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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

cofored and had sediment When
wished to eat my wife had to raise
me up in bed Physicians were un-
able to help me and I was going down
fast when began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills After a short time I felt
a great improvement and am now as
strong and healthy as man could be.
l give Doan's Kidney Pills all the
credit for it"
Sold by all dealers SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

which are greatly in favor of the i'm
migrant.
All Supposed Innocent.
"All immigrants in coming to this
country, said Mr.. Watchhorn, ARE
supposed to be innocent, and it is
something opposed to the genius of
American institutions to suppose that
every man is guilty and that he must
prove that he is innocent. So the i'm
migrant is welcomed here and the op-
portunity of citizenship is offered to
him. He is supposed to be a man of
good character until something deveI-
ops which proves the contrary"
Altruistic as is this attitude toward
the Immigrant, as interpreted by the
commissioner, the inspectors within
the little latitude which is given to
them seek to find out as much as they
can On each sheet of the manifest
of the steamship are 80 names. and
their owners have answered every in
quiry propounded to them Age, sex,
calling and the like are duly set forth
and the immigrant is required to state
whether or not he is a polygamist, an
anarchist, a contract laborer and
whether or not he has ever been in
prison or been an inmate of an aims
house
May Make Few Mistakes.
If within three years to come immi-
grants who have been admitted are
found to have been criminals before
they came to this country there is a
long black mark made against the
record of the inspector concerned, and
If his errors accumulate he is likely to
be dismissed from the service
Under the present law the inspectors
who chance their positions on their
Judgment proceed to large extent by
dead reckoning Sometimes American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

The mayor of Cincinnati wants wom-
en- in that city debarred from operat-
ing automobiles. He says that the
only machines women should run are
sewing machines. To this, remarks
the Baltimore American, the women
will retort that it is just like a mean
man to leave them the work, while he
takes all the fun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

complaints for many
years, and cannot
tell what agony I
endured from back
ache. Ny lin BIS
were swollen twice
natural size and my
sight was weaken
Ing The kidney Sc
cretions were d is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

In a recent bulletin from the Uni
versity of California is given a sum-
mary of the evidence prepared by
Prof. ]. d. Whitney to show that the
famous Calaveras skull, found in a
miners shaft in Bald Hill, near Alta
vile, probably came from a cave used
by the Indians for burial purposes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

The question Shall army officers
wear corsets?" will not down, and fat
ones - becoming alarmed at the
prospect. Possibly some of them
wouldn't be so corpulent had they
been straight laced early in life
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

Philadelphia is beginning to talk
about celebrating the two hundred and
twenty-ffth anniversary of her found
ing next October. and Mayor Reyburn
recommends that the old home week
idea be adopted.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

The heiresses who married titles
and went abroad to live in the splen-
dor of old world aristocracy are COM
Ing home. They seem to have lost all
their desire for the aristocracy, and,
incidentally, a good many of their dol
lars
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

That is, Archbishop Ireland does not
believe in war, but if there must be
war he thinks it wise and proper to
De prepared. to knock the tar out of
the other fellow. Any fallacy in the
doctrine?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

1t is proposed in Denmark to send
an expedition to teach the Eskimos to
fish. Are they as hopeless as that?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

Mitzel Morok, the loop-the-loop girl,
heroine of a thousand thrilling whirls,
has been killed while in the domestic
act of pouring a cup of tea, thus again
proving how dangerous it is to be
alive
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

The action of the New York man
who asked to be chloroformed, admit
ting that he has outlived his useful
ness, seems an admission that he is
too lazy to do the job himself
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

1t has been discovered that Pharaoh
had toothache and the govt No won
der the Israelites fed from him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

The discovery of an angle worm in a
glass of milk might have been com
forting reminder to that Detroit man
that it will soon be time to go fishing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

Persons who do the loudest COM
planning against the length of the win
ter and the cold weather in general
are usually those who had hay fever
last fall and prayed for an early frost.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

