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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-04

ing generations a nmitless supply Of
food and fodder.
For human beings the product of
the cactus is said to have more food
value than any other vegetable, con-
tanning more of the minerals and salts
iron, potassium, manganese, calcium,
magnesia and soda-that are upbui1d-
-ers of the nerve cells.
The thornless cactus will be ready
for the market in the spring of 1909,
when there will be half a million of
the plants fiourishing. Some idea of
their present value may be gained
from the knowledge that Mr.. Burbank
sold five leaves for seed to an Austria
liam company for $4,000, with the pro-
ceeds from which he built a new bun
galow at Santa Rosa.
The wonderful plant has been devel-
oped with great secrecy, but now Mr.
Burbank is ready for the world to
know all about it and to await expect
antly for the proof of the cactus pud-
ding in the eating thereof.
For many years Mr.. Burbank has
been considered by horticulturists the
first of the worlds many experiment
ers for the improvement of fruits and
vegetables. He is not and does not
claim to be botanist; his work is in
tensely practical and he resembles
Thomas A. Edison in the respect that
he applies rather than creates theo-
ries.
Born in little Massachusetts, town
in 1s4e, he spent his boyhood on a
farm and early began his attempts to
change plant life. The first result of
his studies and labors was the we'll
known Burbank potato, great i'm
provement over potatoes in cultivation
at the time it was originated
With little special education, in the
academic sense, for his work, he was
forced into outdoor life by his delicate
health and devoted his whole time to
experimenting. In 1875, when he was
&c years old, he realized the advantage
of the California climate for his work
and removed there The most famous
of his productions is perhaps the
stoneless prune- He also has original
ed several varieties of plums that are
great Improvements. Apples, peaches,
nuts, berries and trees, grasses. grains
and flowers all have been the subject
of his investigations toward greater
use for mankind, and all have been
improved or experiments with them
are in progress that promise improve
ment SOON
Mr. Burbank's work was carried on
for years at his own expense, but OF
late he has received $4,000 year
from the Carnegie fund He is unmar-
ried, lives quietly on his little place
In Santa Rosa, and seldom leaves i:
except for the delivery of lectures al
Leland Stanford university, where he
is special lecturer on evolution, OF
for some business connected with hia
work
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"Just look az here." Sally B. said
excitedIy,s as she entered the ONCE
and held the paper out to Stella 81
go to go to Bill humpin' quick-ter-
morrer, if I can git away By goIl!
it'll beat the ole Harry for me to git
ready.''
Stella took the unsavory paper and
looked vainly for Sally BIS message.
The only noticeable thing was strils
of crosses on the margin.
'sOh, forgot. O. course, you cant
read Bills letter; nobody but me can
See them two crosses first there?
Close together? Them means he's
well. See them four with lines over
n under? That says he's struck it
rich. Blamed rich. Lines under'd
mean pretty good; but lines on top.
too, means whoppin'! Them three
crosses standin' apart, them's grub
There's a dot over each; that's all
kinds. There's a line under 'em; that
means lots of it Oh, Bills hit big
lead this time, no doubt O. that. an
he's layin' out to work it on the jump,
an with all the men he kin git" She
looked at Stella exultantly, but turned
quickly back to the hieroglyphics.
Here's one big cross standin' alone;
that's me; an the line under it means
come
What does the picture of q pen
mean?" Stella asked, curiously.
Sally B. looked a little conscious.
"Oh, you know, kin read, an make a
fair stagger at writin'; so when Bill
has any very important business that
goes by way of ink have to help him
out"
But how can you leave in this busy
season." Stella asked.
ITS right smart pestersome, but I
got ter. 1 got you, an vi, an Vic.
Grandma'am1I have ter-what's that
word AL Vincent used the other day?
shapper-shapperon you all.
Stella smiled half-heartedIy. do
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-04
THORNLESS CACTUS
PROF. BURBANK TO COMMERCIAL
fzE HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH.
California Plant Wonder-Wor<er
Transforms Thorny Growth Into
Nutritious Food for Man
and Beast.

San Francisco--Luther Burbank,
who has illumined the world with
doral sunshine and made men glad be-
cause of the fruits and vegetables he
has coaxed from the earth with scien-
uf1c genius that spread his name and
fame throughout the nations, is about
to commercialize his greatest tri-
umph''
What the California plant wonder
worker proposes to do seems to many
impossible, but, viewed in the light of
his past achievements, almost any
thing may be expected from this crea-
tive king of the farm and gardens of
Santa Rosa. He proposes to feed man
and beast on cactus plants. =
Mr.. Burbank is about prepared to
flood the markets of the world with a
spineless, thornless, fruit-bearing, nu-
tritious cactus that will prove diet
airy boon to mankind and will tickle
the palates of pigs, cattle, sheep and
horses.
