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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-23

The most Independent of all classes
in a period of business depression or
hard times are the tillers of the soil.
In fact, mans restitution and de-
pendence at such times are usually IN
direct proportion to the gap that there
is between him and the soil. 1t Is
worth while remembering that no
overseer can throw the farmer out of
work, for folks have to eat whether
the times be good or Ill.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18

with the death of Col Marshall NJ.
Murdoch, owner and editor of the
Wichita Eagle and postmaster at
Wichita, the state has lost one of its
most forceful characters. He first
located at Topeka in 1856 and imme-
diately became participant in the
Free state contest then pending. He
was actively engaged in many of the
stirring scenes of those days, includ-
ing the Quantrell raid at Lawrence,
where he narrowly escaped becoming
one of the Missiurian's victims
Though fired at repeatedly he man
aged to hide himself in a cellar until
the affair was over, his companion,
John Speer, jr-, being shot down in
his sight On September %. 1868.
Mr.. Murdoch issued, at Burlingame,
the first number of the Usage County
Chronicle, a stalwart republican pa
per. The following winter he was
made a military enrolling agent for
the surrounding counties. In 1864 he
was commissioned Northumberland
by Gov. Thomas Carney and organ
lied what was known as the Santa
Fe Battalion, which afterwards he
commanded at the battles of the Little
Blue and Westport- Besides holding
clerkships in the legislatures of 1864
and 1865, he was elected county clerk
of Usage county in 1866. In 1868 he
was almost unanimously elected state
senator from Usage and Coffey coun-
ties, and again in 1870. In 1871 he
sold his paper at Burlingame and in
1872 established the City Eagle at
Wichita In this year he was elected
to the state senate again, this time
from the &c counties comprising the
southwest district of the state, and
served as president pro tenn of that
body. Commencing in 1874 he was
postmaster at Wichita for IL years
and later under Roosevelt. He also
served a number of years as regent
of the state normal school. In 1884
Mr.. Murdoch turned his City Eagle
into the Wichita Daily Eagle, and be-
gan to make it one of the influential
dailies of the west. He was a town
builder par excellence, and the fine
growth of Wichita was largely due
to him and his paper. Possessed of a
strong and pleasing literary style, an
enormous capacity for journalistic
work, and a disposition which plunged
him into the thickest of everything,
it is not singular that he has been
able to build up newspaper of wide
circulation and great influence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Woman Dies of Burns.

Mrs. E. M. Jones died at Caney of
burns, the result. of gasoline catching
fire while she and her daughter were
treating the family dog for fieas. Mrs.
Jones and her daughter had decided to
give the family dog bath in gasoline.
Mrs. Jones went to the barn for gaso-
line. While there she saw some
matches, which she took with her to
prevent a possible fire at the barn
She laid the matches on the floor of
the porch when she and the girl
poured gasoline on the dog. Scramb-
ling to get away the dog upset the
gasoline, some of it going on the
girls apron and some of it on Mrs.
Jones' skirt. The girl stepped on the
matches. The head of one flew on
her apron, setting it afire. The moth
er tore the apron from her daughter
and in doing so saved the girl from
probable death, only to take her place,
for the burning apron had set fire to
her own skirt, which proved to be
too strong for her and the frantic girl
to tear from her until the flames had
spread all over her body.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
d. 3zZlZE NL4zx

is bodily and mentally very much
ripper than young man of 25. Be
ing ripper, Older" she is in all, appear
ances Notwithstanding, much cooler.
much soberer and less romantic than
a boy of her age, or a few years older
than she is.
To put it plainly, she is much the
more practical of the two.
She goes straight for the point.
Her Imagination is infinitely less heat
ed than that of the young man.
She will, in, 80 cases out of 100,
choose the bread with the butter on
it. Words or letters do not mean
much in this matter. 1t is wholly a
thing of actions
When, after taking all precautions,
young man has chosen young, en-
ergetic, lively and ordinary girl, he
may rest assured that he has done
very much for the subsequent sue
cess and happiness of his life.
Man is not a solitary, but a binary
being. One is two, and two are one
To be man is in vast majority OF
cases to be married man and ia,
Their of children.-Chicago American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Patriotism in the Making.

