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Switzerland which cost 81 lives,
among the lost being several Ameri-
cans. Three days afterward came the
schoolhouse fire at Collingwood, O.
One hundred and seventy-eight chill
dren burned, trampled and crushed to
death, No adjectives and no words OF
any language could adequately de-
scribe such an appalling event Vlo-
lent death invested with terrors al
ways strikes humanity with peculiar
fiendishness when it seizes as its prey
helpless and innocent children rms
holocaust of childhood stunned the
country into oblivion of lesser calam-
tiles, while the despairing shr1eks OF
hundreds of mothers and fathers rang
across the world. The month closed
with an earthquake in Mexico in
which 500 people were killed and
mine explosion at Havana, Wyo-,
which added 20 more items to the long
toll of the years violent deaths
Fire and earthquake gave place to
flood and storm in April, and the loss
of life leaped upward with terrific
bounds The first great disaster OF the
month occurred in China, where 1000
people were drowned in a flood which
inundated the province of Hu-pih. A
few DAYS later two railway accidents,
one in Australia and the other in
Alberta, accounted for 90 more I'M
fortunates On April "a a series of
cyclones of unprecedented fury burst
over the southern states, destroying
36S lives, annihilating villages, and
devastating property to the extent OF
millions of dollars. Mississippi paid
229 lives to the rage of the storm,
Louisiana contributed 108, and Ala
bama 81.
While the cyclones were still ravag-
ing the south, in far northern Alberta
a. snowslide buried 40 persons and
obliterated village. The last week
of April saw last supreme effort put
forth by the malign fates to make the
first of the month of spring the most
deadly of the dread year. Forty lives
were lost in a railroad accident in
Australia and % more in a similar dis
aster in Mexico. A landslide at Notre
Dame de ISABELLE, Canada, added Sc
to the swelling total, and finally the
Japanese cruiser Mutsushim blew up
and 240 members of it's crew persisted.
Past Mere Foretaste of Future.
1t might we'll have seemed that the
fury of the fates would have been ex-
hausted by this time, but instead hui
mainly had only experienced the first
few blows of the terrible scourging
which was to be visited upon it In
the first three days of the next month
&c persons were burned to death in
America, Is in Norway, and the col
lapse of a tenement in London ac-
counted for 20 more. The following
day ferryboat capsized in Russia and
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pended while carried in the wars in
which Capt. Ebenezer Webster bore
strenuous part.
Could there come from the bell of
this horn audible "reminiscences of the
sturdy pioneer days, of vivid interest
would be the tales it would tell. But
as it is, some facts are known, as
when it was worn by Capt. Ebenezer
as he stood guard before the tent of
Washington, at West Point, on the
which occasion Gen. Washington is
known to have said: Capt. Webster,
[ believe l can trust you
Capt. Ebenezer Webster, from whom
the horn has descended to his youngest
great-grandson, Col. Webster, was born
in Kingston, N. H., in 1879. In 1850 he
enlisted as private under Gen. Jeffry
Amherst in the famous corps of the
French war known as Rogers Ran
gers
One writer, speaking of his service
in this connection, says:
In dangers and successes of desper
ate fighting the Rangers had no equal
and of these hard and peri1ous expert
ences in the wilderness, in conflict with
Indians and Frenchmen, Ebenezer,
strong in body and daring in tempera-
ment, had his full share" He returned
to his native town with the rank of
captain.
In 1853 he became one of the orig
inal settlers of Salisbury, N. H, then
known as Stevenstown. On the por-
ton of the grant allotted to him he
built his log house, which was at the
northerly outskirts of the grant and
with no habitation of man between
him and Montreal. The log house was
completed in 1854, and for IL years,
exposed to the likelihood of attack
from all quarters, particularly the will
derness to the north he cleared his
acres and endeavored to peacefully till
the soil.
At the end of this period the revo-
Iutionary war broke out, and Salisbury
having increased to an extent which
permitted it, he at once formed a com
pany of 200 men, and as their captain
reported with his men at Boston.
At Dorchester, Gen. Washington
counseIed with him as to the state of
feeling in New Hampshire He and
his company were in many important
battles of the revolution At Benning-
ton Capt Ebenezer was one of the
first to scale the breastwork, land
came out it is said, with his swarthy
skin so blackened with dust and gum
powder that his men hardly knew
him.
He was also at White Plains and at
West Point when Arnold's attempt to
surrender that port to the British oc.
CURED.
His services in the wars brought
him every public recognition within
the gift of his townsmen. He was a
state senator, a representative, and
| judge of the common pleas court
which latter Office he held to the time
of his death in 1871. He was one of
| the electors from New Hampshire
when Washington was chosen to the
| presidency.
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by typhoon and the total of her lead
was increased 1000. The following
day another thousand lives were sacri-
feed in mine fire at Kewang. China.
June apparently despaired of ever
competing successfully with her sister
month. However, she continued to
pile tragedy on tragedy. On the first
of the month an accident on the Amur
river in China resulted in SO deaths,
and Is was added to the days roll by
a flood in Mexico. On the fourth a
typhoon on the west coast of Australia
wiped out 270 lives, and two days aft
erward another cyclone burst in Ne
braska at cost of % lives, to be fol-
lowed the next day with another cy-
clone in Iowa which increased the list
by five On the same day 20 persons
were lost in a flood in Mexico and IS
in an explosion in Vienna. The month
of roses concluded its list with tor
coast and slew 400, while Oklahoma
to another storm.
As far as America was concerned
July was the most merciful month of
the year. Fifty-two lives was the en-
tire tribute collected in the United
States through the agencies of food
fire and storm This leniency was
more than compensated, however by
the list of fatalities abroad On the
second of the month Batavia, Java,
was ravaged by a storm which de-
stroyed 600 lives. On the same day a
mine ayn1OSiOp in Russia was raSnOn-
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the earthquake at Lisbon in 1858.
when 60, 900 lives had been lost This
terrible tragedy had been for over a
century and half the object of the
awful dismay of the world. 1t be-
the calamity which befell in the clos
ing days of 1908 For every soul that
went out at Lisbon two were quenched
in Sicily and Italy and 5000 more
were added for good measure.
Another point of interest, especially
for those who cherish the venerable
superstition anent the unluckiness of
the number IS, is the discovery that
there was a disaster on every thir-
teenth day of the month for the first
seven months of the year. The rec
ord was started on January Is, the
date of the Boyertown theater fire. A
month later there was a boiler ex-
plosion in Pennsylvania, followed in
March by an avalanche which took IS
lives in Siberia. April Is saw a flood
in China which cost 1000 lives, and
the same day in May a similar disas-
ter was responsible for the loss of
10000 people. while AZ people died in
a cyclone in Louisiana. June Is a
dynamite explosion took nine lives in
Winnipeg, and on July IS Al lives
were lost in a storm off the coast OF
Spain.
Another curiosity is discovered in
connection with the highly-useful ele-
vator which has made possible sky.
scrapers. While it is fairly common
To hear of accidents in fou
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121 passengers were drowned. A
week later another terrific cyclone
burst over the doomed southern
states and took toll of AZ lives in
Louisiana, IL in east Nebraska, and IA
in Oklahoma
The sequel to this prelude came on
the 18th, when 10000 lives went oNt
in another Chinese flood at Hankow
Beside this appalling tragedy a rail-
road accident in Belgium with 60 fatal
tiles seemed trivial. As grand
finale the Inflated Hankow was struck
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POWDER HORN RELIC
ONCE CARRIED BY FATHER OF
DANIEL WEBSTER.
Was SIung Over Captains Shoulder
as He Stood Guard Before Wash
ington's Tent on Night After
Arnold's Treason.

