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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1906-08-16
To Snuff Users


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the best. Red Band Pure Scotch
Snuff is the kind that will give
complete satisfaction. 1t is
made from the highest grade of
snuff tobaccos, carefully cured,
and is all its name implies-a
pure Scotch Snuff of the very
highest quality.
Hard work offers small odds,
but is generally sure winner,
Genius is a 100-to-1 shot.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1906-08-16
Snake In the Flour

Recently J. A. Kirley, who
lives near Gallatin, purchased a
sack Of flour, which was not open
ed until a. day or SO ago. Upon
opening the sack and complying
the flour he discovered a live
snake therein. 1t is not known
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1906-08-16
JEWELRYDEPARTMENT

We have recently purchased Complete Factory Line of
High Grade Jewey in Sterling Silver Rolled Gold Plate Gold
Front Gold Filled and Oxdized Finish Goods These goods
by the largest manufactures of this class of
goods in the United THE LATEST STYLES AND PAT
TERMS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Passbooks Little Used.

The paymaster of a New York rail-
road is the holder of passbook 140 in
the Windham county savings bank of
Nawfane, VT. His deposit. which was
made years ago, amounted to $40. He
sends the book in once in ten years
to have the interest added He now
has $3.50 to his credit. The mother of
Eugene Field also holds a book in
the same bank showing deposit of SIS
made in 1854 Her book has never
been presented at the bank since the
deposit was made.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Grape Leaves as Medicine.

Grape leaves are the sovereign rem
edy in Switzerland for cuts and fresh
wounds. DecoctionS of the juice of
the leaves are used in poultices. An
agreeable tea is also made from the
leaves, which is said greatly to
strengthen the nerves. The leaves are
also excellent food for cows, hogs and
sheep. The tears of the vine (used
incidentally are a limpid emulation
of the sap at the time the plant begins
budding, and are found on the vine
where the slightest wound occurs to
the plant The liquid is collected by
cutting off the ends of the canes, bend
ing them down, and sticking the ends
into the neck of the bottle, which will
be filed in few days The wood and
branches are used in the manufacture
of baskets, furniture, rustic work;
bark for tying material, etc, and,
when burned, potash and salts
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Paxina Dearly for Titles.

The attitude of the average titled
sutton for the hand of an American
girl ought to be considered insulting
by her. So apparent is it that her
money is what he wants that all at
tempts to put a decent face on the
matter are but transparent shams-
Usually the girl realizes this fact, but
she is dazzled by visions of social
triumphs in glittering foreign courts
and thinks she can do without the
love of her husband if she cannot win
1t. But nature is stronger than will
power and usually is revenged upon
her She finds her lot a miserable
one unless she is utterly callous- If
children come her position is rendered
almost uncomfortable. How often this
has resulted in public scandal every
newspaper reader knows--Cleveland
Leader.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Abuse of the Parole Power.

A few days ago it was thought nee
essary to bring in a new indictment
against a notorious Cleveland bank
robber now in the penitentiary in or
der to head of a movement to effect
his release on parole. Now a some
what similar case comes from Column
bus, where a convict has been set free
in spite of the protest of the county
prosecutor and the trial judge. These
instances come to light so often as to
give too much reason for the popular
belief that no man with money or
pull need stay long in the state peni-
Tertiary and that the parole system as
administered is partly an encourage
ment to crime and partly completely
in it--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03

Times Sonq.

Times Song.
" er the level plains. where mountains
greet me L go,
~ er the desert waste. where fountains at
my bidding flow
On the boundleSS beam by day, on the
cloud by night.
L am riding hence away; who will chain
my hight2
War his weary watch was keeping
have crushed his spear;
Grlef within her bower was weeping
have dried her tear;
treasure caught minutes hOld-then L
hurried by,
Leaving all her banquet cold, and her
goblet dry
Power had won a throne of glory; where
is his fame?
Genius said, Il live in story; who hath
heard his name?
Love beneath a myrtle bough whispered
why faSt2
And the roses his brow withered as
L passed
have heard the heifer lowing Ger the
wild waves bed;
1 have seen the billow flowing where the
cattle fed;
Where began my wanderings? Memory
Will not Sayi
Where will my weary wingS2 Sci
ence turns away,
Winthrop Mackworth Praed-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
JAPANESE Censor Korean News.

