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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03
What He Gave Him.

Bacon-A man asked me for money
on the street to-day.
Egbert-And did you give him any
thing?
It should say I did, I gave him a
look that he won't forget in a hurry!"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03
Ancient and Modern.

The ancient Greeks had a good
law
What was that?''
when a man divorced his wife he
could not marry younger woman
We'll, where's the joker"
There is no joke When one
thinks of our unspeakable steel kings
one feels far from facetious"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03
Tests of Bravery.

DO you think men have more cour-
age than women?"
Certainly not" answered the pro-
fessor. Everybody knows there is
more peril in the first ice cream soda
than in the first straw hat"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03
Another Brand.

81 suppose you realize the danger of
firewater?" said the man who tries to
benefit people.
81 do answered the Indian,
thoughtfully; especially the kind the
paleface puts in his automobile"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03
That ana article may be good as we

That an article may be good as well
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, 1907-08-03

Lewis Single Binder straight SC. Many
smokers prefer them to Zoe cigars You
dealer OF Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03

kidney medicines, am in a position
to know whereof I speak, and am
pleased to add my endorsement and
to recommend their use''
: Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03

Only simple man tries to act I'M
strenuous.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03

Every good and great man grows
greater as the sunset of his years
Eilds the glory Of his LOFTY soul
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers. Sc. package.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03
A FRANK STATEMENT.
From a Prominent FraternaI Man oil
RoIia, Missouri.

Justice of the Peace a. M. Light, OF
Rclla, Mo-, Major, Uniformed Rank.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03

Wise men miss lot of real pleasure
because they are not foolish.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-08-03

Never mind SO much where your
work may lie, do it-Spurgeon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
TOO MUCH RAIN.
President and Party Could Not
Continue Hunt Tuesday.

Stamhoul La. Oct 10.-SeCretary
Latta returned Tuesday from his visit
to the president in the latter's camp
on the Tensas river bringing with him
batch Of newly dictated letters and
Tecollections of q very wet night spent
in camp. He says that Mondays rain
was even more than was halgained
for. and tl,at while the first effect
was to put the woods i'm good cOndi-
ton. they became so wet by O'Clock
that the party was compelled 10 retlrn
to camp. The rain. which had begun
early in the day continued throughout
the night and il was decided not to
venture out at all Tuesday owing to
the water in the canebrake in which
sighted hear. but the dogs found u
trail Monday and the professional
hunters expressed the belief from the
sound the haying meant that they had
located real bear It was dark. how
ever and Lccame necessary to call tho
hunt off
The president puts in much of his
time whom not engaged in the hunt
in reading and in conversation with
his aSso niates and the guides and hunt
erS who accompany them. Another
deer was shot Monday
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
WAREHOUSE SYSTLM.
Selling Agents Are Also to Be Located
In Europe and America

Atlanta Oct. 10.-The time is not
for distaa, when the cotton planters
of the south will sell their product di-
rect TO The s?inners of Europe and
America Instead Of through the mid
die man. in bal, S ginned and compress
ed at the plantation with methods IN
which loss has been reduced to 4 min.
imum WAS indicated by the discussion
before The international conference of
cotton growers and SpinnerS
Spinnnrs representing hundreds OF
millions of spiEdlrs told the planters
that they were not only willing, hut
anxious to buy their cotton direct from
the planter just as soon rs the planter
can deliver it. Big planters and rep.
reserta'ivos Of the Farmers Union
told the spinncrs of Europe that al.
ready 'hesc organizations had built
q chain al cotton ware houses and
had perfected Il business system in
which The spinncrS could purchase an
almost unlimited supply of graded COT
ton. and were ready -, -, 10
,nt;or,t,,a ,,a.,-r"y. 10 g lhilhale the
-: ! = .s.ytnud OF selling through
IN udlemon
Put" said Herr Arthur Kuffler of
Vienna. Is YOU planters wish to trade
direct with us. YOU must moi fix the
price arbitrarily at L. cents. and you
must give us better service than the
merchant"
Action f,irthering this condition took
concrete form in the unanimous adop-
ton by the conference of a resolution
presented by the committee on trade
relations between .rOwFs and snin.
ners. This resolution dee Jared that
much Of the present difficulty in han.
ding cotton could be eliminated {
the growers would adopt what S
known as the warehouse system and
establish selling agents in Europe and
America
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10

