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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
His Favorite eame-sird.

At dianer one day, says writer
in the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
some men were discussing the merits
of different kinds of game-birds- One
preferred canvasback duck, another,
woodcock, and still another thought a
quail the most delicious article of food.
The discussion and the dinner ended
at about the same time
Now, Frank, said one of the men
to the waiter at his elbow. what kind
of game do youslike best?"
We'll, sub, to tell the truf, almost
any kind of game suits me, but what
like bes' is an American eagle served
on a SLIDER dollar."-Youth's Compan-
ion
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
CIRCUS MANS MARROW ESCAPE.
Exposure Only Averted Through Two
Fortunate circumstances.


An old circus man tells this incident
as one of the narrow escapes he had
in the show business He had trained
lions. zebras, leopards, rhino-you
know-and all sorts of beasts of prey,
but this, he says, was his narrowest
escape
1t was when he was running a dime
museum in Milwaukee.
One day a mild-mannered Russian
came out of the railway station up at
the town that was made famous, with
a valise in his hand. He was heavily
bearded man and with shaggy hands
and arms like George Esau- He hunt
ed up cabman and inquired modest
ly: Where is the dime museum"
The cabman told him and then
asked: Want to ride up?"
Yes" the bearded stranger told
him quietly, almost bashfully, I'm to
be employed up there. I'm the wild
man.
THE narrow escapes" says the ex-
circus man, lay in the fact that no
newspaper men heard the mans re-
mark, and that the cabman was an
Englishman, with no sense of humor,
who never thought to repeat it,"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
When Men Become Free.

There is a time TO come when gov
c-'-H.ents will spring from the hearts
CO tee people, and will be governments
- fFe people. In that day all laws
az civil usages, all customs. will re-
90. 4i'e interests of The community
a WI no. cbstr1lct them. When
r. avc nerfect liberty, in lividuaily
an: collectively; when they are not
- nd b;st frec---free IN the larg-
K; = fhe term freedom
sce-.e" i-ss;f vii become a nursing
NJ z-sienry Ward Reecher
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
DOG Ghosts.

The phantom dog specter was one of
the hardest of old English supersti-
lions. Almost every county had its
black dog which haunted it's lonely
spots and was the dread of every ma
tive. Most of them were regarded as
devils, but some were held to be the
spirits of human beings, transformed
thus as a punishment Lady Howard,
a Devon notable of the days of James
L, for instance, was said to be COM
PEELED to haunt Okehampton in the
form of a dog as a punishment for her
cruelty to her daughter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
HALF PRICE FOR ONE
DAY.

The Farmers Mail and Breeze,
Topeka, Kansas, will celebrate
Kansas Day, January 90, 1909,
in it's usual manner. For wears
the Mail and Breeze has offered
subscription at just half price on
this one dayE50 cents for a
whole year. The recent advance
in the cost of white paper makes
it entirely possible that this is
the last year on which the re
duction will be made and all who
can should not fail to avail them
selves of the opportunity to pay
for as many years as possible.
Our clubbing rate with Farm
ers Mail and Breeze is S1.75 per
year except on Kansas Day
when 81. so will pay for a years
subscription to both our paper
and the Mail and Breeze.
The Mail and Breeze is
the largest agricultural and
family journal published in the
West and is a weekly visitor to
more Kansas homes than any
other paper published in the
state Old subscribers can take
advantage of this offer by paying
up any back subscription due the
Mail and Breeze at the regular
rate of S1-Q0 per year and SO
cents additional will pay for
year in advance. New subscrib-
ers may get the paper for year
on payment of only so cents.
This. offer is for one day only
January %. Better bring in
your subscriptions at once or
send promptly to the Farmers
Mail and Breeze, Topeka, Kan
sas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
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
mail you postpaid our latest pop
ular music roll containing 20
pages full sheet music, consist
ing of popular songs, marches
and waltzes arranged for the
piano or organ including Rud-
Knauer's famous Flight of the
Butterflies, March Manila
and the latest popular song,
The Girl I've Seen" Popular
Music Publishing Co. Indianap-
oils, Ind.
EARLY RISERS
The famous little pills.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

1cl That TurTs CIT Heroes.
i.s~Jay was a ri lag a. Etor;
-- II might be sailed saints
go. Has ever bsfcre ore school
L 1.4G0 of its sons to fight for
: r country in one war? Has ever
Iccl Lad 40 CT ITEM killed in the
-e war? Elton IS uciGue. There
:, E other great schools, but Elton
lands on its own plane. Criticise
Iton as you may; show all its faults;
/ IS Elton still. Elton may reflect many
of the proverbial shortcomings of Eng
Il hmen; certainly it represents pecul-
uriy their traditional virtues.-Satur-
lay Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
The Irony of Fate.

