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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

fortunate as to have brothers, but
the reply was that seldom was there
case in which there was no male
relative, and that he believed that
were such case to arise of gross
abuse, there was always to be found
in the community a man who would
protect the woman and her rights.
Two Noted Tragedies.
Who that reads the recent trial of
Gillette for the murder of his victim
can forget the GOODNESS with which he
claimed he said: Tell your father;
if you don't, 1 WILL There comes a
mental picture of that father and
what swift vengeance he would have
meted out to the destroyer of his
child Was Gillette such a degen-
crate that to him the unwritten law
had no meaning, or was he merely
talking for effect?
The unwritten law which says "Ven-
geance is mine,' is no excuse for the
disgraceful broilS of the degenerate
man and woman who find their only
pleasure in dissipation. The man who
despoils innocence himself-who gives
his name and his protection to a wom-
an whose life has been like unto his
own, is not in any sense the defender
of what the home stands for. His
sense of moral obligation for himself
is too blunted to fit him, to judge
of the transgressionS of another. He
is himself an outlaw when judged by
the standards of common morality
His propensity to shoot is the re-
suit of heated brain, or the lack of
brains.
No woman, no man, is safe with
such a creature at large.
Let us add to the unwritten law an
other section: Let there be no inu-
endos against the chastity of woman,
but only straightforward statements
with page and verse; and the VIOLA
lor of this law shall be placarded:
This person took away the good
name of another without cause and
walk the streets in shame.
In the heart of every man, there
dwells first, absolute faith in his moth
er- That is his birthright, and in pro-
portion to his faith in and affection
for his mother will be his faith in
and affection for his wife. On that
foundation is built his attitude to his
offspring The true son, the true
husband, the real father, in all these
relations. owes to the home clean
standard of living. He should never
invite into that home a man who does
not himself respect virtue. The man
VINO is a despoiler of virtue in one
instance is an unsafe guest and friend.
HOW much more so, when license is
his rule OF conduct
Protect my innocence or fall into
the trap that is laid for me-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
FACTS AsouT FIGURE NINE.
Professor of the Occult Has Added a.
New Wrinkle.

Mathematlcians have juggled with
the mystic figures 3, z andS9 for ages.
and now comes a foreign professor"
of the occult science to tell fortune
by the force in simple numeraf-
the 9. He reminds his victims that if
they multiply any number, short of a
decimal, by 9 the two figures of the
product added together will make g.
Thus: Nine times are Is, and and
1 are 9; 8 times are 81, and and 2
are 8; 9 times are As, and 5 and
are 8; times are "a, and and b
are 8; 9 times are 63, and 3 and 6.
are g.; 8 times are ~, and and
are 8; time are 81, and and are.
9. He might have added that any
number in the hundreds of thousands
multiplied by 3 will give a product
the sum of whose digits is a multiple
of 9. Take at random-9 times 545
are 1905, the sum of which is Is, and
9 into Is goes 2 times. Take 1852:
multiplied by equals 66,16S; the sum.
of the digits is 81; 9 into 81 goes
8 times. Oh, there is an immense
amount of fun in 8.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

almost anything But defy you to
find anything like this -eunwritten
law" in all the lessons, laws, precepts
and examples to be found between
the lids of the Book of Books 1 con-
fine you let us live by the sacred
decalogue. There is all the law Ac-
cept the sermon on the mount, the
holy lesson of our Savior, who prayed.
"Unwritten Law" Is New.
1t may be well enough for those
who care to entertain any sort of pa
thence with the ..unwritten law plea
to understand distinctly that it is en-
tirely of mushroom growth and char
acter- Think of Draco or Lycurgus
entertaining such absurdities.. You
will see nothing of the sort even
limited at in Justinian's code Coke
cient or modern, ever mentioned any
thing of the sort The law was the
law, that was all. Blackstone was a
brave, bright poet, a sentimentalist
as well as mighty expounder of the
law. But surely he would have
laughed in the face of any advocate
who might have dared to talk to him
of the 'unwritten law There is
literally nothing of the sort outside of
America, and there is really nothing
of the sort here except a sort of sub
teTfuge for law, used by demagogues
And the sin of it all is the misleading
of silly people who mock at the laws
that have cost so much toll and are
costing so much to maintain them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
CONDEMN AND DEFEND
THE U1NWRI7'TEN LAW
TWO SIDES OF THE QUESTION
and Woman Proni Public Life State Their
Velvs Subject at PRESENT of Much Pron1ir nee
The Right Defend the Integrity of Family Life Is
One of the Pleas Made--Only Punishment to Fl,
the Crime.

