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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-17
THREE LOST IN FOREST FIRE.
father and Two Sons Perish Will,
Fighting for Their Home.

Calumet, Mich, Sept 12 After
lending his wife and two small chill
dren to safety at a neighbours half a
mile away, Jacob Herneeniemi, with
his two older sons, respectively twelve
md fourteen years old, met death
Tuesday while trying to fight off the
forest fires that swept their home
stead near Otter River clear Of every
building and all the harvested crops.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-17
RAINY RIVER FAIR CLOSES.
First Meeting at Baudette is a BIC
Success,

Success.
Baudette, Mimi. Sept. 12-Yester-
day terminated the Northern Beltrami
county's first annual fair at Bau-
dette. This was the first exhibit of
the products of the Rainy riversval-
ley, Some of the exhibits, especially
of grains, grasses and vegetables,
would compare favorably with those
at the state fair from other portions
of the state.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
The Queer Screw Plant.

There is nothing under the sun quite
SO quaint, so weird and witchl%Ee as
the pandanus prairies of Fiji. The pan
danus, or screw plant, as it is called, is
a most grotesque specimen Of the veg
etable kingdom even at the best and
In the early stages of its growth. In its
very young days it is of an extraordl-
narily screw!ike shape and looks as
though some unkind hand had taken
hold Of It's long, swordlike leaves and
twisted them round and round. Later
on 1t straightens out bit, and from 1t
grow a number Of tall wooden stills.
Its foliage is simple. number OF
dropping, ragged tufts, for al the
world like mops and very mournful
looking. Among these mops hangs the
fruit. in shape like a pineapple, made
up of hard red and yellow kernels,
woody and fbrous and quite uneatable
from Europeans point Of view.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
A Fairy Iala kinaden1.

The kingdom Of Uganda is fairy
tale. You climb up q railway instead
Of q beanstalk, and at the end there Is
8 wonderful new world. The scenery
is different, the vegetation Is different,
the climate Is different, and, most Of
all, the people are different from any
thing elsewhere to be seen In the
whole range Of Africa. Instead OF the
breezy uplands we enter a tropical
garden. In place Of naked painted
savages clashlng their spears and glb-
bering in chorus to their tribal chiefs
a complete and elaborate polity is pre-
sented. Under a dynastic king, par
lament and a powerful feudal sys-
tenn an amiable, clothed, polSes and IN:
telligent race dwell together Il an Or
ganlzed monarchy upon the rich do
main between the Victoria and Albert
lakes. = Winston Churchill, NJ. p. IN
Strand Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
A Promise UnsulHiIed.

O. Henry, the we'll known story writ
er. once promised the editor OF mag
azIne that he woulf deliver a short
story to him on the following Monday.
Several Mondays passed, but the muse
was refractory, and the story was nos
forthcoming. At last the Wrathful ed
itor wrote this note:
Ny Dear o. Henry-If 90 not receive
that story from you by Il O'Clock today !!
am going to pu: on MY heaviest so!ed
shoes, come down to your house and KICK
you downstairs. always keep my prom
tses-
Whereupon O. Henry SET down and
wrote this characteristic reply:
Dear Sir-I. too. would keep my p7om-
ises II I could fulfill them with my feet
Success MAGAZINE.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
An Exclamation.

"How long has this restaurant been
open:" asked the would be diner.
1.-TWO years." said the proprietor.
II am sorry I did not know Il" said
the guest. 81 should be better off If
had come here then"
"Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased "aow is that?"
~ should probably have been served
by this time if had" said the guest,
and the entente cordiale vanished
Harper's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Tobacco Planters
PRICES CONTINUE TO ADVANCE At CLARk'S
WAREHOUSE.

Now the tobacco planters put their cheaper
grades of tobacco market Lags selling well and
would advise the planters sell them You find no bet
ter place to sell Carks Warehouse There large crop
made and we are determined sell share of if hard work.
high prices honest dealings for anything then sell your
tobacco In short time there will be great to-
acco buyer this county We would advise the planters to put
the Those country buyers are not going
to paw any your tobacco than you get the market
if they know planter all he get out of his
crop They interested in the farmers welfare and Will
buy your cheap possible Put tobacco on the
market and try Clarks Warehouse with your next load
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Couldn't Help II.

A young lady tells the following
story Of an Englishman she met dur
ing q trip to Mexico:
The Englishman became acquainted
with the American party while they
were an guests at winter hotel
Whenever the parents Of the American
girl proposed any trip the Englishman
Immediately begged to be made one
OF the party. BE was to be included
tn a moonlight trip to a nearby noun
tain. After the Americans were ready
to start they had to. delay some fifteen
minutes awaiting their guests ar,
rival. When he did arrive be cleo
trifed them by his comments on the
reason for his delay. What he said
was:
II beg pardon for my beastly tardt,
ness. Couldn't help it, don'cherknoW
I had to bring my mother from the
gardens first. It's q singular horrid
bore, but one has to be kind to his
mother, don'cherknow" = Milwaukee
Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Saved His Boys Life.

