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What is the best war speech you
ever made in your iife?" said frlend
the other day to Capt. Joe waters.
Il never made but one good war
speech in my life" he replied. ANA
that was when I kissed the girls gooo-
by and left with my company for the
camp of instruction. Find friends gave
me this and that with their fareWells,
and when the train pulled out, as II
whirled around the bend and the last
waving handkerchief vanished from
siabt We sat down and began making
an inventory of our ef1ects. "A "hite
satin lined pincushion, with the name
Of the giyer inside; a model housewife,
with two kinds of scissors, thimble,
needle, shirt and pants buttons, hooks
and eyes, cotton tapes, recipes lor
stomach ache and cholera morbus, cro-
chet needles. rheumatism cure, and
full pound and one-half of black patent
thread in hanks-bless their dear
sou,s, Another housewife just like
the first; thimble, six pairs OF SOCKS
four woolen scarfs; another mousse
wife another, blble'
seven towels and can OF jelly,
dozen filagree worked napkins and an
other can Of jelly.
MY recollection is that all OF the
other boys were served In the same
manner, and got about the same amount
of these contraptions. While 1t may be
that my memory is faulty, yet for the
life of me l cannot tell what became
of all those fixin's. But l remember
certainly and well that four months
had not passed until Ed Case OF Com
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DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food Is Not Suited.

When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong it is generally
with the food. The old Dame is al
WAYS faithful and one should act at
once.
To nut off the change IS to risk that
which may be irreparable. An Arizona
man says:
"For years could not safely eat any
breakfast. | tried various kinds OF
breakfast food, but they were all soft.
starchy messes which gave me dis
tressing headaches. | drank strong
coffee, too. which appeared to beneht
me at the time, but added to the head
aches afterwards. Toast and coifee
were no better, for | found the toast
very constipating,
"a friend persuaded me to quit the
old coffee and the starchy breakfast
foods. and use Postum and GrapeNuts
instead. I shall never regret taking
his advice. | began using them three
months ago.
THE change they have worked in
me Is wonderful. l now have no more
of the distressing sensations in my
stomach after eating, and never have
headaches. / have gained II pounds
in weight ard feel better in every way.
"Grape-Nuts make delicious as
we'll as a nutritious dish. and l find
that Postum is easily digested and
never produces dyspepsia symptoms.
There's q Reason"
Get the little book, "The Road to
| Weilville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letters new
| one appears from time to time. They
| are genuine trues ana fuIl OF huA
! Interest.
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Mananina a Husband.

Men are like children; they want
managing, although you muet never
let them dream that you think so. NO
child likes to be ordered about, no
man will endure coercion. But man
aging, 1t is an art so subtle, so elu-
sive, that few women understand even
the rudiments of it. Sisters mine, let
us reason together, says Woman
Life. In every human being there is
spark of the divine; it Is yours to
fan that spark into a fiame-that Is
managing a man-it is to get the very
bes. out of him there is to have, and
not two women in ten can do it.
Do not think that there Is anything
unworthy in managing a man-to
bring out the best is high vocation.
Only let us see to 1t that we are
worthy Of it. There are women who
have made angels Of men, but at the
cost of their own divinity. There Is
room for more than one unselfish per-
son in family.
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pany A emitted in the black of the
night a cry that enveloped the noun
tains Of Kentucky: Who in the II
has got a thread?' The echo danced
around from one rock to another and
the answer always was: Dam fino.
I'VE had one fellow named Bill
Whiting. His wife presented him with
the finest wooden shirt I ever saw. 1t
was all hemstitched over with fancy
colored tapes and laces, with notices
worked in gold and silver, and such
legends as The Friends at Home
For Country From Your Wife
When he put that shirt on-at Louis
Vile, think it was-he looked for
all the world like circus getting on
the cars. His wife evidently had no
idea of war She imagined her nus
band would put up over night at the
best hotels, and would have the bene-
fit of wash lists and laundr1es. But
that shirt was born to no such des-
tiny. 1t was never to know wash
woman. or to be soused into tub.
And speaking of shirts. some fair
and patriotic girl who was a MEMBER
of a Dorcas society made a shirt to
be sent to a soldier; II was evident
lv intended for a man at least loot
shorter than am. and, therefore, you
know. he wouldn't be very tall. Upon
it was pinned tab, asking the recip-
lent, whoever he might be. to acknow'-
edge the receipt Of the garment. 1t
was unfortunately apportioned to
man who went by the soubriquet OF
.Chimbley Dan;' he was about seven
feet two riches in altitude. and built
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past summer he introduced her to an
other new experience, cruise on the
presidential yacht Sylph which was
her first voyage on boat OF any KIND
in all her long life.
The fondness of President TAFT :or
Miss Torrey and her stately home at
Millbury, Mass, is the more readily
understood when it is explained that
the old homestead in the little village
in central Massachusetts, house
that has been home to Miss Torrey
ever since she was six years of age
was the boyhood home Of William H.
Taft and his brothers. Mrs. Taft.
mother of the president. always found
the climate of Cincinnati very trying
in summer and accordingly 1t became
her custom to take the children and
spend the entire heated term each
year with her only sister In the home
stead at Millbury. No wonder that
bill" Taft grew up with many close
friends here, dating from the days
when he played first base" on the
ball team; and with strong associa-
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He Came by 1t Honestly.