What Mr.. Burbank has done is to
produce from the cactus a plant des-
tined to be of inestimabIe value as
forage and also as food. At a model
nursery established for the propaga-
ton of his discovery in the Salton Sea
district of California there are now
plants AS a result of his long and pa
tient labors he has produced several
varieties, which, reproducing from the
leaves broken off and thrust into the
ground, will yield through succeed
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you think we can manager" She did
not shrink from responsibility, but
from the horde of men. Travellers,
strangers, men of the town, all would
make pretexts for lingering in the
Office or wherever they could find
either girl; not from rudeness, but be-
cause of the woman-hunger, the long
ing for all that a good woman stands
for to men of the frontier. And Sally
B. would not be there for refuge and
court of appeal.
"Of course you can manage. You
got to- Sabe? Don't get skeered fore
you begin. I've got jimmy Dart staked
out by telegraph. She's the best
dinin' room gal in Placer county. She'n
Vic IL run the eatin' end o. K All
you got ter do, Stella, is to boss the
whole consarn." Sally B. whisked off
to make her preparations, which began
with te1egraphed order for goods
that kept several clerks in Sacramento
busy all that afternoon.
Toward supper time the three wom-
en- were in the Corral where Sally
B. had put through" tremendous
cleaning. The room was long and
bare, with rows of neat beds, an oc-
casional chair, several rough tables
and a forest of nails uphanging various
pieces of men's apparel
Now you'n Viola amt to touch
them beds, but just ha'nt that -Chiny
limb O. Satan. Wing, an see t he does
'em right I'm goin' to make Shack
Newbegin boss of the corral, an he'll
look out for any cuss that gifts on a
bender He'll make him take leg bail
too quick
Shackelford Newbegin had taken
Gideon's place at-the bar and had
proved exceptionally trustworthy.
ssDcggone EN-, Some of 'em sleeps
In their boots, drunk or SOBER" Sally
B.. continued. her mind still on the
beds She scowled refiectively, her
neat soul outraged by memories OF
back aching seasons of blanket-wash-
ing, of ceaseless strife to keep the cor
raj from sme1lIn' wuss'n Z pig-pen.'
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CHAPTER xVk
Sally B. Leads the WAGON Train.

Busy nights made Sally BIS risings
no later. She served as good break
fast to Mr.. Crocker the next morning
as if the hotel routine had been I'M
broken
The little town was full of confusion,
and the center of it was the hotel. The
dining room was overlooking. Added
to the crowd of the night was gang
of men just arrived and clamoring for
breakfast before they were hustled on
the Front There was none of the ex-
pectant quiet of the supper hour in
the green-embowered room. And Sally
B. was every where, generating the sit
uation masterfully.
There was meager time for dream
ing, yet the heart of Stella dreamed
on, though her head bent faithfully
to its tasks at the office desk The
night in fairyland had passed, still its
visions held. Across the gulch tender
hands she knew were preparing the
dead for burial. but often as her
thoughts strayed there to death, still
ness. mystery. she whipped herself
back again to the hustle and hurry
around her. This she could endure,
float serenely over, with Alfred's eyes
ever on her own, his kiss still thrilling
her lips Nor would she think of him
as flying from her. Plenty of time to
vision him far away. his mind occupied
with alien concerns Plenty of time
to count on the days, the weeks
would it~be months before she should
see him?
Before noon a man came in from
the east with two wagons and . six.
horse team, bringing message for
Sally B. 1t was an old newspaper,
crumpled and dirty
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When strangers wants beds, you
two gals come together to show 'em
up, an have Wing bring up the car
pet bags.
why. ma. You always bring 'em
up yourself
That's all right; but you mind 1
amt goin' to have you an your teach
er totin' baggage just cause hain't
got no STYLE"
Only the stage took the road ahead
of Sally B. the next day. Do you
think I'm goin' ter git mixed with Gid
Ingram's outfit?" she asked when
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-04
|YOU'RETooTHIN,
Eo<n .SAgAf Catarrhal Derangxm<xks
Of tie Stomach Produce Aeid Fer
nEenkatfox IF tie Food
rs Stomach Ctyt1,7H

Some people arc thin and always re-
main thin, from temperamental res
sons Probably in such cases nothing
can be done to change this personal
peeuliarity.
