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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-13
CONTRACTS COLD WHICH CAusEa DEATH.
(From Fridays Daily.)

Yesterday afternoon, at 3:30 O clock, after an illness dating back only to February 10, death relieved Owen John Thomas of his sufrerings. Deceased was born in the state of New York, June ., 1872, and was in the zenith of his manhood when stricken with pneumonia. When eonvalescent he was attacked with Bright's disease and dropsy, Tuesday morning, since when the attending physicians have held out no hopes for his recovery.
 Since his arrival hero August 28, 1902, deceased has taken an active in- tercst in all the affairs of the city, and was considered among it's most enterprising and active young men. Hs was a member of the local Elks min. strcl show, and 1t is said that it was while taking part in the rchearsals he contracted n cold which eventually led 10 the other complications that re- suited in his death. He was an active member of the Q. K. Hose company, of the volunteer fire department, and of the Modern woodmen of America.
 Besides his wife, to whom he was married n year and one week ago, hs leaves surviving him, his father asd mother, John 0. and Elizabeth Thomas, residing in New York, and two brothers and four sisters. He was the eldest son of the family. One of his brothers, !. c. Thomas, arrived here only yes tcrday from Needles, Cal, just few hours before his death.
 In his death. his young wife, parents and brothers and sisters have lost . kind and indulgcnt husband, son and brother, and the community one of ts industrious and honored young men.
 His remains were taken in charge by the Ruffncr undertaking establishment. The funeral will take place Sunday af tcrnOon.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-13
Mrs. Holbrook Dead.

The many friends in this city of Cap tain and Mrs. IIolbrook, formerly sta toned at Fort whipplc, will be pained to learn of the death of Mrs. lIolbrook in Pennsylvania, about a week ago.
 Deceased was most estimable lady, and while a resident of Fort Whipplc made many friends here. After serving here for over year Captain lIolbrook was assigned to tho military school of Pennsylvania. as instructor, about two years ago. The sympathy of tho community is extended 40 him in his irrcparablc loss.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-13

Three pairs heavy cotton working gloves for 2jc nt Blocks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
Trouble Ahead.

The trustees of the public library at
Maiden. Mass, announce that they
will not put in circulation a novel
which decent woman may not read
to decent man without blushing." AS
this is a standard of excellence which
cannot be applied a priori, it may be
necessary to appoint a committee to
exercise the novel censorship. The
difficulty of finding a decent man will
be eQualled only by that of submitting
a decent woman to such an ordeal,
says the New York Post. The latter
might, after a time, grow hardened
and maintain deathly pallor while
reading aloud from dubious works. 1t
would not always be easy to distin-
guish blush of modesty from what
novelists call =" a flush of vexation.''
The man might even blush while the
woman remained pale, and, lastly, the
blushing might be caused not by the
book, but by the presence of the man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

damned TO you. replied the burly
old royal prince, swinging on his heel
and ordering his aide-de-camp In wait
ing to show the colonel to the door.
A few days later it was announced
that Col Wellesley, who in his boy
hood had been a page OF honor of
Queen Victoria, had been "graciously
permitted" to resign his commission
In the army.
How an Emperor Avenged Blow.
In the same way that European Of
f1cers are debarred from fighting
duels with people of the working
classes, SO are they precluded from
meeting royal personages and crowned
heads ON the field of honor. If young
officer during heated argument
with some comrade of royal or i'm
peria1 rank receives blow, he has no
alternative but to blow his own
brains out.
On one memorable occasion EN-
peror Francis Joseph interviewed in
person to prevent an act of self-de-
struction of this kind. The late Arch
duke Otto, his nephew, while en-
deavoring in drunken freak to con-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

sion. extorted from him In a moment
of evaporation and when smsrting
under a sense of injustice, resulted in
the ruin of his political career and in
his being blacklisted by English so
ciety.
Perhaps the most mortal of all sins
In the eyes of unwritten law is unfair
play at cards, and there are few fami-
lies of birth and breeding on either
side of the Atlantic who would not in
f1Eitely prefer to have a murderer
among their relatives than a MAJ
who has been caught cheating at the
card table. For it infiicts a stain upon
the family escutcheon which can
never be effaced, and which is remem-
bered against the house concerned
from generation to generation. A
man caught in the act of unfair play
is exempt from punishment by the
tribunals of the land. But the penalty
imposed upon him by unwritten law
is UNNECESSARILY more severe than
anything that statute could devise.
For instead of being restricted to
himself, it extends to those who are
nearest and dearest to him, and he
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
New Plan to Save Child Labor.