Boston.-Col. Edward K Webster of
Concern, N H, is the possessor of
historical relic which came to him
short time ago which he would not
part with for any consideration.
1t is the powder horn carried by Eb-
enezer Webster, father of Daniel and
Ezekiel, during the French and reyolu-
tionary wars. The absolute genuine
ness of the origin of this old relic is.
beyond question. 1t was given to Col.
Webster's mother in person by her I'M
Gle, Daniel Webster, with the injunc-
ton that it was to be given to her ED
est son, Daniel, when he should be-
come of age.
As directed, the horn was given into
the possession of Daniel Webster, who
is now a resident of Boscawen, N. H,
and after more than so years of guar
dianship by him, was turned over to
his younger and only brother Edward
Of Concord.
The powder horn is in a splendid
state of preservation and is unusually
handsome in its beautiful curving out
lines and perfect formation. 1t meas
ures IA inches in length, ten inches in
circumference at the base and about
four inches at the tip. 1t is mounted
in brass and the workmanship, even to
cap was screwed on, is of the very
best The horn is suspended by
firmly stranded linen cord so inches
long, which is known to be the original
cord from which the horn was sus-
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ous calling of - miners. Within two
weeks similar accidents in England
and Spain had called 80 more men to
their account, while a dynamite acct
dent in California was paid for with
30 lives.
As if each month was endeayoring
to Guido in horror its predecessors,
March opened with q record of terrible
disasters. among which is umbered
he most heartrending American trag-
edy since the Iroquois fire. The
carnival of destruction opened on the
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Few Fatalities in August.