Lend me your pencil, Johnny The
small boy handed 1t over and teacher
continued to correct the exercises OF
the class. When she finished she suf-
fered a sudden lapse of memory and
laid the pencil away in her desk. AS
she stood up to excuse the class she
encountered the scornful gaze of John
nys eyes. Rising in his seat he fixed
her with an accusing forefinger and
uttered the single word Craft"
Johnnys father writes for cur
rent magazine.
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hogany and quaint china calculated TO
provoke envy in the breast or any
collector of antiques. There, too, Is
the old family Bible with Its inter-
esting chronicle Of the various mem
bers of the clan for many generations
past.
In addition to her other accomplish
ments Aunt Della writes clear legl-
BILE hand and she has plenty OF prac-
tise in penmanship for she receives
heavy volume Of mail now that ner
nephew's praise has made her known
by reputation to the great American
public Many OF the letters that come
to Miss Torrey contain requests 1or
her favorite recipes. particularly those
that embody her formulas for the
vaunted apple pies. Aunt Della de-
clares that some of the recipes that
have been attributed to her had no
such origin. but she smiles indulgently
at the disposition to make her an
oracle for Yankee housewives VINO
would reach the masculine neall
through the stomach
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STORY OF SHIRTS

after the pattern Of a continued story
that runs for about so many consecu-
tive weeks and then is announced to be
continued in our next Chlmoley Dan
tried on the shirt and thought a long
time, and finally concluded that he
would answer in rhyme; and this Is
what he had the cheek of govern
ment to write to her:
Like a man without wife,
Like a ship without sail,
The oldest thing | know in life,
Is a shirt without-a proper length"
Kansas City Journal.
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IaNbi Itt odii''
Della Torrey, is now
in her eighty-ffth year
and even if she did
not have so distin-
guished a nephew as
the president OF the
nited States to laud
her TO the skies she
would be well worthy
of public interest and
admiration for she IS,
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for her age. one Of the most remark
able women in America. For the read
er to appreciate the unusual qnailli-
cations of President Tafts favorlte
relative 1t is only necessary 10 relate
that she has attained the age OF four
score and FIVE she walks without aid
of crutch or cane, Seldom wears
glasses except when reading; Keeps
abreast of the times by regularly per-
using the leading daily papers; trav-
els hither and thither at will; has per-
feet hearing; and takes more than
perfunctory part in her Housekeeping
and in that cookery which President
Taft has made famous In his speeches.
The chief magistrate does not let
wear go by without making one or
more visits to Aunt Della in her New
England home and he has publicly
confessed that one especial lure Is
found in the apple pies dear to MS
memory ever since boyhood and which
he maintains nobody makes with such
wizardy as Aunt Della. In return for
ler hospitality the president and his
family entertain Aunt Della several
times each year. both at the White
House at Washington and at the presl-
dents vacation home on the nortn
shore of Massachusetts Bay. the
president has made Aunt Della con-
vert to the joys Of motoring. and this
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Industrious.

$50 your club is going to give a iec-
t1re tonight?" said the tall suffragette.
What will be the topic?'
Home industries" responded the
president.
And what do you consider home
industries?' p"
why, our husbands who remain at
home and mind the babies and wash
the dishes while we attend the club
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Royal Way to Success.

