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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18
HARTMAN NOW OCCUPIES
HIS 100000 HOME
Ma gnifcent Country Place Which the Railway Magnate
Has Constructed Near Arden, N. Y. Includes En-
Mountain with Incline Railroad-Palatial Mansion
Summit of Tower Hill Is Surrounded by Lovely
Gardens and Has Every Luxury.

electric bells, while about % rooms
are not connected these being rooms
and apartments of the servants.
The house is built around central
court, each of the four sides forming
wing On the first floor there are
four entrances, the main entrance be-
ing from the front terrace, which
leads from a long winding walk down
into the woods. This entrance leads
into a reception hall which runs from
the central court through to the op-
posite side of the building, and off the
reception hall is the large reception
parlor.
The drawing room, or living parlor,
is 60 feet square. The floor is of sol
i'd oak and so closely are the joints
made that the floor looks like one
huge wooden surface. The side walls
are of paneled cherry. The ceiling is
of plaster paris composition with plain
fern decoration. The holding in this
room is heavy and behind it are Sc
creted the electric lights. The din
ing hall, servants dining room, kitch-
en- and refrigerators are also on this
floor.
Organs in Entrance Hall.
In the entrance hall a large organ,
while directly across the hall is an
echo organ. This organ will furnish
the music during the dining hours.
Elevators at two points in the build
ing carry the members of the family
or guests up and down, while third
elevator is for the use of servants
only On the second floor are the
apartments of Mrs. Hartman. Mrs.
Harrimans suite consists of three
rooms, a large reception parlor, sleep
ing chamber and a bath. Mrs. Harri-
! man has the most desirable location
in the building Her rooms look out
on the southwest corner of the
grounds, over an expanse of beautiful
gardens, granite stairways, coy seats
and pagodas.
Mr.. Harriman's apartments on the
same floor consist of four rooms, his
library and private room, his sleeping
room, reception room and bath.
The reception rooms are about so
| feet square, have oak floors and pan
| eled side walls of white. The side
walls in all the living and reception
| rooms are of white, the woodwork
| having been rubbed down to satin
finish, so that with the application of
| the enamel they have a surface as
smooth as the top of piano. The
| satin soft, dull finish is used instead
| of the glossy finish. The sleeping
rooms through the building, that is,
! the rooms used by the family or
guests, have solid oak floors, and pan
| eled side walls of cherry.
Each of the children has a suite of
| three rooms, and each member of the
family has several suites for guests.
] These rooms are palatial in every
way Solid brass beds predominant
| though in some of the apartments are
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18
THE FREIGHT CAR SURPLUS
1t Should Not Be Taken as an Evil
dence of Business De-
preston.

While a large surplus of idle freight
cars is popularity believed to mean
continuing depression in freight move
ment the result of business 1nact1v-
ity, it is not only desirable but vitality
necessary that railroads have on hand
at all times a sufficient number of
idle freight cars to handle traffic eff
GENTLY on occasions of pressure or
emergency, says the Wall Street sum-
mary While it is undeniably true
that the exceedingly active and pros
porous period of 1867 witnessed
great freight-car famine and result
ing congestion of freight of all kinds,
in nearly every state in the union, it
does not follow logically that any &C
tivity in business less than that of
the period aforementioned is sign
of continuing depression. When the
car shortage of 1906 was at its height
and was accepted generally as an I'M
failing indication of business prosper
ity, as a matter of fact existing traf-
fic conditions at that time were
source of great loss to many in widely
scattered districts Shippers could
not obtain freight cars, communities
could not obtain coal for the same.
reason and were compelled to destroy
building and other property to supply
combustible material; agriculturists
could not move their grain or fruit,
and the consequence of this was loss
all around During this period cars
not in service-were actually tied
up in railroad freight yards owing to
a congestion arising from insufficient
motive power, because the railroads
were not prepared to cope with the
tremendous traffic offered them and
had not anticipated it.
- What boon a surplus in cars and
motive power would have been at that
time, To that end We now appear to
be working, as car efficiency statis-
tics prove. Car operation has con-
tinually improved and about one-fifth
more work is now obtained from
every freight car in service
Hence the number of idle freight
cars at present should not be taken
as an infallible reflex of the state of
business in general, because condi-
lions in freight moving are different
from what they were a year or even
two years ago. We can move more
freight a greater distance and are
moving it to-day than ever before.
and we have a surplus of cars on hand
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stone is the decoration which forms
an arch over the principal entrance to
the building Out of the face of this
great block is cut a beautiful design
of the chase. In the middle is the
large head of deer, five feet across,
with bold showing of antlers, the
top extending beyond the confines Of
the general design. Beneath is a game
bag inclosed in netting and beside it
bow On either side of the head
crouch two life-sized figures of hounds.
At each end of the design is a horn
OF plenty with a display of fruits, and
in the background are a wreath of
leaves, a culver, arrows, a hunters
horn, spears, gun and hunters
knife The piece cost Mr.. Hartman
S12, 900
Water Is Brought from Lake.
The water for the mansion comes
from Cranberry lake, which is a part
of the Hartman estate and only an
eighth of a mile from the residence. It
is brought in 16-inch pipes, and as the
lake is higher than the house the
gravity system of pressure is en-
ployed.
Although the house is fireproof, hose
connections have been installed on
every floor and in all the corridors
and nooks and the water for this
purpose is brought from another small
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18

taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what it would do,
and I am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
299, Willimantio, Conn.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors. ir-
bearing-down feeling, f1atulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should il
not cure you?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18
AUsTRIA,s WAR ON SNAKES
New Additions to the Empire Is Badly
Overrun with Rep
tiles.

Austria's new territory is undosir-
ably rich in snakes, mostly of the
poisonous varieties, and the govern
ment is taking vigorous measures to
exterminate them.
In the ten years from 1896 to 1905
the average yearly death roll from
snake bites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
was 13 persons, and 1888 head of cat
tie, horses and domestic animals Be
sides this, hundreds of persons were
bitten by snakes, but recovered.
Since 1906 the provincial authorities
have given money premiums for the
killing of snakes In that year 3O,056
dead snakes were brought in, of which
25,43S were poisonous. Next year,
when the official reward system be-
came more generally known, these fig
ures increased enormously, no fewer
than 2S0,71S snakes being killed, in
Guiding 2T1, 6S5 poisonous
Last years figures were very nearly
the same, and it will be some years
before the work of determination can
be anything like completed But at the
same time the number of persons re-
ported bitten by poisonous snakes
seems to be steadily decreasing-2O6
in 1907 and lao last year
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Italian and Grecian gardens, with their
wide expenses of velyet-like lawns
and terraces. Looking out on these
grounds is a large room in the corner
of one wing of the building, on the
first floor, which is so arranged that
the large windows swing apart and
form a broad veranda in summer,
while in winter they are closed and
with a CRATE fire burning within will
be used as living room
On the roof of the building is.
tower, from which point most beau
tiful view of the country surrounding
for miles is afforded An elevator runs
from the tower to the ground floor.
A beautiful design in Indiana lime
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nigerator plant makes the Ice used
in the house
The lawns and terraces cover acres
of ground and are designed after some
of the pieces at Monte Carlo. In front
of the house is the central garden
This is an expanse of lawns, with
granite walks crossing at even angles
and leading to the house. The hardy
shrubbery is artistically arranged and
presents a suitable approach to the
mansion.
The central court, around which the
house is built, is an elaborate piece
of the gardeners art The central
figure is large marble nude statue,
which was made by an Italian sculp-
tor. It's cost is estimated at $4,000
From the appraised hand water sprays,
casting a dew over the shrubbery and
lawns.
Swimming Pool in Gardens
In the rear of the mansion are the
Venetian gardens The high walls are
of marble and the pool is built of mar
BILE, bottom and sides. While this was
first planned for a lagoon, change in
the plans made it swimming pool.
Pagodas form a boundary to these
Venetian grounds, and climbing vines
almost hide one from view in them.
At the other side of these gardens are
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down. Within a short time Charles
P. Ford, one of the most capable and
experienced constructionists in the
as general superintendent, and to him
is due the exquisite home grounds and
site. The incline railroad is most
complete and has all kinds of safety
devices 1t is pretty trip up through
the trees, and one forgets that he is
travelling up 1,500 feet at an elevation
of almost 20 per cent. An automobile
with heavy cushions and fitted to run
on these tracks makes the trip from
the railroad station at the foot of the
mountain up the incline and directly
into the house.
Every arrangement that will insure
ton or excitement about the summit
of-the mountain has been installed
For instance, track leads from the
incline railroad directly into the house
into what is known as the service
court. The tracks enter tunnel about
200 feet from the house and run I'M
der the front terrace so that the cars
cannot be seen from the lawns, ter
races or gardens
All American in Design
The house is a three-story and base
ment building, constructed of sort of
granite with Indiana limestone trim
mings, and is purely American in de-
sign. The original of it is seen in the
There are ~ rooms connected with
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for any emergency that may arise
without encountering the expense,
embarrassment, delay and incon-
fence of congested freight yards. In
deed a surplus of freight cars is a
blessing in disguise both to the rail-
roads and the shippers, for the lat
ter are served quickly only when the
railroads have a surplus of cars idle
and ready for service. Unless we de-
sire another period of freight conges-
ton, we should welcome tidings of
car buildings operations, so that we
may be assured of a reserve freight
car surplus.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18
Care in Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value of food is meas
ured largely by its purity; the re
suit is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi
nently as perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as, pure before
the enactment of these laws as it could
possibly be is Quaker Scotch Oats;
conceded by the experts tor be the ideal
food for making strength of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest of
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
is the only manufacturer of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of removing the husks and black
Specks which are so annoying when
other brands are eaten. If you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages; if not near the
store, buy the large size family pack
ages.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18

