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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RELICS.
Shot Fired by One of King Georges
Ships Still Embedded in Wall.

Before the outbreak of the revolu-
tionary war Lord Dunmore, the royal
governor of Virginia, fearing the grow
ing unrest among the colonists, secret
ly removed the supplies of powder that
had been accommodating at Williams
burg for defense against the Indians
to an English man-of-war that was in
the York river. This step SO aroused
the colonists as to bring about an up
rising which caused Lord Dunmore to
take refuge on board the same man
of-war, and resulted in Patrick Henry
being installed as the first governor
of Virginia.
Soon after this event war was de-
clared by King George against his
revolving colonies, and Lord Dunmore,
seeking revenge against the Virginians
who had SO summarily ousted him,
bombarded Norfolk, the capital, Will
hamsburg being too far off to be
reached by his guns. Little damage
was caused by his efforts, though the
colonists, who had been taught to re-
gard the warship's great guns as mon
sters of destruction were nearly ready
to surrender.
One of the round shot struck the
church and was imbedded in its brick
walls, where it remains to-day. A
tablet inscribed: Fired by Lord Dun
more, January, 1775," is placed under
it, and the ivy is carefully cut away
around it,
To those who are familiar with mod
ern high power explosive shells the
solid shot of Lord Dunmores does not
appear very dangerous, and one can
not but wonder how the small boys of
that day resisted kicking at them as
they rolled through the streets for all
the world like footballs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
He Brought Him in Alive.

Representative Victor Murdoch OK
the Wichita district, is telling this
one.
A farmer hired a green Irishman
One of the first tasks assigned the
new hired hand was to bring into the
COW lot. dead or alive, a refractory
bull that had broken into the corn
field. The Irishman was given shot
gun and told to shoot the bull if the
animal showed fight. JauntiIy he
went about his task. The farmer
stood at safe distance to watch de-
velopments. As soon as the bull saw
the Irishman enter the cornfield, he
bolted at him, believing madly The
Irishman blazed away with the shot
gun and emptied the load in the
beasts breast On rushed the bull,
madden than ever. The Irishman took
to his heels with the bull after him
What are you doing?" screamed
the farmer at the fleeing Irishman-
I'm bringing him alive, sir" shout
ed the Irishman between breaths.-
Washington Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
GONE FOREVER.

Ten years ago a farmer put his mi
tials on dollar bill. The next day he
went to the nearest town and spent it
with merchant. Before the year was
out he got the dollar back. Four times
in six years the dollar came back to
him for produce and three times he
heard of it in the pocket of his peigh-
bors.
The last time he got it back four
years ago. He sent it to a mail order
house. He never has seen that dollar
since, and never will. That dollar bill
will never pay any more school or
road tax for him, will never build or
brighten any of the homes of the COM
munity. He sent it entirely out of
the circle of usefulness to himself and
his neighbors.
Patronize your local merchant who
helps you to pay your taxes, support
your schools and churches, and lends
a helping hand in times of sickness
and trouble.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
THE DOG WAS TIRED.
An Incident of the Campaign Before
Santiago, Cuba.


A little incident related by the late
Gen. Shafter in an article on the cap
ture of Santiago. says Youths Com
panion, illustrates the spirit of the
American soldiers who entered Cuba,
and at the time contains a bit of hui
NOR that was none the less enjoyable
because it was unconscious.
The men had been in battle all day,
and. weary as they were, had then
walked II rough, muddy miles in the
dark, remarkable and arduous per-
Torrance, which served to show their
sterling military qualities.
correspondent noticed corporal
of the Twenty-fifth colored regiment
carrying pet dog in his arms. Sur
prised that an overworked soldier
should voluntarily burden himself, he
said:
Corporal. didn't you march all night
before last?'
Yes, sah.'
Didn't you fight all day yesterday ?"
Deed | did, sah.''
Didn't you march all last night?"
Yes, sah.'
Then why do you carry that dog?"
Why, boss, cause the dogs tired,'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
AGE TOLD BY THE PULSE.
From Birth to Death the Beats Have
Steady Decrease.