Count up on your fingers, If you can
do 1T on both hands, how many cases
of this --unwritten law idea have
been conspicuous since the silly and
insolent young idler in the Tombs be-
gan to exploit his defense for shoot
ing a useful and Industrious man in
the back Why, right in the column
next to the ugly account of the
woman without cent" who left her
babes behind to travel for days and
nights to kill a man, you read of a
woman killing a doctor" and pleading
in justification "unwritten law" Pity
her? Yes. But put her quietly in
some good asylum, and, above all,
don't exploit her as you have the
young lunatic in the Tombs, who SO
enjoys being exploited. For see what
comes of it all. The most piteous case
of this character took place a stones
throw from the White House, in front
of the old house where the assassins
tried to kill Seward the night Lincoln
was murdered. But it took place quite
a dozen years before the fateful night
at Ford's theater. A young politician
of great promise, and, too, of subse
quent great achievement, was living
with his notably young wife on that
fence enclosed the square at that
time. Had it not been for that fence
his retreating victim might have fed
and escaped.
Two Cultured Victims.
Both the young men in this very
first "unwritten law" tragedy were
men of fortune, culture and position.
One, the son of poet who wrote The
member of congress from New York
and equally conspicuous and respect
ed. The member of congress, seeing
the other leave his home and wave a
handkerchief back to his young wife,
leaning out of the window, confronted
him there by the iron fence in front
of his door and telling him of his
shame and that he must die, followed
him up and shot him to death. I was
reading law at the time of the trial
and followed the case closely. I re-
member reading with surprise the
plea, not of the advocate, but the plea
of the judge for the prisoner. 1 re-
call how one of the jurors, the oldest
of them all, going down on his knees
in a corner of the jury room, prayed
long and loud for the divine guidance
in holding the hearthStOne sacred
The man was acquitted, partly be-
cause it was made to appear that he
really loved his wife, but mainly be-
cause the victim had by his acts and
some foolish admission to a friend,
made it appear that he had no real
heart in the affair, but rather gloried
in his crime. 1t is to be admitted
that the hearts of all, both women
and men, were with the wronged man,
especially when he again took the
frail woman to his heart and lived the
life of good husband till death took
her from him.
Lines BY c. n. Webb.
AS an example of the unexampled
pity for both parties to the tragedy let
me quote a few lines written at the
time by c. H. Webb, of New York,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
Recent Cases Involving the So-caed "Unwritten Law

Shot and killed former Senator Arthur
Bro7Dn of Utah in Washington hotel for
refusing TO marry her. Held murder
charge.
Killed DR.. Thomas Bufzer at Monticello.
Mss, for boasting of alleged relations
zvffh her. Found guilty. of niansLaughter.
Killed Dr.. BENJAMIN Harris of Chicago II,
lozvyer's office because he says pictin1
zorecked his home in Amigo, Wis. Case
pending.
Tried on charge of numbering William T..
Nfen1an of Chicago in Empire hotel. Me
man had promised TO marry her. Was
acquitted.
Killed Stanford White IA NeeD York Roof
Garden Theatre, alleging White had
ruined his zvife, EbeEpn NesbH Than.
Murder trial pending
Tried and acquitted of killing Caesar
Young, a bookmaker, IN CAB in Nezu
York. Had HOsd zvifh Young. Dho Dzs
married.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
Liahtnfnu Struck twice.

