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The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

II NIr. James Sch0olcraft Sherman IS
OF the school that affects 10 think the
Vice Presidency a small potato. he VIII
kindly wear a look Of paine6 surprise
when the committee waits on him to-day
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

So far as that recent heat wave is con-
cerned. the Thermometer was very much
up against It. as you might say.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

ChautaUqua lecturers making q spe-
riots in the South would hardly make
more money than they could count by
working the Illinois circuits this year
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

Il care nothing for the yelling OF the
politicians. says M Roosevelt. SJul. il
isn't recorded that he laid aside the tele-
phone for even a minute while his rame
vas being cheered II the late Chicago
convention
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18
No Escape for the Turk.

Frum the New YORK American.
The best constitution on earth. however,
wiz not save the American turkey.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

When a man IS in love with a woman
the woman always knows It first says
the Houston Chronicle Yes. indeed; and
fargets il last
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

"A Pittsburg girl offers $50 for a hus-
band" says a contemporary She Will
doubtless get one worth exactly and pre-
cisely So cents.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

BIZ Taft is so anxious TO be open and
above5oard about everything that he
didn't even ask the newspaper boys not
10 mention the fact that Mr.. John Hays
Hammond had been to see him says
the Ohio State Journal This also shows
that Mr.. Taft is tactfUl, as well as can
did
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

Sprinkling the roads with crude petro-
leum is said 10 dispose Of the dust prob
lem entirely. This is where Mr.. John D.
Rockefeller wins again. Of course.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

The next time you read in a popular
novel the old reliable line. He dropped
his eyes" DO not conclude that the
heroine is wearing a sheath skirt al the
moment
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

We have already had psychic cruelty. %
circular insanity brain storms, and
"demenria Americana Wonder what
sort Of new-fansled bush0use business
the Hams shooting VIII producer
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18
Terse Talk.

7 want work. declared Chucka Bluff
You mean you won't work" retorted
the citizen addressed
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

Lehued Ali Bey is believed 10 be in
vestiEatiaS the feasibility Of returning 10
Turkey via the north pole
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

II the Young Turks succeed IN break
ing up all the Turkish harems. there viii
soon be more star-eyed grass widows al
large IN the Ottoman empire than there
are red-haired rnan-hUnters In Grandold-
texas and then some
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

a British nobleman arrived in New
York on Saturday IN the sreerage. It
isn't often that the steerase and the
peerage get mixed up in tha- fashion.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

The German Kaiser has 1orty-dve cas-
Ties. not counting the numerous ones de
has built in The air from time 10 time.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

II AIr. Tafts most Formidable .-cuss''
word is re-, Uncle joe Cannon
should have been made The Vice Presi-
dental nominee. IN order 10 balance
things up.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-18

The New York Tribune tells its readers
that Mr.. Bryan-s speech is made up Of
sophistry and attempts 70 forecast how
ably Mr.. TafJ viii carry out the policies
begun by 8Ir. Roosevelt It says
.-AIr. Bryan's argument tr5t the Re
publican party has been IN power. with
the exception OF two administrations ever
since the civiI war. and that. therefore.
the economic abuses that exist are due
10 the Republican party and 1t IS incapa-
bic Of remedying them, is sOphistical- The
vast concentration Of capital. with us
abuses. is q recent development. extend
ing only over a period in which the Demo
cratic party has been il power half. or
nearly half, the time. and the correction
OF the abuses has already been under
taken by a Republican administration IN
q spirit which promises complete success
The worst Of them have already been
wiped out. and the work Of Mr.. TafJs s
administration viii be 20 continue that
OF the present one. II the responsibility
for the evils can be fairly fixed in the
way in which Mr. Bryan seeks TO FIX it
which we admit only for the sake Of the
a-gument-it must be divided between
the two parties. while the credit for
remedying them belongs 10 the Republican
party alone
The issue IS whether the RepubIican
party shall be permitted TO go on with
the work which IL is doing well Ol
whether that task shall be intrusted tC
the Democratic party. which has shown
no. capacity TO do more than 70 talh
about the evils Shall il be left 20 a
careful and able administrator like 8Ir
Taft or to an inexperienced visionary
Ike AIr. Bryan2 Both declare the sams
purpose. though their methods are a,
( far apart as the poles In equipment fol
/ il thsre is no room Tor comparison And
we viii stake the conscience OF Mr. Taft
/ against Mr. Brysns much-paraded mora
/ apparatus any day OF the three hundred
and sixty-flvs
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