News reaches us from a reliable
source that no copies of the Korean
Daily News are permitted to be dis
patched through the post until trans
lation has been submitted to the ten
der mercies of the japanese legation
and headquarters stan. This state
Of affairs is intolerable and If our
country and foreign subscribers can
bear our informant out we will inn
mediately take all possible steps to
obtain rectihcation of what appears to
be a gross abuse--Korea Daily News,
Seoul
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Seek to Leave Spain,

Villagers of Boada, in the province
of Salamanca, Spain, who number l.
146, have applied to the Argentine
republic to be allowed to emigrate to
that country in a body. They ask
that their present social organization
may be retained, SO that they may
take with them in their present posi-
ton their mayor, justice of the peace,
priest, doctor, druggist, farmers,
smiths, masons, carpenters. shoemak-
ers and so on The present distress
ed condition of Spain is causing wide
spread emigration
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Chance for American scuIptors.

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney of New
York, who has shown her practical
interest in sculpture by modelling part
of the decorations for the new Hotel
Belmont, is now at work on a scheme
that promises to result in great advan-
tage to the sculptors of the city She
is using her influence and interest to
form an annual exhibition of statuary
which shall be modelled on the plan of
the picture exhibitions. Mrs. Whitney
intends, if possible. to have the Amer
lean sculptors exhibit their work every
spring and if she succeeds it will be
the first time that they have had their
own show.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Many Write to Geronimo.

Geronimo, the Apache chieftain, re-
ceiyes as much mail as a United
States senator. These letters come
from all parts of the United States
and from all classes of people. Many
of them contain requests for photo
graphs, many want merely Geronimo's
autograph, some want short accounts
of his life, few desire to assist him
in securing release from military Gus
tody, others want him to pose as an
attraction in eastern exhibitions, some
want him as a leading character in
wild west shows and a multitude of
other requests are stacked away in an
old trunk. The limit was reached the
other day when a man in Michigan,
giving his age as As, wrote and asked
Geronimo to find an Indian wife for
him. The letter was written in all
seriousness and asked for immediate
reply.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Dou FOUGHT Fly Wheel,

Checkers" a fighting bull dog be-
longing to JEFF Riggs of Lancaster, o.,
entered the engine room of the Ma
ton flint glass works this morning
and savagely attacked the monster fly
wheel.
A spoke in the wheel caught Check
ers in the middle and he was whirled
around in midair for two minutes be-
fore the engine could be stopped. The
big plant suspended operations for fif-
suffered no injuries, ofIhrdlu mfwy
teen minutes. The dog apparently had
suffered no injuries, excepting a brief
spell of dizziness.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Like Humor of Bill Nye.

A resident of Etna, N. H, has ex-
posed sign which is as amusing to-
day as the day the most of it was
evolved from the fertile brain of the
late Bill Nye: Owing to the cold and
severe weather 1 am going to move
somewhere, and will sell at my resi-
dence in Etna, which is a part of Han
over, according to the old survey, one
plush raspberry-colored COW, aged s
years. She is a good mixer and is
not afraid of automobiles or anything
else She is of great courage and
gives milk frequently. To a man who
does not fear death she would be a
prize worth having. She is very much
attached to her home, being tied at
present with a strong tie chain, but
will be sold to any one who will use
her we'll. She is one-fourth Jersey
and three-fourths something else. l
will also throw in a double-barrel shot
gun, which goes with her. Her name
is Tornado. 1 would rather sell her to
a man in New York or Massachusetts
than any one in this vicinity, and it
will be a positive sale rain or shine"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
GROWTH OF PRECIOUS METALS
Gold and Silver Disintegrations of
Copper and Lead.