"My three year old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and was
in an awful condition. / gave him two
dozes OF Foley's Orino L 2. e and tEe
next morning the fever go1e and
he was entirely well. - ey,s Orino
Laxative saved his life y. Wolkush,
Casimer, Wis. w. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
A Defect.

A little girl was playing with g girl
friend Of her own age Oh the porch
Of her home. An elderly gentleman,
her mothers father, and an elderly
lady, her fathers mother, were sitting
on the porch talking pleasantly with
each other. The little girl had often
wished her grandparents were Of the
same name, like other children's grand
parents. Presently the little guest re-
marked, What nice grandmother
and grandfather you haye!'
"Oh, yes" she said, with a sigh,
"but they don't match"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
OyerIooked.

81 always distrust your judgment for
some reason or other, John"
Eyes, and you have reason to. It
serves mo right"
"Why, cannot remember you ever
having done anything to justify such q
diStrust."
"Haye you forgotten that I married
you ?"-Houston Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
AnHin1is Enc Mora.

An expert golfer had the misfortune
to play a particularly vigorous stroke
at the moment that seedy wayfarer
skulked across the edge Of the course.
The ball struck the trespasser and
rendered him briefly insensible. When
he recovered five dollar bill was
pressed into his hand by the grateful
golfer. "Thanky, sir" said the injured
man after kind!ing glance at the
money, "an' when will you be playin'
again, sirT%Argonaut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
The Wronc Girl,

After whole year Of married bliss
a young man named Hahn, living at
Volesca, Dalmatia. discovered that he
had not married the girl be intended.
When be proposed to her he mistook
her for her twin sister, who so re-
senbles her that they can scarcely be
distinguished, and he did not realize
his error until he began calling her by
her Christian name instead Of by the
terms Of endearment be had hitherto
used.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Had a Close Call.

Mrs. Ada L. Groom, the widely known
Groom Hotel, Vaughn,
Miss, says: "F'or several months l sui
fered with a severe cough, and con-
sumption seemed to have its grip on me,
when friend recommended DR.. Kings
New Discovery. I began taking II, and
three bottles affected complete cure. ),
The fame of this life saving cough anc
cold remedy. and lung and throat heal,
er is world wide. Sold at DR.. ". E
Brown & Co., and J. E. Arant's drug
store. SOC. and Sl.00. Trial bottle free
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Woman Interrupts Political Speaker.

A well dressed woman Interrupted a
political speaker recently by continual,
iy coughing If she had taken Foley's
Honey and Tar it would have cured he1
cough quickly and expelled the cold
from her system. The genuine F'oley's
Honey and Tar contains no opiates and
is in {. yellow package. Refuse substi-
tutes. W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
a Witty Reply.

A witty bat not ovcrindustrious Celt
was one of 4 street gang. y few min
utes before noon ore day he threw
his shovel into the gutter, sat down on
the curbstone and proceeded to light
his pipe. Just then the superintendent
Of streets came round Il corner and,
seeing Pat, roared out:
Here! What are you throwing
down your shovel for at this time Of
day."
ITO cool it, sorr," said Pat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
lJnsolved Problems,

The three great problems On the solu-
ton Of which humanity is bent are the
same that perplexed our ancestors-the
Immortality Of the soul, perpetual mo-
ttcn and Homen's hats.-Paris Figaro.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Generous.

Mr.. Smith Gn street car)-Madam,
take my seat. Mrs. Jones (who has
been standing fifteen minutes)-No,
thanks; I get of at the next corner.
Smith-Thats all right. SO do I.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07

Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form Tor ma
laria chills and fever, regulates the liver, kid
neys and bladder. brings quick relief to bilious
ness, sick headache, constipation. Pleasant TO
take. The sl.00 bottle contains 21f times Qnan-
tity OF the 5oc size. First dose brings relief.
Sold by The Manning Pharmacy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
The Real Work.

Client-How is my case coming on?
Surely you've had time to look up the
law? A:torney-Oh, that was easy.
I've been putting In my time studying
the technicaites.-San Francisco Call.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07

To those afflicted with kidney and bladder
trouble. backache rheumatism. Pineulcs fol
the kidneys brings relief in the first dose. Hun
dreds Of people today testify to their remark
sl.Oo They purify the blood. Sold By The Man
ming Pharmacy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
IT'S SO cLEANLY, YOU KNOW I!