When 50 distinguished an aStrOnO-
mcr as Professor pelcival Lowell an
nGunccs rs lie rc+ult of his Observa-
ton that 1t is Il direct sequitur OF
this that the planet Mars is at present
the abode of intelligent constructive
life" the rest Of the world will take
his word for il and regard the question
as settled. 10 longer need the mere
doubter ana pesSiInist hope to con
vince us that this earth Is the only
arena of life in the universe. There
Is nj least one other The observations
Of the red planet during It's present
proximity 10 The earth have been much
more successful than was hoped. Not
only has the theory of its being inhab
tied been proved but important adj
vanCcS have been made In determining
rs Topography. While we have thus
been studyin. our planetary ncighbors
we can but wonder if they have taken
advantage of the nearneSS of the two
worlds 10 study us. IF 50, the absence
of canals here must have led to the
conclusion among the Martian astron-
omcrS that the earth Is absolutely with
out life.-N"W York American.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
BIG BARN BURNS.
Firemen Intereered With by a
Number Of FOREIGNERS.

Now York. oct 1u.-Hundf.ds Of
lives wrr" endangered. thousar DIS Of
persons thrown into a panic I2J cl"c.
tric cars o. Struyed aud property loss
to the extent of $780, eco caused by 4
Ire III the Fourteenth street car barns
early Wednesday, The police were
kept busy attempting to control tho
frcnIicd hundreds, most Of whom
were forrienors. from interfering as
the ilrem n were fighting The blaze
whish gained hradway with startling
ranAHitv 1t was not until several
priest ltiiTed in robes appeared on
the scene, and walked through the
Sureing crowd implGring them to calm
themselves. that anything like order
was restored
E1remen working on the car barn
barely escaped when the floor above
them came down with a crash A few
minutes late The Fourteenth street
wall Of the building collapsed From
that time Oh it was merely question
of drowning ont the flames in the
barn ana several adjoining tencmsnts
which were oD fire.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
vOICING SOCIETY,

Just why John d. Rockefeller should
be seathed in language more or less
caustic because he has recently declared
that he was Steward of the Lord. es-
pccially selected by Him to have and to
hold. i'll toil) trust all the property he
has, ard this, all this, for the glory Of
the Most High. is strange, when we re-
fleet that for ages poor besiegcd man
has had 4 doctrine. strikingly similar, &c
Rockefellcr's claims. preached to him
from cradles dawn to graves close. He
heard it i'll his labor. his prayers, his
tears and his songs.
The fact is. human society in order to
plead for its inhumanity to man. has
evoked. saerilegiously it is true. all the
powers Of the Most High. and has paid
4 class at ministers to teach the doctrine
OF passive obcdience--that the Roekefel-
lcrs arc to be looked upon as reflections
Of God S munifieencc. and as especial OBJ
jucts. for our veneration and not detrac-
ton
e the Chancellor Days and those 9TH
zers who defend Rockefeller are repre-
seiatatives Of their respective crceds
there need Be no anlazcment over Rookie
fcller's claim 10 especial selection and
HOLY alsointlaeslt
oa s. soasrAry Rockefeller onl,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
SHE SURELY LOVES.
Young Lady Weds Man Who Spent
Long Time In Prison.