Twentieth century alchemy points to
silver as disintegration product of
lead, and gold of copper. A lead mine
is a silver mine and a silver mine
lead mine all the world over, and yet
the chemical attraction between silver
and lead is slight, and the two are not
sufficiently common to come together
by chance. The proportion is usually
ounces of silver to tons of lead. Hence
it is silver if any that is probably the
disintegration product. 1t is suggest
ed by way of experiment that a guam
tity of lead free from all traces of
silver should be set aside for ten years
and then tested again for silver to see
if any has grown. The frequent con-
currence of copper and gold leads to
similar differences. And so the dream
of the alchemists may, after all, come
true. Paracelsus would probably feel
quite at home with the modern cleo
trical theories of matter and the con-
ception of the instability of the atom,
especially if one called electrons the
quintessence, the universal disintegra-
tor, and radium the philosophers stone.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03

Scientists in Mood to Investigate EIu-
sive Phenomena.

sive Phenomena.
Why have certain, not rare, though
elusive, phenomena which seem to
have been known in all ages and in all
countries of the world, not yet attain
ed to full recognition anywhere, and
why are they so generally looked at
askance and with suspicion? cries Sir
Oliver Lodge concerning psychical re-
search. He believes that these facts
have fallen between two stools. They
are not like the facts of organic ma
ture, which can be investigated apart
from the interfering and confusing
element, and they are not like the
acts of history, which necessarily de-
pend on direct experience and testi-
mony; they are a mixture of the two.
The humaniSt cannot study them freely
because they involve physical, chem
ical, and biological details which are
strange to him; the so-called realist
or man of science is bound to feel
difficulty when an apparently capri
cious element, an unknown and for
eign psychological influence is intro
duced into the midst of his physics.
At no period of the worlds history.
however, has the outlook been more
hopeful for the ultimate admission of
the subject within the scope of an en-
larged science than the present. 1t
must be admitted he says, that fair
ly favorable atmosphere now exists in
educated circles for the examination
and criticism of well supported evil
dence when such evidence is forth
coming. The popular attitude that
the things which the psychologists &C
cept are too wonderful to be believed
is not the attitude of scientists. More
wonderful things happen in everyday
life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
A Painless Wound.

1t was about this time that I was
wounded-most strangely, in the fact
that while my wound was severe it
was wholly painless. The fire of the
enemy had become exceedingly ac-
curate and the shells were bursting
all around. With the flag officer and
his staff 1 was standing on the bridge
and our group made a pretty target
for the gunners on shore. Dupont in
his polite manner said presently:
Gentlemen, would suggest that
some of you had better leave the
bridge. If our friends over there
should drop a shell among us, we
might lose some valuable officers"
Being the junior and inferior officer
of the crowd, 1 retired at once to the
spar deck, when a shell came through
our bulwarks and gave me a severe
shake-up. Remembering the old adj
age that lightning never strikes twice
in the same place, 1 went to the shat
tered port to look out and to con-
tinue my notes of the fight. AS
leaned over, one of our own guns
fired, and the grommet-a wadding of
rope yarn-blew back into my long
whiskers, and in an instant my face
was in flames. 1t took me but a sec
ond to extinguish the conflagration;
but it was too late to save even a re-
spectacle remnant of a beard whose
glory had excited the envy of even
the prince of Wales 1 hurried below,
took pair of shears and trimmed my
whiskers a la Grant. When 1 returned
to the deck one of the officers said
to me:
ttWell. sir, where in the devil did
you come from"
I saw in a moment that he did not
recognize me, and l said:
Il came up from below, sir My
name is Osbon of the Wabash, sir
The shells were flying about pretty
thickly just then, and it was a poor
time to discuss matters, but he stared
at me for several seconds before he
could take it in
In the name of heaven what is the
matter with you?" he asked.
Il have been severely wounded"
replied, Gin the whiskers. "-From a
Sailor of Fortune. in Parsons.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Whitcher Needed Praying Fo

