissioners here
tOfore appointed by the court to make par
tltion of the same. and further. that the
purchaser or purchasers mt said sale be per-
mitted pay one-fourth of the purchase
price in cash. and the balance in three equal
annual payments with interest at pei
cent per annum.
W. F. SAUM T. D. HINSHAw-
Atty for plaintiff Sheriff
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In the District Court of the T ty- I'd
Judicial District. sitting In an s1f
County of Treso. in the State
George W. Bawden, Plaintiff
George A. Bartholomew ct al De ant
By virtue of Order OF Sale fssu I'm
out of said District Court in the al
titled action will. Wednesday. 21S
day of February A. D. 1906 at 1 DC D.
M. of said day at the west front door the
court House. in the City of wa-Kee- v in
the County of Irtgo. in the State of Ks
offer pubic sale. and sell the hi
and best bidder for cash i'm hand al e
following described real estate to wit:
southeast quarter of section tweuty-ei
C23 in Township eleven Old south. RAJ.
twenty three (S0 west lying and situats
in the County of Trego i'm the State of Ka,
The above described real estate is take
the property of said defendants. and /
directed by said Order of Sale to- be solo
without appraisement. to satisfy said Order
of Sale
T. d. HINSHAw. Sheriff
SAUM & PURCELL. Att 1rne Us.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-02-17

The worst ever: Mr.. Vandiver,
down in the second ward has a white
rabbit-female. He also has house
cat-Thomas. A passing acquaintance
ripened into Il warm friendship and
that into conjugal affection. The re-
suit is a batch of young rabbits in
every way like their mother, except
that each little bunny has long tail
like papa cat. They ought to sell
well ."-Wellington News
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-02-17

Fl. J. Rasmussen sold his farm on
the Saline river, last week for So, 800.
He expects to make his future home
near WaKeeney, where two of his
children, Chris Rasmussen and Mrs
Win Dillon reside. Mr.. Rasmussen
has been Il resident of Ellis county
for 21 years. He has been termed
the watermelon king, having raised
almost enough watermelons to build
double arch bridge across the Sa-
line river. So, 800 for such Il farm is
cheap--Ellis 4 ews
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-02-17

In the District Court of the 23rd Judicial
district setting in and for the County
of Trego- in the State of Kansas
j Warwick ILLUS. ct nj. DlaintiH