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1876, Esther Patterson desert entry
1861, Frank l.. Currie desert entry
o735, Robert HARDWOOD desert entry
2734, B. c. Wiedeman desert entry
1912, John Shell homestead entry
1899, Anton Spacil, assignee, desert
entry 1913, Elizabeth H. Frame part
desert entry 1887, Eliza NJ. Porter
assignee. desert entry 2417, D. S. Bean
homestead entry 1857, Sarah A. Mas.
sing homestead entry 4068. r. E. Rork
homestead entry 2S7S. Sarah E. Nc.
Williams desert entry 2432, S. X. Rem
ington desert entry 1864, Rosa LAYER
dure desert entry 1908, Fred Morris
homestead entry 1927, Emily Stafford
homestead entry 3SOS. John Raw des.
ert entry 2743, L. B. Jewell. home
stead entry 1851, Kate Deranleau des'
ert entry 1896, Florence Jackson des
ert entry 1887.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

of the servants bedroom. And by
the way, this servants bedroom is not
mean little affair without size or con-
venience, but it is pleasant room
with a comfortable clothes closet and
two windows. Like the rest of the
house, it is designed for comfort and
convenience.
While this is a comparatively large
house, it is SO compact that a medium
sized furnace, properly set, will heat
it comfortably and economically. In
building a house a good deal of per-
sonal attention should be given by the
owner to the arrangement of the heat
ing pipes. The pipes must be large
enough and have fairly even length,
because long horizontal pipes will not
carry hot air from the furnace in a
satisfactory manner, and after the
house is completed the furnace-man is
helpless unless the architect under
stands how to place the pipes; and
the builder is sufficiently in sympathy
with the plans to see that the provi-
sions are rightly carried out.
If some furnace pipes could be I'M
covered the owners would be aston
ished at the manner in which they are
built, and he would be surprised that
current of air from the furnace
would ever find it's way around the
corners. Some curious furnace pipes
have been placed in houses for the pur-
pose of carrying currents of air to the
upper rooms. Sometimes they fail to
work satisfactorily and the cause is
not easily ascertained because they are
hidden away out of sight
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

to Gen. Robert Gibson Smith, of New
Jersey, for $4,000. This is one of the
best-known estates in Virginia, and is
situated in Fairfax county, on the Po-
tomac river, % miles from Washing
ton. The estate almost touched the old
Mount Vernon estate, and the own
er of Gunston hall, Mr.. George Mason,
was one of the most intimate friends
and neighbors that George Washing
ton had.
The old mansion is standing virtu-
ally as it was built by Mr.. Mason, in
1855. 1t is an imposing and delightful
old building, and is of the old colonial
type of architecture. The bricks of
which it is built were brought by ship
all the way from Scotland. They are
twice the size of modern bricks, but
are exceedingly durable as the walls of
Gunston hall will compare more than
favorably with the buildings of the
present day. The house is 80 feet
long by 40 feet wide. The principal
entrance is on the north side of the
building and is marked by large
square porch of brick and stone and
having four heavy doric pillars. On
the south side there is smaller porch
overlooking the wide Potomac.
This estate now consists of 615 acres
and affords fine pasture and farming
lands, besides having large orchards
containing about 10000 fruit trees.
Former Representative Thomas E.
Watson, of Georgia, a populist and
Farmers Alliance advocate, tried to
buy this place about a year ago. Mr.
Watson, despite his preaching the
simple life and antag onizing riches, is
a man we'll to do in this worlds goods,
and amply able to pay the $4,000
asked for this old estate, but some
hitch occurred in his negotiation. He
was anxious to get up into the old
colonial atmosphere and settle down
on an estate with which George Wash
ington was so familiar.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

is DR.. vickers Fell, who is now in the
eighty seventh year of his age He
was one of the pioneers of the west,
and started the first Republican news
paper west of St Louis. In addition
to his devotion to the cause of anti
slavery, DR.. Fell has been deeply in
terested in the question of woman's
rights and temperance. The other day
while in a reminiscent mood, he talked
of his early experiences In the west,
and of conditions that the present gem
Grafton has little conception of. In
speaking of his early history, he said:
ct was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, in 1919. Ny parents
were Quakers and were, like the ma
jority of Quakers, opposed to slavery
In 1851 1 established myself at St.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
TELEPHONE T1D1Nas.