Patriotism in New York is cosmo-
politan. They have flag drill in the
schools in which the children of
every race and cline, as the hymn
book says, are taught to salute the
stars and stripes and give their
heads. their hands and their hearts
to their country And in some of
the big downtown schools you may
see children from homes German, Ital-
ian, Syrian, Scandinavian. Jewish,
Hungarian, Chinese, Armenian, Greek.
and heaven knows how many more ma
tionalities, all joining in this pictur-
esque ceremony. 1t gives one real
izing sense of the variety of material
which is put into the crucible We call
a city, and which in another gen.
Grafton or two win be simply
American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18

one OF the parents Is disproportionate
ly old?
Chilren, people ought never to for
get, are not only our sons and daugh-
tiers, they are also our fathers and
mothers. They make us or re-
make US.
The sight of ones healthy and nor
NAL children pours new life into one
Finally, a great disproportion of age
between a young husband and an ell
derby wife is more than likely to lead
to complications of the famous prob
lem which no man has yet tried to
solve without suffering acutely for it.
The question has often been raised
whether the young man should study
the mother of the girl he is to marry
more attentively than her other rela-
tiyes. With regard to this, it is not I'M
important to remark that nearly every
one of US resembles an uncle or aunt
more distinctly than even his father
and mother. Resemblance or hered
ity goes transversely, sideways, not ia
straight lines.
A study of the uneles and aunts of
the girl is, to say the least, extreme
ly profitable, and may reveal traits
that are as yet latent and thus unob-
servable in the girl.
In addition to this the young man
must never forget that a girl of 20
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Want Suit Prosecuted.

That the oil producers who ap-
peared before Attorney General Jack
son in Topeka and asked him not to
press the custer suit against the
Standard Oil company do not reflect
the sentiment of the members Of the
Kansas Oil Producers association
was made evident at a special meeting
held by the producers and the refners
at Chanute recently. Resolutions were
passed without a dissenting vote
which declared it to he the sense of
the association that said suit be not
dismissed compromised or arranged
for compromise, but vigorously prose-
cuted to a successful and final ter
mination-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18

than her beauty, had attracted the at
tent1on of the lawyer when she first
came to the city. Through friends Mr.
Hummel was introduced to her and
her mother. Eventually he became the
acknowledged patron of the little girl.
He obtained the best teachers for her,
arranged concerts at which she played
and secured her introductions into the
homes of the socially prominent in
New York and Newport What sue
cess has come to Miss Brown she
owes largely to the kindly interest of
Mr.. Hummel.
And Miss Brown was grateful.
She was not content to tell only CT
the many kindnesses he had done for
her and her mother She did more
The first day the convicted lawyer
sent word to the outside world from
his cell in prison that he would like
to see those of his old friends who
still cared to see him, Miss Brown was
one of the first to hurry to him with
flowers and fruit and some dainty
jelly that her mother had made with
her own hands. 1t was the sight of
his little friend that brought the first
smile to the face of the little lawyer
that any one had seen after his con-
viction.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
ResembIed ~the other one"

Imagination, of course, plays a large
part in the receptions of the nursery
A child of four or five was giving an
account to her parents of the capture
of a snake at the end of the garden
Like many grown-up raconteurs, she
posed as having been present. though
she had the story in reality from her
slightly elder brother, who had been
a delighted witness En1arging on
every detail. she was at last pulled up
by her father, who knew how much OF
her evidence was circumstantial-
And what was the color of this
snake?~ he asked This was poser
Tom had omitted to tell her the color
But she was not going to be daunted
by a minor detail of this sort 1T was
the same color as the snake that Tom
saw she said.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Latest Kansas Events.