Worcester. Mass. Oct. 10.-Miss
Clara Leacl Il wealthy woman of this
city, has Just been welded to John w.
Maher. a former convict, in st. Johns
church. The ceremony being performed
by Rev. Thomas Griffen. A romance
behind the wedding involves the I'M
waverinc devotion Of a woman Of rank
for business mon whom she loved
despite h disgrace following his ar
rest, indictment for larceny and for
gerry and tonseGueEt conviction for
larceny ard imprisonment for nearly
four years il jail.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
BETTER TRADE RELATIONS.
Report Of the Committee on the Sub.
iect Was Adopted,

Atlanta, Oct. 10.-Closer trade rela.
lions bet Wcen grower ard spinner was
the subject for discussion on the pro
gramne tor Wednesdays session,
final one, of the international confer.
ence of cotton srowersaand spnners
The report of this committee was de.
bated Tuesday at some length and
finally sent back to the committee
"Wednesday morning This report.
which commits the cotton growers Of
the south and spinners of Europe and
America to the campaign Of revolution
Of methods Of handling cotton in brief
is as follows:
That mere care be used in the selec.
ton of cotton seed in order to insure
q higher grade of cotton
That cotton after being picked be
held in pe"s for at least thirty DAYS
before gin compreSSi1g to give cotton
time To llF and thus removing the
cause Of 'ong continued complaints OF
European spinners OF dampEess Of
American cotton.
That iha Egyptian form of bale be
t'Iolft'N' "a = lbbitiuliS bdlP VI ullIIOIHt
size. with better quality of bagging
for baling. Loss by POOR baling is
stated 10 be at least $4,000. 900 per
year.
That planters install their own gin
ming congresses. either irdividually
or IN communities, a necessary step in
the desired elimination of the mid
dleman and cotton SPECTATOR
Report was finally adopted
Several changes We're made in the
report One favors the square bale OF
the Egyptian type. this being preferred
by the great majority of spinners
BY vote Of four to one the con-
ference decided to refer the Heflin
resolution. asking congress and the
British parliament to investigate cot
ton exchanges to different bodies for
individual action.
The Southern Cotton assCciat ton
voted in the negative This course is
regarded as practically destroying the
force of Congressman Heflin's resolu-
ton, which is aimed at cotton specula-
ton and cotton exchanges.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Received Internal Machines.

Denver. Oct. 10.-Governor Henry A.
Buehtel. David H. Moffatt. president
Of the First National bank Of Den,
and Charles p. Kountze. president OF
the Colorado National bank. received
through the mails Tuesday Internal
machines containing sufficient dyna-
mite to have caused great destruction
OF life and property had they been
exploded Fortunately. warning had
been received by Chief of Police
Michael Delaney. who had secured Z
confession from Kemp V. Bigelow, by
whom thay were mailed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
CONDENSED NEWS.

Office Of Guymon. Okla, Democrat
was DESTROYED by fire.
Fort Reno military reservation NAV
be devoted 70 the Apachcs.
Campaign for uniform liquor Ii.
cense law IS On in Kentucky.
Connolly elevator and 400 bushels
of wheat burned ut Ckcene, Okla.
Govetn9r-a'ect Ha Eel' will ann unce
no appointments until indicted into OF
flee
The Dattleship Kentucky stuck her
nose in mud near Norfolk, Va, bat was
pulled off.
The Santa Fe railway has filed suit
at Ardmore To condemn Ger ain !and
for stockFa"ds purposes
James S@earin4ea fell IRON bridgc
near Sparks, Chia.. and died. He
leaves widow and cisht children
Over 600 per Sous attended the Beta
Theta ri BANQUET ct tho University
of Txas at the Driskill hp5e'. Austin
Northern Railway comrany direct
ors declared q regular dividend Of l IA
per cent and an extra ii, itend Of 2
per cent
Euecne Harris fc'l FraIa pecan tree
two miles from liz, Tex receiving
injuries which hi uh"-it!an SAYS viii
prove fatal.
There are. over thirty patients at
the Pasteur institute q Austin. Over
goo cases have been t.ta:ed and al
recover ed except two.
Near Honey Grove. Tex. two mer
fought q blpodless duel Tire weapons
were shotgun and pistol. The shot
gun wa. fired once and the pistol five
t.mes.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Oldest London Shop Front.

The Little Green Shop in CornhlI, -
alias mo. -. alias "Birch'a.' proba
bly, the oldest shop front III London.
has been painted anew after the re-
mOval Of something like POO successive
foats Of Old paint that have been scrap
I'd and burned off. 1t is one of the
most beautiful examples of shop front
carving The authentic history of the
shop dates from the days of Queen
Anne. earlier records having perished
London Antiquary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
A Record In Teachers.