Dr. J. G. Keith, formerly OF St
Louis. who was struck by lightning,
several years ago, went to LeadviIle,.
Col, for his health, and was again hit
by a bolt About IL years ago the
doctor, while walking on the street.
was struck by a thunder bolt His
left side was partially paralyzed He
went to Colorado for his health and
last spring while on the street he was
again hit by lightning This second
bolt practically rendered Dr. Keith.
helpless as far as his left side is con-
cerned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
FOR UNWRITTEN LAW
Law Defines 1t as the Right to De-
fend the Integrity of Family Life.
BY ELLEN SPENCER MussEY.

BY ELLEN SPENCER MUSSEY.
Dean of the Washington College of Law
The unwritten law might be de-
fined to be right to defend the integ-
rity of family life against all invasion
and invaders. While the family has
no distinct legal entity apart from the
persons who compose it, yet, in the
interest of society, the law holds the
more intimate family relations as
sacred and not to be inquired into by
a court of justice. 1t is on this ground
that communications between husband
and wife are privileged, and they can
not testify as to confidential communi-
cations made by one to the other
during the marriage.
Marriage is civil institution as
well as contract, and it should be a
religious sacrament. Law cannot
make or unmake the true marriage
relation, but so far as the relation
concerns society and the state, it must
control it
The Family as Unit.
The law regards carefully all prop
erty rights 1t deals promptly with
the trespasser and the thief, and en-
forces contracts The murderer, the
6mD0ZZleT, the peTJuTef, nave justice
melted out to them as enemies of the
commonwealth
But the law does not deal with the
family as a unit Every student of
sociology knows that the homes of the
commonwealth are its real corner
stones. but the law does not SO recog-
nize it, 1t is the one institution still
left to the defense OF the head of the
family In the very nature of things,
there is always a.Ecman in the case
If the crime is against her personally,
il she be over the age of 16, what
remedy does the law give herr
A young woman went into city to
support herself. unwarned, inexperi-
enced: her faith and her affections
found an unworthy object Too late,
she found Nthe man was already mar
RED, and In a wild moment she shot
him fatally II tbs man had boldly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
Where Some Writers Fail.

The most frequent defect in fiction
submitted for magazine use and, we
might add, in most of the fiction that
somehow gets published in book form,
is its lack of spontaneity in construc-
ton and expression, says Harper's
Magazine. The writer of this manu-
featured fiction has a certain precalcu-
lated effect in view, with reference to
which he ambitiously contrives every
incident and situation of his story.
The harder he tries the more surely
he fails of any genuine appeal to his
readers. If he DISCUSSES his labor by
a facile mastery of dramatic material
and expression, he may succeed in
reaching crude sensibilities and, be-
cause of his lower aim, may outsell
his betters. The multitude is easily
captivated by splendid artifice, which,
in exceptional instances, has COM
PEELED the admiration of even the jul
dicious. We shall find, however, upon
close examination, that in such in
stances the writer has not, by his
strenuous effort, wholly closed the
door against all srontaneity. In
our day polite literature must appeal
to human sympathies, and the
writer's fertility of invention is of
little service.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
French View Of Marriage.

The French, guided by reason, as
they would say. regard the institution
9f matrimony as a rational regulation
of the fact of sex, as a compromise
between the rights of the individual
and the rights of society. The man
ebeys, but under protest; he is will
ing to sacrifice his liberty so far. but,
beyond that point, he regards self
abnegation as fanatical ascetfcism-
Marriage. under French usage, says
H. d. Sedgwick in Atlantic, is a part
nership, in which such matters as
character, tastes, education, birth and
property are to be considered con-
tracing families scrutinize the pro-
posed bride and groom as if coming
look at our custom of marrying for
love with amazement, as we should
look at a grocer's cart that started
on it's rounds at 80 miles an hour
Our system confines it's view to the
romantic dreams of youth, and re-
cruise than voyage of life We may
err in our endeavor to regard men
and women as disembodied spirits;
and yet we cannot bat think that the
French err in their resolution to be
sensible and regard men and women
ETY.. Our theory may look too far
into the future; theirs fingers too far
in the brutal past
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
CHASTITY Facts About Lynchina.