Liverpool has tried and abandoned
. penny-in-the-slot telephone service.
London, with three times as big q
population as New York, has only two,
thirds the number of telephones
namely, $4,000.
The first long-distance telephone
cable in this country was that be-
tween Liverpool and Manchester. 1t
was opened in 1880.
Wireless telephony has been invent
ed by Mr.. Thomas Caldwell, of New
port (Mont.), who claims to have had
successful results up to a distance OF
ten miles.
The longest telephone circuit in the
world is that between New York and
Chicago. 1t is $50 miles long. The
longest in Europe connects London
with Marseilles. these places being
$50 miles apart.
1t is now possible to ring up" the
nearest railway station from a moving
train, and to telephone, via the station,
to any subscriber. An experiment was
conducted successfully on the High.
land railway.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
Tampering with English.

New Importance has been given by
two announcements to the old question
of reforming English spelling. One
is that the department of school super
intendents of the National Education
association has submitted a trial list OF
ten reformed words. The other is
that Mr.. Carnegie has offered money
for the support of a simplified spelling
board, on which many distinguished
and cultivated men have consented to
serve. 1t is not time yet, believes the
Youths Companion, to say how much
can be done to make the spelling of
some English words more nearly pho
petic, or to estimate the value of ar
guments for and against changes in
photography. One thing may be said,
however, that no language will pre-
sent greater difficulties to those who
would change old habits than the Eng
lish language, for it is the tongue of
two great nations, neither of which
has intellectual authority over the
other Even now England and Amer
lea disagree on the spelling of 'humor"
and similar words.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

Anthony's Falls, Mimi where bega1
the practice of my profession, the law.
There was no city of Minneapolis
when I went there, but as soon as L,
was started, 1 found myself stung by
the journalistic bee, and founded the
Minneapolis Journal. 1t was an uphill
job, but we persevered. Public senti-
ment was in opposition to an anti
slavery paper in that section of the
country. The pro-slavery element was
strong, and professional men, particu-
larly lawyers, and the preachers, also.
turned the cold shoulder on u.s.
DIR. Fell relates an interesting. story
Of how he went out with a horse and
wagon to round up subscribers for his
newspaper. Near Fort Smelling he
was met by the commanding officer of
the fort, who told him that a party
of Sioux and Objiways had by some
means secured several kegs of whisky.
The officer jumped into DIR. FelPs
wagon, and they finally came up with
the Indians and destroyed the liquor,
but it was a race between them and
the half-drunken red devils for the
fort There was a heavy snow on the
ground, so that the Indians were
handicapped and they lost their race
with the horse and wagon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
WORDS WRONGLY USED.

Never used the word liable" when
you mean likely" Do not say, for
instance, that he is liable to come
in at any moment" Liable" implies
misfortune, and means exposed to-"
subject to-" in danger Of"
Why do most of US speak OF "unrav-
yelling a mystery" Any good die
tionary shows that ''ravel'' means to
''unweave." You 'ravel' a mystery,
therefore, when you solve it. In
Hamlet" Shakespeare says: Make
you to ravel all this matter out
If you and your friend Smith know
a man called Jones, do not speak to
Smith of "our mutual friend"-mean-
ing Jones. Jones is your common
friend. If you are friendly to Smith.
and Smith is friendly to you, you and
Smith are mutual friends" but that
is the only sense in which the term
may rightly be used.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
Will Be Better Equipped.

