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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

70 work on and are absorbed in the discussion
blending. n 'neS ieei tneS are
The looms are much the same that grandmoth-
q > lnolher knew. The size has been somewhat
reduced out the principle has not altered any
In fact, looms in all countries as far back as
lney can De traced have the same mechanical de
vices that ingenously elaborated to-day in
the high power carpet factories
Weaving, no doubt, originated when some prime
val creature plated his her hair and then
tried crossing three strands of heavy grass one
over the other From and baskets came the
idea of interlacing wool threads, and so cloth
invented Weaving, in some form other, is
of the earliest signs of civilization
1t might be argued that weaving is not an evil
dence of the advancement of intellectuality The
wonderful shawls which from the far east,
and which quite unable initiate, are
made by peasant populace. And whoever has
turned over pictures illustrating the manufacture
of Turkish and Persian rugs is as much impressed
by the uncouthness of the makers by the SYM
metry and imagination of the designs.
Crossing the Great Divide this continent,
the Navajo and Moji Indians and the Mexican
blanket to the south are not leaders of
intellectual thought though they have established
blanket weaving industrial art. The old
squaws wrinkled than winsome This
isn't the fault of the weaving, however. there
is gainsaying that rugs and tapestries and
draperies and all the other products of the loom
into which individuality is woven, have a reac-
tonary effect on daily life
In bingham, ardent handicraftsnen not long
ago discovered old colonial loom lurking in the
recesses of garrett 1t dragged forth and
restrung, and now it is back at work again
Here, too. Swedish linen weaving is DONE for
at bingham the industrial arts flourish. Linens
for dresses, toweling, sheeting and table covers
are woven the Swedish loom
the process of preparation requires almost as
much time and skill the weaving itself To
warp the skeins of linen is the first STEP This
is done by arranging all the threads in even
lengths device somewhat like turnstfle
which spins around, carrying them from ton to
bottom and back again Thus the threads are
by
they twisted into figure eight shape With
this device as many threads 1000 to a ward
wide material may be kept from tangling A
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01
Swadeshi.

In the sense in which Sir William
Harcourt remarked I'VE are all social
lists now" it may be said that all An
glo-Indians are believers in Swadeshi
While all reasonable Anglo-Indians dep
recate the senseless agitation and
the unsound economics of the extrem-
list advocates of Swadeshi principles,
they are all anxious to assist that
natural development of Indigenous in
dustries and the creation of new ones
upon which the future prosperity of
the country so largely depends.-P1o-
neer Mail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01
WAS ONLY RED BLOOD.
And Three-Year-OId Had Been Told
That 1t Was Blue.

Three-year-old Allan had a very aris-
tocratic grandma, who .prided herself
On her own and her husbands blue
blooded ancestry. She told him heroic
deeds of them and warned him from
ever playing with boys of low degree
One day Allan came screaming up
stairs to his mamma and grandma,
holding his hand up covered with
blood. where he had cut his little
finger They were both greatly
alarmed, as he was a child who rarely
cried or complained when hurt. Nam
ma washed the blood of and, exam
lining the cut, said:
why, dear. it's not so very bad.
Does it hurt you so much2"
I'm not cryin' cause 1t hurts he
said, but cause it's only red blood,
and grandma said l had blue" -Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

