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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
DAYS OF FINANCIAL STRESS
MAKE FARM LANDS LOOK
RICH.

A staff contributor of a southern
newspaper has taken up the question
OF the return to the farm of many who
had forsaken it for the glitter of the
city. He says: 1T is a well known
fact that the history of this Govern
ment shows that those men who have
been most successful in life and who
have left their impress upon its peo-
pie and its institutions as statesmen,
soldiers, financiers-have as rule
been those whose youth was spent on
the farm, and it is to such as these
that there comes with overmasterins
power THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
More especially does it come with re-
doubled persuasiveness, greater pow
er and sweeter pleading to the man of
affairs when the clouds of financial
unrest begin to darken the sky; when
the cry of panic causes people to lose
their wits and act like stampeded cat
tie; when with reason or without
reason there arises before him the
specter of ruin, grinning in his face
and waving its gaunt arms in threat
ening gesticulation.
The pitiable state into which some
men were brought by the recent finan-
cial furry, which happily is now
EeAoo0o,
Some were ruined and very few be-
came insane because Of their losses.
Two or three took their own lives.
1t is when such times come that the
statesman, the great financier, and
the man of affairs becomes tired OF
the struggle. He lays down his pen,
turns from his desk and listens to
the CALL OF THE SOIL.
There are hundreds 0f cases
throughout the United States of those
who have money in the banks and are
looking for investment in lands. No
investment is better or safer Take,
for instance, the lands in Western Can
ada that can be bought at from SO to
SIS per acre which yield a revenue
equal to and often greater than their
original cost. Those lands make
certain investment. During the past
two months large investments in
these lands have been made, some in
tending to use the lands for farming
purposes of their own. Others to re-
sell to farmer friends. The agents of
the Government of Canada located at
different points throughout the United
States have in their possession par
ticulars of districts in which there are
free homestead grants of 16O acres
each accessible to railways, markets,
schools, churches, &c. These are val
liable lands These agents will be
pleased to give information to any de-
sirous of securing, and will tell all
about the railway rates, &c
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Abruzzi is estimated at 81. OO0. goo. He
has less than his brothers. owing to
the fact thef he has met personally the
expenses Ii his various expeditions,
but thePe s1-still more property yet to
be Invited among the brothers. He
mas q p-ivate income from his moth
.r's ess ae of about $4,000 a year. As
IN admiral of the royal navy, he re-
eeives an annual salary of about
$4,000 and from the royal treasury he
Ireceives close to 00,00. year.
As tie duke spends nearly all his
ime exploring the wilds and the most
dangerous corners of the world, it is
reasonable to suppose that his wife
FlH be his companion in his future
Expeditions. As Miss Elkins is thor
tough sportswoman, she is doubtless
las capable as any man of scaling
Fnountafn peaks. She has even init
lnated e ome of her very intimate
iIT u1ens that she and the duke will
.eR nd their honeymoon in an expedi-
vrR tf5 some out of the way corner of
I n Globe
Fl Met at Washington Ball.
The. duke met Miss Elklns at ball
n Washington given by Mr. and Mrs
Larz Anderson. Col Bromwell, aide
TO ETeSlQGnI Roosevelt, introduced the
handsome young Italian prince to the
senator's daughter.
p very body in Washington exerted
G4l@ fselves to entertain the duke when
he vas here officially, but it was left
TO Miss Elkins to make the ten-strike
J Let me do something for you," she
said, chatting one day with the duke
Fiji give you a dinner, a dance or a
ttheater party"
/ iii take them ALL answered the
duke promptly.
!, So, one day, many of the friends of
Miss Elkins received cards to a dinner
in honor of the duke of the Abruzzi
After the dinner Miss Elkins an
nounced that they would attend the
theater, and off they were whirled in
autos. After the theater the entire
party was whizzed up to Rauscher's,
the Sherry's of Washington, where
Mrs Elkins had invited a party for
dancing.
To his amazement the duke had en-
joyed a dinner, the theater and a
dance all in one evening
But that is nothing new for Miss
Elkins- She has always had her own
way. She is the only daughter of the
senator by his second marriage She
is a girl of brilliant mind, much origin
atty and pronounced will power
If, by rare chance, she should be
caIed on to grace a throne Washing
ton knows she would do it we'll
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party reached SO degrees 80 minutes
north, beating Nansen and holding the
worlds record until Peary beat it.
[ shzere isa strain Of old time chival
~ in Prince 45ouls -1nat mas deures1
largely as an incentive to hts 80 u
OF daring He may be said to have IL.
herited it from his father, the lste
duke of Aosta, who was such ~ d
reminder of the knights of the mi "a e
ages that he seemed to be out of ia &c
in modern government
Elected to the throne Of 81 ain,
which he accepted only with the ut
most reluctance and from sens of
duty, he contemptuously abandoned it
after three years, rather than submit
to political compromises which = ere
rendered necessary by the situaT son.
but which constituted too greac a
strain upon his conscience
King Amadeus Respected
The Spaniards are perha1B the
proudest nation in Europe, ard II q
people are imbued with a sense go
sonal dignity which is carried orterR
times to absurd lengths. The { isdafn-
full manner in which King Amadeus
flung aside his scepter and doffed his
crown because he could not reconcile
his notions of honor and chivalry with
theirs created a profound impression
among them. Although he was never
loved, it is doubtful whether Spain
ever had ruler more deeply and uni
versally respected.
The ex-king was the only prince of
the blood of his day who could claim
the tue of battle-scarred veteran,
and who could boast of having been
IoI T.,
battle of Cusstozza, in the war of 1866,
in which he commanded one of the di-
visions of the third corps of the
italian army. His son, the duke of
the Abruzzi too, bears honorable
marks of injuries sustained on the bat
tlefelds, not of war, but of geograph-
ical science. One OF his hands lacks
three fingers, frozen off in his memoir
able Polar expedition. The account Of
that trip, by the way, is entitled Far
Their North Than Nansen.''
The duke was born in Madrid while
his father had the throne. 4 was
only a few days prior to the abdication
of Amadeus, and he was baptized not
only as a prince of Savoy, but also as
an infanta of Spain.
His Name Free from Scandal.
Clean-lived and with his name I'M
touched by any kind of scandal, he en-
tertains the most romantic affection
for his aunt, Queen Marguerite, who
played the part of a mother to him
after the death of Queen Victoria,
while he was yet in infancy He has
shown his devotion in many touching
ways When he scaled and explored
Ruwenzori, he gave her name to it's
loftiest peak. He is the third of three
brothers, the two elder being the duke
of AOsta and the count of Turin He
has also half-brother, Count Salemi,
the issue of his fathers marriage to
Princess Letitia Bonaparte
The fortune of the duke of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
Emperor DisIikes "Fiats.u