The small Gown of Iayen&tctt. III the
district Of Ecnd;bur-. Germany. can
boast of having had only seven teach
ers in its school il aluo3i four cciitjl-
ries. These brave mcn succeeded elt j
other without Il days interruptirn. Tic
first teacher and sexton was Ehle' Rel
merS who served scveuty->iX years,
from 1916 to 1862. He was followed
by his son. Ties l;ciMcre, 1t;22:}:::. $eT-
enty-one years. No :; was Christian
Schlichtiiig Who taught the Village
children from 11IU to 1884. for forty
four years. He was succeeded Ivy
Peter Truelsen. 1874 to 1871. thirty
years No. 6 was Asmus Heinrich I.o-
renzen. who served from 1911 10 1850,
thirty-six years. and thea he was pen
stoned. Then came No. I, Teacher and
Sexton Drescn. who still has the honor
of pumping The knowledge of the three
RS. besides Il considerable amount Of
geography. history. natural h story.
etc, into the heads of the little laycn-
Stedters.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Citizens Tear Up Track.

Chicago Oct. 1o.-A dispatch 10 the
Tribune from Peoria. H., SAYS. Citi
zens of Peoria Heights, a suburb, tore
up 100 yards Of The track Of the Peoria
Railway company a"d threats were
made of blowing up the company barns
and viaduct. The trouble grow out OF
a franchise. the citizens being dissatis'
fled with the terms offered by the
company The town DEPUTY marshals
are guarding the track II prevent the
company rtlaying its rails
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
AGAINST ppESSNEN.
Typothetas Asks That Eight-iiour Day
sc Not ErfeG6rrcce sri

'Tincinuati. Oct. 10 Several printing
and publishing firms III Chicago, St
Louis. New York aEd Massachusetts
with IA ional officers Of the United
Typothelar. BROUGHT action in the
United States ,ourt asking that the
international Printing Pressmpr and
hssi;ja linton of America be- en-
Joined FROM Fio,ating an agreement If
Jan. l. 1857. BY demanding an eight.
hour day
The petition asks that the union BE-
restrained from calling or institntiug
strikes ~ aiding or assisting in call
ing any strike against against the Tv
ncthetae CT its members lor tn" re.
fusai Of tie TSpctnctae OF any OF its
members to institute the eight-hour
day before Jan |. 1863 or tho closed
shop at na~ time: that it be restrained
from inc ing local unions to institute
strikes AGAINST the Typothetae: from
arranging Tor OF proceeding with 4 ref
erendum vote hy the subordinate
branches Of tn" rressmen's union upon
the subject Of instituting strikes
against tho Typothctae for refusal to
institute the closed shop or eight hour
day aud to enioin the union from pay.
ing out any money az strike benefits
or to furt'lCr the carrying On of any
strike AGAINST the Tyrothetae or any
of the shops of its members.
After le2ri0g+ Arguments judge
Thompson "rauted a temporary in
junction aGa;nst the pressmen, and
set SATURDAY rs the date for hearing
arguments on whether the injunction
shall be made permanent.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Warts.

Recent experiments show that the
popular belief that WARTS are cominu-
nicablc is warranted,' says writer.
''1nOculatiOn of healthy tissue With
blood obtained from II wart will cause
the growth of Il similar cXcrcsccnce
1t is thought that these groWths con
tain an ultra microscopic germ to which
Is due the transmission from one per
son to another. At all events. persons
who have warts should take measures
to have them removed nj once"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
ALMOST A HURRICANE.
Great Inconvenience Caused and Much
Damage Done.

New York. Oct 10.--A storm Of al.
most hurricane force swept over New
York Tuesday, doing much damage
and causing great Inconvenience both
and land end water. Coming i'm az
most without warning. just when the
hard storm of Monday appeared to be
at an end the gale found every one
Ssheets Of binding rain washed out
streets, undermined entertainments and
fences. stove in plat glass windows
and made navigation on the waters
around the city most hazardous for
the time The storm vented much OF
its fury on the Upper West Side.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Mrs. Chadwick Baptized.