An old Jewish woman on the East
side of New York was bewailing the
plight of her daughter, who had just
been left a widow with a large fam
lily, with no one to depend upon for
support but her own parents
"Oi, OF, oii' bewailed the old wom-
an. That my daughters husband
should die and leafe her with seven
girls, and their granfader in the boys
cloding pisunessi"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Too Busy.

What we want" said the reformer,
is leader who is wholly unselfsh;
l man absolutely above all mercenary
considerations"
Yes" answered the man with
chilly eyes; and when you find that
kind of a man, he's generally broke
and compelled to work hard for a lfv-
ing instead of studying economic the.
cries.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Sales Agents Wanted ss6. 90

Sales Agents Wanted-S36. 90
per week or 400 per cent profit.
All samples, stationery and art
catalogue free We want one
permanent agent in this locality
for the largest picture and frame
house in America Experience
unnecessary. We instruct you
how to sell our goods and furnish
the capital. If you want a perm
anent, honorable and profitable
position, write US today for par
ticulars, catalogue and samples
Frank w. Williams Co.. 1914 w.
Taylor ST., Chicago, Ill.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
A Scientific Salary.

Il got big raise in my salary
-Rig was it2"
= should sag so. It was an K
RI Sc -Bsl-incre American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

One Of Ayers Pills At bedtime will cause
an increased hov of bile, and produce a
gentle laxative effect the day following.
Formula on each box Show il to your
doctor. He will understand at glance.
Dose, one pill at bedtime.
Made by the J. c. Aver CO.. Lowell. Mass-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14

We are willing to lose the en-
tire profit of the best month in
the year for the sake of gain
ing new friends-therefore we
place the entire stock of select
materials at one price,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
1000 STRIKE AGAINST
ORDER FOR OPEN SHOP"
Every Union Involved Obeys order OF
Amalsamated officials To
Quit Work.

PITTSBURG. Pa, July REPORTS
being received today at the headquar'
tiers OF the Amalgamated Association
Of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers indi'
cate that the strike order against the
open shop policy OF he United
states Steel Corporation was respect
ed by every union involved and today
the tie-up is complete Fifteen plants
with a total capacity OF over 1870 hot
mills are closed and the number OF
men out is estimated at 1000. The
international Association ~ Tin Plate
Workers the finishing mill men Join
ed the strike today in the Wheeling
district. bringing out 500 more men.
Ohlcials OF the Amalgamated Associa'
ton denied the report that there wa'
widespread sentiment among the men
In some mills 10 continue work and
pointed TO the secret ballot taken az
New Castle last night. when but six
men voted to continue work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
LADY OF CoRSETS GETS
R-REvENGE ON OLD CHUM
Mile. de Viliers the Accuser Of Nine.
Boulan9er in Smuggling Case
Now Beinq Heard.

NEW YORK. July How a corset.
maker got revenge on her foe. a dress
maker, by charging her with SNUG
Cling was told when Nine. Deloine NJ
Boulanger was examined by United
States Commissioner Shields. She
makes gowns IN No. 60 West Fifty
sixth-st. She was arrested on the
charge that under the name OF ID. NJ.
Baker on April last she struggled a
trunk containing gowns. laces. silks.
etc. into this country
In the hearing II was revealed that
the complaint had been made by Mile.
TheTese de Nilliers. corsetmaker.
who has rooms in the Fifty-sixth-st.
and Henry c. Holtin,
president OF the De Vtlliers Corset
company. Prior 10 May l Nine Boulan-
ger and Mile. De Villiess had been
close friends. Nine. De Villiers ad-
mitted that she, on the return OF Nine.
Roulanger, aided in the concealment
OF the struggled garments. She said
Nine. Boulanger told her OF paying
$40 bride TO a customs officer 10 pass
a trunks contents free.
Mile de Villiers refused point blank
to reveal the names or her father and
mother. She admitted she had been
known under the name OF Leonard.
She said tLat when Nine Boulanger
came back from Paris she brought
thirtv-one costly gowns One OF the
gowns shown TO Commissioners Shields
looked like n Baxter-st. work or art.
Nine. Boulanger said the trouble
between her and Nile. de Vi!liers
came 20 a climax when she had her
former friend and Holtin arrested on
charges OF disorderly conduct.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
500 MEN WILL STAMP
OUT SMUGGLING IN N. Y.
Collector OF port Loeb Taxes Vigorous
Action Against Persons VINO Have
Defrauded Government.

