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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

making. In this respect, however,
the significant week in June the
great military institution the Hudson is not so
very different from the corresponding eliminating
interval of the academic year other great seats
OF learning in this country. To be sure, the drills
openair evoutions, dress parades and sham
ties do supply element of the spectacular
to be found in like degree anywhere else, unless
perhaps it be at the United States Naval acad-
envy at Annapolis but in far the graduation
exercises proper are concerned, and the attendant
farewell balls, the program at the Point is not
different from that carried out at other big edu-
cational institutions at the close of the school
year.
Yet for all this sameness, in some respects
there is enough of novelty in the climax West
Point to draw visitors by the thousand from all
sections of the country Nor the spectators
by any means limited to the relatives and close
friends of the young who receive,
along with their diplomas commissions second
lieutenants in the regular army That would be
understandable enough-such gathering of inter
ested kith and kim But aside from the onlook-
ers whose interest is stimulated by blood ties,
there is a vast assemblage the members of which
/ feel no interest in either graduates under
graduates at the Point but who have been drawn
thither by the prospect of show" literally
worthy of many miles of travel to witness. The
picturesque events, ranging in variety all the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18
Qualification That Earned His Advancement In
Brief Time.

Ray Stannard Baker writes most interesting
sketch of Gen Leonard Wood in the American
Magazine, part Of which is quoted follows.
MANY there who have attempted to
count for the startling rise power and fame
of Gen. Leonard Wood. Twelve years ago an
assistant surgeon, with little regular mill
tary training how is it possible that today the
astonishingly youthful age of so the born
October 9, 1860, he should be the ranking major
general and chief of staff of the army of the
United States?
Somewhere in one of his essays Emerson OBJ
serves of a certain extraordinary man that he was
prepared for his age No better description of
the success of General Wood could possibly be
written without especially brilliant qualities to
commend him, with little promise in his earlier
years, he has been. at every crisis he has had to
meet, peculiarly the who ready There
stood Leonard Wood-prepared- 1t was not that
he sought the places which he has filled SO sue
cessfully. but that he was supremacy the man who
was ready for them
"At the very beginning of his career in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. 1t Pays
Big Dividends.

If parents will give just a little In
telligent thought to the feeding of
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over, for the small trouble
A mother writes saying: "Our chill
dren are all so much better and
stronger than they ever were before
we made change in the character of
the food. We have quit using pota-
toes three times a day with coffee
and so much meat.
Now we give the little folks some
fruit, either fresh stewed, or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa-
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per- Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to realize the
change in the children, they have
grown so sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that, I understand, exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal of stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until 1 tried
Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk. and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and we'll"
Read THE Road to Wellville." found
in pkgs- There's reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
are genuine, true. and full OF human
Anterest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

RADIATION
week at the
q n i t e d
States Mill
tary acad-
envy is east
l y t b e
C T o W n
ing week of
t b e year,
a n d i S
looked for
ward to with
the keenest
anticipatio n
by all the
future gen
erals of the
A IN e ri can
army in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18
The Business Instinct.

An English farmer, taking his little
son with him, was going to the
polling station to give his vote. On
the way he met a friend on the same
errand, and the two entered into con-
versation. After an excited and heat
ed argument about the budget they
came to blows. The poor lad was
much frightened. and, seeing that his
father was getting the worst of it,
suddenly called out to him:
Hit him in the watch, father;
thatll cost him something!"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

of quiet efficiency which Americans admire
has risen, naturally, in rank in the army,
he is chief of staff with headquarter
Washington"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

schools. If change of occupation
be a suffi cient vacation however.
the purpose of a summer respite Is
admirably served for the boys In
gray exchange their quarters In
barracks for the camp accommoda-
lions of tented city, and the vari-
Gus forms of study from books are
supplemented by outdoor soldering
of the most practical kind For
more than two months the young
men are to live under canvas. and
many of the graduation week Wis
itors, particularly the representa-
ton of the fair sex, remain to see
the camp life inaugurated with all
its essentials of sentry duty. pa
rades, etc
Commencement season at West
Point brings to the fountain head
of American military education
swarm of visitors that taxes the
hospitality of everybody in the
countryside AS though the varied
attractions of the Point at gradua-
ton time were not enough, there
are notable boat races on the Hud-
son in this vicinity at this season,
and moreover, this whole section OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