To own a rug, a table cover or a curtain on
which the maker has expended his ideas and per-
sonality is pleasure quite distinct from gazing
at machine-made article which be dupli-
Gated in any one of a dozen stores. And the fas
cination of fashoning things with the hands,
pecially essentials of the household articles
that add refining touch to commonplace SER
vice, has led many women abandon china
painting and fancy work for the more active work
of the loom.
Though there many amateurs in Massachu-
sets who make no attempt to market their wares
good many have found weaving attractive
commercial proposition Many of these have en-
rolled themselves in the Arts and Crafts asso-
citation For them. rag carpet weaving provides
the most direct method of securing remunera-
ton for their work Rugs of this sort are always
In demand. and there is ample for the ex-
ercise of taste in developing simple patterns and
In the variation of colors.
Most of the rugs woven with a grayish back
ground For the piazza and the summer home
there are lighter patterns, soft blends which will
absorb the sunshine or brighten up the tedfum of
drizzly day. For these it is necessary to use
white new rags in the warp and alternating cords
of pink blue
The simplicity these floor coverings affects
one with strange of relief which may be
inexplicable at first 1t is the of contrast
with intricate machine-made designs which are
often as confusing the rattle of the steel ten
taoled machines that made them.
Some of these rugs made in Boston but
most of them from outside towns Deer
field. Marblehead, bingham and Lynn are regular
stations of supply In Central square, Cambridge
the Massachusetts commission for the blind has
In 1904 the experiment of blind weayers was
first tried. They have proved less than four
years that their work rank with that done by
anyone. Without prejudice, buyers are agreed
to this, and in many they insist that the
work is not only good, but superior. Of course
the rugs made under the supervision of see
ing people, who select colors and distribute the
materials.
An expert supervisor with the use of his eyes
first teaches the mechanism the blind pupil
who memories everything by a numerical sys-
tenn After he has mastered all the movements,
weaving.
of each thread, well the arrangement of the
is memorized sight aid is required to locate
any color. From triangles and circles progress is
made to the more intricate patterns For some
of these raised proof of the design hung above
the loom By touching it with the fingers the
pattern is reproduced on the cloth
The proficiency shown by the sightless weavers
execute the work The question remains: Where
shall they market their wares?
This problem is solving itself, for the number
ly increasing. When Charles F. Campbell SUI
Massachusetts commission for the blind was
asked where the department disposed of their
output, he turned up the label the package he
was tying. 1t addressed Detroit Mich
I'VE have shipped stuff to Duluth and San Fran
CISCO he added; so you the folks out west
aren't going to be distanced in this new twist
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

"Ah, kind friend" said the minis.
ter. ''it is deeds, not words. that
count" ..Oh. 1 don't know" replied
the woman, did you ever send a tele-
gram ?''-Detroit Free Press.
Knicker-Are they bridal couple?
Bocker-No, by his devotion I should
Judge she is a cook he is taking out
to the suburbs.-New York Sun.
Mr.. Callipers (didactfcally)-Hun
ger. my son, is the best sauce Little
Clarence-Yes, sir; but how do they
spread it on anything PUCK
Noah was naming the animals.
However" he muttered, its no fun
If one can't bet" Herewith he lost
interest in the horse.-New York Sun.
Even a married man may have his
own way-after his wife decides on
the direction.
Miss Ascum-When Mr.. Richley
saw my photograph yesterday he said
it was very pretty, didn't he. Come
now, honest? Miss Chellus-No; quite
the reverse. He said it was a good
Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Noseigh-Jane, you haven't
washed the front windows in over a
week Jane-No'm- 1 didn't think it
necessary since the neighbors across
the street moved away--Bohemian-
A girls engagement is no sooner an
than all her male acquaint-
ances begin to sit up and take notice
of her attractive qualities.
Once in a great while man may be
able to attribute his poverty to his
honesty.
A beautiful illustrated catalogue
will be sent free to those interested
in business education. For a copy
address Lawrence Business College,
724 Mass. ST., Lawrence. Kan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01
Readiusted Conditions.

do you think these trusts and mer-
gers have put the great capitalists on
terms of friendship"
Not as a rule" answered Dustin
Stax. 1T has simply brought the
fighting to closer range."-Washingto
Star
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

/ Weaving LINEN
FABRIC ON a
swedish lOOM0

the aesthet- G&G
ic race has taken"
1t is the boast of the
blind workers that the
curtains they submitted
for the Massachusetts
building at the James
town exhibition were Sc
lected. The design is
rather intricate, repre-
senting a series of In
dams padding their ca
noes across the border.
Rug weaving was a
secondary development
with the blind school. In
July, 1904, they first
started a girl weaving
art fabrics. In October
of the same year one of
the men was tried on a
rug.
In the mechanical part
OF the task the workers
became as adroit as if
they had the use of their
eyes. In conscientious
ness they excel. Some
of the operatives have
become SO ambitious
that they conceive pat
terms which they wish
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