Emperor William of Germany COM
mends the English dwelling house sys-
tenn as against the fiat system preva-
lent in Berlin and other German cities.
THE houses even of the poorest
wOrkmen,' said the emperor, "have a
comfortable, homelike atmosphere
with an abundance of flowers inside
and outside"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
THE LIVING ROOM.
IL Should at All Times Be "Livahies
Room.


What to do with the living room il
a problem that confronts every house
keeper. The living room should be
-oom-a Hvable room. 1t is the room
In which the most of our time at
home is spent, the hours we have for
leisure, the time we have for play,
the place where we entertain our
friends and it g absolutely essential
that the walls and furnishings of the
living room should be harmonious in
color, suitable in texture, and durable
in material.
The rich, soft, solid colored walls
are the ideal walls for the living
rooms. They make a better back
ground for pictures. throw the furni-
ture out in better relief, are less dis
cordant with rugs and carpeting, and
indicate higher degree of taste and
culture than do the colored mon
strosities which we paste on when we
apply wall paper.
Who ever saw roses climbing up a
plastered wall growing out of hard
wood floor? Yet, that is what we
suggest to the imagination when we
paste paper covered with roses on
our walls. They are neither artistic
nor true. Roses are all very beauti-
full, but they were never made to
climb up interior walls and they do
not grow from hardwood flooring
The set figures of wall paper are also
tiresome and equally disagreeable and
repellant
The alabastined wall is the only
correct form of tinted or solid col
ored wall. Fortunately it is the only
clean way, and more fortunately it Is
the only permanent way; the only
way that does not involve the end
less labor in the future.
In lighting the walls some thought
must be given the color. Light colors
reflect $3.50 of the light thrown upon
them. Dark colors reflect but 1879.
Lighting bills can be saved by choos-
ing a color which will reflect the
largest degree of light. In north
rooms use warm colors or colors
which reflect light. In south and
west rooms sometimes the light can
be modified by the use of darker
colors. Dark green's absorb the light:
light yellows reflect it; browns mod
ify it, and so on, through the scale
of colors. The color scheme of a
room not only is dependent upon the
color of the carpetings but it is also
dependent upon the light Of the room.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
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Out of the Mouths of eabes.