W anarchist are events OF a
few uays which point to the need of
more drastic methods in keeping away
from these shores the horde of alien
felons, says the New York Herald.
Robert Watchorn, commissioner of
fmmmigration at the port of New
York, proposes a novel plan by which
wherever it is feasible-and it could
be SO in the case of Italy-foreign gov
ernments would be required to vouch
for the good character of every immi-
grant leaving their dominions.
Police Commissioner Bingham, in
dignant over the present conditions
with regard to the admission of for
e1gn criminals to this country, in
weighs against the immigration au-
thorities, who, in his opinion, did not
deport the wrongdoers as frequently
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

Why does the average person put
the stocking on the left foot first?
Probably for the same reason that
most people remove the right boot
first Habit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

II in addition to enacting new laws
we were to enforce those we have al
ready it might help materially.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

Wellesley colleges professor of
rhetoric says playing bridge whist is
mental chewing gum for girls This
ton
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

A New York man wandered away
from home and forgot where he lived
Not every New Yorker, however, says
the Chicago Daily News, has such a
pleasant experience
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

After all the encomiums handed to
the man behind the gum it is shock
to learn that our naval craftsmanship
at Santiago was bad. Still, it an
swered every purpose.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

AS a hazardous occupation, sitting
on key of powder while smoking
pipe isn't to be compared with raising
tobacco in Kentucky.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

BY the time China has armed and
drilled few hundred thousand more
men perhaps it will be able to talk
the language of modern diplomacy
fuently.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18
H. s. GIvLER, Pub.

You can hire house builders, but
must marry home builders.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

Anybody could match up soul mates
If neither side was particular.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18
BASED FROM q SICK BEE.
After Being IN invalid with Kidney
Disorders fer Many Years.

John Armstrong, Cloverport, Ky
says: Il was an invalid with kidney
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18

EW YORK--Crimes of the
Black Hand, the murders
of the Malta and the Ca
mora, the assassination at
the altar of a priest by an
anarchist are events of "a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-04-18
All Supposed Innocent.

which are greatly in favor of the i'm
migrant
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
American Pork Triumphs Abroad.

Our annual hog killing is an apoth-
costs, as it were, of American cook
cry. Already we are having our tri-
umphs abroad. The last two seasons
have found on bills of fare in Lon
don hotels and restaurants the item
of pork sausage la American" "
Veni, vidi, vici! We Whit, in antici-
patton, the odors of frying sage yet to
float out of the doors of Belgravia.
1t is now some years since fried chick
en- smothered in cream gravy ap-
peared on the Paris menu under a
long Gallic name intended to conceal
the surrender of the Paris chefs to
our Colonial mothers who invented
that most toothsome delicacy. The
disguise was penetrated by Colonel
Kennedy, of Springfield, Mo-, on the
Rue Rivoli. Even now there is ap-
pearing in parts of Germany itself a
growing prediction for substituting,
in the dressing of lettuce salad, for
all of the mayonnaise but the vinegar,
dressing Of bacon grease spiced
with herb condiments. The Kaiser
was introduced to this by Prince Hen
ry, who got acquainted with 1t in st.
Louis at private entertainment. The
Kaiser, when the flavor touched his
palate, is said to have cried out in a
loud voice that it must be claimed as
German invention. Fortunately, the
records are available to show that it
is the invention of serving woman
near Culpeper Court House, Va,
whose descendants are now among
the proudest members of our Colonial
and Revolutionary societies. = St
Louis Globe Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Maori Legends.