LOST art for nearly two dec
AIDES, hand weaving, the in
dustry which made New Eng
land famous, has again come
into its own. To-day the
descendants of our pilgrim
fathers are turning out more
hand-woven linen, silk and
wool goods than any other
section of the United Statec
and are keeping up a hot
pace in the race against
other corners of the world
in the industry.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

keeps the warp an even
width when the threads
are strung on the loom
The threads are thus
spaced accurately and
then made taut by being
stretched to the front
beam, and the weaver is
ready to start the cross
threads.
In introducing variegat-
ed shades, every other
thread can be raised by
pressing a pedal, and the
shuttle is thrown through
by hand, the operator
choosing the threads to
be crossed
In embroidery work the
figure is woven onto the
fabric. Swedish linen fur
n1SheS a particularly ell
fective background for
this sort of work, for the
threads are not closely
woven, and yet there is a
firm appearance about a
well turned piece which
leaves no suggestion OF
haphazard mesh work. 1t
is interesting to note, in
connection with rag rug
weaving, that Berea col
lege in Berea, KY, has in
troduced a rug weaving
course into its industrial
curriculum. This is In
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

Once in a great while a man may b.
able to attribute his poverty to hi
honesty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

Knicker-Are they a bridal couple?
Bocker-No, by his devotion I should
judge she is cook he is taking out
to the suburbs.-New York Sun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

Mr. Callipers (didactically)-H
ger, my son. is the best sauce. Little
Clarence-Yes, sir; but how do they
spread it on anything
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

"Ah, kind friend" said the minis.
ter. "it is deeds, not words. that
count "Oh, / don't know" replied
the woman, did you ever send a tele-
gram ?"-Detroit Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

A girls engagement is no sooner an
nounced than all her male acquaint-
ances begin to sit up and take notice
of her attractive qualities.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

Noah was naming the animals.
However, he muttered, its no fun
If one can't bet" Herewith he lost
interest in the horse.-New York Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

A beautiful illustrated catalogue
will be sent free to those interested
in business education For a copy
address Lawrence Business College.
724 Mass. ST., Lawrence. Kan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

Even a married man may have his
own way-after his wife decides on
the direction
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-01

Mrs Noseigh-Jane, you haven't
washed the front windows in over a
week Jane-No'm- 1 didn't think it
necessary since the neighbors across
the street moved away.-Bohemian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30

worry about him in the least. She thought Clem would be home sure by Tuesday evening. so by 5 o'clock she had big dinner waiting for him in the kitchen, and after she got 1t all ready she set down to wait fer Clen's arrival, while there was Cien with his eye glued to the keyhole of the door watching her wait fer him to come to dinner, and him there so near starved to death that he could hardly stand up.
 Just then Anne Hillyer dropped in on Mehitable to find out when ciem per posed to pay the interest on that mort gage, and soon as Glenn heared Anne enter the kitchen he begin to hammer on the door hard enough to bust 1t. As a result Anne walked over and opened if to see who the thunderashion was making sich noise, and out step ped Clem, the most woebeggon, be- drsegied looking specimen you most ever saw. Mehitable and Anne gasped with astonishment, but as fer Clem he pulled a chair right up to the table, set down and went to work on the vittles as if he had never had a bite to eat in his life. Clern says he wishes Mehit- able wasn't so deef as much for his own sake as for hers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
Joke on Sath

The boys played joke on Seth Dew berry, our lion-hearted town constubble, in Hen Weathersby's store the other night. Seth went to sleep and Ranse Hillyer quietly unpinned his big tin star, which is Seth's insignia of office, from his coat, and dropped 1t into Seth's pocket When Seth woke up Hen asked him where his star was, and when Seth discovered it was gone he swore 1t had been took by some body present. and said if the guilty party didn't step forward and give it up he would git hisself arrested and punished to the full extent of the law on the charge of intimidating an of feer.
 Maybe you left it in your pocket" !" says Ranse. When Seth found the star in his pocket he looked kind of fool ish and went off home without saying goodnight" to anybody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
Local ltpms

