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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25
Mak., plea for DANG,

q seems O. very great pity that some
determined effort cannot be- made to
mako dancing more popular Nova
days. when exercise Is a kind Of r..
llgion 10 men and women alike II IL
odd that one recommended by all doc
tors and recognized all the world over
and In all ages a. an attractive pas
time. into which the art Of fascination
largely enters. should be more and
more neglected among US -Lady's Pic
t0rlal.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25

De man dat has actually dope
sampIn'' said uncie Ebon, ohab n
right to brag little blt. But I ol2
got no patience AZ all WI de man AZ,
oraes 'hou. what hos gwlntcr do,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25
Reward Of Duty.

At the end Of llfe's brief day We
shall be rewarded. not according TO
the work we have done. but TO the
iaithiulness with which we have been
endeayoriDs TO do our duty In what.
ever sphere.-Rey. r. u. Meyer.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25

was 80 weak
cncd and gener
ally run down
with kidney dis
case that for a
long timeIcould
not do my work
and was Ave
weeks ia bed
There was con
tinual bearing
down pain. ter
fiblo backaches
headaches an d
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25

a man will spend lifetime quarrel.
ing with his own heart. whereas a
woman can never believe that her
heart might be in the wrong John
Oliver Hobbies tMrs. Cralglel.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25

All for 10 postpaid In order 20 intro
duoe our warranted seeds. and u you
will scnd To- We win add one package. OF
Berliner Earliest CaulihoWer, together
with our mammoth plant nuucp stock,
vegetable and farm seed and tool catalog
This catalog b. mailed free 10 oil In.
tending purchaser Write to-day,
John A. Salrer Seed Co., Box W, Ia
Crosae WE.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25
A sio Bargain for " Cents Postpaid

The year OF 1908 was one OF prodigal
plenty on our seed farms Never before
did vegetable and farm seeds return such
enormous yields.
Now We wish 20 gain 10000 new Gus
toners this year and hence oicr Tor l2c
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25
TERRIBLE TO RECALL.
eve Weeks IN Bed Win intensely
Painful kidney Trouble.

Mrs. Mary Wagner. Of 1867 Kossuth
avenue. bridgeport, Conn. says: II
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-01-25
LOsses Caused by Car shortage.

Ttcoma. Wash. Investigations into
the lumber car shortage by Interstate
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23

mu1titudes that followed Moses ont
Of Eeypt-efforts have been made to
trace their origin to each of these
sources Tue most commonly accept
ed theory is that they are of Indian
origin, and their language. Romani.
shows many resemblances to the;
Hindu
Leaving thier early home In north
western India about the year 900, the
gypsy folk. driven by the irruptions OF
the hordes of Genghis Khan, started
on their long march of centuries.
Taking the direction of Kabulistan
and Persia, they penetrated into
Egypt and northern Africa and mi
grated west through Asia Minor into
Turkey
Their earliest abiding place on the
continent of Europe was. Greece As
early as 1898 gypsy chieftain named
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
TESTIMONY SUPPORTS HIS CLAIM
Lawyer Declares He
Has Studied Habits of the Wander
ing People and Has Found Little to
Warrant Condernnatior---Ha Never
Been kidnaperS Of Children.

Boston.-"Be good children, or the
gypsies will get you
For hundreds of years mothers
and nurses have used this style of ad-
monition with refractory children, for
since the advent of the gypsies into
England from the east in the six
teenth century, popular opinion has
associated them with thievery and
kidnapping and thriftless ways, with
sorceries and incantations and things
that loom terrible to the childish
mind. Famous writer's have pictured
them as incorrigible rascals, the pub
lie who have seen only the nomadic
features of their life have built up
many superstitions around this an
cient people, until to-day to be gyp-
sly is to be an outcast, a nameless
wanderer upon the earth, feared and
distrusted by all men save the few
whose dealings with the gypsy folk
have taught them better.
But have not Borrow and Groome
and Charles Godfrey Leland and Sir
Walter Scott fallen into the error of
accepting prevalent beliefs without
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23