A proposition to take all children
under IA years of age from factories
and other places of employment and
send them to school has been made by
N. o. Nelson, a millionaire manufac-
turer, to the women's clubs of st.
Louis Mr.. Nelson is to pay the chill
dren half the amount they would re-
ceive for their work, and the clubs the
other half. The clubs have yet to give
their decision and, pending it, Mr.. Mel
son has undertaken to do the work
himself, says Reader Magazine. He
has investigated for several weeks
past every application to the truant
officer for permits for children under
age to work in the factories, and has,
at the present writing, found seven
worthy cases. Each week these chill
dren call at Nelson's office and receive
the money they would have been paid
for working-an average of three dol
lars a week. Then the children have
been returned to their schools. In
less than one-third of the cases inves-
tigated by Mr.. Nelson did he find the
people to be actually in need of the
chlldren'S services.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
u.s.. DISPENSATORY
Describes the Principal Ingredients
Contained in Pe-ru-na.


Are we claiming too much for Peruna
when we claim it to be an effective
remedy for chronic catarrh? Have we
abundant proof that Peruna is in real
ity such a catarrh remedy? Let us see
what the United States Dispensatory
says of the principal ingredients Of
Peruna.
Take, for instance, the ingredient.
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
of this herbal remedy, that it is largely
employed in the treatment of depraveds
mucous membranes, chronic rhinitis
(nasal catarrh), atomic dyspepsia tca-
tarrh of the shomach), chronic intesti--
nal catarrh, catarrhal jaundice. (ca-
tarrh of the liver) and in diseased
mucous membranes of the pelvic organs.
1t is also recommended for the treat
ment of various forms of diseases Pc
cu1iar to women.
Another ingredient of Peruna, cory
dalis formosa, is classed in the United,
States Dispensatory as tonic. So also.
is cubebs classed as stomachic and as.
| a tonic for the mucous membranes.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient Of;
Peruna, an excellent drug that has
been very largely overlooked by the
medical profession for the past fifty
years. The seeds are to be found in
very few drug stores. The United
States Dispensatory says of the action,
of cedron that it is used as bitter
tonic and in the treatment of dysentery,
and in intermittent diseases as a SUBJ
stitute for quinine.
Oil of copaiba, another ingredient Of
Peruna, is classed by the United States
Dispensatory as a mild stimulant and
diuretic. 1t acts on the stomach and
intestinal tract. 1t acts as stimu-
LIANT on the genito- urinary membranes
Useful in chronic cystitis, chronic dys-
entery and diarrhea, and some chronic.
diseases of the liver and kidneys.
| Send to us for free book of testimo--
malls of what the people think of Pc
runa as a catarrh remedy. The best,
evidence is the testimony of those who,
have tried it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
Index to Prosperity.

The earnings of the great steel cor
poration afford an infallible index to
the prosperity of the country. The
figures for the calendar year 1906 are
impressive, the total being over 1885,
$4,000, against $119,S50,O00 in 1905,
$73.176.000 in 1904. and sos. 271. 900 In
1903. The showing for last year was
a result of the phenomenal activity in
building. railroad construction and i'm
provement and steadily increasing de
mand for iron and steel in every form.
And, continues the Troy Times, the
business done by concerns outside the
so-ealled trust" attained still larger
proportions. The new year begins with
mills overcrowded with orders, those
of the trust yet untitled amounting
to s.4S9,71S tons. the largest ever
known, and the prospects are favora-
BILE to another record breaker.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
Farm Land.

