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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
Hereditary Divorce.

AS a matter of fact, divorces run
In families. The children of a -di-
Vorced mother are the Ikeliest them
selves to contract alliances which the
law will have to sever. There have
been numerous instances of families
of sisters or brothers who have gone
through the divorce courts in almost
unbroken succession. This phenom-
enon sheds some light on the true
causes of divorce and suggests that a
very large proportion of the -separa-
tions which the law countenanoes are
due not to an initial fatal mistake"
nor to complete 'incompatibility," nor
even to the actual misdeeds of either
party, but to mental and tempera-
mental pecuiliarities. Not the insti-
tuition of marriage is at fault, says
Chicago Sun, not the mistaken union
of antipathetic personalities, but the
human nature of one party or the
other to the compact. Divorces are
prevalent in certain families So are
incorrigihle levity, disagreeable dis
positions, unwiIlingness to abide the
consequences of a deliberate act, a
deficient philosophy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
spice of Life in Maine Woods,

The southeast corner of the state
of Maine is a happy remnant of the
ancient wilderness. The railroads
will carry you around it in a day, if
you wish to go that way, making a
big oval of 200 or 800 miles along the
sea, and by the banks of the Penob-
scot, the Mattawamkeag and the ST.
Croix. But if you wisely wish to
cross the oval, writes Henry Van
Dyke, in Scribner's, you must ride, or
go afoot. or take to your canoe; prob
ably you will have to try all three
methods of locomotion, for the coun-
try is a mixed quantity. 1t reminds
me of what l once heard in Stock
hofm-that the Creator when the
making of the rest of the world was
done, had a lot of fragments of land
. and water, forests and meadows,
mountains and valleys, lakes and
moors, left over; and those he threw
togther to make the southern part of
Sweden. l like that kind of a pro-
miscuous country. The spice of life
grows there.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

greater. distress to Cupid. the deity
of an true lovers 1t would seem that
the CLEAN of suddenly acquired mill
lions, as seen through the smoky at
mosphere of Pittsburg, is sufficient to
blind the eyes of love.
William E. Corey was ruined by Mr..
Carnegie, so Mr.. Corey's uncle is re-
ported to have said This was be-
cause Mr. Carnegie put Mr. Corey in
the way of becoming rich. The head
of the great steel trust, looking for
pleasure and thrills in the byways
of life, found only unhappiness- AS
the familiar saying goes, he couldn't
stand prosperity" All the world is
familiar with the story of Mr.. Corey's
spectacular rise in the world of f.
nance and of the alleged escapades
which caused his wife to leave him.
She obtained a divorce last summer
after living In the state of Nevada
long enough to acquire citizenship
under the liberal laws of that state.
In her bill she charged her husband
with desertion, but it generally was
understood that the family happiness
was wrecked by Mr.. Corey's public at
tentions to Mabelle Gilman, an act
ress
Coachman Figures in Many Cases.
The Hartje case of Pittsburg made
the whole country gasp. 1t involved
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

Though Elihu Root, secretary of
state. is a great lawyer and a success
full diplomat, the verbiage of the dip
iomatic papers that bears his name
is not his As = lawyer of large prac-
tice he acquired the habit of direct
ness and incisiveness, which is i'll
suited to the ways and customs of
diplomacy. Realizing this fully. it
was not long after Mr.. Root assumed
the duties OF secretary of state that
he discovered that the safest course
for him to pursue would be to have
one of his assistants clothe in the
formal and stilted language of diplo-
macy every communication of impor-
lance he had to make to a foreign
power Accordingly he has Assistant
Secretary Adee who has been longer
in the state department than any
other high Official there, compose
these communications.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack was Severe.

Chas. w. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and
Adjt. 4th M. S. NJ. Cav. Vols, writes
from Lanham, Nd, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to pat
ent medicines, and still more averse
to becoming a professional affidavit
man, it seems only a plain duty in
the present instance to add my ex-
.perience to the columns already writ
ten concerning the curative powers
of Peruna.
"I have been particularly benefited
by its use for colds in the head and
throat. Ihave been able TO fully cure
myself of most severe attack I'm
f0rty-eighf hours by its use according
to directions. IUse 1t as preventive
whenever threatened with an attack.
Members of my family also use
it for like ailments. We are recon-
mending it to our friends"
-Chas. w. Bowman.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
AIarsuac for 1907.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
Air of Festf~ity in Courtroom.