NEW YORK, July IA police force
OF i've hundred men. 20 patrol the
shipping points along the river aui
han Dor is the latest measure taken by
the collector OF Port Loeb 10 stamp
out the smugglers who have system.
atically defrauded the government for
years. Three hundred OF TIE customs
policemen are 10 be sworn IN on July
Is and the remaining two hundred
during the summer
The new force will be given the
power 20 seize and arrest and Will be-
armed with revolvers and short clubs.
The force will be divided into three
platoons with a captain. lieutenants
and roundsmen over them. one OF
the deputy surveyors OF the port Will
have charge OF the entire system.
The patrolling OF piers. ships and
the waterfront 10 guard against snug
glers and other enemies OF the rev
enue service. will be the duty OF the
new policemen who will receive sal
aries ranging from sS40 10 sl.095 a
year.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
RUSSIA GRAB OF
PERSIA is NEAR
General Snarsky, Heading Russian
Troops, Races 10 Teheran-Cre
dentials Make Him Ruler.

ST. PETERSBURG. July With
Gen. Snarsky at the head OF Rus
sian army corps racing across Persia
from Tabriz 10 Teheran with creden-
tiaLs which make him practically
ruler OF Persia, IL is unotiicially admit
ted here today that the elimination
of the cars long contemplated grab
OF the shahs domain is M hand.
Snarsky. under orders from the for
eign Office, is hurrying 10 reach Tehe'
ran before the Persian liberals, o.
Bakhtiaris. can move troops from their
headquarters at Kasvin 10 Teheran,
The rebels, under their leader Sar
darasd. resumed their march toward
Teheran after a futile attempt by the
Russian diplomatic officials 10 stay
their course. II they reach Teheran
before Snarsky and has army arrive
there is no doubt that bloody street
fghting. followed by pillage, will be
the fate OF the city Grave concern
is felt for the foreign residents IN
Teheran. as many of the rebels are
Of L most savage type and Sardarasd
is reported 10 have designs on the
throne.
The only government troops now IN
Teheran are 1900 Persian cossacks
and there is no hope that they wall be
able 70 hold on the rebels il the lat
ter arrive before Snarsky.
Arrangements have been made at
the Russian legation in Teheran TO
receive and care for the shah rs soon
as hostilities begin. This precaution
was taken as soon as II became
known that the rebels had left their
headquarters az Kasvin.
With the shah under the protection
OF the Russian legation and a Russian
force in control OF Teheran. the rule
Of the Shah would be practically a.
an end and the control or Persia
which Russia has so long sought.
would become reality.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
FLIRT, NOTED EDUCATOR,
URGES COLLEGE GIRLS
Radcliffe and Harvard Students Bury
Themselves In Books Too Much,
Declares Lecturer.

BOSTON. July III have three
lectures week at Radcliffe" says
Prof H. Palmer. of Harvard. "and 1t
is surprising how many young girls
are letting the very best part OF theii
lives go by without having the least
enjoyment. There are many boys
here al Harvard. who DO not know
what social life means. They study
from the time they enter school until
they graduate.
"Of course. there are some who do
nothing but fool away their time. | do
not mean 10 say that that is what |
uphold. for II is not. What mean Is
to mix things up bit. sprinkle liz.
tie flirting into the studies. One can
have a little of both and still come
out all right in the end
Il think the girls OF Radcliffe aud
the boys OF Harvard devote too much
of their time 10 study. They actually
bury themselves IN their books, and
the result is that when they get
through college they do not know a
thing about social life
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
"shoots UP" street Car.