accurate personal knowledge of the
people of whom they have written?
And have not the gypsies' romantic
charm, their curious lingo, their habit
of wandering, their superstitions and
lore and their supposed freedom from
humdrum restraints and moral and
legal conventions created in the pub
lie mind an altogether false impress
sion of this curious people? Those
who have come closest to them assert
that such is the case.
Especially is the popular idea fall
lacy when applied to the American
gypsy, and it has remained for A T.
Sinclair, a Massachusetts lawyer, to
come publicly to their defense. Mr.
Sinclair is in position to know what
he talks about He has spoken the
language of the American gypsy for
70 years, he has given years of study
to the habits of the oriental gypsy,
and to the subject he has devoted his
best observation. The result of his
dealings with gypsies and his close
association with them for a quarter of
century is the firm belief that they
are much Hbeled and greatly mis-
understood people.
Talk Little of Themselves.
Many have wondered why the gypsy
has never tried to defend himself,
why no one of them has ever attempt
ed to refute the general conception OF
his people When an outsider APP
proaches a gypsy to get Information,
the man who a moment before might
have been loquacity itself, in the
hope of making horse trade, be-
comes suddenly secretive; he is as
close as the proverbial oyster Not
once in a thousand times will a gypsy
discuss with an outsider either his
own affairs or those of his tribe, what
ever the strangers business claims
may be upon his consideration
But Tom Stanley son of the chief
OF the SomerviIle gypsies, reTented
somewhat from this rule to explain
certain misconceptions that have long
existed in the minds of the public
concerning the wandering folk
"Of course it doesn't matter to us
what people think, so long as we
know ourselves honest and so long as
we play fair in trade and in all our
dealings with the world he said.
That is one reason why none of US
has ever taken the trouble to contra
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
One of Their Chief Sources Of Income.

regulations too much, on account of
their means of livelihood.
Here in America the gypsies boast
that not one gypsy has ever been
sent to JAIL said Mr. Sinclair, and he
asserts that neither district attorneys
nor policemen can contradict the
boast
How, then. did it ever come to pass
that the gypsies obtained the unsav-
DRY reputation they bear? 1t is de-
ciared to be simply case of the sins
of the father being visited upon the
children, an instance of a bad name
clfnging to people through cen
turtles
Origin Hard to Trace
OF their own origin the gypsies can
give no exact account, many of them
following the popular belief that they
came originally from Egypt The
Saracens, the Jews. the Canaanites,
the lost tribes of Israel or the mixed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23

John was established with a large fol-
lowing under Venetian rule They
are recorded in Switzerland in 1418,
in Denmark in 1920 in Italy in 1922,
in France and Spain IN 1442, in Pol
and and Russia about 1900, and in
England not long after. It was the
depredations and the frequent atroci-
ties practiced by these large invading
hordes that gained for the gypsies
their bad name, a name that has stuck
to them ever since.
The Last Migration.
Their last migration was to Ameri-
ca and Australia, nearly three CEN
turtles later. These bands were most
ly English gypsies. although many
bands from the continent of Europe
are to be found in the United States.
But whatever nationality a tribe be-
1onged to, it retained the Romani Ian
guage, the language common to all
gypsies. This is not simple jargon
or can't 1t is true and complete
language, especially in the farther
east, where the gypsies have remained
compact, and it possesses a consider
able vocabulary and a highly devel-
-oped system of infections. This Ian
sguage has naturally been Influenced
to a considerable extent by the coun-
try of adoption, the broken dialect
of the English gypsies, which is the
language of the majority Of the
American tribes, being a strange mix
ture of English and Romani.
How many gypsies are there in the
world? 1t would be impossible to take
a census of these rowing people. When
they first made their appearance in
Asia and in Europe they were often
many thousands strong, under chief
tains who styled themselves counts,
or kings of Little Egypt" the gyp-
sizes encouraging the belief that they
were Egyptians suffering Punishment,
in order to secure tolerance and as
sistance from the people whom they
encountered in their migratfons The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
win Prohibit Fraternities.

a bill in the legislature making the
organization of fraternities among the
pupils of the schools of the state
misdemeanor The bill prohibits the
organization of such societies in any
school in first or second class city
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Latest Kansas Events.
Shipping Corn to Europe.

If nothing happens to prevent. the
people of France, Italy and Germany
will be eating the various products of
the kitchen. that can be made from
corn, which was raised in Crawford
county, Kansas, o. S. A The Pitts
burg Elevator company has COM
menced loading cars in the Frisco
yards with corn for the export trade.
The shipment will be taken to Gall
weston, Texas, by the Frisco. where 1t
viii be loaded on board sea going ves-
sells which will carry it to the ports
in the above mentioned countries. The
elevator company has large order to
fill for the export trade which will be
shipped around that way, but it is
not yet known just how large the ship
ment will be, but it will be large
number of cars, and will load at
least two or three vessels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Veteran Frozen to Death.

William Higley, veteran of the
civil war, GO years of age, was found
frozen to death within the grounds oil
the soldiers home near Leavenworth-
He had craw1ed through hole in a
hedge fence, but being exhausted.
sank within sight of his barracks and
died from exposure
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Whole Class Suspended.

Thirty-six students were denied adj
nission to Fairmourt college at WITCH
tia until they pay bill OF SO. as
sessed against them. The bill was
for sidewalk repairs made necessary.
it is said. by the pranks of the stu
dents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Neoro soldier Under Arrest.