While Cupid weeps at the sight of
a divorce court, that is more than the
complainant does. One Chicago di-
vorce lawyer says that there is a no
ticeable air of festivity in the court
room when cases are being heard
The average woman who appeals to
the courts for release manifests no
sense of sorrow or humiliation. 1t
is a business proposition with her.
She sues her husband for his cruelty
or desertion and tells the story to the
court in a business-like way. The
uninformed stranger, strolling into
the courtroom, easily might think the
dispute was over a grocery bill or a
ruined gown, rather than a ruined
life. The law says she may have a
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by good fortune, as Mr.. Corey was
said to be. Mr.. White lived for 33
years with the wife of his youth. To-
gether they had planned and worked
to build up the foundations of his
millions. After they had grown old
and rich together they found that love
had flown out through the window
as the millions came pouring in at the
door. Mr.. White left home and Mrs.
White sued for divorce. There was
no public scandal in the case, but it
certainly was enough to make Cupid
weep. He likes to see the white
haired man and wife going down the
hill of life hand in hand. Having
borne the burden of the day together,
they should reconcile themselves to
the calm and peace of the evening.
w. ]. Lemp, the millionaire brewer
of ST. Louis, also had trouble which
resulted in his separation from the
beautiful Mrs Lemp, known in St.
Louis as the "lavendar lady on ac-
count of the prevailing color scheme
of her many beautiful gowns
Four Times as Many Separations.
Among the more famous Chicago
cases of the year might be mentioned
that of Clarence Eddy, the organist.
This was a musical romance, in which
the first discord was struck after near
ly 80 years of married life The 'ar-
tistic temperament" of the great or
ganist is mentioned in connection
with the domestic unhappiness. Cupid
has had trouble from time immemoria1
with the artistic temperament The
separation of the Eddys occurred in
Paris, and Mr.. Eddy first brought suit
in Chicago, but afterward dismissed
his case and secured the divorce in
South Dakota last summer.
The list of the years domestic trag-
edies might be continued almost end
lessly. 1t is no wonder that Cupid
weeps Efforts are being made by d.
vorce congresses and reformers to
cure the evil by a national divorce
law 1t is claimed that If the road
to separation were made more diff
cult to travel thexe would be fewer
divorces and perhaps less unhappi-
ness.
In recent years, while the popula-
ton was increasing 80 per cent, the
number of divorces has risen 900 per
cent The disproportion is increas-
ing rapidly If it keeps on for another
generation there will be divorce for
every marriage
Meantime detected Cupid ponders
the case He knows how to make
people fall in love and marry. but he
can ind no way in which they may
be happy though married He doubts
mucn if legislation against divorce
would compel them to continue to
love one another.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

Ch1cago.-Surely New Years day
must have been the saddest that Gu.
pid ever has spent. When the little
god balances his books for 1906 he
will be compelled to sit down and
weep, for the list of the matrimonial
wrecks of the year shows an awful
number of disasters. There have
been enough domestic jars to shake
the continent worse than the earth
quake shook San Francisco, If they all
had occurred at one instant The
tears that have been shed would make
a salty sea if they could be collected
in the desert basin of Sahara
Indeed, it has been a bad year for
Cupid. Divorces have been more
numerous than in any other twelve
months since marriage became an in
stftution. Princes, dukes, counts,
statesmen, magnateS, and millionaires,
butchers, doctors, grocers, lawyers,
and 1aborers have come to grief in
their love affairs.
In the good old days people married
and lived happily ever after" Now
the problem of the novel begins in
stead of ending at the altar. People
get married and then get divorced
Chicago still leads the world in df-
vorce population, and perhaps in the
facility with which divorce is grant
ed, due cause being shown. The hear
ing of testimony and the granting of
a decree in default cases in this city
takes only a few minutes, and the
average length of time consumed is
estimated at ten minutes by people
who study divorce methods. That
is why the local courts are known as
divorce mills They work with the
speed of a steam buzz saw as they go
through the knots of matrimony. Your
lawyer files the papers, your case
is called, and burr-r--you are di-
vorced.
1t is the women who keep the buzz
saw working in the divorce mills in
Chicago. Four out of five suits are
brought by the wives. The men are
meaner than the women, perhaps;
or else the husbands are more willing
to tough it out without appeals to the
court
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