II congress authorizes the building
of another dry dock, it is the pur-
pose of the department to make it a
much improved edition of the Dewey.
Among other things it will have a
well-eQuipped machine-shop on board,
SO that repairs may be made without
delay, and even at sea- The depart
ment believes that in comparison with
other countries the United States is
very poorly provided with docks. and
the next one built viii be retained on
the North Atlantic coast, probably At
Solomon's Island
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EDITOR

better and fills the space just as well
When it comes to entertaining, the
sitting-room and parlor combined Offer
accommodations for a large party. This
double room is about 80 feet long, with
porter columns near the center in an
opening wide enough so the view from
one room to the other is not interfered
with There is a china closet in the
dining-room that appeals to every
woman who studies this plan. 1t Of
fers much needed convenience for
storing her best china, and there is an
opportunity to display some of it to adj
vantage. The direct opening from the
sitting-room onto the side porch Of
fers an easy opportunity for the men
folks to have an after-dinner smoke
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
FREAKS OF FORTUNE.

Ulysses Grant would not have been
a military man had it not been that
his rival for a West Point cadetship
had been found to have six toes on
each foot instead of five.
Oliver Cromwell was once on board
a ship bound for America, but he was.
taken back by constable, and the re-
suit was that he became one of the
greatest men England ever knew.
Abraham Lincoln, after being g.
member of congress, desired to secure
a clerkship in Washington, but he was
defeated by Justin Butterfield. He
was disappointed, but had he not
been defeated he would have spent
his life in obscurity instead of becom-
ing president of the United States
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

partment of California he was right
on the spot when the terrible earth
quake wrecked the city of San Fran
cisco, and the record he has made in
maintaining order and giving relief to
the sufferers is equal to any that he
had previously attained, although he
is a medal of honor man in the list
of army officers.
Gen. Funston is right well known
in Washington, where he has many
friends who were intimate with him
long before he ever dreamed that he
would wear the stars of brigadier
general in the regular army. Less
than dozen years ago he was an in
conspicuous clerk in the department of
agriculture, place he secured through
the influence of his father. who was
for many years a Republican congress
man from the state of Kansas. Fun
ston was always an ambitious little fell
low, but his friends here do not re-
call that a military career especially
appealed to him until conditions grew
so bad in Cuba under Spanish misrule
He used to talk with his associates
about the oppression of the Cubans
and wish that he could do something
to help them win liberty. He went to
Cuba finally and fought with Thea pa
triots against the Spanish and had a
pretty lively time.
1t was when the Spanish war broke
out and he was largely instrumental
in raising Kansas regiment, of which
he was made colonel, that his active
military career began and he soon
demonstrated that while he was an en-
thusiast, he was a practical one and
not visionary one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

have to admit that many of their the
cries are guesswork. They have
cleaned some very interesting data
from the disturbance, and the seismo-
graph, that delicate instrument that
registers disturbances of the earth, has
come into great prominence. The
weather bureau has one which prompt
ly recorded the earthquake on the
morning it occurred, but at the mag
netic observatory of the United States
coast and geodetic survey, at Chelten-
ham, the closest observation was
made not only with the seismograph,
but also with the seIf-registering mag
netic instruments.
This magnetic observatory is one of
the best equipped in the country and
the seismograph was mounted there in
December, 1904. The record is made
by a fine steel point which makes
trace on a sheet of paper having
smoked surface. This paper is wound
on cylinder driven by clockwork and
revolving once every hour at such
speed that the smoked surface moves
past the pen point at the rate of one
twenty-fifth of an inch every four Sec
onds. Cheltenham is 2,450 miles in
an air line from San Francisco and the
record shows that the waves from the
earthquake crossed the continent in
seven minutes "a seconds, or at the
rate of 51A miles per second, which is
81 times the velocity of sound.
The self-recording magnetic instru-
ments registered the same data and
showed that the tremors of the earth
quake crossed from San Francisco to
Cheltenham in about seven minutes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