discovered how overwhelming was my
alteration for her that 1 would never
let her get away from me. l dreamed
of her, and soon 1 realized that she
was the woman for whom 1 had always
been pining. 1 promised myself that
I would make her my wife some time,
and my determination cannot be
shaken"
To-day, in some secluded corner of
this continent or across the sea, Jared
Cook and F'loretta Whaley are waiting
for the law to take it's course and set
the man free; and in Hartford beau
tiful woman with prematurely white
hair and eyes from which the joy of
living has faded, is waiting-for what?
For the law to set her free from the
man who was untrue to his vows, and
who thereby brought disgrace on her
household and wrecked her life? Per-
haps. But it is more likely that.
being woman, loving, steadfast
woman, she is waiting, with arms out
stretched, for the return of the lover
and husband of her youth. And that
silent, heart-wringing message may
reach across oceans and continents
and find a repentant man.
And who but Floretta Whaley will
pay the terrible price of his fall and
repentance?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
PATH FINDING eY INSTINCT.
Remarkable Sense Displayed by Black
foot HaIfbreed Scout.

That the true scout is both born
and made is the argument of writer
in the London Times, who says: He
has, for example, the capacity of re-
Numbering everything he sees on a
journey-the same capacity which
was possessed by Capt. Cook, the fam
Gus circumnavigator, who would take
a walk through the streets of London
and remember all the names above all
the many shops he passed without
ilar1y a red Indian who takes jour
ney will remember everything he
passes-every tree, open space, stream
ON the whole length of the trail
In some cases an even more remark
able instinct for path finding is re-
vealed. Thus Col. S. B. Steele, who
commanded Strathcona'S Horse in
South Africa and has known all the
famous western scouts and prairie de-
tectives, once told me that a Black
foot half-breed employed years ago
by the Northwest mounted police was
the best guide he had ever met. pos
sessing. as he did, an almost uncanny
sense of locality and direction
"Others could guide travellers
through country they had visited be-
fore. But this man, who was made
chief of his nation or tribe, could
take a party from place to place by
the quickest route, through country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

cided that they could not live apart
and they proceeded to eIope, settling
in Cody, Wyo. There they faced the
stern realities of life The paternal
allowance ceased The young man
knew nothing of the gentle art of
earning a livelihood. The woman in
the case was game. She tried to find
solution of their problem-a bare
liying-but the man recalled the pa
tient wife, the wellkept home, the
welcome that never failed, the placid
corner to which he could always turn
when he wearied of his gayer compan-
ions. In the wilds of Wyoming he left
the object of his sudden and inexplic-
able grand passion and returned to his
first love.
Is it hard to picture the hopeless
ness of the second woman deserted?
Then there was the famous Acer do
mestic reunion. Frank Adams Acer
married beautiful Miss Addie Estelle
Tilt in April, 1897. Two children were
born to them and all was apparently
happy until the green-eyed monster
invaded their perfectly appointed
home. Mrs. Acer proved her right to
a divorce on statutory grounds, but
the name of the correspondent was
kept secret. Two years passed, stormy
years, during which the husband-fa-
Their longed for wife, home and babies
And finally he won them all back. Mr..
and Mrs. Acer were remarked on
November 9, 1904, and are happy.
But what of the third party, 1.-The
woman in the case?" After all, is she
not the greater sufferer-for she has
not public nor private sympathy?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