The census OF 1905 shows much
progress in the beet-sugar industry
OF the United States, showing 81 es-
adjustments, against four in 1880,
says the Baltimore Sun. At present
$55, 3,45S is invested in beet-sugar
production, and the annual product is
worth 4,393,7s4. Most of the in
crease of plant and product has taken
place since 1900, when the output
was worth but $7,323.857- OF the
2,175,417 tons of beets grown in the
census year on 24O,757 acres and cost
ing s11,345, 1855, four-fifths were grown
by contract by independent farmers.
The sugar factories do not grow their
supply of beets to any large extent
Granuiated beet sugar was produced
to the extent of 496,61S,314 pounds.
worth $23, 493,373- Other products
were raw sugar, II ,223, 607 pounds;
molasses, .9,609,642 gallons, and pulp,
worth $2O2,070. The leading states in
beet sugar are Colorado, Michigan and
California, the first producing s7,19S,-
9S2 worth of beet sugar, the second
$5,37S, 004 worth and the, third S4,415,-
172 worth. California and Colorado
irrigate the land used to produce
beets. In Utah a system of pipelines
connects slicing stations with the
central factories. The beets from the
neighboring country are received at
these slicing stations. where the juice
is extracted and treated with a COM
position of lime. after which it is
forced through the pipes to the fac
tories.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
SAD YEAR FOR CUPID
WAS ONE JUST PAST
DOMESTIC JARS FREQUENT AND SEVERE
Matrimonial Wrecks Almost Beyond Counting HuDe
.Streuun the Shores of Lne--West Far Ahead of the
East in the Number of Diuorces That Ha0e
Bean Asked For and Granted

than the loss of the man who has
been her husband.
All this is like a comic opera, but it
makes Cupid weep He has been tell
ing the world for thousands of years
that marriage is a sacred institution,
and now he first discovers that it is
a joke.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riageS in New York is one in four
In Chicago it is one in nine; in San
Francisco it is one in four. The
further west you go the more fire.
quent are divorces. The decree sepa-
ration has hitched its wagon to the
star of empire. Kansas City, Los An
geles, and Seattle are as bad as San
Francisco, in each of these cities there
being one divorce to every. four mar
riages. The statistics for Sioux Falls
are kept locked up in a reporter proof
vault.
The most notable case of the year,
perhaps, was the international tragedy
of the Castellanes. For years the
world had witnessed the extraya-
gances and indiscretions of Count
Boni and wondered how much longer
the poor countess would endure them
for the sake of her children. Ameri-
can sympathy, almost without excep-
ton, has been with Anna Gould, for
however much Jay Gould, the rail-
road magnate, may have been dis
trusted, his daughters always were
popular Count Castellane was a RI
lightly and an exaggerated villain to
those who took it seriously.
IS
When the countess finally left her
husband, people on both sides of the
Atlantic said it served him right. The
matter of separation has been set
tied, but the count still is clamoring
for money-millions of ito pay his
5 debts. Perhaps in the final DISPOSE
ton of the case he will receive an
allowance even greater than the ali
mony of Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont, who
draws $780, 900 year from her former
husband, w. K. Vanderbilt. Count
Castellane is said to have cost $751;
900, 900 when the Gould family first
bought his title and it probably will
take as much more for them to be rid
of their bad bargain.
The domestic wreck of the Marlbor-
oughs was more of a surprise to the
world. There had been rumors of
disagreements, but these were not
thought to be serious. The duke of
Marlborough, like the count de Cas-
te1lane, was not able to understand
the character of American girls. They
might be attracted by a title, but they
would not submit to the indiscretions
lit is a mild word-of their hus-
bands. 1t was said at the time Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt married the duke
that she had made the best bargain
of any American girl that ever
bought a foreign lordling, but her
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
THE FIRST TWINGE
Of rheumatism Calls for DR.. Williams
Pink Pills If You Would Be
Easily Cured.