But there are large number of peo-
pie who get thin, or remain thin, who
naturally would be plump and heshy
but for some digestive arrangements
Thin people lack In adipose tissue.
Adipose tissue is chiefly composed OF
fat.
: Fat is derived from the oily constit-
uents of food.
The fat-making foods are called by
the Psychologist, hydrocarbons. This
class OF foods are not digested in the
stomach at all. They are digested In
the duodenum, the division of the ALI
mentary canal just below the stomach.
The digestion of fat is mainly, If not
wholly, the work Of the pancreatic
Juice. This juice is of alkaline reac-
ton, and is rendered inert by the addi-
ton of acid. A hyperacidity of the
digestive fluids OF the stomach passing
down into the duodenum, destroys
the pancreatic fluid for digestive pur-
poses. Therefore, the fats-aro not di-
gested or emulsified, and the system Is
ACPAAECo VI AeS WAC AoPON bAoA1 u OAiy
constituents. Hence, the patient grows
thin.
The beginning of the trouble is ca
tarrhal condition of the stomach which
causes hyperacidity OF the gastric
juices. This hyperacidity is caused by
fermentation of food in the stomach.
When the food is taken into the stom-
Rch, if the process Of digestion does
not begin immediately, acid fermenta-
ton will take place. This creates q
hyperacidity of the stomach juices
which in their turn prevent the PAN
creatic digestion of the oils, and the
emaciation results.
A dose of Peruna before each meal
hastens the stomach digestion. By
hurrying digestion, Peruna prevents
fermentation of the contents of the
stomach, and the pancreatic juice is thus
preserved in its normal state. 1t then
only remains for the patient to eat
sufficient amount of fat-forming foods,
and the thtnness disappears and plump
ness takes its place.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-07-04
CHAPTER xv.-continued.

She leaned forward a little, her
draperies flowing softly about her
feet behind the graceful stage-edging
of fir tips, her dear, wistful eyes peering
into the gloom. He knew she thought
him out there somewhere in the dark;
hungry, weary, waiting for her. He
was not hungry, he was not weary;
but he needed her-she little knew
how he needed her. And no matter
how far asunder lay their future, to-
night he would have her, love her. &C
cept the service of those dear hands.
Impulsively she called again: "Oh,
Romeo, Romeo, won't you Gomez"
The tender voice with the heart
ache in it thrilled him, chided his 81
lence; startled him with apprehension
also, lest the association of the name
lead her to say those other too true
words:
'"Tis but thy name that is my
enemy
1t should be her enemy no longer,
''Here 1 am Stella-sweetheart." He
whispered the last word as he caught
her down-reached hand and sprang up
beside her.
Z AS in a baby's face fresh-waked
from sleep, the warm color swept up,
white lids and paled off to the softly
waving hair. Her eyes opened wide,
frank and joy-fiooded as childs. She
turned to him. Doubts and questions
fed. He was there. He called her
Sweetheart"
In the sheltered, spicy nook behind
the screen, prudence, business, duty,
all slept forgotten, while a name1ess
youth pledged lifelong love and de-
votion to a dowerless, homeless, I'm
worldly woman.
1t was Stella, remembering his long
fast, who cut short the precious mo-
ments and lured Alfred from his loves
empyrean SUBMITS to his daily bread.
She rearranged the dishes and went to
the kitchen to make fresh tea, he fol-
lowing that no dear breath of her
should be lost to him. Back to the
table again they went, stepping lightly
that they might wake no ear above;
whispering, with gay little laughs sup
pressed with difficulty, lest caves
dropping walls might hear and tell.
Radiantly CARRIED, glowing, together
they ate, the food ambrosia, the Sc
questered scene rite, a pledge, pre-
figuring home to be.
F I've known all the time 1 oughtn't
to love you, still less ought / to win
your love; yet-yet-oh, Stella, /
couldn't help it," said Alfred.
She regarded him earnestly, plying
", moment, her heart in her tender
eyes; but he-did not look up till she
spoke Tell me, is it's it any fault
of your own that" She did not fin
ish. but he understood.
NO He paused uncertainty ssNo.
and yes cannot tell you freeiy-it is
not all my secret / am suffering for
another's wrongdoing. yet / caused
him to commit that wrong, unwittingiy
God knows. unwittingly!'' The last
| words were vehement; and he looked.
not at Stella, but away, as if he adj
dressed another auditor
She slipped to her knees beside him,
her clasped hands against his breast,
her gaze probing his soul.