Little Arthur stood peering down
Into the countenance of his baby SIS
ter. whom the nurse was singing to
Sleep
Say, nurse" he finally whispered.
its nearly unconscious, isn't it?''
The nurse nodded in the affirmative
and sang on.
Then don't sing any more. or your
kill it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
It Cures While Won WALK.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
not, sweating, calious, and swollen, aching
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Address Allen S. Olnsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Power, be it ever so great, has not
half the might of gentleness.-Hunt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Each one does best who does his
pest for one day at time, and then
refreshes himself with the knowledge
that he can do it better on the next
Semplor1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Garfield Tea, the herb medicine, in
sures healthy action of liver, kidneys,
patton and sick-headache. Write Garfield
Tea Co., Brooklyn, n. V, for free samples
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsIGHTI,Y,
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large OF. package. 5 cents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
Misunderstood.

Visitor-What lovely cut glass you
have, Mrs. Chump.
Mrs. Chump Indignantly They
hain't a bit of that cut. We paid full
price for all of it. We don't have to
go to no bargain sales
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
Chocolate Pie! Chocolate pie:

The more you eat the more you want IL
they are made from "OUR-PIE'' Prepara-
ton. Try it and tell your friends how easy
1t is to make delicious chocolate pies
Three varieties-Lemon, Chocolate and
Custard-at grocers, 10 cents a package
Put up by D-Zerta Co., Rochester n. Y"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Patient endurance attaineth to all
tnings.-St. Teresa.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Let him who would move the world
drst move himseIf.-Socrates.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

Political Mass Meetings Forbidden,
emma strictly prohibits the holding
OF mass meetings for political purposes
In all parts Of the empire.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
Umportant to Mothera.


Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children, and see that il
Bears the ~
Signature of&ZSzZw
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
Didn't Want 70 Paw Mor.

Didn't Want to Pay More.
You are fined ten dollars for CON
tempt of court
m glad, judge, that this is not a
higher court.-Harper's Wtekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02
CONCERNING THE OLD MAN.

A man whose boy comes home from
school and wants help on his lesson
realizes that little learning is dan
gerOus thing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-23

He halted moment to listen. The sound of his horses hoofs stopped, but the echo went on. It was no echo, then. He was not the only traveller that way! He pricked his horse with the spur. Regaining the road, he heard the tim bers of the bridge still sounding. He touched his horse again and went Tor ward briskly. He had no reason to as sociate his fellow travellers errand with his own. but he was sure that when General Stenovics ordered dis patch he would not be pleased to learn that his messenger had been passed Dy another wayfarer on the road.
 But the stranger, too. was in hurry, 1t seemed. Markart could not shake him of. On the contrary. he drew nearer. The road was still broad ana good. Markart tried canter. The stranger broke into canter "At any rate, 1t makes for good time," thought Markart, suiling uneasily. In fact, the two found themselves drawn into q sort of race. On they went. covering r the miles at quick, sustained trot. ex- hilarating to the men, but rather . strain on their horses. Both were well
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-23

of the princes affairs there. The prince burst eagerly into the dining room in the tower of Praslok, where Sophy sat alone. He seemed full of triumphant excitement, almost boyish in his glee. It is at such moments that hesitations are forgotten and the last reserves broken down.
 "AIy guns." he cried. "My guns! They've started on their way. They're due in Slavna in a month";
 "In month"; she murmured softly. "Ah. them
 "Our company will be ready too. We'll march down to Slayna and peet the guns" He laughed. "oh, I'll be very pleasant to Slavna now, just as you advise me. We'll meet them with smiles on our faces" He came up to her and laid bis hand on hers. You've done this for me-" he said. smiling still, yet growing more grave.
 It'll be the end of this wonderful time, of this our time togetherF
 "Of our time at Praslok-not of our time together. What. Won't Lieuten- ant Baroness Dobrava march with her batteryy'
 She smiled dOubtfully, gently shak- ing her head. Perhaps. But when we get to Slavna- Oh, I'm sorry that this times 90 Eearly done!"
 He looked at her gravely for a few moments. making perhaps a last quick calculation-undergOing perhaps a last short struggle. But the red star glowed against the pallor of her face. Her eyes were gleaming beacons.
 Neither the guns nor the men nor SIavna-no. nor the crown. when that time comes-with0ut your he said.
 She rose slowly. tremblingly. from her chair and stretched out her hands in an instructive protest. "Monsei- gneur-.' Then she clasped her hands, setting her eyes on his and whispering again. yet lower. "Monseigneur!-
 Marie Zerkovitch says fate sent you to Kravo1ia. l think she's right Fate did-my fate. I think it's fsted that we are to be together to the end. So- phy-
 A step cTesked on the old stairs. Marie zeTkovitch was coming down from her room on the floor above. The door of the dining room stood open, but neither Of them beard the step. They were sngrossed. and the sound | passed unbseEef-
 Standing there. with hands still eIasped and eyss stiI bound to his. she spoke again and Marie Zerk0vitch stood by the dor and heard tbe qaick ret clear words. bsrself fascinated. u1- abe to move CT speak
 I've meant Eothins of h rvs tHczsht nofhtnE of IL I see1 to have
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-23