Many traditions of the Maoris of
New Zealand indicate true refine
ment of feeling.
That of Niwareka, or Great De-
light, is one of these, and represents
a gentle Maori maiden, beautiful and
modest, who, though deeply loving
her bridegroom, yet shudders at the
barbarity of his people and at his de-
light in bloodshed and cruelty. I'm
able to bear the sights and sounds
around her, she passes from his en-
brace and seeks the shadows of an
other world. Only through great suf-
fering and sacrifice does her young
husband, unable to bear his solitary
lot, redeem her from the shades.
This beautiful legend is bound up
with the origin of the custom of the
tattoo, an ordeal which the lover was
compelled to endure that he might
realize the nature of suffering.
One of the finest legends of old
Maori romance relates how a daugh-
ter of the heavens condescends to
uWeh Will man, uul, iSpShSu Wy his
rudeness and wants of sympathy, as
cends again to the skies, carrying
with her earth born child. Her hus-
band Is only able to reach her and re-
gain her love by climbing upward,
not by earthly tendrils, but by those
which descending from heaven, have
taken root in earth"
One curious feature of the domes-
tic life of the New Zealand natives
is that the old women are led to be-
lleve that the highest honor they can
enjoy is to be permitted to do all the
cooking and prepare the food. A
great deal of labor is thus left to
them, which they cheerfully perform,
resenting any interference on the
part of the younger Maori women,
who thus have plenty of leisure for
enjoyment.-London Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Age of Trees.

When one hears the mention of a
tree that has passed the century mark
in years he is inclined to be dubious.
And yet it is a we'll known fact that
the Brazilian cocoanut palm frequent
ly lives as long as Geo or 700 years.
1t is asserted that the Arabian date
palm lives to be zoo or 800 years old
too. Near Paisley, Scotland, there
still thrives an old oak tree that is
known to be over 700 years of age;
and there are eight olive trees on the
Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem,
which are known to have been flou-
rishing as far back as 1899. Records
show that the yew trees at Fountains
Abbey, Yorkshire, were old at the
time the abbey was built, which was
in the year 1882, yet these are still
living. There are California redwoods
that have stood the onrush of time
so we'll as to be manifold centenarians
and still on their feet. The baobab
trees of Africa have been computed
in some instances to be over 5000
years old, and the deciduous cypress
at Chapultepec is considered to be
even older than that. Humboldt said
that the Dracaena Draco at Orotava,
on Teneriffe, was one Of the Oldest
Inhabitants of the earth. - Kansas
City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Unknown New Guinea.
by CYRUS C. ADAMS.

DR.. Rudolf Poch, of Vienna, has
shown that many valuable results
of exploration are acquired by the
long and patient efforts of solitary
travellers. For two years (1904.
1906) he wandered with four or five
native carriers, three-fourths of the
way around New Guinea, the second
largest island in the world. He was
engaged in anthropological and geo.
graphical study, chiefly back of the
coasts, in regions where little as yet
is known of the country and its in
habitants. All his time was spent
in five districts of German, British
and Dutch New Guinea; and It seems
surprising that only twenty to forty
miles inland, especially in the Ger
man territory, he reached virgin
fields that no white man had visited.
In his long report, published in the
Zeitschrift of the Berlin Geographic
cal Society, he gives reasons why so
much of inner New Guinea is still
little known.
Dr. Pooh walked only two days
inland from Potsdamhafen to reach
villages and mountain valleys that
had never seen white men, though
the Germans had lived years at this
port Many similar instances occur
in New Guinea, and DR.. Poch's ex-
planation is found in the great diff
Guilty of travel and the unfriendliness
of the natives. In short march
inland from Potsdamhafen, for ex-
ample, the native paths climb steep
slopes, fall into deep and narrow
valleys, or run along the sharp edge
of ridges; and all the while the pc
destrian feels swathed in straw, the
grass that chokes the foot-wide path
rising above his head, no movement
of air among those giant growths,
and above him, the blazing sun with
its unmitigated outpouring of dis
comfort. This, he says, is the out
line of many pioneer journey in the
great island as relates to physical
misery; and none but man of un-
usual tact and patience can fare
safely among the natives.
The explorer found new illustra-
tions of the fact that natives in one
district may differ greatly in physical
characteristics, in methods of house
building and other rude arts and
especially in speech from other
tribes living only ten to fifteen miles
away. He found two tribes that,
while engaged in their traditional
dances, sing the same songs, the
text of which conveys no meaning
to them. One tribe say they got
these songs from the other tribe,
who assert in turn that the songs
were handed down by their fathers.
These words of old tradition, in DR..
Poch's opinion, are words of dead
speech.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
"BRONTIDI."
Hollow Noises That Come From
Somewhere.