No one can look at one of the pho
tographs of a lynching without a
sense of abysmal horror. 1t is not the
horror alone or chiefly of the thing
itself, the ugly, inanimate center of
the tragedy. 1t is the faces of the
spectators that shock our very souls.
They are always laughing faces. Good
nature, even jollity, seems to be the
note of these gatherings. Always we
sSe the faces of little boys grinning
cheerfully toward the camera There
are women sometimes in the crowd,
and sometimes little girls. There is
no sign in these pictures of horror of
death, even Of grim satisfaction over
a difficult and obnoxious task per-
formed by necessity. The man who
called it .'lynching bee" appreciated
the true feelings of the lynchers.
Leave out the grim wreck in the cen
ter, and the picture might be taken
for an ordinary cheerful gathering at
a country fair. Leave it in, says a
writer in American Magazine, and,
oh, my brothers, it is not the dead,
but the living that terrifies-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

son of a prominent politician of the
time, and our minister to Mexico:
This for the vronged member of
congress.
Blood on his hands.
A stain ON his bed.
Pity them all
Living and dead.
And this is for the handsome and
dashing betrayer-
B1llcws of rod
Swell DER his breast
Pleading with God
There LET him rest
Sentiment is noble and inspiring.
l have no use for either man or wom-
an without deep and sincere sentiment
and sympathy in all things But you
search the Bible in vain for anything
like this .-unwritten law disease
There are those who tell you that you
can find anything yon want to find in
the Bible And, true, you can ind
many strange things. You can find
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.

A woman, gooo or bad, shot a man,
good or bad, in his hotel in our ma
tiona1 capital, the other day She
stands, she says, .tintrenched behind
the 'unwritten law She claims to
have chased this man from Utah to
Washington and shot him to death
in his hotel, because. he refused to
provide for her and her two children;
that she has twice been made
mother; that one of the children bears
his name.
We have, up to date, been pretty
tolerant of the woman who takes a
babe on one arm and pistol in the
other hand and pursues s man to his
death But when there are two chill
dren, as in this case, one may well
ponder a bit before he gives her the
tears and tenderness SO generously
given to the guileless, misguided girl
Like Highwayman's Act.
A woman cannot we'll come into
court with a family of children and
plead seduction and betrayal, as a
girl too often does, and have the SYM
pathy of both men and women This
woman's statement is that she asked
the man either to marry her or give
her money to support her children. He
said NO; 1 will not" and with that
she shot him to death, or, at least, did
her best to kill him on the spot.
Briefly and b1untly she shot him down
in his hotel for refusing to give her
money. The difference between this
act and that of the ordinary burglar
or highwayman is not very distinct.
Her declaration that the world will
~f h., .of &c nc
the declaration of an insane woman
And this must be, as you will see, is,
her only excuse; and it will be pleaded
so soon as lawyer can be found to
take care of her, her only defense.
Yet there will be many ready to say
served him just right" will say it
without waiting to hear one single
word of the other side. Sitting at a
table to-day, some one read the wom-
ans statement, wherein she supple
mented the story of the attempted
murder with the assertion that she
had not one cent Whereupon a
beautiful lady of more than ordinary
culture and knowledge of the world
was moved to tears and sighed: Not
one cent; think of it, But a hardened
man, a husband and father with a
family of daughters, sighed from the
other end of the table: "Ah, my dear,
there are others who have not a cent.
If we are to allow all those who have
not cent to set out and chase those
down who happen to have a cent or
two where will that sort of plea lead
us?''
Victims Morals Irrelevant.
AS said before, as to whether this
man is a good or bad man, high or
low, rich or poor, or whether the
woman is either, neither, or all of
these, does not figure at all in this
dismal and pitiful case. Can a woman
leave her children behind her and
chase a man thousands of miles, and
then when she murders him put as her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