Dear heart. suppose were your
sister and her lover were in your
| place would you not have her say. as
am saying, All my heart. my trust,
my life. are yours, now and always ?. :"
| Alfred lifted his head Hsr farvant
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Where is the real. magnificent lux
ury of the past? Where are the gar
dens of Semiramis or the banquets of
Lucullus Tea parties have replaced
the splendid feasts, motor cars the
costly coaches, cottages the palaces
and tailor gowns the costumes OF
brocade and gold Nothing to-day re-
calls observation-disclosures of the Italian
renaissance or Of France under the
three Louis.
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gently. "And if you ought, will not
going bring sooner the day when you
may stay 2'
Already. you are the better half
of me-" he answered tenderly. and
followed the words with farewell.
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NEW YORK.

Continued warm, unreasonable weather
and the approach of the national election
tend to hamper distribution Of seassn-
able merchandise, the purchase Of any
but immediate necessities and the projec-
ton of new enterprises. On Me balanes
industry is slightly more active, some
branches of the iron trade having in
creased forces, while building is more
brisk but at the SAM time drought or
low water in various n~avigable streams
tend to affect such lines as coke, water
way navigation and paper mills. Rail-
way tonnage is heavier, n current
gross earnings show smaller decreases
than for any time in the past ten months.
Summed up, caution still prevails. but
confidence is very strong, and therefore
natural conditions. together with light
stocks, should produce a marked degree
of expansion after the turn Of the new
year. Until then repression seems to
be the policy, the hand-to-mouth buying
movement is deemed to be the part OF
wisdom, and new enterprises are being
held in allegiance. either by the credit-giv-
ing institutions or by their projectors.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Oct. Is number pa.
against 2j6 last week, T94 in the like week
of f9O7. 10 in 1906, 17S in 1905 and
227 in 1904. Business failures in Canada
for the week number 20, as against 81
last week and SO in this week Of 1907
Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
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A AND INDUSTRY.

The American Smelling and Refining
Company has issued its annual report for
the year ending April 80 last, which
shows a decrease in earnings, compared
with the previous year, Of $3,S46, 776.
President Daniel Guggenheim. in his re-
port to the stockholders. said that the de-
cline in business had not impaired the
company's surplus which amounts to 3d.
50S.2l9.
David Roberts. cousin Of Gen. Lord
Roberts, "Bobs," Of British Boer war
fame, who lives in Chicago, and Robert
II. Cummings. an elevator owner of Cliff
ton. H., closed out September corn on
the Chicago Board Of Trade with Z half
million profit. thereby tying double and
fancy sailor knots in the tails of the bear
element. led by such masters as ]. Ogden
Armour and James III. Patten. Their
holdings at one time were more than
5.000.OOO bushels.
Commercial failures in the month OF
August, as compiled by r. G. Dun were
1,1a9 in number and ? 33,7S2.37S in
amount of liabilities. In the same month
last year there were $50 failures with
tiaDiitlSs diHouithHs Fio,iSe.tHV. NC
garding the general situation, Dun's Re
view says that. despite the gradual i'm.
Troyement in business and the pronounced
growth of confidence, the aftermath of the
panic Of last October is extending over
into the new year further than was al
first thought. Money has become easy
and high-grade commercial paper car b.
sold ut low terms, but loans are still
scrutinized with care. Erratic fuctua,
tions in the prices Of raw material. nota.
bly, in wheat, cotton and hides. have com
plicated the situation. Improvements were
noteworthy in the lumber and building
class of industries over last August, the
greatest failures being in the manufac,
turing industries.
The Wisconsin tBell) Telephone Com
nany has absorbed the Western Wiscon
sin Telephone Company. which had 1,JO(
subscribers and exchanges in Arcadia
Gaiesville. Trempealeau, Fountain City
blair. Ettrick. Whitehall and Indepen
dence. Wis.
Frost and then warm sun rays de
stroyed 10000 bushels Of ripe tomatoes II
the fields on Mnscatine island, causin.
q loss of $4,000 in one day. The toma
toes had been in a frozen state for thre,
days and were being gathered By Ill til.
help available. Thirty minutes after til,
saa sAoOe The crop was . total ~
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1s1i-Anericans ~repulscd the British al
battle of Lyons Greek.
1sio-N Napoleon Bonaparte arrived ct the
island Of st. Helena.
lSoO-Spain ratified treaty ceding Flor
ida to the United States.