Somewhere.
Interesting acoustic phenomena
called, in Italy, "brontidi," have been
Investigated by Professor r. Alippi,
of the meteorological and seismical
observatory of Urbino Italy. These
brontidi are mostly hollow noises, re-
sembling the echo of a distant explo-
sion, and are usually observed with a
bright sky and calm air, occurring
rather seldom in windy or rainy
weather. They usually occur in the
afternoon, both in winter and sum-
mer. These noises would seem to be
of atmospheric origin. They do not
produce any physiological effects of
their own, nor do they seem to be
connected with local earthquakes,
though they sometimes cause window
panes to vibrate. They are nearly
everywhere considered as presages of
bad weather, and are popularly sup
posed to be due to strong tides or
storms at sea, whose echoes are trans
mitted to distance. Professor Alp
pi has obtained his results by means
of circular letter to which PIT OBJ
servers have replied and 135 of whom
had noticed the sounds. The obser-
vers in question were distributed
throughout the whole of Italy and it's
African colonies.
These noises do not appear to be
due to artificial causes, such as mine
explosions or gun shots, as they most
ly occur in central mountain regions,
where such causes are absent, while
in some populated valleys, where
never noticed The author is not in
clined either to ascribe this phenome-
non to natural causes, such as winds,
while the hypothesis sometimes sug-
gested of thunderbolts under the hor-
izon cannot be maintained either, ow-
ing to the equal distribution of bron-
tidi over summer and winter.
There may be some connection be-
tween certain brontidi and seismical
phenomena, while another class of
brontidi may be connected with mete-
geological phenomena; and in order
fully to eludicate this question, the
observations will be continued from
the Italian Central Meteorological
and Geodynamical Office, which in
tends to send out more inquiry forms.
Scientific American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
To Reclaim the Zuyder Zee.

According to information received
from The Hague, the vast plan for
reclaiming the Zuyder Zee is again in
contemplation. The Dutch Govern.
ment has laid before the States Gen.
eral bill to appropriate nearly $12,-
100000 to the work, extending over
seven years.
Forty thousand acres would be re-
claimed, which, of course, is only a
small portion of the Zuyder Zee, but
the successful completion of this Sec.
tion would pave the way to the more
ambitious project which was suggest
ed few years ago, and by which it is
hoped that almost the whole of her
engulfed territory will be restored to
Eolland.-New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Oldest British Peer.

The Oldest British peer is Lord
Gwydyr, aged ninety-seven. He was
five years old at the time of the battle
of Waterloo, and enjoys the distinc-
ton, probably unique, of being the
only person now living who was pres
ent at the coronation of four mon
archs. 1t is related of this venerable
Individual that when boy ten years
old he went from the gardens of
Gwydyr House, Whitehall, to the
Speakers steps at Westminster in
his grandfather's state barge, manned
by liveried oarsmen, and was pres
ent in Westminster Abbey when the
crown was placed on the head of
George w., acting as page to his
grandfather, Lord Gwydyr.-Kansas
City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
A Wall Street Catechism
By LOUIS A. BIDDLE.