New York. - F1oretta Whaley, de-
serted by her clergyman-lover, Jared X
Cook, is a wreck, was flashed over the
wires one beautiful August morning
"F'loretta Whaley, deserted by her
clergyman-lover, wreck" was the
legend printed in foot-high letters on
Park rows bulletin boards.
Men and women hurrying to and
from the bridge paused an instant,
shrugged their shoulders and muir
INJURED: well, what else would you
expect from such an elopement?"
Mrs. Hart Mckee sues for d.
vorce," whispered the cables under
the sea.
Mrs. Hart Mckee sues for divorce"
echoed thousands of newspaper head
lines all over America
And again the world shrugged it's
shoulders and murmured: We'll, what
would you expect when their marriage
broke up homer"
Later the Whaley news was denied
and relatives of the girl declared that
nothing had been heard from her She
was dead to them. The day of forgive
ness was past.
The Hart Mckee announcement
was not denied.
The two stories stand in public opin-
ion for dishonor and unhappiness-
and why?
Because public opinion, that most
volatile and restless of barometers, has
shifted its viewpoint once more.
Time was when an elopement held
every element of romance, and the
world applauded, writes Anna Steese
Richardson in the New York World
Those were the days when young peo-
pie oftentimes unnecessarily stole
away with Dan Cupid, when an un-
reasonable parent could be made to
see light by no other means. Then
followed the period when, at rare in
tervals, a young woman ran away
with a married man, or, more rarely
still, young man, like feudal baron
of the olden days, stole away the wife
of his neighbor- To be sure, these
cases startled the community in which
they occurred, but scandal gradually
died before the excuse: 1T is a case
of the grand passion She was the
one woman in the world for him and
it is wrong for two unloving persons to
live together"
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wife like an angel armed with

wife like an angel armed with q
sword?
And who can truly picture the mis-
cry of the second wife, the woman who
had come between? y.
To-day the gossips of Broadway
whisper of even a sadder case Dc
casionally in one of the cafes near
Forty-second street, or standing in
the doorway of a theatrical agents
Office, you will see tie trembling, ral
sled figure of man who once sent
Broadway into gales of merriment- To
day the laughter has faded from his
eyes. and in its place there is a haunt
ed look
Ten years ago this comedian. with
his wife, was playing On the Bowery.
Then vaudeville came into vogue, and
they moved frOm the Bowery into the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

altogether unknown to him, without
a compass and without a sight of the
stars Unlike other guides, he never
talked with others when he was at
work He would ride on ahead by
himself. keeping his mind fixed on the
mysterious business of finding the
way He was never able to give any
clear explanation Of his Rethods no
doubt his gift was largely the result
of heredity But he had Travelled in
his youth for huge distances from
points in western Canada to points
in the westera states before there
were any railways. and that early ex-
perience CERTAINLY counted for much
Again and again he found shorter
routes across country unknown to lin
than nose used by men who knew
the land by heart
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
And Now Is Shown the
Other Side of the Story.

For a time this sophistry swayed
public opinion Then domestic his
tories, not always written but still well
known, divorce court annals and news
paper headlines told a different story
The grand passion died, even as the
love of youth sometimes fades. One
divorce led to another. Husbands re-
turned to their first wives, while the
women who had lured them from their
hearthstones were left to face the
world with its struggling shoulders, as
best they might.
And then the world woke up to
great truth The grand passion was
not what it had been pictured; pow
er more potent and vital was exerting
dts influence over these romantic, scan
dal-defying couples. The world could
not see this power. but erring hus-
bands saw it and felt it and could
lind no avenue of escape from it. 1t
was their Nemesis-the ghostly, silent
beckoning, never-sleeping figure of the
first wife's love-
Before Jared K Cook, rector of ST
Georges parish. Hampstead, L. l..
.eIoped with poor. foolish, 17-year-old
Floretta Whaley. he said to the girls
grandmother: Il swore when / first
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
Success Made Actor Turn
from His Life Partner

The scandal was hushed up, the
comedian went on his triumphant
way; beautiful women of the stage
angled for him, and one of them won
him. He was successful and gossip
dared not rear its head too high. Then
suddenly it was discovered that he
could not remember his lines. He for
got his cues. His dancing was un-
certain, his antics We're unfunny. Fl
nally his engagements were cancelled.
'Paresis, said the doctors
But there are men and women Of
the old days who know him best who
say that it is not any real physical all
ment, but a reckoning figure, the fig
ure of the deserted, heart-broken wife,
whose spirit cannot rest in a sui
cides grave.
And who can describe the misery of
the second wife watching his living
death?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

continuous houses. Here the little
wife's dancing went very well. She
was good foil for her comedian hus-
bands merry antics and quips. But
by and by he stepped from the continu-
GUS to the smart Broadway reviews
and he was ashamed of the little
woman who had helped to carve this
new niche for him. He did not feed
her ground glass nor poisoned candy,
as they do in plays, but he stabbed her
loyal heart with words more deadly
than the keenest-pointed stiletto. And
the little woman did the rest-with
poison.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
Divorced Wife Who eecame