ually and before long I was suffering
from dropsy. My body bloated and
my flesh was soft and fabby. I tired
easily and suffered severely from pain
in my back Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me and I am today in much better
health"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

urinary troubles re-
suit. To eliminate
the aches and pains
you must cure the
k d n e VS.. Doan's
Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, and
cure them perma-
nently.
]. N. Markham,
Montesano, Wash,
says: Kidney trou-
BILE came on me grad
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18
AN ACHING BACK
Means Weak Kidneys.

Well kidneys filter the blood of uric
acid and other impurities. When the
kidneys are sick, waste matter accu-
mulates and backache, headache and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-18

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS my friend,
whom God hath Joined together, let
no man put asunder'
Seeker After Divorce-Er-it was a
justice of the peace.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
Find of a Fine Old Window.

A fine fifteenth century window has
been discovered on the southwest side
of the Guildhall in London, Eng
where renoyations are being under
taken. 1t was quite an accidental
find" and was due to the alertness
of Mr.. Sydney Perks. r. s. A., the
city surveyor. The window had been
boarded and bricked up. and when the
partition was removed a fine old dia-
mend PANIED window stood revealed
in all its beauty. 1t was found to be
nine feet six inches high and six feet
six inches wide, the depth from the
inside wall to the glass being some
three feet. The first Guiidhall was
built in 1411. but it was virtually de-
stroyed In the Great Fire of 1867, only
the interior OF the porch and the
walls remaining. The present hall
dates from 1869, and a new roof was
added In 1864.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

since f. Hello, look at the phos-
porence down there"
She leaned over to see, the drift OF
her hair almost brushing his sleeve.
Since you" she repeated softly.
Since | got my bull pup; he's al
most a grown dog now. I'm going to
enter him in the next bench show
he's way ahead of some of the last
year winners. Have you noticed what
a chest development he's got?"
Like his masters" she suggested
demurely.
"Oh, there are lots of fellows big
ger than ami" But he laughed and
drew up his right arm with an ego
to its muscles. She laid the point Of
n finger on the swelling biceps.
Il shouldn't dare make you very
angry" she said. Its terrible to be
so strong-I'm afraid of you."
He might have met this with a deli
cious threat-"You'd better bel'-or
he might have adapted from Red Rid
ing Hood-"All the better to serve
you with, my dear!"-oh, there were
50 many nice things ie might have
said But instead he told her of the
muscles of the man he roomed with
in his senior year.
why, Jake could lay me ont with
one hand" he boasted. She drew up
her right arm with fist absurdly
clenched.
Feel mine." she said anxiously. He
let the soft little lump OF muscle slip
between his finger and thumb for q
moment.
Not so bad for a girl" he encour-
aged her. "You could bring 1t UP a
lot II you would do the proper exer-
cises.' He showed her lust what they
were; and the moonlight poured over
them, and the little waves Tapped
against the bow. and the tenor voice
scared like a silver bird-"Oh. heart
of my hsarti"
But you must do them regularly"
he insisted. That's the whole bust.
ness. II you're like most girls. youth
oyerdo It for three days and then
drop IT,"
She smiled inscrutably. but I am
not like most girls!' Oh. the chances
It gave him. the dear. intimate path
ways OF mutual exploration into which
any one Of . dozen openings would
take them! The challenge In her
voice Was As clear as q painted hand
on a sign; and he smiled on her com
fortably.
MY sister went IN hard for one Of
these n~ew-fangled physicai culture
courses: and Kicked herself for :
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
Germans in American Cities.