Modern methods of sanitary plumb
ing-the only kind We employ-result
in the cleanly disposal OF kitchen and
cuamber waste without any noisome
odors and malaria and typhoid-breed-
ing germs floating around in the at
mosphere. We would like to estimate
on any sort Of plumbing work and will
give you guarantee for many months
or a year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
There IS no srigate like q book to
take US leagues away.-DickInson

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup always brings
whoopingcou and all bronchial and throat
trouble Mothers especially recommend it for
children. Pleasant TO take, gently laxative.
Sold By The Manning Pharmacy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Explosive.

An ambitious young writer having
asked, What magazine will give me
the highest position quickestF was
told, "A powder magazine, II you con-
tribute a fery article"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07

It is unpleasant to turn back, even
though It be to take the right way
German ProYerb.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07

II YOU are sufferer from piles, ManZan Pile
Remedy will bring relief with the first :.pplica-
ton Guaranteed. Price aOc. Sold by The
Manning Pharmacy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Cause and Effect.

Old Hunks-When I came tc this
town sixteen years ago, real estate II
the block where live was higher than
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07

Old Hewlfgus-It would be so in any
block where you'd settle down.-Chica-
20 Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
~ dIdn't"'

NO; you had a number of opportuni-
ties to quit before you did."-PhiladeI-
phia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
Wasted Opportunities.

How did you like my talk last
night!' asked the beginner in the lee
%,,ro EaI5
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07

"Well," replied the candid critic, "you
didn't take advantage Of your many
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26
BIG CREtK.

IT'S pretty frosty of mornings
now
Revival meetings are in pro
gress at Ridgway.
George Rice purchased him
self team last Saturday.
Clerk of Court Ridgway visit
ed in the east end last Sunday.
Chas. Lof1in made business
trip to eastern Kansas last week.
Will Gerken of Ellis, attended
church at Ridgway last Sunday.
Another little snow fell in this
neck of the woods last Thursday
night.
Joe Herbert purchased anoth-
err load of corn in Ellis last Sat
urday.
Work on the new 'Wheatland"
elevator at Ellis is progressing
nicely.
The auction of dry goods, gro
ceries, ETC., at Ellis, still contin-
ues on Saturdays.
Rev. Gunckel came down from
Oakley last Thursday morning
to conduct the revival at Ridg-
way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26


Misses Rosy and Mary Zeman
are spending their vacation at
home.
Abbie Mummert is visiting
with her grandparents at Wa
Keeney.
An Xmas program was render
ed at Big Creek school Thursday
afternoon.
John Stradal thinks Collyer is
better place to go on Saturday
than Wa-Keeney.
If any one has more cats than
they want notify John Stradal
and he will come after them.
The bachelors of this vicinity
are on the anxious seat since
leap year is drawing to close.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Knapp are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Knapp'S parents in Russell coun-
ty.
There was a large attendance
at Sunday school, and the chill
dren received their usual Christ
mas treat.
w. r. Cummings will depart
for Locksburg, Ark, where they
will make their new home. We
wish them success.
The young people from this vi
entity attended literary at the
Morell school house last Satur-
day night. All report a good
time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26

Issued every Saturday and entered into the
postomce at Wa-keeney. Kansas as second
class matter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26
Mean Old SCribbIer.

just listen to this from the
veteran Eldorado editor: Kan
Sas Federation of Women's Clubs
having resolved at it's Wichita
meeting to segregate the sexes
by abolishing the that is,
all men with yellow streaks
will discuss the following sub
jects at it's next meeting:
1. Are bottle babies lower in
intelligence than the other kind?
Miss Samantha Jane Simpkins.
2. Which is the better way to
subdue obstreperous husbands,
throw dishes at their heads or
sulk?- Mrs. Ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Eliza Ann Poddgeezer.
3. Now that sex deterioration
is mathematical certainty,
should we quit borning boy
babies? Miss Anna Maria Co
zaad.
4. What is the best method to
suppress the ego of the cosmos
in husbands? Mrs. Colonel An
geline Seraphina Philduzer.
5. Which will break the spirit
of husbands the quicker, to feed
them on things that they like or
the things they dislike? Mrs.
Ex-Associate Judge Genevieve
Hathaway Jones.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26
BLOODY RUN RAMBLES.