J. w. Roach, a farmer living near
Clyde, tested the efficacy of advertis-
ing recently. He was about to hold
public auction and planned an adver-
Using campaign, says the Sterling
Bulletin. For several weeks he an
nounced his dates in the local papers
and the last week came out with a
half-page advertisement, ordering 500
extra copies of the paper for distribu-
tion- He employed four auctioneers,
and advertised the fact. He told in
an interesting way, through his adver-
Using. that he would have a big sale
and plenty to eat The sale was
held adjoining Clyde and the crowd
that attended was estimated at 5000
The Clyde merchants did big bust
ness as a result. Before the event
Mr. Roach estimated the amount of
the sale at $4,000, but it footed up
$4,000 His printing bill was S38, and
he attributes the remarkable success
of the sale to judicious use of print
er's ink. He said Printers ink made
me at least 81, 500 on that sale; 1 got
the people there and they bought
whether they needed the goods or
not"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Subscriptions Must Be Paid.

Kansas publishers are up in arms
over a rule of the postoffice depart
ment which they feel certain is go
ing to injure their business. The
ruling provides that subscriptions
must be collected up to within a GER
tain time limit, otherwise the matter
will not be accepted at the postoffice
at the second class postage rate of
one cent a pound, but may be mailed
at the transient second class postage
rate of one cent for each four ounces
or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps
affixed. The rule says that to come
under the provision whereby the pub
LEGATIONS may be handled as second
class postage at the former rates, sub
scriptions to dailies must be within
three months and weeklies within one
year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18

graduation And their confidence was
not misplaced.
Helped Unfortunates.
He felt that the unfOrtunates he
was called upon to treat in the prison
hospital were human beings like him
self, and many q man, sick with dis
grace and tired of life, found new in
SEPARATION in the young doctor None.
however, liked him better than Abe
Hummel
IL You talked to the convicted law
yer to-day he would tell you nothing
has helped him to bear his disgrace
more than the cheering talks of the
young physician Not day has
passed that Dr. Matz, even though he
did not have to prescribe for his pa
tent, has failed to visit his cot and
chat with him for Is or 20 minutes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
a PorIceman,s Ear sitten OF.

As a result of an effort on the part
of Harry Folck, a Junction City police
man, to stop a squirrel among three
soldiers, FTolck is minus an ear, one
soldier Is in the hospital at Fort Riley
with two bullet wounds IN his abdo-
men and another soldier had part of
a finger shot off. When F'oIck at
tempted to stop the squirrel soldier
knocked him down. From then on it
was a fight between the three SOL
diers on one side and the policeman
on the other. In the midst of the fight
one of the soldiers got hold of the po-
liceman's ear with his teeth and bit
the ear off. The policeman then drew
his revolver and began firing with the
result mentioned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
A Hard Luck Story.

a genuine hard luck story from the
BeHoit Times: A few nights ago Will
liam Beenblossom of Burr Oak went
to the barn to release horse that,
had become tangled in its halter strap
and was down. The horse kicked
him out of the barn. rendering him,
unconscious and upset and broke his
lantern. When he came to, the barn
was on fire and five of the six
horses, including the kicker, were
burned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18

OF course. on several Of these occa-
sions Miss Brown was announced The
doctor was introduced.
And then of course the inevitable
happened
Even before he had been formally
presented DIR. Matz had heard of the
beautiful young woman whose graft
tude toward her old friend had never
changed in his adversely. He had
heard of her from Hummel, from the
other prisoners. from the keepers,
who had come to look forward to her
visits almost as anxiously as did
Hummel himself
What has followed has been the Sc
cret the grim old place has kept SO
well for months. Now that it is out,
Miss Brown, with her face suffused
with bushes, will tell you herself that
the minute she saw Dr. Matz he APP
pealed to her." and the doctor will
tell you that even before he had met
her he had made up his mind that so
loyal friend as Miss Brown had
shown herself to be was just the girl
for him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Cheered Her Benefactor.