in the sick room is very pleasant; 1t
ADDS a much appreciated air of cheer
fulness, and is the one form of ven
tilation that offers no objection, there
is no noticeable draught So long as
the fire is burning a current of air is
passing up the chimney, and any dis
agreeable odor in the room is drawn
out SO gently and thoroughly that the
arrangement viii be appreciated by all
who have the experience. Few houses
are furnished with open CRATES, but all
houses ought to be. They are worth
three times what they cost; once for
looks, once for ventilation and the
third time for comfort
The rounded porch in front of this
house with its turned columns pre-
sents very attractive front finish. On
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all his tales are to be believed, and is
now having the time of his life re-
ceiving responses to his suggestion
that he would like to have a nice lady
for his wife, and when the right one
comes along he will settle upon her
the tidy sum of 100000. 1t may be
mentioned that the lady has not yet
appeared, and Mr.. Stark's 100000 are
yet intact. He came here few weeks
ago and put up at the best hotel in the
city, and to an enterprising reporter
on daily paper told an enchanting
story in his great luck in searching
for wealth.
According to his tale, he struck it
rich wherever he went in gold and sill
yer mining and in search for diamonds
in the diamond fields of Brazil. He
said that he was worth 100000 in
cash, besides retaining an interest in
some valuable mines. He was tired,
he declared, of his hard life as a pros
pector and gold hunter, and wanted to
settle down in peace, comfort and do
nestle bliss. In order to attain his
ideal he intimated that he would set
tie 100000 on the lady who met his
ideal of wife. His story get a wide
circulation, and the mails have been
filled with letters from all over the
country.
They come from women in almost
every station of life, but the majority
of them have been written by working
girls and servants, who thought they
saw an opportunity to secure wealth
and husband. There is stupendous
assortment from blase old maids. foxy
widows of uncertain years, dashing
little girls from Dixie Land, gay Choir
US girls and country maidens who have
swallowed the whole story of great
wealth and Stark's hunt for a wife,
The latter says he has had to employ
a secretary to answer all these letters,
and he has not yet reached the end.
The whole thing is looked on in Wash
ington as a joke on the public OF get
ting hold OF susceptible women.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
The Favorite Routs East.

Passengers from Chicago to Fl. Wayne.
Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York City,
Boston and all points east, will find it to
their interest by selecting for their jour
ney the NICKEL PLATE ROAD from
Chicago. Three through trains are run daily
with Modern Day Coaches and Luxurious
also thronob SIeening Car Service 70 re-
ton and intermediate points. Rates always
the lowest and excess fares are charged
on any train for any part of the trip. The
right up-to-date. Individual Club Meals
are served at prices ranging from 35 cents
to S100; also meals la carte. All trains
leave Chicago from the La Sale st. Sta
ton. For full information address J. Y.
Callahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St.,
Chicago. Ill.
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that is very much appreciated in the
summer time.
This way of going out and in from
the garden also is appreciated by the
family where this house has been built
The family finds considerable use for
this side entrance, and the woman OF
the house usually has a few house
plants put out here which she can
reach easily to give the attention re-
quired to keep them in good condi-
ton.
There is a convenient back stair with
landing directly in front of the door
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
Necessities and Luxuries.


One of our correspondents-for-
tunate man-finds himself able to cor
roborate the elaborate computations
by which the commercial agencies
prove that 1.-The cost of living" has
steadily decreased in recent years, and
that it is now much less than it used
to be. There is, we think, something
more than a general impression, at
least among people of small or mod
crate means, that these computations
are vitiated by a mysterious mac
curacy, and that, as a matter of fact,
the ordinary expenses of running a
modest household have in the last de-
cade increased nearly if not quite rs
per cent. Our correspondent supplies
the explanation. Things really are
cheaper, he says, but everybody has
been transferring items from the cat
egory of luxuries to that of necessi-
ties, and that is why the salary or the
income no longer seems to go as Tar
as it did ten years ago. There may be
something in this theory; indeed,
there probably it. 1t will be extreme
ly hard, however, to convince every
body that it accounts for everything.
One cannot but regret that 1t is i'm
practicable to figure out these aver
ages from retail prices-that is, from
the prices that everybody pays. 1t is
a sad fact that a slight. reduction in
wholesale prices makes no difference
in retail prices, while an advance OF
the same size makes a difference of
from five to ten or 20 times as large.
Perhaps here is the key to the mys-
tery-the advances have all counted,
while a good many of the decreases
have never reached the consumer.
Anyhow, 1t is of little use to advise
return to the simplicity of our ia
theirs. 1t cannot be done. The ia
theirs were as simple as they had to
be, and no more, and they were COM
forted merely because they had not
learned what comfort is. Their lux
uries really are our necessities, and
there is no help for it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
Torture of Women.