Few Fatalities in August.
August was the most mercfful
month in the year. In the United
States the death roll was 10, prin-
cipally caused by floods in North and
South Carolina and Georgia. The
biggest disaster abroad was cyclone
in Hungary which killed "A people. 1t
was closely followed by a mine ex-
plosion in England with 20 fatalities.
The total deathroll for the remaining
disasters was 81, the largest single
item being 80 lives lost in forest fires
in British Columbia.
The United States was still forum
ate through September with total
of fatalities merely amounting to 33.
but abroad the ominous figures com
menced to mount with rush again.
Five thousand lives were lost in a
flood in India and 14O through ferry
disaster at Symrna.
October was the month of the great
forest fires which devastated Michi-
gan, destroying so lives and $4,000
900 worth of property. A typhoon in
the Philippines added its quota of 500
souls, and second typhoon off China
claimed 5000 victims.
Both at home and abroad November
proved a comparatively 1nnocuous
month, although it was marked by two
comparatively large disasters Three
hundred and thirty-nine lives were lost
in mine explosion in Germany, and
123 deaths resulted from the burning
of the steamer Sardinia at Malta
December and Yuletide came and
exhausted humanity saw the black
year drawing to a close in apparent
calm. They were looking forward to
the new year in eager hope that the
evil days were over, when the great
est blow of all fell
On December %, 1908. occurred the
great Italian earthquake, the most
stupendous disaster of the worlds his
tory Even yet x is impossible to
make an accurate estimate of what its
cost was either in loss of human life
or property. 1t is known that 125, 900
people persisted, but in actual fact
it is probable that figure is far below
the real number of victims In mate
rial loss it is impossible TO name any
figure
Far Surpassed Lisbon Disaster.
Up to the time CT the Italian earth
quake the record disaster had been
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MTG EIGHT-the most terrible
~ year of disaster in the his
sS9GSN tory of the modern world
@9N That is the black record
w. which Time has entered in
his books for the year
which has just closed. A quarter of
a million people destroyed in awful
catacylsms, billions of dollars worth
of property wiped out of existence, a
sum of pain and human anguish which
can never be expressed in words or
figures is the balance which
must be carried to the debit side of
the worlds account books.
The mention of the word catastro-
phe will of course bring the thoughts
of every one back to the great Italian
earthquake, the greatest single dis
aster in the worlds history, a tragedy
which cost $4,000 lives and wiped out
of existence great and historic cities.
In the shadow of that terrible holo-
caust the world has failed to realize
that it was merely the climax of a
long series of horrors which followed
one on the heels of the other from
the first day of January, 1908, to the
first day of January, 1909.
The chimes of the rejoicing bells
that rang in the new year of 1908 had
not died away when the grim fiend of
destruction commenced it's work in
a mine at Carthage, n. M. Twelve
miners were blown out of human rec
ognition and the black year had
opened.
The first big blow fell IL days later
when 800 people were incinerated in
a restaurant fire at Canton, China. 1t
was followed the next day by trag-
edy in America which shook the coun-
try to the core and sent thousands
into mourning. The opera house at
Boyertown, Pa, was burned down dur
ing an amateur performance, and 172
charred and mangled bodies were sub
sequently taken from the ruins.
The first month of the ominous
year waned to a close amid a series of
minor disasters at home and abroad
which were overshadowed by the hor-
rors which preceded them and the
yet greater horrors which were to
come The first of February ushered
in the first cyclone, which devastated
Mississippi, leaving 20 dead bodies
and hundreds of ruined homesteads in
its wake. Two days later news was
flashed across the wires that a mine
explosion in Japan had destroyed 81
miners and that 81 lives had been
lost in snowstorm in Algeria
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Bright spring-like streaks