How old are you? Ask your pulse.
The human pulse has a wide range,
even in perfectly healthy persons.
The female pulse always beats fast
er than the male, and from birth to
death the pulse beats steadily de-
crease. 1t has been said by great
authorities that the age and sex of
a person could be ascertained by the
rate of the pulse alone. Babies at
birth have a pulse beat of $50 times
a minute in case of girl and $50 in
the case of boys At the age of four
or five the pulse beats will have fall
en- respectively to ITO and 100. Maid
ems and youths pulses average 95
and 80. Mature men and women -av-
erage 80 and rs. Elderly. men and
women have an average of 60 and so.
An old woman's pulse rarely, if ever,
sinks below so, but among men
pulse beat below SO is quite common.
There are, however, great variations
consistent with health Napoleon's
pulse is said to have beaten only A
times q minute
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

me think was still in the land or
the lfving!v
understand I said GO back
to your place in the midst of the
voices, the footsteps and the wheels
/ shall never interfere with you again,
nor will your old comrades, imagine
Only, when you need some other mode
of existence, remember that there will
be help for you from nation to which
you gave four years OF your life"
Let him alone" said the G.. A. r..
men, when I reported Gunne's story
to them There ar. things money
can't buy and things that all the pow
er of the government can't provide"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
THE VETERAN WHO BEGGED.
Pathetic Story of an Old Soldier Who
Was Blind.

1t was some years ago that two G..
A. r. men, scandalized at seeing vet
eran soldier of the civil war begging
on the street, asked me to expostu-
late with him, for he was drawing a
small pension from the government,
and the soldiers home was open to
him, writes Ada C. Sweet, in Chicago
Journal. I sailed out to find the old
soldier, who had become blind since
the war.
:. He was standing on a street corner,
erect, soldier-like, even as he held out
the tin cup for the offerings of the
merciful souls who listened to his
voice. l made myself known to him.
and asked him how it happened that
he was begging on the street, when
there was plenty of help for him else
where The blind man asked me to
allow him to call at my Office the next
day to explain his case, and with
this promise the interview ended.
At the appointed hour, led by a
boy, the blind man came, and when
he had said what he had to say his
case was won so far as / was con-
cerned. 1t was all in the point of
view. And because of that interview
1 never pass blind beggar on the
street without rafting at least penny
in his cup.
! shall tell poor old Gunne's story
here, to remind many of the COM
rades of his queer personality, for he
has passed into the land where, it is
promised, 1.-The blind shall see." We
have always with us those who need
the Interpretation of experience and
understanding, though seldom is there
one who can speak as eloquently as
old Gunne of the hundred battles and
the years of black darkness which
came afterward.
You ask me-" he said, why /
stand on the street and beg. / draw
a pension of six dollars a month, and
can go to the soldiers home, or to
the county house, if l do not want to
be too far away from my family. Yes,
1 have heard that before.
But I want to live. All is dark, all
the time, and l can't sit on a bench,
somewhere, and merely exist. The
torment of blindness is, mainly, the
dreadful blank all the time You
don't know that you use your eyes
every waking moment. Not simply
when you are looking consciously at
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

The war department will not send
troops hereafter to take part in local
fairs, carnivals, ETC., which are of a
commercial character It has been
decided to adopt a policy in acting
upon requests for the presence of any
part of the regular army, and here
after the provision of a military force
for purposes of parade or as an ad-
junct of any sort of celebration will
be limited to affairs of a purely pa
triotic nature, OF in commemoration
of some important historical incident.
The military authorities in Washing
ton have come to the conclusion that
it only cheapens the army to send
any part of it out as an attraction
that makes it the subject of adver-
tisement for more or less commercial
purposes and sordid gain
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
Latest Kansas Events.