The following was told by Edward
p Paige of Dunbarton, N H: When a
member of the Legislature, in 1890.
he and Ira Whitcher, a fellow-member
of the house were so late one morn
ing as to find the doors closed Mr..
Whitcher raped loudly with his cane,
whereupon the attendant opened the
door and inquired: who is the au-
thor of all this disturbance while we
are at prayers?" Prayers! Good
heavensi" replied Mr. Whitcher, don't
you suppose we need praying for as
much as the rest?'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03

get good look at the little cuss who
beat our regiment into shape the first
year of the war He tanned us by
marching us across the country and
by disciplining every man who dis
obeyed orders. He was our colonel
then, and how we cussed him for his
persistence in beating US into shape.
Now, here he is the biggest man in
the whole country and 1 want to tell
him what 1 think of him.
q regarded my Illinois friend with
some suspicion, but when we came to
where Grant was standing with his
hands in his pockets, while the people
in four ranks filed by him, a little
country girl passed under the rope
stretched in front of the General,
peered about in a sort of personal in
spection for half minute, then took
one of the Generals hands from the
pocket, kissed it in a caressing way.
and put it back in the pocket with a
satisfied, tender, reverent look on he,
face. The General looked down at hel
with queer smile on his face and
said quietly, Here, 1 will shake hands
with you if 1 die for it. What is your
name?'
Thirty thousand people, within see
ing distance, yelled and cheered as
they saw the General take the little
girls hand and lower his head to her
face. In the midst of the cheering my
Illinois friend leaned forward on the
rope and, holding out his hand, said:
Here, Sis. give me that hand The
girl, bewildered, tried to obey orders.
and as the Twenty-frst man caught
hold of the hand and the General
H.
times that day., the private of the
Twenty-frst said, with a chuckle:
That's all right, General. I will ham
die it as 1 would a sick baby. 1 be
longed to your old regiment. You tied
me like a mule to the end gate of a
wagon. Another time / carried rail,
and 1 cussed you up and down in a
whisper
THE General looked annoyed and
raised his eyes to those of Gen. Will
Wilcox was raising his hand as a sig
nal for interference when the Illi-
noisan, still caressing the hand, said
with another chuckle: That's all
right, General. You made a man of
me, and 1 never went into fight but
what l thought of you and wanted to
tell you that l was trying to be a good
soldier. 1 came to tell you this to-day,
and, by George. have done it Grants
hand closed about the hand of the
other, and he said: L am very glad
you spoke to me. 1 am always glad to
see the boys of the old regiment.
Climb over And Private John cross
ed the rope and stood by the side OF
the Lieutenant General as the thous-
andS marched by"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Famine in India Prophesjed.

A circular distributed among the
villagers in India prophesies that this
year, Burmese year 1867, is to bring
famine, sickness, pestilence and dis
tress to the people. All Buddhists are
urged to raise in their towns pagoda
of sand and make offerings after the
manner of the old kings of Burmah to
ward OFF the impending disaster. The
residents of a certain section of Ran
COON are now busy collecting the re-
Quired sand and funds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Redeemins MutiIated Money.

The United States government will
pay for a mutilated bill provided
that three-fifths of it are recovered.
The method of determining just what
part of the note remains is rather in
teresting. Each mutilated bill is
carefully pasted on a backing of pa
per the size of the complete bill. The
expert has piece of glass the exact
size of the bill. This glass is divid-
ed into forty squares. When placed
over the bill, if the expert can find
that the remnants of the bill fill
twenty-four of the squares, or three
fifths of them, the bill will be re-
deemed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Next National Eneampment.

Commander-in-Chief James Tanner
and the Executive Council of the
Grand Army of the Republic met the
Citizens Local Committee of Mime
apolis in that city last month, and 1t
was decided to hold the national en-
campment in Minneapolis during the
week beginning Aug Is, 1906 The
citizens are already making every
preparation and intend, If possible, to
outdo any previous meeting of the
National Encampment in he lavish
ness of their entertainment, and they
are securing the best rates from the
railroads and the hotels
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Cigars in smussIer's Trousers Leg.