Columbus, O.. Oct. 10.-The condition
of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, who is i'll
at the penitentiary. is admitted to be
serious. 1t is thought that Mrs. Chad.
wick will rot live to the end of her
term While lying on her bed ir.
the hospital ward Tuesday Mrs. Chad
wick was baptized in the Roman Cath
Ollie faith
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
CANNOT CURTAiL.
Volume of Orders Rend.rs It Impossi.
BILE to Do So.

Atlanta Oct. 10.-At q meeting of the
Southern Soft Yarn Spinners' associa-
th;rty-siX mills in the association were
represent Il. it was determined. in view
Of tn volume OF orders requiring the
output Of the mills TO operate within
90 per cent of their ca;ia,'ity for the
remaining months of the year. that
It is impos s;ible to curtal productions
for the next thirty days. as had been
advocated. At the meeting Of the to
tai of 800. 900 spindles 254 900 were rep
resented
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10

| have met with some bulls made by
AuStralianS. heard Il clergyman
make this remark at q public meeting
which WAS di~appointingIy small II
am sorry 10 see :" many absent
friends here"
y state school teacher at Queens
cliff, i'll Victoria, had note from the
mother ri one of his pupils requesting
aim not t" fog her boy, thus: You
ire not t" can" my boy. or he will drop
down dead nj Eour door, the same as
ne did at Mrs. Cary'S.'
Another. Being told that So-and-so
was buried in Il stone coffin. said that
was very sensible, aS It would last hin,
lifetime. London Telegraph
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
THIRD BIG BLAZE.
Guests Of Hotel Barely Managed to
Make Their ESCAPE.

Montgomery. Oct 10.-Guests and
proprietor of the Hawkins hotel at
I.uverne. ia. barely escaped with
their lives at | o'clock Tuesday morn
Ing. when The building was destroyed
by fire w Fl. Stoddard, business
man. was rescued in his night clothes
This is the third big fire at this place
in six months The first almost de.
strOyed one side of the town. and the
second practically wiped out the bes:
of the other side.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Exnire, From Wounds.

Admission. Ala, Oct 10.-Frank
Knighton, a street car conductor. was
held up. shot and robbed by two
masked men at the terminus Of the
rar line. He died from his wounds
The conductor was in the act of re-
.ersing the trolley pole when the men
appeared and demanded his money.
They secured only = small amount
they have not been captured.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Turner Convicted,

Chattanooga, Oct. 10.-The jury II,
the case Of Ed Turner of Breathitt
county. Kentucky, charged with the
murder OF his wife on Lookout noun
tain, cutting her throat In April last
brought in verdict of murder in the
first degree after being out only &
few minutes. On the stand Turner
confessed to the murder. He showed
no interest in the verdict
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10

Brenham. Tex. Oct 1o-Mrs NJ. c.
Hoffman i, dead She was lo2 years
old March 81!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Germ. Wheat and Oats.

Washin-tcn, Oct 1o-The aericul
tura1 department renorts the condition
of corn as 78: spring wheat average
Yield, 1871 oats average yield. 90
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
AGED Div;n. Passes Away.

Dresden, Tenn. Get. a--Rey. Well
born Mooney, 4 Methodist Clergyman
nearly sixty years. died here.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Licht Frost In Lamar County.

Paris Tex., Oct. i0.~-There was a
light fro.t in this section Tuesday
night Gardens are damaged
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Mad Cows.

Halls. Tenn. Oct 9-Several mad
cows roining near here have cause
much uneasiness
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Fat Fe'i From Train.

Clarkss IL Tern. Oct 81 Frank
J.sGag. j i.sl.emaa. Ell from q tram
ard 6is d.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
Killed Will. Brakinq.

Wheeling, ". Va. Oct 1o.-While at
work Fred Pope, brakeman. was
fatally hurt.