Do you know that good level farm
land, especially adapted to the Dry
Farming System of Cultivation, can
be bought on easy terms, along the
lines of the Burlington Route, in west
ern Nebraska, northwestern Kansas,
and northeastern Colorado for little
more than it costs to rent land east
of the Missouri River? If not, let
me tell you about it,
Homeseekers' excursion tickets, on
sale the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month.
For map and particulars, write to
D. GLEN ,DEAVER, GenI Agt.,
Land Seekers Information Bureau,
1904 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

man and race horse owner, in the
apartments of Mrs. Deacon on that
memorable night in the hotel at Nice,
and shot him as he endeavored to
conceal himself behind a sofa, he
acted strictly in accordance with the
demands of unwritten law, and it may
safely be assumed that if he had been
a Frenchman instead of a foreigner,
and an American at that, he would
never have been sentenced to even
the brief term of imprisonment to
which he was condemned
Unwritten Law and the DueIIo.
Duelling is even more strictly for
hidden by law in England than ON the
continent. But if member of the
English diplomatic service, or an Off
Ger of the English army or navy, re-
ceives while abroad a challenge to
fight, or is made the subject of an in
dignity calling for redress to fight, he
is forced to resign not only his COM
mission but also the membership of
his clubs Not even all the immense
social influence of colonel the Hon.
Frederick Wellesley, brother of the
late Earl Cowley, and now husband
of the widowed Duchess of Yelling
ton, was able to save him from a fate
such as this while acting as charge
'affaires of Great Britain at Vienna
some IL or Is years ago. Col Welles-
ley, who was also A. D. G. to Queen
Victoria, became involved in the Aus
trian capital in a quarrel about a wom-
an with an Austrian -nobleman, Count
K, who resented to such an extent
his behavior, as well as his remarks,
that he struck him with his glove
across the face and challenged him to
fight. Wellesley refused, however, to
accept the challenge on the ground
that by so doing he would render him.
self liable to dismissal from the army,
owing to the fact that the English
articles of war prescribe the penalty
of being cashiered for every officer
involved in a duel either as a princi-
pal or as a second.
Called to Task by His General.
Wellesley was at once relieved of
his office of charge d'affaires at the
suggestion of the Viennese court,
which did not relish the idea of being
compelled to accord diplomatic hon.
ors to a man who had thus shown the
white feather, and shortly after his
return to London one of his fellow
officers of the Guards, Capt. John Del
acour, who had witnessed the affair
at Vienna, brought the matter before
the, notice of the other members of
the corps. In due course it reached
the ears of the old duke of Cambridge,
cousin of Queen Victoria and general
issimo of the British army. He sent
for Col. Wellesley and asked him if
it were true that he had taken shelter
behind the army regulations to avoid
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

duct a bacchanalian party of men and
women into the apartments of his
wife, the Archduchess Marie Josepha
in order, as he explained, that they
might see what an archduchess
looked like in bed-was stopped in the
corridor leading to her apartments by
his aide-de-camp, who drawing his
sabre, threatened to run through the
body anyone excepting the archduke
who endeavored to pass him.
The crowd, sobered by the serious
ness of the situation, hesitated and
then withdrew. But the archduke was
so beside himself with rage at being
baked in his project that he struck
the young officer blow in the face.
The matter was brought to the imme-
date notice of the commander of the
garrison, who communicated by tele-
graph with the emperor Francis
Joseph ordered that the young officer
be prevented from doing himself any
harm, at all costs, fastened to the
scene from Vienna and, having as
sembled all the principal officers sum-
moned both his nephew, Archduke
Otto, and the young aide-de-camp to
his presence.
Apostrophizing the latter in his
kindliest manner. he exclaimed: Il
have to express my gratitude to you,
sir, for having undertaken the de
tense of my dear niece at a moment
when she was in urgent need of your
protection. In so doing you received
a blow for which you yourself cannot
obtain satisfaction and which you
could not return. But I can redress
that indignity for you" and with that
- 6xrl-
before all present slapped his face,
thereupon ordering him under arrest
for a period of six months, and de-
prfved him OF his command. The
young officer was promoted and deco
rated But had it not been for the
emperor's interference and for the
manner in which he avenged the at
front imposed upon the young A D.
C.. the latter would have been COM
PEELED by unwritten law to have blown
out his brains
Unwritten Law and Perjury.
Perjury IS according to every Grim
fnal code of Europe felony, yet the
correspondent in a divorce case, no
matter how guilty, is compelled by the
unwritten law to perjure himself in
the witness box like a gentleman"
and failure to comply with this re-
Quirement entails an ostracism which
by many is regarded as worse than
death, as one of the most eminent
of English statesmen found to his
cost In endeavoring to exculpate him
| self Of the unfounded charge of hav-
ing betrayed a young married woman
whom he had known from childhood,
he admitted under examination that
he had been guilty of too great IN
timncy with her mother This confess
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
Typical Soldier of Fortune.