Cheered Her Benefactor.
Since then never a week has passed
that Miss Brown has not been Wis
itor to the island. In her arms she
has always carried flowers, fruit,
books-countless little offerings of de-
votion to make the days of her bene-
factor pass as quickly as possible.
Once in a while she would take her
violin and play over and over the ia
vorites of Mr.. Hummel She was in
truth an angel of mercy, for while she
played for Mr.. Hummel the other men
in the prison hospital could hear and
see her, and her visits made them
happy.
But Miss Brown was not the only
friend of Mr.. Hummel during the days
of his disgrace.
One of the honor students of the
Long Island College hospital, in the
graduating class of 1907, was Philip
B. Matz, a young Baltimore student
His actual knowledge of medicine,
added to a genuine kindness for his
fellow beings, made him more than
successful in treating the cases the
older doctors allowed him to handle
during his senior year. 1t was with a
feeling that their pupil would acquit
himself creditably that the doctors Sc
cured him the assignment to Black
wells Island Immediately after his
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
a Eiuancier.

The editor of the Roosevelt Repor-
ter published the following notice:
1.-THE editor will protect the reserve
fund on deposit in his watch pocket
by following the clearing house plan
adopted by other financial institutions.
Payments of 10 to 90 cents in curren-
cy will be made according to size of
bill, and bits of paper will be issued
showing balance due. There will be
but one payment per month. Credi-
tors must be identified and show signs,
of great Distress
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
FEW THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE
Hints for the Man Who Is Seeking
Happiness and Success

A man who wants happiness and
success in life ought as rule. not TO
marry a girl older than himself In
fact she ought to be at least five, bet
ter still, ten or even 10 years young
er than the man.
Marriage is not meant for the pleas
ure and comfort of the husband. and
wife alone; it is a holy institution
meant for the future generation
The question always is. or should
be. what will the children be? Is
their health likely to be good when
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Teachers Elect officers.

j. E. Boyer. county superintendent
of kingman county, was elected pres
ident of the State Teachers associa-
ton Mr.. Boyer's selection by the as
ISOLATION was a ratification of the
choice of the nominating committee.
which recommended his choice. Mr..
Boyer's election is regarded as dis
tinct victory for the rural school in
terests of Kansas, and appeared to
meet with the general approval of
educators of all classes in attend
ance upon the meeting of the associa-
ton. The vice-presidents elected
were: First, C. E. ST. John, Marion;
second, M. ]. kirkpatrick, Frankfort;
third, H. H. Gerardy, Norton The
auditing committee is composed of w.
S. Reese, Holton; F. L. Pinot, Erie;
E. G. Kelly, Wellington.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Banquet al Cottonwood Falls

One of the largest banquets- ever
held by the Iasons was given in the
Masonic hall at Cottoawood Falls at.
their annual election of officers The
banquet was planned and served by
ladies of the Eastern Star at fhe close
of the business nesting and degree
work of the lodge
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18

and attention showered on her by the
artists. it was the friendship of those
who took an interest in her musical
training that Miss Brown cherished
most And it was this gratitude that
led to the bewildering number of con-
gratulatory letters and kilograms
which Miss Brown has been receiving
during the past few days.
When Abe" Hummel the convict
ed lawyer. was sent. dis aeed and re-
viled. to serve a year sentence in a
felon's cell on Biao .5welfs Island,
there were many of Lis friends who
came forward to tell of his deeds of
kindness during his years of success,
and foremost among them was Miss
Brown
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
One of oldest eradsstes.