II IL interesting to note that the
German born I ulat'op of several
'Americsn cities exceeds that of near
ly every metropolis within the do
mains of the kaiser. According to
the census of 1900. compared with a
parallel count of the empire, New
York, with 322,3 43 persons of German
birth, exceeded in this item ali Ger
man cities saw Berlin. with 1.SSS,326
inhabitants. and Breslau. Dresden, and
Cologne. each With only slightly larg-
er. figures. In a second comparison
Chicago, with ITO. 1913 natives of Ger
many. surpassed practically every me-
dunn city of the fatherland save
Frankfort, Hanover. and Posen, st.
Louis, with 5s.7S1 Germans, and Mil.
waukee, with 53,S54, outclassed such
German communities as Bonn, with
50.7sT. and Furth with S4,142.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
CONSTRUCTED or SAME CLAY
Denixens Of the Under World DiHer
Little from Their More Fortu-
nate Fellows,

1.-THE under world" says Charles
~Someryille, in Everybody's, has no
separate topography. 1t moves on
stantly at the elbow of responsibility.
Its infamous a~ristocrats are ever IN
the haunts of fashion, and Its low
brOwed, humble toilers in the crooked
lanes are living cheek by jowl with
the decent poor.
"This is what your ~all-seeing eyes
could surely show you OF the under
world; and more startling still. per-
haps, might be the discovery that its
inhabitants are not SO altogether dit
ferent from you and me. More Will
full in their weaknesses, certainly
they are; more hysterical In their
hilarities; binder in their loves and
bitterer in their hatreds; supinely
subject to all emotions, good or bad,
undoubtedly. remember SO
well the first time / saw a burglar In
flesh and blood. His black mask was
off, his revolver was in the possession
of the police; he had just been SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment,
and was saying good-by to his wife
and three little children. He was
wholly like any other grief-stricken
human being. His sob was the same.
He vas a sandy-haired man with rath-
er large, foolish blue eyes. 1t was
hard to imagine those same large.
blue eyes looking very terrible, even
behind a black mask"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
THE OTHER
SHIP
(copyright, by J. B. Lippincott COZ
By JULIET WILBOR T0MPKINs

A sleepy sea, drawing deep, slow
breaths, a silver strip of moonlight,
unrolled across the darkness for the
pass'"g OF a white yacht; a tenor
voice coming at intervals from the
shadow of the sail; a mar and a girl
faced forward in the bow, riding be-
tween sky and sea.
ION such a night as this" She
stopped, for that was as far as she
knew; but the words had a haunting
sweetness, and she repeated them
under her breath. who was it said
that the is all on the other
ship? she added as the CLINT of a
sail showed for an instant far down
the silver carpet of their stately prog
ress.
Somebody who had never been on
this one" was her inward answer for
him-for she had a sense of fitness,
and the moor was shining; but his
eyes were intent on the distant CLEAN
of sail.
Il wonder whose boat that is?" he
said instead. 1T might be H~arrison's."
1--WE are the other ship to them"
she unused. Il suppose, If we shot
past them, we'd look a perfect fairy
tale of romance"
And arn't WEI" he would have said
II he had had a proper spirit for the
game; but he contented himself with
a cordial Sure thing Though Har.
rison would be more likely to shoot
by u.s. he added. Its a faster boat.
We had a great old ace last summer
You ought to have seen It,"
She smiled round at him as he lay
half out on the b%owsprit. II had never
even seen you last summe Do you
realize that we have known each
other only a few months?"
Time flies, doesn't it?" he assented.
Hard to believe it's only IL weeks
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
Talking Postcards.
Talking postcards have bee,

Talking postcards have been spoken
OF for some time past. They have
now become an accomplished fact In
Europe, though they are hardly likely
to come within reach Of the million
Just yet. Happily they have not
reached such perfection that on COM
Ing down In the morning ones CORE
spondenee will hail one in various
voices. It is CHASTITY to think OF ev.
srybody's postcards shouting around
the table. So far the photographic
message card car only be made to
speak" by taxing Il TO . postal con-
ter. where It is placed In q machine
which sets II in motion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
"IRON DOLLARS" NOT WANTED
Almost All Sections of the Country
Express Preference for Pa
e Money.