Isaac johnson, who was injured in
a rough and tumble fight at Leaven-
worth died soon after and Frank Maf~
low, a negro soldier, who Is alleged
to have struck the old man over the
head with a billiard cue. has been ar
rested.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Joint CLOSING and Crime.

Only about Is prisoners now occu-
py the wyandotte county Jail. Before
the Joints" were closed there were
from 25 to 80 all the time. The po-
lice force is smaller than it has been
for years, yet there are few thefts or
holdups~ and instead of a long police
court docket each day one or two
cases are tried.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23

Mrs Laura Maggard, postmistress
of Oxford, died of cerebral hemor-
rhage after a short Illness She had
succeeded in the post office her hus-
and, Everett Maggard, who also died
suddenly few years ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
No CHANGE.

Edgar inadvertently swallowed a
silver quarter dollar, for which the
village doctors probed in vain. Some
one asked his small brother If the
physicians had been successful In re-
covering the money NO, SIR he
answered, earnestly, mot a penny
Of it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
starch hal Graina

The percentage of starch In the
four grains named is as follows:
Wheat flour. &c per cent: corn meal,
65 per cent; rice, 70 per cent; rye
meal. So per cent The order of d.
gestibiiity is as follows Rice, corn,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Gas eity's Ambitious Firemen.

At a meeting of the Gas City fire
department it was decided that the
department should again go after state
honors in the turnament this year.
The event will be held in Ellsworth
next August Last year the Gas City
team won second prize, and this year
is after first.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23

gypsies must number wen into the
millions. for in Roumania alone and
in various parts of the Balkan re-
gions, Hungary and Russia, there are
over 500, 600
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Keeping up with the stxles.

itself to be more than 1s hours behind
Petticoat lane in the matter OF styles.
the size and shape of a doughnut-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Glad News of True.

BY far the gladdest news to the
editors is that the Santa Fe is pre-
pairing to send out cash advertising
contracts to 1000 newspapers along
sts lines.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Two Picn-er Residents Dead.

Gideon Martin, s5 years of age, and
Peter Betournay. 81 years of age,
died at Concordia.. They were among
the oldest residents of the town
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Thirty Days for Profanity.

John Weaver was arrested at Weir
City on the charge of abuse and us
ing profane language in the presence
of ladies, He was brought before JUS
tice James, where he pleaded guilty
to the charge The offense being
misdmeanor was considered by the
court as being sufficient for SEN
tence to the county Jail of 80 days and
a fine and costs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Schools in Kansas City Grow.

SCHOOLS IN NdhSaS CITY GROW.
report showing the increase in
the Kansas City schools since 1886
was presented to the board of educa-
ton by NJ E. Pearson, superintendent
of schools In 1886, when the city was
organized, there were nine schools
with sc teachers and 3,645 pupils,
which cost for maintenance $41.533-
The city now has 25 school buildings
with 23O teachers and 10000 pupils
The cost of maintaining is Sis, 1869
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23
Dancer in pipe Lines.

montgomery people are drouSeu
over the inroad the Kansas Natural
Gas company is making on their gas
and they are seeking to take some
action that will rid them of the dam
ger they are in of losing it within a
few years when it should have lasted
a generation Half the state is now
getting fuel from these fields and
the drain is fearful. Once before,
when the Kansas Natural was at
tempting to pipe gas out of that coun-
ty, suit was brought and decided
against them in the supreme court
The plan advocated now is to make
the Kansas Natural take up its
lines from the highways because they
are a menace to life. So many re-
cent explosions have occurred that it
is said people are fearful to travel
along the country roads.
Topeka Pigeons Best in Country.
George M. Klauer, a Topeka, has
just received five ribbons awarded to
him for exhibits of pigeons at the
show of the National Pigeon Breeders
and Fanciers' Association held in Chi
cago. Young Klauer had only srx
birds at the show, among total OF
$500 but five of them took premiums.
three firsts and one second and one
fourth. All of Klauer's pigeons were
parlor tumb1ers.
They Live Long in Topeka.
Topeka can lay claim to being one
of the healthiest cities OF the United
States-about 20 per cent of 500 peo-
pie who died during the year 1906 in
Topeka were 20 years of age or over
one of the 197 persons SO dis
tinguished was over 100 years old.
eight ranged in age from 80 to 100.
35 were from 80 to 80 years of age
when they died, while GO were be-
tween the years of 80 and 20.
Reduced Rate for Leavenworth Coal.
A reduction in freight rates on
Leavenworth coal has been agreed
upon by the railroads and business
men which will place Leavenworth
mines On an equality with other parts
of the Missouri and Kansas field and
enable Leavenworth operators to sell
their coal in Western Kansas coun-
ties, which they have heretofore been
unable to reach.
Thirty Days for Profanity.
John Weaver was arrested at Weir
City on the charge of abuse and us
ing profane language in the presence
of ladics.,H was brought before JUS
tice James, where he pleaded guilty
to the charge The offense being a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-23