Though many of the descendants Of
the illustrious Edgar Allan Poe inherit
some of his illustrious instincts, it is
probably more marked in the case of
Johnnie" Poe, who can well be styled
typical soldier of fortune. Mr.. Poe
belonged to the great Fifth regiment
of Baltimore and served during the
war with Spain, after which he went
to the Philippines, where he was Of
fered a commission for efficient work.
For the second time, however, he re-
fused the honor and remained a priv
ate. At the expiration of his term he
came back to this country and wan
dered to the famous Death valley and
from there to the Tonopah district
from which he was lured in the late
fall by the call of the gridiron.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

has no alternative but either to kill
himself or else to disappear and seek
his fortune in some remote foreign
country, where, disguised as to ap-
pearance, silent as to his origin, and
under an assumed name, he passes
his time in fear and trembling lest he
should be recognized and be once
more driven forth like the wandering
Jew of old from his temporary refuge.
Construed Insults.
There are all sorts of minor pro-
visions of the unwritten law which it
would take too much time and space
to enumerate here, but among which
may be mentioned the rule which con-
strues it as an insult when a man in
filling his neighbor's glass slants the
bottle backward instead of forward.
More than one sanguinary duel has
been fought to the personal know1-
edge of the writer in Austria for a
breach of etiquette of this kind. In
the same way in the orient, if in
showing the blade of a sword to an
acquaintance one happens to turn the
edge thereof toward him he will con-
slider his honor impugned, and if by
any chance he is Japanese of rank
he is capable of going off and commit
ting suicide by ripping himself open,
leaving a document stating that hav-
ing been insulted honor demanded
that he should commit hara-kiri, and
calling upon his nearest relatives to
avenge him.
In Relation to the Thaw Case.
With regard to the application of
the unwritten law to the case of
Harry Thaw, there are several con-
siderations to be noted in endeavoring
to bring it to bear upon the tragedy
of Madison Square roof garden. If
young Mrs. Thaw had been without
any stormy antecedents, and had been
subjected by Stanford White to indig-
mites and insulting proposals since
her marriage, her husband would have
been justified, according to the terms
OF the unwrftten law, as understood
abroad, in shooting him, though of
course it would have been more chiv-
a1rous to have given him chance of
defending himself instead of taking
him at disadvantage and unarmed.
But, unfortunately, young Mrs.
Thar is not without q past; that she
| was educated at the cost of White,
and had known him first as a school
girl, then as model, and finally as a
chorus girl, for several years prior to
her marriage, cannot be denied Her
relations with White before becoming
Mrs Thaw, and also her career in
New York and Paris prior to her mar
riage were of a nature to debar her
husband from shooting White unless
he had actually caught him in the
very act of insulting her. That at
least is the status of the Thaw-Wnfte
drama from the point of view o. un-
written law--New York World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
!" Unqyriffen La1v = );
Notable Instances
Of It's Application

Its Application Bereaved the
Emperor ofAustria, Who Took
No Revenge for The Killing of
His S0uePrince Baldwin of
Belkinm. Heir Apparent to the
Throne. Violated Its Prov1-
sions, and His Slayer. an Indie-
nanf Husband. Was Never
Troubled by the Authorities
1t Has a Relation, Too. in En-
ropean Countries TO the Duel,
to Cheating and to Suicide.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
a. S. GIvLER. Pub.
Bacon.