The chief wealth of the forests of
Java, at the present time, consists in
the wood of the teak tree, which is
extensively employed for naval con-
struction- The trees are ordinarily
cut when they have attained an age
of about 50 years and a height of be
tween so and 20 feet The species
most esteemed has wood of a brown
color possessing a greasy feeling to
the touch Since 1850 the teak has
been cultivated, and the cutting of
the trees has been regulated by the
Dutch government A peculiar fea-
ture of the cutting. designed to cause
the wood to part slowly with its sap,
consists in the girdling of the trunks
a short distance above the ground two
years before the trees are felled The
timber is exported to all parts of Eu-
rope.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

Thomas Turner. wealthy English
manufactures, has come to America
for the one hundred and nineteenth
time. and win spend the winter with
relatives in Chelsea, Mass. His first
trip over was made in 1861 He saws
the longest time required for any
trip he has made was Ii days, and
he has crossed in five days and Is
hours
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

cranks seeking notoriety through the
newspapers.
And oh, the pity of it, Pity for liv-
ing and dead! But pity most for this
deadly disease spreading over the land
like a plague, which laughs at the
decalogue,- the holy lessons and the
life and death of Jesus Christ, in
voking the hideous and defiant plea
of 1.-The higher law"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-12

Mexico imports most of her pig
iron because of the lack of cheap
Suel for making it
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
wiIy Arab of Tripoli,

Down the street the faint intermit-
tent tinkling Of a bell was heard.
"Burr-ro." (Get out!) in warning rasp-
ed the high pitched voice OF, a camel
driver. I lodged quickly into the shop
OF a silversmith and watched four
numbering camels squdge softly by,
says c. w. Furlong, in Harpers Mag
azine. To prevent those behind the
driver from being stolen, the halter
rope Of each is tied to the tall OF the
one ahead. and on the tail Of the last
camel as he fiips and flaps IL from side
to side tinkles a bell.
A willy one of the Faithful, not be-
ing rich in this worlds goods, turned
coyetous eyes on a nomadic brother
who passed through the town leading
a. string of six camels, Allah! Allan!
urse ell Allah! could not the brother
share one Of his jimal?" (camels). So,
dusting flies from his eyes and hooding
himself with his barracan, he stealtnily
followed. He was aware that near the
New Gate the street narrowed and
made a double turn. No sooner had
the driver and head camel rounded the
first corner than the willy one seized
the bell attached to the hindmost ca
mel. With q stroke Of his knife he
severed it from the tail Of the animal,
and keeping 1t tinkling. he quickly fas-
tened 1t to the tail Of the next, cut
loose the last beast, and-"Allah wills"
made off with his loot
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
(To Be Continued
First Postal Cars,

Even to this day there are rival
claims as to who originated the postal
car service. says a writer in the New
York Tribune. The friends Of w. A.
Davis, assistant postmaster at st. JOS
eph. Mo. claim that he was the orig
inator of the idea, but practically all
the official testimony gives the credit
to George B. Armstrong, at the time
assistant postmaster at Chicago and
afterward superintendent of the rail-
way mail service. Necessity has been
the mother OF invention, and 1t was
necessity that led Mr.. Armstrong to
think out the postoffice on wheels. He
had charge of distributing the mail to
the various railroads diverging from
Chicago and found his office swamped
with the work. This led him to tell
the postmaster that instead of having
mail distributed i'm central postottices
he proposed that it should be done on
moving trains.
We have the testimony Of the post
master that he began to fear that
Armstrong was crazy. However, he
assisted in getting the idea before the
department, and Postmaster General
Blair agreed that the experiment
should be made. The first car used
was an old baggage car, arranged in
very crude fashion. 1t was operated
on the old Galena railway between
Chicago and Rockford, Ill. A mon
ument now stands in the lobby Of the
Chicago postoffice to the memory OF
the man who founded this wonderful
system.