New York-Edward H Hartman,
just returned from seemingly fruit
less search for health in Europe, now
occupies his new country house on
Tower hill, near Arden, n. Y. The
mansion, completed only a few days
before the railroad magnate's arrival,
is one of the finest in America, and
cost considerably more than 100000.
and the owner has spent nearly 3d.
100000 on the magnificent estate.
But Mr.. Hartman is a sick man,
and whether he will ever be able to
fully enjoy the delights of the earthly
paradise he has created, only time and
possibly his physicians can tell.
When one leaves the city of New
burg, en- route to the little settlement
which is now known as Arden, most
beautiful country is at hand. A new
road built by the state stretches the
entire distance, most of the time fol-
lowing pretty brook, which skirts
the base of the several mountain
ranges and when near Arden forms
what the country folk call the Rama
than a creek.
Center of Beautiful Section.
The roadway leads through the val
for a distance the silvery Hudson can
be traced and then, as the road wi
dens around the inland hills, the ver-
dant meadows and the mountains
change the view and lend another
touch of beauty to the scene.
There is, perhaps, no prettier sec
ton of America than that which lies
in the Ramapo valley and around it.
Mr.. Hartman certainly demonstrated
his taste for natures handiwork when
he selected this site for a home in
summer
MIR. Hartman selected Tower hill,
one of the highest mountains in the
Ramapo range, for the site of his
home. In doing so he fulfilled a life
long desire to possess a spot rich in
scenic beauty, high up, away from ma
laria, and where the air is always like
that of a perfect June morning. Then,
too, he wanted to be secluded, away
from all cares, where curious ones
would be shut out and where he could
roam about unmolested. Tower hill
seemed just the spot, and when, his
mind was once settled upon it he was
not long in making the purchase.
Estate Includes Whole Mountain.
There was not a house within three
or four miles of the summit of the
mountain, and to prevent the spring
ing up of any undesirable residences
Mr.. Hartman bought the mountain
and all the land within a radius OF
three or four miles.
To reach the summit of the noun
tain was the first problem, and when
some of the best engineers in this
country went over the ground they
were not long in coming to the con
clusion that an incline railroad was
the only means of safe travel up and
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solid mahogany suites.
Furnished in Finest Style.

Furnished in Finest Style.
The furnishings of all the rooms are
of the finest Heavy silk draperies
and rich old lace curtains adorn the
windows and doors, while Turkish
rugs and mats decorate the floors.
Green in the decorations of the rooms
predominates. though there is an oc-
casional touch of red and brown.
On the third floor are some of the
men servants rooms, and in the base
ment also apartments have been set
aside for the male help. The women
servants occupy quarters in one wing
of the second floor, where also are the
housekeeper's apartments. Every serv-
ant has private room There are
separate wash bowls in the bath
rooms and each servant is allotted
one, with personal towels, combs,
brushes, etc
Just off the kitchen, on the first
floor, are the servants dining rooms,
and like the kitchen are completely
white tile The servants use a tun-
mel which runs through the basement
of the whole house, and none of them
comes in contact with the family. A
servant might work in the Hartman
house for lifetime and yet never see
a member of the family.
In the basement are the heating ap-
paratus. several large boilers furnish
ing hot water heat, the refrigerator
plant, electric switchboard and other
mechanical appurtenances- The re-
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Ihe cruel RIackmaI,er.

"Blackmail,' said H K Adair, the
western detective, lis carried ON as a
business by more people in Budapest
than in all the other cities of the
world put together
Mr. Adair smiled
Only last week." he said, "a Buda-
pest confrere wrote me about a black
mail case wher a man lived sumptu
ously for many years on the acciden.
tally acquired knowledge that a Buda-
pest lady had = wooden leg"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18
Not Ambiguous at All.