a Queen in Social Circles
Far back in one of the Rocky noun
tain states the ghost of such a tragedy
lies close to the annals of congress
and its representatives. A man who
had found enormous wealth in the
gold-ribbed mountains divorced the
packtrail and cooked for his miners.
His second wife was woman of
magnificent physical beauty, some So
cial standing and a few accomplish
ments, but lacking in what makes
woman truly beautiful soul For a
time she queened it over her huS-
bands newly acquired social life. The
first wife was forgotten. Then sud
denly the latter appeared upon the
scene, but a different woman. She
had spent the intervening years
abroad, where she had studied under
able masters and had been gowned by
the subtlest of modistes and millin-
ers. She had become an accomplished
charming, perfectly poised woman.
And before her lovely personality the
mere physical charms of the second
wife faded. The first wife became
social queen in her disloyal hus-
bands own set The second wife be-
came a social outcast. But this time
the woman held out no reckoning
hand of welcome. The man held his
head high, but he had to make way
for the woman he had deserted. Who
shall not say that her regal figure was
more than a Nemesis-an avenger-
that separated him from his second
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
Bile can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
New Dinner Gard Idea.

From Paris comes decorated card
rack with a trail of artificial flowers
that may be changed to suit the din
ner co1ors and makes a pretty add
ton to the table. These racks are to
hold a plain card upon which the
guests name is written and they may
be used for good many dinners, thus
obviating the expense Of the decorated
dinner card every time one enter
tains.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
She Did Her Duty by Him.

One Monday morning the colored
wash LADY, did not arrive at the
usual hour to do the weekly washing
of a family residing in Pennsylvania
town.
When she appeared some time later
the mistress of the house descended to
the kitchen and was greatly edited
by the woman's explanation.
'-No'm"-carefu1ly removing hat
ornamented by volumfnous black
veil-'1 wasn't sick. 1 had to stay
home to receive my diseased brothers
remainders that was sent from Pitts
burg day before Yesterday
colts
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
Hart Mckee Divorce
Like Page from Novel.

The Hart Mckee divorce involves
more persons and recalls romance of
coquetry and jilting unequaled outside
the pages of novels.
Hart Mckee belongs to the circle of
New York-Pittsburg millionaires who
have kept the world at large guessing
during the past decade. He divorced
his first wife, according to society's
vigorous rumors, in order to marry the
wife of Lawrence c. Phipps, another
member of the Pittsburg millionaire
coterie. But, even while Mrs. Phipps
was securing her divorce, he met beau
tiful Cornelia Baxter Tevis, widow of
Hugh Tevis, one of California's rich
est young men. And, meeting her, he
forgot his fealty to the woman who,
it was said, was securing a divorce for
his sake He and Mrs. Tevis were
married and the Phipps family was
suddenly and inexplicably reconciled
and reunited in marriage.
On her side, Mrs. Tevis-McKee
brought another tale of jilting and CO.
Quetry, having broken her engage
ment to a young lawyer, Gerald
Hughes, on the very eve of her mar
rage, TO wed her first husband. To-
day these two, man and woman of
many moods and uncontrolled whims,
are ready to part once more, and So
ciety, struggling its shoulders, in
quires, callously: ''Will he go back
to the first Mrs. Mckee or to Mrs.
Phipps?" For even the calIoused, So
called society circles of this money
mad age seem to have faith that the
man will go back to the love that he
believes is most tolerant to his faults,
most loyal to himself
George Gordon Massey of Dover,
Del, petted son and man of luxurious
tastes and goodly paternaI allowance.
married girl of slightly less social
standing She bore with his short
comings and made him welcome when
ever he wandered home from his life
of artificial gayety.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

Garfield Tea is a natural Iaxative-it reg
ulates the digestion, purifies the blood,
cleanses the system, clears the comp1exion,
brightens the eyes and brings the glow of
splendid Health!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

, People who boast of their az3flity to
ATTEND to their own affairs usually
manage to butt into the affairs OF
others
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

Lewis Single Bsader costs more than
ether SC cigars. Smokers know why
Your dealer or Lexis' Factory, Peoria, Ill
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09