1t was terrible torture that Mrs.
Gertie Mcfarland, of Kings Mountain,
N. c., describes, as follows: 81 suf-
fered dreadful periodical pain, and be-
came so weak 1 was given up to die,
when my husband got me Wine OF
Cardui. The first dose gave relief, and
with 3 bottles 1 am up doing my work
I cannot say enough in praise of Car
dui." A wonderful remedy for wom-
ems ills. At druggists; $1.00.
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In Search of a Wife.

YOUNG man Civ
ing the name of
Henry Stark has
been causing quite
a sensation in
Washington r :
Gently and Great
ing much agita-
ton among the
ladies. He is an
eccentric sort of
an individual, if
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
"GunSton Hail.

SIMPLE real es-
t a t e notice in
Washington p a :
pers the other
day recorded the
transfer of one of
the most hiStori-
cal places in the
old dominion. 1t
was the sale of
"Gunston hall" of
historic memory
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
One of the Original Group.

NE of the old orig
inal group of abo-
litionistS of which
Horace Greedy,
Wendell Phillips
and William Lloyd
Garrison W e r e
types, still resides
/ n Washington,
and talks most in
terestingly of the
early days. This
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19
The National Spirit.

Respect for the flag has long been
a favorite topic with US, says Youths
Companion Respect for the national
songs is equally important. Even on
frivolous occasions, when the "Star-
Spangled Banner" or America" Is
played, it is proper to stand. A wit
ness says that at the close of dance
in a navy yard, when The Star
Spangled Banner was played, the
commandant saw two people who re-
NAMED seated, and he asked sharply:
is there anything the matter I" In a
theater, when the piece was played in
the midst of other incidental music,
the audience rose. No southern audi
ence or assembly ever remains pas
sive when it hears Dixie" People
in all states of the union should be at
least respectful enough to stand while
a national song is played or sung.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

"A
Chicago. Ill. and only enclose two-cent
stamp for reply
There may be no American style of
architecture, but the design and floor
plans shown herewith would hardly
be met with in any other country.
This is a two-story house with a
suit the average American house
keeper, having from four to six in
the family. 1t is 81 feet and inches
by Al feet on the ground, not including
the porches, and the architect esti-
mates that it may be built under or
binary circumstances for from $4,000 to
So, 300.
In this plan there are two chimneys
and three open freplaces. The front
bedroom would ordinarily be set aside
as a guest room when not otherwise in
use. The CRATE and mantel help to
furnish the room as well as a means
for a very pleasing decoration. A
good deal of taste and judgment may
be exercised in selecting the style of
mantel, and the color and design of
the thing. Also the fender and and
irons if andirons are used, and the
harmonious arrangement may extend
u Tie uT0-lTOuS ana the SLdnQ 10 QOIQ
them, as well as the coal bod. The de-
sign of this room is good enough to
spend some little time and money in
arranging the details.
In old England, open f1replaces in
bedrooms are common, and the usual
compliment paid to the guest is to
have the fire burning in his room dur
ing the evening. OF course the
fireplace there is depended upon to
take the chill out of the atmosphere
Warmth, according to American ideas.
it cannot be called, because their
houses are damp and chilly until We
become accustomed to them; but the
open fire offers an agreeab BILE welcome
that fingers in the memory after other
conventionalities are forgotten.
An open fire in a chamber also is
valuable when sickness overtakes some
member of the family. An open fire
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OR the past few
weeks nobody has
been thinking of
much else except
the San Fran
cisco earthquake.
Washin gton scien-
fists have been
very much inter
eSted in the cause
of that terrible
disaster, but they