The large, hard, iron dollar of our
daddies is gradually going out of cir
culation. In Washington they have
been strangers for many years. Every
man who can afford a dollar there
takes his out in new paper. A man
who presents a silver dollar in any of
the leading barrooms is Immediately
spotted as a denizen of the west, and
charged a small bonus accordingly.
The east, generally, has discarded the
unwieldy coin, but the west and
southwest seemed to like ii and it re-
NAMED in demand. But now the de-.
mand is l%essening. Three years ago
more than 50, 1000, 900 we're in circula.
ton. Up to that time the government
had been in the habit Of appropriate
pay express charges for the shipment
of silver dollars in return for notes.
But two years ago the congress of the
United States knocked out this annual
appropriation. Since then, any bank
that wanted silver dollars had to pay
the charges for transporting them.
The banks didn't see anything in that
for themselves, and unless the de-
mand in their localities for silver dol
lars was SO persistent that it couldn't
be disregarded, they substituted one
dollar bills. The movement in silver
dollars decreased rs per cent. over
night and it's still decreasing.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
Author peerles War

Maurice Eewlet The E.Sl-A
thor. Is a warm advocate Of peace.
He set forth his views In a letter read
at the annual meeting of the Interna.
tionai Arbitration Peace association
not long ago. II all as you suppose.
a peace at any price man." he wrote.
The use Of murder and homicide as
. means Of deciding international din.
cuities seems to me uncomfortable. I
do not. however, believe that we shall
make any real advance until war IA
commonly spoken Of In the terms we
now apply to drunkenness or gluttony
degrading and d~isgusting."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
Want Dental Clinics in schools.

The Cleveland Dental society has
petitioned the school board OF that
city for permission to establish dental
clinics In the public schools. An ex.
animation by 40 members Of the soci-
ETY. Of 5000 pupils has revealed that
80 per cent. OF them have decayed or
decaying teeth. The showing. the
health officer OF the city says, makes
imperative the establishment Of clip-
ics.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
PEGG0TTY'S HUT A SAD RUIN
Still Exists In Yarmouth, But Is Said
to Be Fast crumbllng to
Decay.

A Yarmouth hundred of herring real
ly counts 1872, and in many ways the
inhabitants of the old town are cred
tied with in, open-handed generosity, a
Great Yarmouth letter to the New Or
leans Times-Democrat says. Peggotty
told David Copperfield, you remember,
that it was the finest place in the uni
verse, to which the boy replied that
"a mound or two might have improved
1t, and also that If the land had been
q. little more separated from the sea
and the town and the tide had not
been quite so much mixed up, like
toast and water. it would have been
much nicer But presently, when he
got into the streets and "smelt the fish
and pitch, and oakum, and tallow, and
and saw the sailors walking about and
the carts jingiing up and down over
the stones" yourg Copperield admit
ted that he had done Yarmouth an in.
justice.
The remains Of Peggotty's hut may
still BE- cen saG and ~forlorn, alas! but
suggestive nevertheless of the quaint
home where David was so happy, OF
Peggoty's jokes. of little Emily's pref.
| ry ways and or the Goiefulnes OF Mrs.
Gummidge There are many ancient
buildings that have stood the test OF
time better than the queer boat home
OF Peggotty. Formerly Yarmouth was
one of the principal PORTS OF England,
and its merchant adventures enjoyed
the patronage OF Queen Elizabeth. Its
Toulouse claims to be the Oldest NUM-
cipal building In the kingdom.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
T h strongest siri