The donkey is-or has been-asso-
ciated with party politics in other
countries besides our own.
In one of England's elections can
didate for parliament, the late Lord
Bath, called attention to himself by
means of a donkey over whose back
two Panniers were slung, bearing a
ribbon band on which was printed:
vote for Papa"
1t must be added, however, that in
each pannier stood one of Lord Bath S
daughters.-Youth's Companion.
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lake a quarter of mile from the
house. In case of fire, pumps in the
basement are at once set in motion,
allowing heavy pressure An cleo
trio lighting plant on the other side
of the mountain furnishes the lights
for the building.
Next spring library will be added
to the building, and this will occupy
an entire wing. Here will be read
ing rooms, billiard rooms, bowling al
leys and other amusements. This
wing will-cost, it is estimated, STE, 5000
more.
Another feature yet to be added is
wireless telegraph station on the
top of the mountain.
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walk ups tairs
without, stopping
on the way. i
tried three differ
emit doctors and
each told me some
thing different. I
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
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and q doctor told me would never
get more than temporary relief. A
dragging pain and 1ameness in my
back almost disabled me. Dizzy
spells come and went and the kidney
secretions were irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills rid me of these troubles
and feel better than for years past
Sold by all dealers. soc. a box.
FosterMilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18

If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothe.
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large OF
package, cents
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Do your feet ever feel tired, achy ani
sore at night? Rub them with little
Hamlins Wizard Oil. They'll be glad II
the morning and so will you.
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HIS, headache and 9TH
er symptoms of kid
ney disease. There Is
a way to end these
troubles quickly. Mrs.
John H. Wright, sos
East First ST., Mitch
ell, s. D., says: 81
suffered ten years
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Her Practice.

What on earth is she fussing and
Tuning about SOP
She's fretting for fear she won't
get in time to the meeting of the
Don't Worry club
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-09-18

1 have lived to know that the secret
of happiness is never to allow you
energies to stagnate.-Adam Clarke
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Many a we1l-developed woman ha
her modiste to thank for it.
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Low coLONIsT FARES TO The
WEST AND NORTHWEST.

Union Pacific Passenger Depart
ment announces that Colonist Fares
win be in effect from Sept. Is to Oct
IS, 1909. to all points in the West and
Northwest.
This year the West looks more
promising than ever. Now is the time
to secure land at low prices, and, at
the same time, to visit the many inter
esting points in the West and North
west. at which liberal stopover ar
rangements may be made.
better estimate of raw lands can
be made now than formerly, because
these lands are in proximity to new
farms that are producing wonderfuI
crops.
For descriptive literature. write
to E. L. Lomax, G. P. A, U. P. r. r.
Omaha. Neb.
Language of Eden.
He Cooking at the catalogue OF
women's stylesl-They still use the
language of the first fashion plate.
don't they?
His Wife-What do you mean?
He-Fig. L. Fig. 2, and so en-
Judge.
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AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, five years
I suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, irregulari-
ton. It was impossible for me to
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Also Somewhat Rare.
The best treasure among men is a
frugal tongue.-Hesiod.
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PATIENT SUFFERING.
Many Women Think They Are Dooms6
to Backache.

It is not right for women to be al
ways ailing with backache, urinary
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NO wonder His principal occupa-
ton, if you remember, was tanning
hides"
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IN THE SUMMER SEASON

children overindulge in eating fruits with storna
pains consequence: mothers should have on ba
PainkiHer perry Dayis)- sc, 35c SOC bottles
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Reminiscent Skinnings.
ur old schoolmaster was tough
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ln,nortant to Mothera.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-26
Economy Shoe Store.

Messrs. A. A. and John Chick of the
Economy Shoe Store. opened the doc RS
of their new store to the public last
Saturday. The gentlemen have leased
the middle room of the three in the
Vermuelen block and have shelved it
with an up-to-date line of gents :,
ladies', Misses and Children's foot
wear. Mr.. A. A. Chick comes to
Alma from Standish, where he has
conducted similar store. Mr.. John
Chick is well-known in Alma having
sume five wears ago been in the embloy
of Mr. F. E. Pollaskey. The new
firm was well pleased with their OPEN
ing day sales and with the large lines
of goods arriving daily are in posi-
tion to cater to the footwear needs of
the public. See their advertisement
in this issue of The Record.