Bacon.
Do you remember what Charles
Lamb says about roast pig? How he
falls into an ecstasy Of laudation,
spelling the very name with small cap
itals, as If the lower case were too
mean for such a delicacy; and break
ing away from the cheap encomiums
of the vulgar tongue to hail it in
sonorous Latin as principles obsonior-
UNI. There is some truth in his COM
pliments, no doubt; but they are
wasteful, excessive, fmprudent. For
If all this praise is to be lavished on
plain, fresh, immature, roast pig, what
adjectives shall we find for the ripper,
richer, more subtle and sustaining
Wand, broiled bacon? asks Henry Van
Dyke, in Scribners. On roast pig
man cannot work; often he cannot
sleep, il he have partaken of it i'm
moderately. But bacon brings to its
sweetness no safety" 1t strengthens
the arm while it satisfies the palate.
Crisp, juicy, savory; delicately salt as
the breeze that blows from the sea;
family pungent as the blue smoke Of
incense waited from a clean wood fire;
aromatic, appetiZing, nourishing,
6timulant to the hunger which it ap-
peases, tits the matured bloom and
consummation of the mild little pig,
spared by foresight for a nobler fate
than juvenile roasting, and brought by
art and mans device to a perfection
surprising nature. All the problems
of woodland cookery are best solved
by the baconian method. And when
we say of one escaping great disaster
that he has saved his bacon we say
that the physical basis and the quin-
tessinal comfort of his life are un-
touched and secure.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

That an article may be good as we'll
as cheap, and give entire satisfaction,
is proven by the extraordinary sale of
Defiance Starch, each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had of any other brand for the
same money.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
&c CADukk OTTo

the consequence Of q quarrel at
Vienna, thereby bringing discredft to
the corps of officers of the famous
regiment to which he belonged Wells
ley, OF course, was obliged to
admit that he had been guilty of the
charge Then" said the duke, you
had better leave the army"
Leave the army, sir?" exclaimed
the colonel But what am to do If
I leave the army7''
Turn dancing master and be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

If the Elkhart man who. in a fit
of jealousy, threw scalding coffee in
his pretty wife's face, disfiguring her
for life. were to be tried before jury
of women he would doubtless be SEN
fenced 10 be boiled in oil. II he
had merely killed her he might have
some. hope
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

was universally regarded as having
received his deserts, and his assailant
looked upon as having complied with
the requirements of the code of social
ethics Nor was he ever troubled by
the authorities in connection there
with, and remained a respected mem
Der of his class. and of the communi-
ty in general, and of society. both at
home and abroad.
When the late Edward Parker Dea-
con found A. Abeille. the French club
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
The Motor Voice.

The tennis elbow, the bicycle foot,
The clergyman's sore throat and alt
manner of disabilities that come from.
modern conveniences are familiar to-
US. The motor-omnibus voice was dis
covered by a young woman who was
riding outside a motor-omnibus, and
trying Gas is her habit to talk. And.
the horrible truth suddenly flashed on.
her mind, and from her lips. !.
81 c-c-can't keep-pip-pip my voice sui
ut-tiu.''-The Reader.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

In Kansas City a man was fined for
spanking her. Evidently she did not
consider that she was in her second
childhood.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09

Sheer white goods, In fact, any dne,
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done in q
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory If proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickenins
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
In His Fathers Footsteps.

Allan Sankey. son of the famous sing
ing revivalist, is following his fathers
footsteps as composer, and some
of his hymns are popular in New
England revival meetings.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-03-09
Poetess Highly Honored.

Mile Andre Corthis, whose poems in
the volume entitled ''Gemmes ct
Moires" have won high praise, has
been chosen poet laureate of France
for the year past. The honor is one.
conferred annually by vote of emil
nent literary people on the most dis
tinguished poet of the year. Nile.
Corthis is still young woman.