Q. My good child, tell me what
you believe in? A. Money.
@. What is money? A. The all
ruling and all-powerful; the fountain
OF worldly wisdom and power.
@. How is it worshiped? A. BY
the daily sacrifice of time, talents,
health and virtue.
Q. What is this worship called?
A. Mammon.
@. What Is its chief rite. A. Gam
mon.
Q. What is the chief ceremony?
A. Deceit
Q. What are its chief festivals?
A. Dividend Days.
@. What are the days OF Penance
and Fasting? A. When no business
is done.
@. What are it's feast days? A..
City "Feeds."
Q. Where are it's chief temples?
A. The Treasury, the Change and
the Bank.
@. Who are its Priests? A. White
washed "Blacklegs."
@. What is Virtue? A. A name.
@. What is Orthodoxy? A. Cash.
@. What is Heterodoxy? A. Bills.
Q. What Is Heresy? A. "No eff
fects."
Q. What is schism? A. "Call
again tomorrow.
Q. What is Responsibility? A.
Plenty of trade
Q. What is Roguery? A. Being
in debt.
Q. What is Vice? A. Misfortune.
Q. What is the greatest Sin? A..
Poverty.
@. What is the principal virtue?
A. Prompt payment.
Q. What are the principal bless
ings. A. Loans.
Q. What should be our continual
desire? A Good luck.
@. In what our rejolcings. A.
Success.
Q. What is morality? A. Cent.
per cent. profits.
O. What is the origin OF evil? A.
A returned bill.
Q. What is the greatest evil? A.
Bankruptcy.
Q. What is our chance to escape
from perdition? A. Taking the
benefit
@. What is the Devil? A. To be
without money.
@. Who are the chosen children
of Mammon? A. Those born with a
"Silver spoon"
Q. What is the true definition OF
good? A. Solvency.
Q. What is the true definition of
bad? A. Insolvency.
Q. What is your duty to your
friend? A. To cheat him.
Q. What to a stranger? A. To
stake him in"
Q. What is Experimental Philos-
ophy? A. Going borrowing.
Q What is Practical Philosophy?
A. Being refused.
Q. What should be your chief con-
ISOLATION in old age? A. Dying rich.
@. What is the chief maxim of this
creed? A. Doing every one, but suf-
fering no one to do you.-From the
New York Evening Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
Man and His Ways.

One of the local amusements at
Sydney appears to be "'rhe Nature
Man," who lives on fruit, clothes him
self in a small piece OF cloth and
guides his way of life by the two fol-
lowing commandments of his own
construction:
Get away from the smoky, dusty.
krouded kondishun of the sity; from
temtashun and wearing xsitment fire.
thyself."
Gradually tuffen ur body and mind
by wotr and sun bath, til kan
safely sleep out dorr in ordinary
wethr. Liv alwys in pur, out dor
air."
We can ouly suggest one addition,
and that is Buy dictionary" Lon
don Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

pedigree could be traced back over
in 1894, and left his mark on a
numerous progeny of uncommon size,
beauty, bottom and speed. He was
the ancestor of some notable race
horses of Maryland and Virginia.
which defied all comers on the race
tracks until little mare from New
Jersey named Fashion was taken to
the Old Dominion. and beat the
champion runner, which belonged to
John M. Bolts. afterwards noted for
his opposition to the secession of Vir-
ginia. Some large horses were inn
ported into New England in 1880
from Denmark, but were found to be
too large for the best service there
and soon disappeared.
In colonial times the stations were
kept at work for nine works In the
year, and this work was not only ad-
vantageous to the owners but was
undoubtedly benefit to the horses
and the colts begotten by them.
Every bone, sinew and muscle In the
bodies of the sires hardened and
strengthened by labor, they were
enabled to transmit strong consti-
tuition to their colts which were
foaled in perfect health and strength.
Not only did these hard working
stations get better colts, but they
were better behaved and more easily
handled in the coupling season.
New York Tribune Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08

mortal hour she had to sit and listen
to the praises of mother girl sung
into her astonished and reluctant
ears and smile as though she liked it.
Her own engagement he apparently
dismissed from his mind. He was
about the farthest from a heart
broken man one would care to see.
Yet when Marcella took down her
hair that night she broke three of the
shell pins because she was thinking
SO hard and Indignantly.
Girls, there is no doubt, are queer.
Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-01-08
HALF ASLEEP.

To let ones fancy range;
To play the bed is SO,
The window so, as it used to be
In that home of long ago;
DO play the door is here;
The street is crisscross there;
And then to wait, as ! used to wait,
For the step upon the stair.
To count as the footsteps pass,
Now near, now faint and far
How personal they sound at night,
What company they are!
Some brisk and some sedate, ID,
! wonder where they 60;
And browse a little till suddenly
The dear, dear step | know.
The start of joy, the flush,
The tender, happy thrill,
And then, oh, God | am homeless and old
And his grave is on the hill!
Gertrude Huntington McGiffert, in Th
Century.