CINCINNATI O.. July l.-Frrd
Heis emptied the contents OF dou-
ble-barrolled shotgun into a Sedams-
vile car yesterday afternoon. PROBABLY
fatally wounding Adam Fendelbach.
passenger Heis had a quarrel with
John Creutzinger. motorman of the
car. He lay In wait in stretch OF
woods and when CreutEinger passed
on his car fired The assailant escap-
ed into a nearby woods and was ar
rested later
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01

OF the crippled. decrepit fugitive from
justice. Robt, Eastman.
Shortly after 5 O'Clock that evening
all the neighbors went 10 a Sunday
school entertainment. And in the dusk
OF evening the murderer dropped the
beautiful body into a wheelbarrow,
through window, carried II 10 boa
rowed out into the river and dropped
Il In. II sank under the weight OF a
kettle filled with stones,
Two days later he pawned the wo-
mans rings I'm Baltimore and mailed
the letter which the girl had written
10 her relatives. The next day the
body arose. Eastman fed and killed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
SHE STILL SMOKES AT 100.
After Each Meal Woman INDUCES IN
Fragrant Bowl.

HARRISON. o.. July Hale ard
hearty. Mrs. Harriet stephens. of this
city. relict OF Lowery stephens. sur
rounded by four generations, observed
the one hundredth anniversary OF her
birth at the residence OF her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Harriet Coy She is in fairly
good health. and has always been q
coffee drinker and enjoys smoking a
pipe after her meals. Recently when
one of her relatives told about night
riders burning her tobacco barn. she
recalled the time when Indians set
fire 20 her fathers barn. She was del
icate as a child, and her parents fear
ed that they would not raise her.
In 1924 her family moved 20 farm
near Lease Greek, three miles east OF
Harrison. Seven years later she mar
ried Lowery stephens, and has lived
ever since within five miles OF this
city
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
SUCCEEDS BISHOP SPALDING.
Pope Appoints Chancellor Dunn To
Preside Over Peoria Diocese

CHICAGO. July l.-Rev. Edward NJ
Dunn. chancellor of the archdiocese
OF Chicago has been named by the
pope as bishop OF Peoriah H.. accord
ing 20 advices received in Chicago To-
day from Rome He succeeds Bishop
]. l. Spalding. resigned.
Bishop Spalding resigned a year ago
on account OF his health after serving
as bishop OF Peoria for 80 years. He
was one OF the men chosen by Pre5i-
dent Roosevelt 10 arbitrate the anthIa-
cite coal strike OF 1902.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
Or Eliot Denies.

BOSTON. July Through his Dri-
vate secretary Charles W. Eliot, for
mer president OF Harvard university,
today denied officially the story print.
ed that the alumni OF the university
had given him fund OF $500 600 for
his private use during life. The sec
rotary said that part of a fund was
given 10 Or. Eliot weeks ago but that
the amount had been exaggerated. Or.
Eliot will make no statement as to
tho extent OF the fund.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01
Tortured On A Horse.

For ten years | couldn't ride a
horse without being In torture from
piles" writes l. S. Napier. OF Rugless,
Ky, when all doctors and other rem.
edies failed. Bucklen's Arnica Salye
cured me" Intallible for Piles, Burns,
Scalds. Cuts. Boils. Fever-Sores &c.
zema. Salt Rheum. Corns. Guaranteed
by Z. c. Kinse. Central Drug Co..
Gray & Worcester.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-01

And that night the beautiful Edith
May woodIlI, girl OF mystery girl OF
The Washington herald., 1909-10-26
Welfare Work Among Workers.

The welfare workers Of the woman's
department Of the National Civic Fedora
zion are industrious In their voluntary
and bencfcent activities. The Novem-
Der Review Of that organization publishes
details, OF special interest and impor-
lance 20 employers. Of inquiries into
present conditions i'm the garment trades.
It appears that many methods have been
improved ana that the sweat shops" in
these trades have been almost entirely
abolished. Nevertheless. some depIorable
conditions persist in tenant factories. "
with which public official agencies seem
unable TO cope. But examples were found
a. successful welfare work OF sucn range
as TO prove conclusively that It can be
employed effectively throughout the Wild
est industrial range. in the largest as
well as in the smallest factories. some
OF the results Of these investigations and
progressive reforms are published in an
illustrated pamphlet that presents graphic
ally both needs and accomplishments.
This welfare work has been extended
10 many cities where manufacturing es-
adjustments offer need and opportunity.
The branch In Washington. Of which Mrs.
Taft is the head, is quietly bringing about
better conditions where women work In
government departments and bureaus.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-26
Unwritable English.