Chester Dutton who lives on a farm
short distance from Coneordia in a
log house which he built soon after
coming to Kansas in 1867, IS one of
the three oldest living graduates of
Yale, he having been a member of
the 1888 class
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Whc0edl tRonlaKe@
Of Beauty-0t
oWfnfLcr Aey Josephine Boom
Honored BY Bearty Judges
in Three Big European Cites, and Peste-ed BY
Proposals in Consequence, Has Just Gfyen Her
Hand to a RISING Young Me4u York Doctor

New York.-The four grim gray
walls of the city prison over on Black
wells Island have been just bursting
with the secret of a romantic engage
ment, and there is smile these days
on the faces of the forIorn creatures
forced to live therefor the fortunate
man is DR.. Philip B. Matz, assistant
physician to the prison and the friend
of every unfortunate inmate of that
place, according to the Sunday World.
The heroine in the case is Miss Jo-
sephine Brown, who lives at No. 204
West Ninety-fourth street, New York.
1t was on mission of mercy to the
island" that Miss Brown met Dr. Matz
but to begin at the beginning:
A little over IL years ago Chicago
was taking a very great interest in
deed in little seven-year- girl who
could play the violin with the skill of
a born artist. The little one was Jo-
sephine Brown. She had won her
honors at a series of public concerts
A year or two later she came to New
York with her mother, and added to
her fame as a violinist was her repu-
tation for childish beauty The almost
perfectly formed features of her face,
the magnificent black eyes and long.
she appeared. Those who were
charmed with her then predicted that
as she grew older she would become
one of the most beautiful women in
the world
In New York Mrs. Brown secured
for her daughter the leading violin
teachers, and very soon musicians
and artists were attracted toward the
little western girl. Photographers,
artists in black and white and those
who painted in oil besieged the
mother to allow Josephine to pose for
them. Mrs. Brown granted as many
of these requests as possible, and the
Madonnalike face of the little girl
became well known in the artists
studios of the city
All Countries Praise Beauty.
Quite without the knowledge of
Miss Brown or her mother, little
over a year ago one of the artists
who had been attracted by the beauty
of the little girl when she first ar
rived in New York, sent his portraits
of her to London. Berlin and ST. Pc
tersburg and entered them in beauty
contests then being held in those
cities. A different pose of Miss
Brown was sent to each place, but in
every city the judges were unanimous
in awarding her the first prize for
beauty.
Pleased as she was by the honor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Old Saline County Resident Dead.

Andrew J. Johnson, one of the Old
est residents of Saline county, died at
his farm home near FaHam at the age
of g. The deceased was born in
Sweden and came to America In the
Cos, settling in Saline. in 1872.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
When Luck Is Win You.

Good sense from the Fredonia Her
aid: IF your conn etflor is spending
a good deal of his advertising appro-
priation outside of the newspapers
don't complain any more that luck is
against yor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
roIa's New Weather Bureau.

Iola's new weather bureau is pra,,
tically completed. 1t win be desdi-
Gated by visit of the children OF. the
public schools. The building was
erected at a cost of $4,000.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Independent Refineries Gain.

L. T. Hussy, state oil inspector has
filed his annual report with the gov
ernor, and in this he shows that the
Independent oil producers have made
great gains in the refined product in
Kansas In the last year the indie
pendent refners have produced 3d.
$50 barrels of oil and 1926 barrels
of gasoline. This is Is per cent of
the total sold in Kansas in the year
year ago the independent oil men
produced only little more than nine
per cent of the total. In the year the
oil inspector and his deputies in
spected 222 ,2S6 barrels of oil and 147-
SCI barrels of gasoline. collecting
$37, 029-S7 in fees. The expenses of
the department for the year were
SI7,G39.09, leaving a profit to the state
of SIS, 99U.1S
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
Loves Young Dream.

Loves Young Dream.
The visits of Miss Brown to the
cold, forbidding prison became more
and more frequent-for of course, as
she would have told you a few weeks
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-01-18
True American Girl.


Splendid type of the American girl
is the fiancee of DR.. Matz, equally at
home in the drawing or music room,
or on the golf links. Fond of all
healthy outdoor sports, she is a SPLEEN
did horsewoman and skillful wielder
of the golf clubs. The showers of
congratulations coming to Miss Brown
belong more properly to DR.. Matz, who
has won SO charming a bride. That
their married life may be happy and
long will be the wish of all who cher
ish sentiment and are glad when the
path of true love is occasionally
smooth.