Mr.. Frank Little, a well known citf-
zen of Portland, Ionia Co., Mich, was
cured of a severe case of rheuma tiSm
by Dr. Williams Pink Pills. In speak
ing about it recently, he said: MY
body was run down and in no condi-
ton to withstand disease and about
i've years ago I began to feel rheu-
matte pains in my arms and across
my back. My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle in every joint so that 1 could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. was unable to
sleep or rest well and my heart pain
ed me SO terribly could hardly stand
it. My stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
so bad that / had Inflammation of
the stomach. I was extremely nerv-
Gus and could not bear the least
Eoise or excitement One whole side
OF my body became paralyzed.
AS I said before, 1 had been sum
ering about five years and seemed to
be able to get no relief from my
doctors, when a friend here in Port
land told me how DIR. Williams Pink
Pills had cured MIN of neuralgia in
the face, even after the pain had
drawn it to one side. I decided to
try the pills and began to see some
improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep ON until
l was entirely cured. have never
had a return of the rheumatism or Of
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by all drug.
gists or sent. postpaid, on receipt Of
price. SO cents per box, six boxes
$3.50, by the DIR. Williams Medicine
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grave charges against Mrs. Hartje
and her cOachman and counter
charges on the part of the wife that
she was the victim of a conspiracy,
in which her husband-the man she
had loved and with whom she had
lived-sought to blast her reputation
by hired and perjured testimony. This
was one of the most notorious domeS-
tic tragedies ever aired in any court
of any land. 1t was worse even than
the Tagagrt case. Alone it was enough
to make the year memorable in the
matter of divorce.
In contrast with this the trouble of
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes and Wilson
Miner were almost farcical. Mr..
Yerkes, the traction magnate, died
in New York in December last under
circumstances that called the atten-
ton of the whole world to his widow.
Although they had not been living to-
gether tremendously during the later
years of his life, Mrs. Yerkes declared
that her husband had never ceased
to love her, and that she was devoted
to his memory.
Yet within a month it was an
nounced that Mrs. Yerkes had mar
ried Wilson Miner. At first the pub
lie refused to believe it. Miner was
not 80 and the widow of Yerkes was
more than So He was a gay young
soldier of fortune, and people only
laughed when he smiled and admitted
that the marriage had taken place,
especially as Mrs. Yerkes tearful1y
and Indignantly declared that the idea
was absurd.
But the news was true. Miner and
Mrs. Yerkes were man and wife Be
fore people were through talking
about the case the couple quarreled
and parted and remained apart 1t
vas said, though not known to be
true, that Mr.. Miner had insisted
upon her giving him 100000, and
that she had refused. After the sep
arafion Mrs Yerkes-Mizner explained
the marriage by saying: Mr. Miner
came to me at a time when was
looking at life through eyes that were
filled with tears He was an artist
He enchanted me. The way was APP
preached first startled and amazed
me, then captivated me-" But within
few days she discovered, she says,
that the young man did not love her.
The case was a nine days joke to the
public, but it was a great shock to
Cupid, who insists that all matters
pertaining to love be taken seriously.
Cupid and Senator Piatt-
Senator Thomas c. Plat of New
York is reported as saying: 1T is
better to be wise than to be rich,
and that "A good wife is the best of
All a mans n<,SseSsione Yet Soma
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26
Autocratic RevivaIists.

The earl and countess of Tanker
vile have been holding crowded re-
ligious meetings in Shropshire, Eng
land. Both are much interested in
this kind of work. The countess was
Miss Lenora Van Marter, an American
girl, and the earl spent much of his
youth in this country. He is an ener-
getic member of the house of lords
and, like his wife, a great lover of art
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

Damages of $4,000 because of an ac-
ctdent that incapacitated her from
dancing should make a Milwaukee
belle satisfied just to think Of former
vaxed floor triumphs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

Seeing that she was a woman
and that he did not wish to be hard
upon her" Rangoon magistrate re
Gently fined Burmese prisoner
for being in Illicit possession of four
balls of opium. $3.50. with the alterna-
tive of six months rigorous impris-
Dnment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

Give Defiance Starch fair trial
Try it for both hot and cold starching,
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give
you back your money.
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Trademark for Ireland.