Lokie items Is very scarce in our midst this week. Sometimes lokle items is plenty and sometimes they ain't.
 Bale Hawkins purchased new razor at Hen Wednesdays store tother day, and in trying to shave hisself liked to of cut his left ear off. Bale says he wishes 1t wasn't so sharp because he considers it ain't safe for a person to shave theirself with a razor that will do that
 We hoped to be able to announce in this issue that we had secured one more subscriber, but regret to report to the contrary. We tried to induce Jim Pea body from Sorrow Hollow to subscribe, and after we thought we almost had him, Jim said that what was the use for him to subscribe to the Bugle and pay good money for it. when he could read Sim Wilkins Bugle. nabcr oi his. This makes us disgusted. Mrs. Abe Skinner endeavored to put up some peach jelly last week and filled a glasses with same, only te discover to her eonsternation that the jelly wouldn't jell She was awful put out about this, and Abe says she il SO disagreeable since that he cant scaircely live in the same house with her
 Mrs. Aimira Hobbs appeared in the church choir last Sunday evening wearing what she called Merry Wilder Hat It was about four feet acrost, and WI cafkilate 1t must have made Almira'. head ake to carry such hat about or her
 Last spring we asked you to take time by the forelock and pay up your back subscripshions to the Bugle before summer arrived. No attention was paid to this, so we now respectfully ask yor to pay up your subscripshions befor,
 winter arrives.
 Simeon Underwood is suffering from bealing in his ear. Sim says that hi: head ackes him so at times he wish he didn't have any head on his shout, ders. It is rather a peculiar incident to have bealing in your ear in tht summer time--we thought bealings gen
 orally ocurred in the ear during tn, winter time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
PersQnal

Pretty hot spell of weather we have had and folks is complaining a good cal about it. but that don't make 1t no cooler.
 It wouldn't do no harm if we was to have wet rain in our midst at present. being as both the wells and landscape is very dry at the present writing. Hez Andrews reports that he has had one of his cows to go dry on him recent. Hez says he don't care much because the last several weeks she ain't been givin more than qt. of milk, and who would milk COW two times a day for that?
 Dad Henderson went squirrel hunting last Tuesday, but he didn't have any luck except bad luck Dad took his ole musket and the ist squirrel he seen he banged away, and the gun kicked so hard Dad was knocked flat down and thought for a while that his arm was broke. Dad thinks that being he is so absent-minded and forget full he must of put 5 or { loads in the musleet. How ever that may be, he mist the squirrel.
 Hen Weathersby, prop. of our general store, is offering some great bargains in fly screens this week. Hen offers these screens for almost half price ruther than carry them through the winter, and also because he wishes to make room for new goods arriving daily.
 Jed Peters, the intelligent teacher of Bingvilie school, announces that school will begin Monday. Sept 7. promptly at 9 a. m. Jed says the prospects is that l he will have 5 or scholars to start with, which he considers a pretty good starter for Bingville.
 Malicah Perkins seys he will pay 75 cents per day and board for a good hand to help him through harvest. Anyone desiring a position at this time had better see Malieah at once, for it will be only a short time until harvest is over and then Maiicah wont need you.
 Silas Osgood of Hardserabble was in Bingville visiting last Tuesday. Sy is respectable even if he does come from Hardscrabble. He seys that town is flourishing, but of course nobody would expect him to say anything else about the town he lives in even if he thinks so which he probably does.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30