Bright spring-like streaks Sunday
led the worldly householder to hunt
his backyard uniform, make a blue
print of his garden with black lead
pencil, invoice his stock of seeds
grind the tools, arrange a campaign
against the hen in the neighborhood
and explain TO the children the plans
and penalties of fooling with the vege-
tables.
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That Turtle Creek banker who paid
to his Institution the amount another
man stole and then spent a year in
bringing the thief to justice presents
q strong and honorable contrast to
some others
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Even blindness is not allowed to pre-
vent the children of Paris rom learn
Ing natural history and knowing what
birds and beasts are like A class at
the Partisan school for the blind is
taught by the use of a fine collection
OF stuffed animals.
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The people of Morocco have some
queer adages---In this world there are
three things not to be trusted-luck
women and horses: Mounting a
horse. loosing the hunting dogs and
hearing earrings rattle drive duh care
away"
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Sweden will permit women to vote.
The chances are that it will find no
greater embarrassment and no great
err advantages than the western states
that have recognized the feminine
ballot
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Another Ohio man has invented an
aeroplane, but horse is required to
start it. In Indiana Pegasus does his
own flying.
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Why should Germany complain
about this rush OF farmers to the cities
after working so desperately to build
itself up as the factory of the world?
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Alfred Austins latest poem has JUS
been published. The poem is not re
markable, but the fact that it was
published is
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Turkey is getting so accustomed tc
political upheavals that a little mat
ter in the seismic line does not worry
1t at all
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1t remains to be seen whether th'
race horse is really a noble ANNA
or merely a gambling tool.
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The Texas epicure who will serve
humming birds on toast inspires more
confidence than the chef who makes a
specially of alligator steaks.
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Wouldn't it be queer to be an fnhab
itant of Jupiter and go home late some
night and see 16 moons,
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Texas legislature proposes to max
swearing over the phone crimina
offense. Have to cut out this Hello.
business.
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The insuIar government of the Phil
tppines has cabled to Washington fol
Is irrigation engineers.
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Skeptical persons are wondering
what unsung press agent wrote Wash
ington's cherry tree story
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Women who wear high heeled shoes
cannot collect damages if they fall
and hurt themselves while stepping of
a street car. This bit of information
comes straight from a court in New
ark N J.
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Illinois is considering a bill to label
married men," doubtless because it is
apparent that married men don't need
any label
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In trading one ball player for an
other sometimes it would look like a
square deal for one side or the other
to throw in a water boy or a bat car
rier
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The battleships come home Mt to
fight and with no reason to do II,
which is all right
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Steel billets have been reduced SIG
a ton during the last six months. this
being one OF the bargains offered that
the women haven't rushed after.
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Italy will soon get accustomed to
It's shakes, like an Arkansas bottom
land dwel1er.
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There are more horses than ever be-
fore in the United States and they are
worth more money Which shows what
field is still open to manufacturers
of motor vehicles
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A soft winter may not be good for
certain lines of business, but it is com
Portable for the poor. Don't forget that
when the weather strikes you as too
muddy and mild.
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Philadelphia doctor says fresh eggs
have medicinal value in the cure of
stomach troubles Suppose We'll now
continue to pay drug store prices for
EN-, only more so.
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Wireless telegraph is again prov
ing that it is one of the greatest in
ventions of the age
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This world could prohtably try lit
tie cement in its peace treaties
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The cinematograph can be used for
recording every step in surgical oper-
atoms, and for showing the whole
process to large class of students
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The car recently rode through the
streets of ST. Petersburg without being
encased in boiler-plate. They are GER
tainly making some progress in
Russia.
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Wilbur Wright says airships are no
more dangerous than automobiles. Per
haps he means that they are no more
dangerous to people on foot.
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Devastated by Cyclone.

Scarcely week had elapsed before
the cyclone fiend made its second ap-
pearance, sweeping through Mime
sofa and Texas, claiming Is lives. On
the same day a mine explosion in
Natal put an abrupt end to the hazard
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sible for 235 fatalities On the 18th
81 lives were lost i'll a storm off the
coast of Spain. and on the 18th flood
in Asia Minor swept away 1000 peo-
pie.
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The Western Kansas World

H. s. GIyLER, Pub.
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WAKEENEY KANSAS
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IT INETEEN HUNDRED AND
EIGHT-the most terrible
year of disaster in the his
VI tory of the modern world
That is the black record
which Time has entered in
his hooks for the wear
The Republican journal., 1909-11-25
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The Republican journal., 1909-11-25
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish hereby to express our heartfelt
thanks to the many friends who so kindly SYM
with US and assisted US after the
death of our wife and mother, Mrs. Jane Nc
Taggart. Also for the many elegant and beau
tiful floral presentations for the funeral.
JAMES B. MCTAGGART
AND FAMILY.
Brooks, November %, 1909.
The Republican journal., 1909-11-25

Send lOc name OF. paper and this ad for our
beautiful Savings Bank and Childs Sketch Book.
Each bank contains a Good Luck Penny.
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LEADER
BEING SUED FOR
SEASH0RE GOWN
Mrs. Oliver WOlcOtt Jackson Is
Charged with NOn-Payment
by Dressmaker.

Oliver Wolcott Jackson, whose wife
is well-known IN social circles in this
city, is defendant in a suit brought
by an Asbury Park dressmaker in the
Second District Court for $40, repre-
senting money alleged to be due for a
gown made for and worn by Mrs. Jack
son last summer while she was at the
seashore.
The plaintiff in the suit against Mr.
jackson is Mrs. Mary G.. Bennett, OF
Asbury Park. In papers filed by Gift
ford & Miller, a Newark law firm, Mrs
Bennett alleges that she frequently and
unsuccessfully applied to Mrs. Jackson
in q friendly manner for payment OF
the alleged indebtedness.
NO reply a yet been made to the
suit, which is down for trial on Febru-
airy 26. 1t is thought, however, tina on
account of h large court docket the
case will be put off until a later day.