Divorce Records Broken in Finney.
In two days perusal of the record
of Finney county special clerk of the
department of statistics Stotts has
discovered 200 divorce proceedings, a
record which can hardly be equaled
by any county in the country. The
statistics show that there where ten
divorces a year for the period of
20 years and that divorce was grant
ed to one person out of every 40 In
the county
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-06
Congress Heights Association
Wants New kindergarten

At meeting OF the Congress Heights
Citizens Association Tuesday evening
last, President EmmOns declared that
kindergarten should be established at
Congress Heights. 1t was voted to pre-
sent the matter to the Board Of Edu-
cation.
The association decided to ask the
Commissioners to cause Sixth street,
from Hamilton road TO Savannah street,
TO be drained and ditched. Mr.. Butter
field urged that the association keep in
touch with the Commissioners in con-
nection with a promise 10 include in the
forthcoming estimates to Congress an
item for the extension OF water and
sewerage to Congress Heights. A re-
port was presented in reference to the
request for a new patrol COX on the
Livingston road and for additional po-
lIcemen fer duty in the outlying dis
tricts. Captain Mathews said 1t would
be well 10 establish the box at once II
the appropria ton is available.
As far as additional mounted police
men are concerned. he said, two more
mounted men would result In the es-
Enlistment Of another beat, but that
the men now available arc being utilized
to the best advan tage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-06
Br1gRtWOd
N.K.A. DE.BATERS
COMMENCE SEASON
Ownership of Street Rail-
ways by District Sub
ject Discussed.

Tie first debate of the season was
held by the w. X. A. Debating Society
Monday evening at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Shretter. OF Brightwood
avenue. The proposition, Resolved,
That the street railways OF the District
OF Columbia should be owned and
operated by the people of the District
OF Columbia" was argued well by both
sides. After Weighing the points Of
both sides carefully. the three judges
decided that affirmative. composed OF
Miss Kate Graysnell. Miss Emma Right
and James r. Connolly, had won The
individual honOrs were given to Miss
Viola Arden and Mrs. John W. Soles.
both OF the negative side The third
speaker on the negative side was Will
liam 2. Glatner.
Those That have joined the W. X. A
Debating Society for this winter ere
Miss Kate Graysnen, Miss Emma
Right. Miss Edna AtweIl. Miss Viola
Arden. Miss Julia Mockton. and Miss
Buela Lashborn: John c. Gaas, Jesse
Longhew. James r. Connolly, William
p. Glatner. Mathew II Whitley, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Shrctter. Mrs. John
w. Soles, and Mr.. and Mrs. Seaberry
Locksmur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-06
sta
NEW RURAL RUUlE
IS ESTABLISHED
Serves Prince George
County, and Is Tributary
to Congress Heights.

An important change in the mail ser
vice in this section went into effect
Wednesday when a tweuty-seven-mile
rural delivery route Though fife con-
tiguous portion of Prince George county,
Mo, was established and made tributary
to the postoffice at Congress Heights.
The Postoffice Department recently
ca used an Investigation to DC made OF
tic proposed route and It was found
that the rural delivery would serve
about 100 families who would be de-
pendant upon Isolated postonices other
wise Two mails per day are to be
provided. and they win be sent from
the city directly to AnacOstia, where
they will be sorted and then forwarded
by the street cars to Congress Heights.
A rural delivery carrier has been ap-
pointed, who will take the mail at
that place and distribute 1t along the
route in Maryland.
The officials OF the Anacostia station
have been notified that the establish
ment OF the new route will not inter
fere with the mail being sent to the
pCstoffices along the Silesia, Prince
George county, Nd. route. where sew
eral postoffices are still in existence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-10-06
Clarendon
CENSUS REPORT
SHOWS $40 TOTAL
Sunday School Association
Meets and PerfectS
Organization.

The committee on the census Of CIar-
endon. made the following report: Total
population, go. Of which 24O are adults
and 100 children There are seventy-two
children OF the school age. There are
four or five new houses that are soon
70 be occupied. which will run the pop
UlatiOn- TO about 400. The report recon-
mended that the urgent need OF school
at Clarendon demands that the citizens
take up the matter Of a school building
a an early late; and also see If an ap-
preparation cannot be secured from the
county 70 maintain teacher for this
winter. II was developed that with
proper school facilities the children at
Clarendon would attend the home
school. Since the report Il Is learned the
county viii appropriate money to pay
a public school teacher when a suitable
place is secured 20 hold the school.