Miss Edith EmmOnS is spend
ing a few days with Mrs. B. E.
Grim
Miss Leta Cook will spend the
holidays in the western part of
the state.
VIM. Walker received the sad
news of the death of near rela-
tive quite recently.
Mrs. w. t. Littlechild and
daughter Gertrude are expected
home to spend the holidays.
We understand the MALTA has
been ordered from Fort Riley to
quell the Bloody Run Riot.
Yes, Bloody Run has a real
lady veterinary, only charges a
pound of candy for the worst
cases of surgical work and after
she gets it she can go to grass. y
Ha, ha.
James Finch says he is suffer
ing from nausea and there seems
to be terrible Sickening taste
in his mouth as if he had eaten
or bitten into something that was
not exactly up to the standard of
the pure food law.
We believe the Bloody Run
hen war is settled, as the peace
protocole has been sent to the
Hague to be signed. But there
is another war inevitable and let
it come, l repeat it sir, and let it
come. This time it is between
landlord and tenant.
Manifest destiny is being more
fully Illustrated every day since
war was declared. Well we'll
just tell you what we think about
it. We sincerely believe you
children should be punished, but
how bad we feel for them after
wards. We do not believe in
Furnishing nOw-no we never did.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26

you feel my back and say my
liver's out of whack, and then
you shed your vest and coat and
push lantern down my throat,
and say, Great Caesar. What
heart, I'll have to take you all
apart. And on your table [ am
laid while you go to hunt a spade
and dig around among my works
and find that blamed old germ
that turks around the angle of
my frame-the way you carve
me is a shame.
When winter comes with frost
and snow, l have a chilblain in
my toe; and when for limment
beg you want to amputate my
leg; and when my throat gets
sore and raw you want to cure it
with saw; to cure my badness
you, [ ween, would run me
through guillotine. My leg
is not at rest among the doctors
of the west; an eastern doctor
has in brine about eight inches
of my spine; the jaw that once
adorned my mouth, is kept in
pickle in the south.
do not love you Doctor Fell;
you carve to fuently and well;
I fear you and your edged tools;
I'll send to correspondence
school for absent treatment
when I'm ill-or hit the good old
fashioned pill. Walt Mason.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26
Big Greek Hall.

Miss Anna Benisch is visiting
home folks.
Nina Neff is at home to spend
her vacation.
Chas. Spena is improving from
his recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stradal visited
Big creek school recently.
Frank Zeman is picking corn
for Elmer Pearl this week.
There will be a dance in Big
creek hall on New Years eve.
Ralph and Helen Henderson
spent Christmas in eastern Kan
SaS.
Miss Carrie Stradal is HON e
from Emporia to spend the holi-
days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26

TERMS OF INSCRIPTION
Per year. in advance----. ---- 81 90
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26

Here is some of the advice
handed out by Bent Murdoch,
the venerable sage of the Walnut
valley: IF there were no suck
erS every mining stock fraud,
every patent medicine fakir,
every balloon stock promoter,
every get-rich- quick cheat. swind-
Ter or robber in the land would
go out of business, go bust. Are
you a sucker? Should the 5000
people resolve that on and after
January, 1909, they will not per-
nit anybody to cheat or Swindle
them in any way, the county will
be lot richer at the end of the
year. The world is full of graft.
An army of people live on graft,
but they cannot live or do bust
ness without the suckers. Are
you a sucker, and do these
grafters catch you. or separate
you from your money? Can
slick william talk you into buying
thing you don't want? Do the
bargain house advertisements
appeal to you? Can a promoter
come along and sell you stock in
bogus patent or gold mine?
Are you an easy mark? Are you
looking around to get somethingk
for nothing? The world is over
flowing with all kinds of sucker
bait and the thing for you to do
is to refuse to go up against it.
Don't let any man play you for
sucker. Turn over a new leaf.
take pledge, make a big VOW
that from now on you will not
permit any one to play you for a
sucker. Buy at home Patronize
home men. Stay with the men
that you know are honest, decent
and square. There is money in
it. Don't invest in stocks or
bonds or certificates" without
consulting your banker about it.
And certainly don't permit any
man, firm or company to carry
away dollar of money that is
not COTTON on the square. Don't
let anybody play you for a suck
err
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26

My friend, I am afraid you
are worrying a little too much
over the short comings of your
neighbor You seem to think
that if he fails to pay his water
rent or does not vote the same
as you, that you will be response
BILE. You won't. Don It imagine
that just because this neighbor
once gave fifty dollars to help
build a new church that he is go
ing to get to heaven. Neither
need you worry because he goes
to services on Sunday with a
sanctimoniouS face that it will
excuse him in the eyes of the
Lord for skinning his brother on
Monday. Don't trouble yourself
about the amount Of rubbish that
is accumulated on the doorstep.
Just keep your own doorSteps
clean and your mouth shut at the
proper time and you will cone
out all right. You will find that
after little practice you will
have all you can do to look after
your own affairs without worry
ing over your neighbors. He
may not be as bad as you mag
inc. If we all work together in
our neighborhood to attend to
our own affairs we will have the
finest community in the world -
Exchange
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26
Great Music Offer.

Send US the names of three or
more performers on the piano or
organ and twenty-five cents in
silver or postage and we will
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The Girl I've Seen" Popular
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-12-26
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