The suspicious of the customs Of
ficers at Dover were aroused by a
Belgian priests bulky appearance and
although he protested he had no con-
traband he was taken into the search
room.
Tobacco, snuff and cigars being
found on him, he was eventually made
to undress, when no fewer than twelve
pounds of these goods were found
much being slowed next his skin,
while about three hundred cigars
were secreted down his trousers legs
London Daily Mail
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Elm MANY Centuries Old.

One of the big e1ms, long the pride
of Litchfield, Conn, was felled the
other day. Those who reckoned it out
say that the rings indicated that the
growth of the tree was well under way
as far back as 1858.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
dluT ~ 1Lnr
sAl1nExz!A9


Some Advice.
met centenarian
"A hale and clipper party,
And asked him for his recipe
To reach age so hearty.
had pneumonia once he said.
Fwivt life and death I lowered;
1 got a lawyer for that case
And right away recovered
Il shot citizen one time;
My case was hopeless reckOned;
"A doctor proved 1 went insane
For just that very second
My moral is an easy one
And you will never rue it
Don give a man the chance to kill
The way he's used to do it
Wilson in the New YORK.
Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Popular Soda Water.

1t is estimated that the annual sale
Of soda water in the United States ag-
gregates more than $60.O00,000. At 5
cents a glass this means Zoo. 000, 900
glasses, or Is to each man, woman and
child In the country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Grant an Idol to Hi. Men.

Fl can call to mind" says a veteran,
my meeting with a member of the
Twenty-irst Illinois in 1865 or 1866.
We were crowding toward the stair
way near which Gen. Grant was stand
ing. when the Illinois man said impa-
tiently. Push ahead. man: want to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-03-03
Prize OK of Maine.

The largest OK in York county, Me-,
is the property of Ethan Tarbox. The
animal. which is 4 years of age,
girths eight feet and 2 inches and
weighs $500 pounds. The owner val
ues the OK at $3.50.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-11-15
stick to Familiar Ground,

Jim Jackson was brought before n
western judge, charged with chicken
stealing. After the evidence was all
In the justice with a perplexed look
said:
"But / do not understand, Jackson,
how it was possible for you to steal
those chickens when they were roost-
ing right under the owners window
and there were two vicious dogs in the
yard"
"Hit wouldn't do yer bit O. good,
Judge, for me to splain how l kotched
dem chickens, fer yo' couldn't do hit
yerself ef yer tried it fohty times, an
yer might get yer hide full er lead.
De bes' way fer yer to do, jedge, is
jest ter buy yo' chickens in de market,
same ez odder folks does, and when
yer wants to commit any rascality do
hit on de bench, wbar' yo' is at home"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-11-15
81 a Yer in Advance.

For those that wandr they know not where.
Are full OF trouble and full OF care.
To stay at home Is test.
Home-the name made dear BY sacred
associations, the place where childish
feet take their first faltering steps and
infant minds receive their first ideas.
There lessons Of love and truth, Of right
and wrong, OF faith and hope and pur-
ity are imprinted upon the plastic
heart, and oil the sorrows and perplex-
tiles Of after life are insufficient to quite
efface these first deep, true impressions
Sweet home, where the mothers gentle
hands prepare the little domestic COM
forts that fathers love provides, and
filial affection is "the silver link, the
silken tie" that binds the household,
band together. Trials may come and
clouds may lower, but in the seclusion
OF home remains sweet healing for the
wounds that brave and sensitive hearts
hide from a disdainful world. There
these hurts and distresses may be con-
tidently revealed and a sovereign RENE.
dy found in It's unquestioning faith.
There child's pure kiss or the touch
Of dimpled fingers may revive soul
on the verge OF despair; and in the home
the brightest dreams become more gold.
en-, the rarest pleasures more intense,
the tenderest joys more serene. Aud
VI, In the varying DEGREES of fortune
its loving shelter must be abandoned,
how the exile folds about his heart,
as the traveller does his cloak, the
memory OF its lights and flowers, its
loves and hopes and kindnesses.
There the noblest influences exist,
the holiest impulses find expression,
and there have been born the chaste
and lofty sentiments that have made
whole world better.