T1HE Prince of Slavna's answer to
 the intimation of his fathers
 wishes was dutiful. courteous
 and discreetly diplomatic. The prince was much occupied with his drills and other occupations. He avail ed himself of Max von Hollbrandt's practlced pen. The guest was glad to do his royal host this favor.
 They talked over the sense of the re- ply. Max then drafted it. The prince did no more than amend certain ex- pressions which the young diplomatist had used. Max wrote that the prince cordially sympathized with the kings wishes; the prince amended to the ff- feet that he thoroughly understood them. Max wrote that the prince was prepared cordially and enercstically 10 co-operate in their realiza ton; the prince preferred to be prepared to con Eider them in a benevolent spirit Max suggested that two or three months postpOnement of the suggested journey would not in itself be fatal; the prince insisted that such a delay was essential in order that negotiations might be set On foot to insure his being welcomed with due empressement Max added tlat the later date would have an in- cidental advantage since it would 0b- yiate the necessity of the princes inter rupting the important labors on which he was eng8 ged: the prince said instead thst. in his judgment. 1t was essential in the interests Of the Kingdom that the task of trafuinE tbe artillery should not be intsrfered with by any other Ob- ject. however well worthy of cOnsid eration that object might be
 In the result the draft as amended though not less courteous CT dHtifHi than Max's original. was nOticeabiy more stih. Translate them both into the te-se and abrupt speech of every day life and ore said. I'd rather mol please" while the other came at least very near to a bsznk T vOa-t-- Max-s was acquiescsuce cgapiei with a pray- CT for postpOuement The pTincp's was p0sfpunement. with an accomplnyi1E assurance of respectfuI eDuzi1e1atiOa-
 Max vas nOr hurt but he felt prB- fszsanal diszppcoFal The prince had szid nore and shsva noxe of his uind
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-23

His brief word broke up the conIef- ence. It had already lasted longer than suaye and reassuring Dr. Natchen would have advised. The men went away with a smile, all of them. the king, Stenovics, Stafnitz, round faced Markart, each smiling according to the quality of each, their smiles answering to Max von Hollbrandt's shrug of the shoulders. There are things which bring men to what painful youth was taught to call the least common denominator. A horse race does it, prize fight, a cricket match, a battle, too, in some sort. Equally efficacious very often, though it is to be recorded with reluc- tance, is a strong irritation with no proper issue obvious.
 The matter was grave. yet all the men laughed. The matter was grave, and Countess Ellenburg did not laugh. Was that what Stafnitz called hel views and her temperament? In part, no doubt. Besides, men will laugh at the side issues of the gravest affairs. It is not generally the case with wo' man. Added again to this, perhaps Countess Ellenburg knew more or di- vined more Among glaring diversity there was perhaps something, an atom, of similarity between her and Sophy- not the something which refuses, but the something which couples high con- ditions with assent. The thousandth chance is to most men negligible. To most women it is no worse than the tenth. Their sense of mathematical odds is sorely and sometimes magnifi- gently imperfect.
 It had flashed across Countess Ellen brrgs mind that maybe Sophy, too, played for a big stake, or. rather, lived for it and so would die. The men had not thought of that. To them the vio' lent filtration had its obvious end and its passing inconvenience. It might de lay the princess departure for awhile. It might make his marriage more en- tirely an affair of duty and of state With this idea they smiled and shrug. ged. The whole business came under the head which in their thoughts and their confidential conversations they would style nonsense.
 It was not so with the countess. Dis concerted by that episode of Lepage and young Alexis, more moved by the sudden appearance of Baroness Do' braya as a factor in the game, she re- turned to prayer.
 What novy v1as the form and matter of her prayer? The form must go un. formulated and the words unconjec' tured. Yet she prayed so long that she must have succeeded in putting a good face on her petitions.
 It is probable that she prayed fol others as she prayed for herself. She prayed that the Prince of Slavna and the Baroness Dobrava might escape temp tation.
 Or that if they fell Again it was not for her to dictate to Heaven. Heav. en had its ways of dealing with such sinners.
 Yet through all her prayers must have echoed the words, Its absurd"' She prayed again most likely against being suspected of wishing that the man who uttered them, her husband, might soon be dead.
 The king dead and the prince a slave to love-to the idle hours of an un- profitable love! It was a fine vision and needed a vast deal of covering with the veil of prayer