week" he said. 1.-THE strongest SRI
ever knew"
Her head fell on her arm and there
was a discouraged droop to her mouth.
| When the tale of the strongest girl
was finished she eyed him coldly.
Don't you think we'd better go
back to the Others" she suggested.
"Oh, by George, no! Why, should
we?' The honesty Of the protest
brought a line between his eyebrows.
Don't you like it here? Are You
cold?' She could not help being ap.
peased,
81 don't wish to ~monopolize you,"
she said with a small sigh.
81 guess I'm doing the monopolizing,"
he laughed. "Of course, If you're
tired of me-"
1t really began to look a little more
promising. She glanced at him
through a mist of blown hair; and the
spirit of the game once more stirred
within her.
you like being out here with me?'
Sure thing. Couldn't be better"
Suppose it were Mary Madison
what would you talk to her about?"
"Oh, some girls always want to go
on about love and how long it lasts
and If you can get 1t twice in the
same spot-you know the sort of
thing. That's why you are so jolly 10
60 about with-one can have some
sensible talk with you. You're inter.
ested In real things"
Like boats and dogs?" The irony
In her voice did not reach him.
"Of course. Look, there's that boat
again. It's Harrison's all right can
tell by the rigging. See if you can
see where it is different from ours"
She looked back at the softly followed
spread of canvas behind them and
shook her head hopelessly.
Il can tell the difference between
you and Fred Harrison, though" she
suggested.
"Oh, you CAM" A faint, faint glim.
mer of resentment brought new life
to her face.
Yes; he wears red neckties."
80 that's it, is it?" He was almost
sulky.
Eyes. And Mary Madison says he's
a terrible firt. But then"-with a
sigh-"she also said that about YOU"
What rot!"' But he was smiling.
She was not above revenge:
Yes, wasn't it,"
The smile disappeared. "Oh, l sup
pose | can play the game like any
one else If l have to-" he said rather
She leaned towards him, and
her voice was mischievously small:
And when do you have to-" The
chances it gave him!
"Oh, some girls are always expect.
ing it of a fellow" he said impatient.
ly. Not nice, straight-ahead girls
like you, of course. Silly ones" The
light left her face.
"Of course one doesn't want to be
silly" she said despondently. But
one-couldn't one"
Look, Harrison's coming about"
he interrupted. Now | can show you
lust what | mea about the rigging"
She listened in depressed silence.
her eyes obediently on the other
yacht. His explanation was very
thorough. The tenor voice scared out,
If the shadow again-"Oh, heart of
ny hearti" and the moonlight sudden
y revealed two figures all in white in
he prov of the other ship. He had
zone on to the difference between a
,rig and a schooner, but he interrupt
ID himself to nod in their direction.
Don't they look jolly romantic?"
lie commented.
A momentary flash of resentment
,roke through the patient resentment
If her face.
Il wonder If they feel SOL" she said
With a touch of sharpness.
''Oh, sure thing" he affirmed con-
entedly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07
Extsnuatlco,

Judse-This lady declares Won
hugged her at the baseball game.
The Accused - Couldn't help IL.
Judge. She was sitting next me when
one Of Y boys swatted = homer over
left ield fence!-Puck.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-07

Eatate 81 Joseph Wade, deceased.
w Notice iAhcreby given by the uudereign
I'd q xccutrix Of the estate of Joseph Wade
derease7. 10 the creditors of and all per
~3n~ ha wing ciaiu1s against the said de
ceased. to exhibit them, with the necee
'aarv vouchers. within four months after
The firaf Qualification OF this notice, to
& Warren, attorneys for executrix
~ their o<f7ec ~ the city OK Dc SE1ct. Ia
the county Of kinRsbury. state of South
XSvcmber 1st. 1909.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-09-24
BRIDGEWATER.

S.iB. Brown lost a, driving horse
last week Wednesday,, the animal
being taken i'll on returning from
Woodstock fair
A meeting Of the Ladies' Aid 30
ciety will be held with Mrs. II. M.
Stevens of Woodstock next Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford w. Stevens
were the guests of honor at a recep-
ton given by the choir of the Con-
gregational church at Union hall
last week Friday evening
Mrs. Chas Woods, who was taken
ill last week in Woodstock, has re-
turned home.
Fred LeDoux has returned from
Claremont, N. Ii. 49,
The Ezra Robinson farm at the
Corners has been bought by F.. g.
Taylor, who takes possession Oct. l