Fr1m Tit-Bis
Did you know that there is at least
one sentence in English that can be
spoken, but that It IS impossible 10
writer" asked a Cambridge University
don
yes. it's correct English, I suppose.
and then again it isn't. Here is the SEN
tence, although I vow I don't know how
you are going 10 write Il: There are
three twos in the English language .
You see, if you spell two two. the
sentence is incorrect. as II is IL you spell
II either too or to- Catch the point?
Really. IL is incorrect to say il, although
IL certainly should be possible 70 ex-
press the thought This thing has set
me going. and 1t simply goes 70 show
what a tangle the English language is.
There certainly is a word two and a
word TOO and another to- and they
all three are pronounced alike-two. too.
or tO-which makes il correct to say.
There are three twos.' or three toos. q"
or three tos'' I'm the English language q"
But what's the use?'
The Washington herald., 1909-10-26
Collegiate Reforms

The advocate OF the simple life will
welcome the stern announcement by the
ruling powers Of an Eastern university
that hereafter no private servants will
be allowed IN the dcrmitories But per-
haps this proclamation will be a herald
Of hardship 70 those who have attained
adolescence I'm the belief that a liberal
parental allowance paves a royal road 20
learning. At all events. these sybaritic
students must learn to do without their
Wallets. The wage OF an obsequious
man" VIII no longer be included in the
bin OF cost of passing familiarity with
higher mathematics and the ancient
classics. The gilded youth must revert
10 the ways Of the fathers who qualified
themselves 10 earn the money TO pay the
price Of these later forbidden sybaritic
surroundings. Yet a few indulgences are
still permitted. The dainty undergradu-
ate may still have his shoes polished and
may be called in the morning upon the
payment OF a certain fee.
These Spartan prohibitions and limited
concessions suggest a patent need for
stern reforms. It would be interesting TO
know. as a matter of unimportant bu,
curious history. some OF the details Of
these inhibited luxuries. Did the ser
wants select carefully the suit FOR the
day in accord with the weather predic-
ton? Did they assert the linen and pre-
pare the bath, perhaps perfUmed? Did
they make the cheering fireplace glow
and warm the slippers and the gown
Better, indeed. a return 20 the ways that
characterize the democracy Of letters
Let once more :he alarm clock ring. and
there may follow the glowing rush e
chapel and radiant. wholesome entranc,
into the day Of sturdy advancement to-
ward sound scholarship and manly use
fuluess in the better activities Of tn,
world
The Washington herald., 1909-10-26
Women Swimmers.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
THE Korean women are the best swim
mers I'm the world" said a llfeguard
THE Korean pearl diving is in their
hands. They swim-they don't boat-they
swim out to the pearl fisheries OF Quel-
part Juggling baskets with them After
this swim of half an hour they dive down
fifty feet and fetch up queer one-shelled
pearl oysters as big as babies. They dive
till their baskets are full-the baskets are
corked to keep them aaoat-and after
three or four hours work they swim back
home with their catch. The big one
Shelled oysters are valuable as pearl
mines and as food, too. A half dozen
Koreans viii sit down 10 an oyster as
gayly as you or l sit down 10 a boiled
lobster. Sometimes when the great she'll
FISH is eaten raw II quivers and means
slightly as the knife is plunged into it."
The Washington herald., 1909-10-26
In-fed EngIish Laborer..

An English investigator at York found
that unskilled laborers there were re-
ceiving on an average . per cent less
food than was necessary for the mainte-
nance Of mere physical efficiency. The
laborer, indeed, got % per cent less In
food values than the English pauper
does. and 29 per cent less than the pauper
receives; and this was not necessarily
because he was unable 10 provide a
sufficient quantity. but because nobody
in his family knew how 70 choose the
right substances or how 70 cook them.
The National Food Reform Association
Of Great Britain. which recently held
its first annual meeting, hopes 10 correct
such shortcomings by promoting a more
varied and sensible dietary. a movement
which, in so far as Il succeeds should
tend to check physical degeneration and
especially 10 mitigate the curse OF drink.
The purpose is worthy, though the new
society seems somewhat too firmly set
upon the idea that reform means AL
ways vegetarianiSm