We have been turrible hard drove up for a subjeekt to write a editorial about for this week, be- | ing as we have went and exhaust ed most nearly everything in the editorial suhjeckt line as you might say.
 When we was in most desper- ate straights. Cy Hoskins dropped into the office and happened to make a remark that Honesty is the best policy" Cy said this with reference to something we was conyersing about, a subjeckt which we now forgit. That suggested a subjeekt for a editorial, viz, "Is Honesty the Best Policy!'
 We have our doubts whether 1t is or not, and we are not afeared to come right out flat-footed and say so, either. We observe that they as maintains that honesty is the best policy is generally those who has never tried the experi- ment. There is Cy Hoskins. He ! has the audacity to say that hon. esty is the best policy. What does Cy Hoskins know about honesty we ask, and we pause for a reply. Honesty might be the best pol icy perviding everybody was hon. Asf h,,t where ahoiff 11ine-tef1fhs oi the population of Bingville is liars and thieves, honesty don't seem to be much of a success. We have run the Bugle for the last 30 odd years on the theory that honesty is the best policy, and what have we got to show for it, pray, except a big subscripshion list of dead-beat subscribers, and so many obliga- tions staring us in the face that we are only living from hand to mouth as we might say. We rec lkon if we had of been a rascal in- stid of a paragon of virtue and iil- tegrity we would now be a mil lionaire instid of fit subjeckt for a poor-farm.
 It is our opinion that if you wish to succeed finanshially in Bing- vile you have to be rascal. Any body in this town who is honest ain't got enough competition to make it interesting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
HARDscRABBLE.

Your correspondent has aseertained that the Bingville Bugle has nine reg ular subscribers in this town. In spite of the fact that the Hardscrabble Ban- ner is published here.
 Bill Haywood has gone into the blacksmith shop business in Hard scrabble which has needed a blacksmith for sometime. Bill shooed l4 horses last week.
 Sim Goodwin our postmaster run out of stamps recently and as a result no letters could be sent out of Hard scrabble for nearly a week or until more stamps arrived from Washing ton.
 Sarah Ann Cobb was laid up with sick headache last Sunday. Sarah Ann seys that unless she has a sick headache every Sunday she don't feel RataraL OBSERVER
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
Dave Threatens to Move

Dave Whittacre, our popular and ae- commodating undertaken, says that uri- less business picks up in his line he reckons he will move his family over to Hardscrabble to go into the under taking business there, being as that is
 sickly community and there are more demises. We regret that business in Dave's line is SO bad, yet at the same time we are glad that the health of the community is so good. Dave can't expect our most respected citizens to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
Bud Painted tho Cat

Bud Hinkiey, who ain't quite right in his head, painted their ole cat Tom again last week. Bud used some red paint he found down in the cellar This is the 4th or 5th time Bud has painted their cat within the last year, and you would naturally think the cat would be pretty sick of it by this time, being as a cat don't need a coat of paint oftener than onct a year.
 LATER-Mrs. Hinkley give Bud a turrible lickin for the above offense, and Bud promised he would never do so again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
Country Correspondence
SLAB CITY.

Jemina Pepper of Hickory Corners drove here last Sunday to visit her sis ter, who was reported to Jemina to be sick and rot expected to recover, but Jemina was considerably disappointed and surprised to md ,se rufnor false
 Jasper Tarbell has 2 bunch growing on his nose which has got SO big that it makes him look eross-eyed most all the time Most everybody tells Jasp that they persoom it is a cancer We hope they are wrong but fear they are not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30

Sam Parker has purchased a COW from Wilson Miller. Consideration price paid for same we were unable to learn.
 Arioch Wilkins run a nail in his foot axidentally last week If Arioch wasn't too stingy to keep his boots half soled like they ort to be he wouldn't be SO apt to run nails in his feet.
 VOX POPULL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30

turn up their toes just to make business good for him. and 1t is ridiculous for him to even suggest such thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
This Function VIII Be Give Under The Au- spices of The Ladies'
 Aid Sassiety, and the prooeeds will be used to pay the Rev. samT Moore, our beluvved pastor. small DOT shion of his back salary. WHICH IS NOW
 BACK FIVE YEARS ICE CREAM
 COFFEE and
 CAKE

VIII 30 Served, AIss piEs. BAKED BEAhs. DoUeHAuTs, PICKLES, and sthsF dslleaelsa too numerous ta HBsHtlon. Come one, come all. and nll up. Price for all you can eat, 25 cts. whether you can eat twtea aa much or not.
 EAT TILL YOU BUST and thus help along good cause.
 IMPORTANT. We arc also thinking of making tub of lemonade if we can And couple of ienenn any PER ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE Bingviile.