After having come in opposition
with fourteen Dewey attorneys at diff
ferent times, and having been forced,
on one procedure and another, from
the district court of Sherman county
to the United States court at Topeka
and st. Louis, Colonel L. W. Colby
of Beatrice, attorney for the Berry
people. secured judgements in the
last term of court at Goodland aggre-
eating $4,000. 1t was heroic fight,
with the poor against the rich-a long
and weary chase in court procedure
to secure damage against Chauncey
Dewey and his men for the killing OF
old man Berry. his son, Alpheus, and
the wounding of another son, William
Roy. One case, that of Buchard Ber-
ry, also killed, is still hung up in the
federal court, but Attorney Colby
says he will have that pack for judge
ment before long.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.
Spent $500 on Doctors and Remedies
but Got No ReIief-Cuticura
Cures in Week.

Upon the limbs and between the
toes my skin was rough and. sore, and
also sore under the arms, and had to
stay at home several times because of
this affection Up to a week or SO ago
I had tried many other remedies and
several doctors, and spent about three
hundred dollars, without any success,
but this is to-day the seventh day that
have been using the Cutfcura RENE
dies (costfng a dollar and a half
which have cured me completely, SO
that I can again attend to my bust
ness. I went to work again tonight.
1 had been suffering for eight years
and have now been cured by the Cut
icura Remedies within a week. Fritz
Hirschlaff, "a Columbus Ave, New
York. n. T., March 20 and April 6,
1906"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

A Belleville drayman whom the Free
nan quotes frequently remarks that
when he first came to Kansas the un-
written law was the only law there
was in that part of the state and 1t
worked mighty WELL Women used to
camp on the open prairies with no
house but wagon cover, or possibly
dirt roof dugout, while their husbands
drove rs miles to market, and nobody
molested them, everybody knew the
law A fellow from north of town at
one time Jumped" the present town
site of Belleville. He knew he could,
and thought he would, but when the
citizens sent for him to come to a
public meeting he skipped to Junction
City and released his claim. He knew
the law There weren't 900 new laws
passed every winter in those days,
fact is, there weren't very many laws
passed at all. But the few they had
were good ones, though unwritten, and
the drayman says they were seldom
violated
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
DON'T cRuMsLE Ar TRIPLES.
twenty-five Bushels Wheat and Forty
fise Bushels Oats Per Acre Are
in Western Canada.
Saltcoats, Sask-,
sth December, 1906.

Stn december, I906.
To the Editor.
Dear Sir,
I willingly give you the result of my
four and a half years experience in
the District of Saltcoats.
Previous to coming here i farmed In
Baldwin, ST. Croix County, Wisconsin,
and as have heard great deal about
the Canadian Northwest, decided
to take a trip there and see the coun-
try for myself. / was so impressed
with the richness of the soil that I
bought half section of land about
fve>miles from the town of Saltcoats.
I moved on to the land the following
June and that year broke 80 acres,
which l cropped in 1904, and had 80
bushels wheat per acre. In 1905, with
an acreage of 16O acres, 1 had "a BUSH
els wheat and IS bushels of oats per
acre. In 1906, with It's acres under
crop, I had 25 bushels wheat and As
bushels of oats per acre.
From the above mentioned yields
you can readily understand that I am
very well pleased with the Canadian
West. OF course, I have had to work
hard, but / don't mind that when I
get such good return for my labor.
To anyone thinking about coming to
this country I can truthfully say that
if they are prepared to work and not
grumble at trifies, they are bound to
get on Some things would like diff
ferent, but take the country all round,
I don't know where to go to get bet
ter.
Yours truly,
(Signed) o. B. OLSON.
Write to any Canadian Government
Agent for literature and full particu-
lars.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
WEIGHT AND HEAL TIL
THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED
THE TONIC TREATMENT.
This Women Took Or. Williams Pinh
Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds and
Has Been Well Ever Since.