Left Home for Woman
He Fancied He Loved
Then suddenly there came into his
life. a beautiful, dashing young wom-
an. Evelyn Raue. wife of DR.. c. s.
Raue, of Philadelphia The two de-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-09
A SINCERE RECOMMENDATION.
The State of WYOMING


the CareyA al a
]. r. MASON, General Immigration Agent, Wheatland Wyo
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RAILROADS.
new JERSEY CENTRAL
Corrected to October 4. 1908.
FOR NEW o r

Trains leave Broad ana Ferry Street stations.
$50. $50. 6;20. $40. 1900. 7:15. 1890. 7;45, 500,
s:l5. 500, S:45, 900, 9:i5, $50. 3:4J. 1900, 10: 20.
1910. ll:0o. ll:2o. li:ao a. M 1900 n; $3.50.
5so. $50, $40: $40. $50, 6:4s, ZOO, $40, i:so,
7,55. $40. s;55. 9iss. 1o:to 1880 =. M. 12ol
night: 1850 a, m. Sundays, 700. 1850, 500, s:2s.
500, s:25, 1000. 1890, 11:00. 1i:3o a. m. 1900 n.
ESQ. 100, 1:so. 200. $50. 300, $3.50, AGO. 4:s0,
3 i5eSc 5 5aSo 500 !, o. $50 ! !, 7;9s, u, 500; s:s5. SO s'sS' s;2b.
For Elizabeth and Plainheld. 6:12. $50. 7:5s.
s:s5, a:25. SEQ. 5,ss. s:ls. 7:Is. s:I5. $40, 11:so p
II. Sundays, 7:10. 1855. $3.50. 1o:55. 1855 a. m,
l2;s5 1;55. s:e3. 1855. 4'55. $3.50. e;45. 7:35. $40,
For Esston, Bethlehem. Allentown aud Mauch
Chunk $3.50 to Easton,, s;s5 a, m; 1:i6. 4:a5.
OBS to Easton) p. m. Sundays, 12:5s. $50 p. m.
For Wikesbarre and Scranton. s:35 a. m.
For Perth Amboy. 6:ie. 1855. $50 a. M: 1:1s,
1855. 4:25, 5:SS, 6.13. 8:45, 1850 p. m. Sundays.
SIS. 11:55 a. M; 1856, s:4o p. m.
For Red Bank, Long Branch. Asbury Park,
ese:. s:sh ts:se Red Bank only. 1850 a. m.
1850 D. m. Sundays. except Asbury Park. $50
(9;55 Rel Bank only) a. m; d;55 Red Bank
only. 1855 $40 p. m.
For Lakewood, 9i50 a. M; d2:50 Saturdays
Sundays, s:55. s:55 a. m: 1:55 p. m.
For Atlantic City. 9:50 a. M; Q2:5o Satur-
days only. 1856 p. m. Sundays. s:55 a. nj.
!, F e Trenton ,'sS !, and ss! a as s;ls. - s.sss,
-6l3. 7;4s. S:l5. 1850 D. m. Sundays, 1910, SIS
'isb. $50. 4. 6. $40: s:is ?. m s''
Fer Baltimore and Washington. 7;ss, o:so.
+ li 81 s :: nj lib: a5S !. ' e S l:ss. s lis. p s.s e. s sgH .. NJ.
sPhiiadelphia only.
Telephone $500.
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= Made of an excellent quality of pure
worSted yarn in nice colorings-oxford
gray. oxford and cardinal, white, or
oxford and navy-nice, warm m
sweaters, we'll made and sold h
regularly for 500 each, our /.-4
special price for Friday only NV
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Dinner Sets

American porcelain dinner sets con-
SiSting of one hundred pisces--all perfect;
fancy shape--dainty colored flower pat
tern--soup tureen and three zs no
meat dishes included reg
nlarly o.eS per set, special Wy
for Friday only, set........
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NIGHT SCHOOL FOR coNvcTs SOON.

TRENTON. Dec. n.-Arrangements
have been completed for The opening
of the new convicts' school at the State
prison. Sessions win be held for an
hour and a half each night, five nights
q week. About 200 convicts will enter
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quarters, l16 Elm street. There was 4
session OF the society last night. when
Gustav Mcneil, Its secretary, and
Henry Sorg, treasurer, were added to
the committee Several new member.
were elected and rehsarssls we're hsld
under the baton Of Director Raaba.