1SA2--Completion Of the Crotou water
works celebrated In New York.
1si6-First public application Of ether.
TO deaden pain in surgical opera
tions. made at Massachusetts, gen.
eral hospital in Boston.
1SD-First national convention Of the
Woman's Suffrage party met in Wor-
cester, Mass.
lSJ4--The bombardment OF Sevastopol
began. j. The Ostend manifesto, rec
ommending the purchase Of Cuba by
the United States, was issued.
1S55--Grand Trunk railway opened to
Rockville. Ontario.
1S59-John Browns raid on Harper's
Ferry.
1S6o-The Prince of Wales visited Bos-
ton.
@ 49, ~ N-H &0A4
mand of the departments Of the Ten
nessee, Cumberland and Ohio. Bat
tie Of Bristoe Station, Virginia.
iSdj-Twenty-fve hundred houses de-
stroyed by fire in the French quarter
Of Quebec.
iS6S-The Oregon Legislature withdrew
its assent to the fourteenth consti-
~tutional amendment.
lS74-Congress of American women met
in Chicago. Dedication Of the
Lincoln monument at Springfield
Illinois.
1S7S-Lord Dufferin laid the foundation
stone of Dufferin Terrace at Quebec
1SSl-Centenary of the surrender oil
CORVALLIS at Yorktown celebrated
1SS4-Republicans carried the State and
congressional elections in Ohio.
1S91-Phillips Brooks consecrated bishop
of Massachusetts.
lS94-A memorial to Sir John A. Mac.
donald unveiled in Toronto.
1S95-Milwaukee celebrated the semi
centennial of its Incorporation.
diSphtC ONtI IhC CALVIN
schools i'm Manitoba was settled by
compromise.
1S99-Gen. Jimines elected president Of
the Dominican republic.
19O0-Lord and Lady Mimic completed o
tour Of western Canada to the Pa.
ciic.
19O5-Lutheran council in milwaukee,
adopted resolution ~favoring interna'
tional arbitration.
l9O6-The w. C. Il. us worlds con,
gress assembled in Boston.
l9O7-The first regular wireless dispatch
for commercial purposes was SEM
over the Atlantic ocean -. Philip
pine Assembly opened by Secretar,
Taft. The Hague peace conference
closed.
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CHICAGO

CHICAGO.
The Weekly Review OF Chisass TsaAs.
published by X. g. DSa & Co, mys:
Payments through the banks. as re-
Elected by the volume of bank clearings,
are the greatest in over i've msa<hs, and
new compare closely With the normai.
Commercial defaults again make m IN
couraging exhibit in decreased numbers
and liabilities, but there is yet evidence
Of liquidation on old Indebtedness, al
though not adversely affecting the inn
proved position of credits.
Business generally indicates 4 moder-
ate gain in activity, particularly at fac
tories and in merchandising, but caution
remains the keynote. and new demands
fali short Of expectations in irsn and
steel.
An outstanding feature is the gradual
increase Of machinery and hands employ
ed In production. Some plants engaged
In metal. wood and leather working have
become larger consumers of crude sup
plies, and their outputs mainly exceed
those OF a month ago. although snly in
. few instances Is there closer approach
to the former active capacity.
sup ouiiuIuS uds iapSeu ibuO iuftuci
dullness, and lake tonnage compares I'M
favorably with a year ago.
Better indications are found in rail and
furnace operations. car builAiAg. heavy
construction, farm implements and ma
chinsry.
Weather conditions have favored a sea-
sonable expansion in leading retail lines,
and local sales reflect a gratifying disrri-
button of necessaries. Dealings make a
fair aggregate in dry goods, feed pro-
ducts, mems furnishings and footwear.
Nail orders include numerous supplement
airy lists for immediate shipments to the
interior.
Bank clearings, $243,27o. 13s. are o.
per cent under those of corresponding
week in 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number q, against % last week and
IL a year ago. Those with liabilities
ever 5000 number 2, against 5 last week
AID 5 in 1907. ri
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|. At a reception in Washington ons
of the guests. a man with a poor men,
DRY for faces, and. in addition, a little
n~ear-sighted, took the host aside ana
spoke to him in a confidential whisper.
You see that tall man standing BY
the door," he asked.
Yes
.sWel | was talking to him a while
ago about the terribly cold weather In
Nebraska last year, and he yawned n
my face
The host smiled. Don't you know
who he isy' asked he.
No
That's Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic en'
plorer..--Iarper's Weekly.