How many wonderland men too
are suffering from q general decline in
health which the ordinary remedies
seem unable to check How many hus.
bands see their wives wasting away,
steadily losing health and beauty, and
are powerless to helpl Consumption
and other germ diseases find in these
debilitated systems easy prey, for the
lowered vitality is unequal to the task OF
fighting off the infection of these diseases
to which most of us are almost daily ex.
posed.
The symptoms Indicating the decline
which may have results so fatal could
scarcely be better described than in the
statement of Mrs. William Marley, OF
90 Court street, Utica, N. Y. Her case
is typical one. She says:
s'For six months after the birth of my
baby, / suffered from sick, dizzy head
aches, which seemed like rush Of
blood to my forehead, just back of my
eyes. Some days they twitched SO
could hardly see and black spots hoated
before them. The least exertion brought
on this sickness. My appetite was poor
and was often sick to my stomach
eff I tried to work my feet soon be-
came swollen, paining me terribly. ]
had sinking spells and grew pale and
nervous. was SO thin that weighed
only 50 pounds.
Zone day when at the drug store to
get headache powders I decided to try
DIR. Williams Pink Pills instead. ]
soon noticed that my headache was dis
appearing and my nerves gradually
grew stronger. The pills gave me q
hearty appetite and now weigh over
$50 pounds. believe the pills to be the
best tonic and builder woman can take,
as they certainly helped me when my
condition was critical and have never
been seriously i'll since.''
The great value of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ is
stimulated to do its work.
If you are i'll and the treatment You
are taking does not cure you, write for
proof of what DIR. Williams Pink Pills
have done in similar cases.
Your druggist sells them or they will
be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
price, SO cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co..
Schenectady, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

A man living in the country far
from any physician was taken sud
denly ILL., His family. in great alarm.
not knowing what to do. sent for a
neighbor, who had a reputation for
doctoring cows
Cant you give father something
to help him?" asked one of the sons
Wa-al, don't know nothin' about
doctorin' people
You know more than we do. for
you can doctor cows Now what do
you give them when they are sick ?"
WAL / alters give EPSON salts
You might try 1t on him.
How much shall We give him -
inquired the son
Wa-al. give cows just : pound
Your father II = quarter A. big as
cow-Give btm . quarter OF pound
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

something; there is not a moment but
the whole of life seems to be passing
before you, and all through your eyes.
ITO me, an active, healthy man, it
is death, and worse than death, to be
left sitting in darkness all day, only
being fed at intervals, and at inter
walls put to sleep. All in my family
go to work every morning and 1 am
left alone. My neighbors don't want
to be bothered with me. I am in
everyb ody's way.
but If I can come down town.
take up my stand somewhere on a
noisy street, l seem to live again
through what I hear. The clang and
rumble of the street cars is music to
my ears The plock, plock. plock of
horses feet, the quick or shuff1ing
tread of passers-by on the sidewalk,
the word or two from some friendly.
or even unfriendly voice, these are all
meat and drink to my soul.
Yes, I do take money from those
who give it to me, and / need 1t, too.
for my family can Scarce keep the
wolf from our door. though, too, my
good wife hates to have to beg. But
who gives to me? Not any one who
is hurt by it Mostly children-bless
their hearts-who ask their mothers
for a penny to put in my cup. Or it
is working man or woman who
stops on the way home from work to
give a nickel to the blind man Some
times / have word or two of kind
ness from one of the people who stop
to give of Gods bounty to them
do you think any one ever misses
what he gives to me? 1t is a small
hoard that / count when my boy has
taken me home for the night: but
that is not the important thing with
me. 1t is, day by day. that / have
lived The air has blown in my
face Men and women and children
have been all around me- i could
hear their voices and their footsteps.
and the roar and rattle OF wheels made
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
rhe First coal ON Lamp.

Henry T. Smith sold the first coal
oil lamp ever sold in Atchison. accord
ing to the Atchison Globe That was
in 1860. Previous to that time peo-
pie lighted their homes with candles
and lard oil lamps. Coal oil at that
time cost 90 cents per gallon whole
sale and $1.25 retail For several
months after the arrival of the new
coal oil lamps in Atchison they did
not sell, so one night lot of them
were filled and lighted in the Smith
store. After that they went like hot
cakes. A druggist named Young cut
the price of oil to $1.15 per gallon.
and Mr. Smith cut it to 81. There was
great excitement for time over the
coal oil war. Now the best oil in At
Gibson sells at 10 cents per gallon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
A Prehistoric Relic.