Ireland now has trademark with
which her products are to be stamped.
A penalty may be inflicted for it's i'm
proper use.
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present unhappiness proves that the
belief was unfounded
Among the wrecks of the year none
has caused more comment than the
-Pittsburg cases." which include the
tragical unhappiness of the Thaws,
the Coreys, and the Hartjes. and GER
tainly no other cases have caused
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:, good wife, II WHIST he says be true
Or II his wife was good, as she de-
eiares she was. then the aged New
York senator was not wise enough to
keep her. He is not the first man
marked by Cupid, however, as being
unable to live up to his own epigrams-
When the separation of the P1atts
occurred few months ago Mrs Plat
defied her husband, Notwithstanding
the charges he made, and threatened
to bring suit against him She in
sisted that he should give her share
of his riches She is quoted as say
ing HE bought my. beauty; now let
him pay for it, If the senator did
not pay in money, at least he paid in
sorrow and humiliation and loss of
dignity-paid to the last farthing.
Love Leaves After Many Years.
1t is small wonder that Senator Platt
declared in one of his latest inter-
views that his life as he baH lived it
was not worth the living" and that
if he had the years back he would
spend them differently. Rich and
powerful as he is he finds nothing in
his old age to compensate him for the
disrupted home.
w. ]. White, the chewing gum mag
nate of Cleveland, was the central
figure in one of the domestic wrecks
of the year. Perhaps he was spoiled
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

divorce. and she proposes to get it
That is all If her husband has a
good position or a bit of property, she
asks for alimony. The struggle for
some form of maintenance sometimes
becomes strenuous, showing that the
woman regrets the loss of the man
who has been her support rather more
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-01-26

cupid ana senator Fiatt-
Senator Thomas c. Plat of New
York is reported as saying: 1T is
better to be wise than to be rich,
and that "A good wife is the best of
all a mans possessions" Yet Sena-
tor Plat was not wise enough to get
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-24
ORGANIZES BOARD
Chairman w. r. Carey of Su-
pervisors Names Committees
for the New Fiscal Year
At THE MORNING SESSION
Invoice of County lnfirmary Shows
$12,3es.5o in Personal Proper
ELIMINATES Number 1874.

The organization of the new county
board of supervisors was completed
this morning, when Chairman w. R.
Carey announced the appointments of
the standing committees The commit
tees as appointed this morning are
made up as follows:
Finance-Lees, Garrett, Pfoh, Shat.
berg. and Little.
Rules-Battles. Matthews, Hays.
Ramser. and Hogberg.
Advertising and State Institutions
WOODBURY., Oswald, Rausch, Quade,
and Filbert.
Fees and Salaries - Matthews.
Wadsworth, Battles, Stroehle, ami
Richmond
Public Expenditures Oswald
Quade, and Cool.
Jail and Jail Accounts.-Heck, Hdr.
ris, and Weckel.
Poor.-Wilcher. Hogberg, Ramser
Wait, and Hofer.
County Infirmary.-Whiteside, Doer.
| ing, and Filbert.
| Miscellaneous. - Hofer, Don, and
WOODBURY..
Roads and Bridges.-Eipper, Rausca
and Swanson.
| Education-Don,S hallberg, Garrett
Wait, and Pfoh.
| Town and Town ACCOMPLISHMENT
son. Weckel, Wadsworth Little, ana
Richmond
| Judiciary.-Carey, Lees, and White
side.
Cruelty to Misunderstanding, Heck
Harris, Hays, and Cool.
Ways and Means-Stroehle, clipper
and Wilcher
| Infrmary Inventory.
The inventory and report of the coun
tty infrmary for the year ending Jan
/, 1907, was received by the board, anC
shows a total of 124 inmates. The to
tai number of weeks board is 5.611
and the total number of days is re
ported at 39,577. The cost of board
lper week per capita is reported at S1.70
The total collected from inmates whit
support themselves, or are not count,
charges, was $1,064.94, and the repor
shows $1,595 on hand The persona
property of the farm is invoiced a
l$12,39S.50
Petition for Assistance.
The board this morning received pc
titions from the county treasurer AM
the county superintendent of school
: asking for authority to secure offic
. assistance during the summer months
: The petitions were referred back TO
! more specific statements of the he'll
; needed.
H. " Fisher has petitioned the boar
to give him a deed to certain swan
lands of which the title is not clea1
The cloud on the title comes from tn
failure of the county to execute a dee(
some fifty years ago.