While an excavation was being
made on the farm of H. Peterson near
Window, what is believed to be the
tusk of some prehistoric animal was
unearthey. The tusk was found
about two feet below the surface. 1t
was nine feet, four inches long and
twelve inches in diameter at the base.
When exposed to the air part of 1T
crumb1ed, but a section about three
and one-half feet long is still intact.
A large tooth was also found.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
To Hear Goose Island Case.

F. S. Jackson, attorney general OF
Kansas, and Herbert S. Hadley, attor-
nye general of Missouri, have entered
into a compact to select a commits
sioner to hear the evidence In the
controversy over which state owns
Goose Island in the Missouri river,
above Kansas City. The case is now
in the supreme court of the United
Statse and both states are ready to
take evidence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
Found the Mayors Papers.

While looking through a record
book, the district clerk accidentally
discovered the record of the declara-
ton of intentions made by John Mel
SON, mayor-elect of Ottawa, 10 years
ago. The discovery puts a stop to
proceedings which were to be insti-
tuted to restrain him rom holding
the office. Mr.. Nelson, a native OF
Denmark, has maintained from the
first that he had taken out his first
papers, but when the record could
not be found he Immediately took out
new papers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

When the bids for the construction
of a 333x11O-foot riding hall at Fort
Riley were opened, the Midland Bridge
company of Kansas City, was found
to have the lowest bid, $4,000. The
other bidders were the George Hinch-
lift company of Chicago: Sting1ey
Brothers of Manhattan; Zeigler & Dali
ton of Junction City.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
Fort Leavenworth His Post.

Brigadier General C. B. Hall, pro
NOTED from colonel, has elected to re-
main at Fort Leavenworth during his
active service as a general officer. 1t
is in accordance with the usual custom
of the war department to ask new
ly promoted general officer to desig-
nate the department or place he de-
sires to command.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

The executive board of the Wesley
brotherhood has referred to its gem
eral convention to be held in October
1907, the resolutions from the Broth
erhood of ST. Paul requesting the ap-
pointment of committee to confer
with similar committee from the St
Paul Brotherhood concerning the uni
fcation of Methodist brotherhoods-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

Emmett Richardson. graduate OF
the Agricultural College at Manhat-
tan has manufactured q traction en-
CINE of 40 horse power capacity. The
machine seems to be a success and
can be used in the field or for road
purposes The latter has proven sue
cessful. as it has been used for road
grading Mr.. Richardson has made
several machines of different kinds
and has added improvements to many
others but this last has been his great
est achievement
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
Doing Time for seventy-five Days.

Doing Time for seventy-five Days.
C. C. Halsey, ex-county superintend
emit of Wallace county, and J. s. Bous-
loga, farmer of the same. county
who were convicted in the federal
court in Topeka of making false en-
tries on western Kansas land, were
taken to Junction City and placed in
the Geary county jail to serve their IS
days sentence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
The Smoky HIPS Last Beaver.

Edward Witt, farmer living four
miles southwest of Junction City,
caught large beaver in the Smoky
Hill river. Years ago there were many
beaver in streams in that part of the
state, but trappers captured practical
ly all of them. Farmers living along
the Smoky Hill have tried for several
years to trap the beaver that Mr.
Witt captured. Fishermen say it is
the last beaver that was left in that
part of Kansas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04
Names some Kansas Products.

Names Some Kansas Products.
kansas is a manufacturing state
as well as an agricultural state,'' said
Senator George Hodges OF Olathe. Gas
packing house center and live stock
market, Kansas City, Kan, is second
only to Chicago, but then it is not
only dressed beef that Kansas boasts
of. We have the only rubber manu-
featuring plant in the West, and that
is at Olathe There we make every
thing in the rubber line, from rubber
dolls to rubbernecks"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-04

With smooth IRON and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods.
and it win be positive pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to tho
IRON