Get the right thing-that is. the
occupation you like-and then focus
the best OF your powers on It, Not
once. but all the time. That Is how
others have done: 1t is the only royal
way.
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tions for the Old house and vivid mem
cries of the matchless cookery OF Aunt
Della, ,-partieuiarly in the matter OF
apple pies Furthermore, after the
death Of Judge Taft his widow made
her home until her death with Aunt
Della. and hither came William II.
Taft at frequent intervals to visit his
mother and his aunt
The home of Aunt Della IS located
on the main street OF the little village
and within sight OF the passengers on
the trolley cars bound for Worcester,
some half-h0ur's ride distant. The
house IS large, with a pOrttco III front
supported by columns rising TO the
second floor and it appears immacu-
late in the coat of white paint con
trasted with the green shutters which
one comes to look upon as inevitable
in New England. The house is sur
rounded by flower gardens and con-
spicuous among the posies IS a gor-
geous Killarney rose which was trans
planted from the White House at
Washington for Aunt Della and which
is her especial pride. The interior OF
the house is filled with rich old ma
The St. Mary banner., 1910-12-24
Selection OF Friends

Selection Of Friends.
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as
first principles: have no friends not
equal to yourself.-ConfuciuS
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III yOu4 lt0liIlioilieilo' ~ '''
II. w. MITCHELL, Box 8, Sabattus Me.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, Vt. y was passing
through the Change Of Life andsuffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound restoredmy health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women / am willing yoI
should publish my letter" : Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granite
vile, Vt.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are suffer-
ing from any of those distressing ills
peculiar to their sex should not lose
sight Of the fact that for thirty years
LyGiG. T. Pinkham's Vegetable Com,
pound, which is made from roots and
herbs, has been tile standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every conf
munity you viii find women Who
have zen restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
THE BEST OF It's KIND

Is always advertised, in fact it only pays
to advertise good things. When you see
an article advertised in this paper year
after year you can be absolutely certain
that there is merit to it because the con-
tinued sale Of any article depends upon
merit and to keep on advertising one
must keep selling. All good things
have imitatorS, but limitations are not ad-
vertised. They have no reputation to sus-
tain, they never expect to have any per-
manent sale and your dealer would never
sell them If he studied your interests
Sixteen years ago Aliens Foot-Ease the
antisepdc Powder for the feet, was first
and through people telling each other
what good thing it was for tired and
aching feet 1T has now permanent SALE
and nearly 200 so-called foot powders
have been put on the market with the
has been built up for Aliens Foot-Ease
When you ask for article advertised
in these papers see that you get it Avoid
substitutes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

Now, six shlllings ninepence at S4SS5 to the
pound is $1.65. AS for the dishes themselves they
could not have been surpassed anywhere. For the
hors d'oeuvres had dozen different dishes to
select from.
Did you ever find hors d'oeuvres varies the
bill of fare of a New York restaurant? Try it. OF
course you may get them at a table d'hote, but
/ mean the carte du jour of restaurant where
you pay separately for each thing you eat
I'm Paris there is restaurant in the Avenue
de POpera where you have about twenty diff
ferent varieties of little fish and cold salads and
appetizers for about Is 16 cents. 1t took
and then when 1 did it in a restaurant
which is not usually considered among the most
expensive in the city. Here hors d'oeuvres varies
masqueraded under the title of buffet russo They
charged so cents for it, against the 10
charged in the London restaurant
my pilaffe of sweetbreads tasted exactly like
that had in London and cost exactly the same, so
zcents.I ordered-senae asFeFaeas=-0a-th bill of
fare they had asparagus with Hollandaise sauce
for 40 cents, but 1 wanted it cold with French
dressing. They did not tell it would be any
more, but for it they charged me 70 cents. For
the Neufchatel cheese they charged 20 cents and
for the coffee Is. The robbery came the beer.
I'm London if you want a little pitcher of beer
Wurzburger in a little sealed vessel holding a
pint shilling. 1 asked the waiter to bring me
a small pitcher of beer draught knowing they
did the beer in London He brought
me a pitcher and charged 20 cents for it.
Now my bill came to 81 65, exactly 81 more
than the food and drink had cost me in Lon
don. 1 gave the New York waiter quarter and
he scarcely nodded 1 gave the London waiter six
pence and he thanked me that could hear him"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
Why She Brought 1t Up.

DO you remember" she asked.
that you said once that unless 1
promised to be yours the sun would
cease to sinner"
.I don't remember it now, but
suppose L may have said something
of the kind
And have you forgotten that you
assured me that unless 1 permitted
you to claim me as your own the moon
would fall from her place in the
heavens ?''
"Oh, well, what If 1 did say so?
Why do you want to bring that up
now?"
81 merely wished to assure you that
I'm sorry 1 didn't shut my eyes and
let her fall"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
CONDITION PRECEDENT.

The religion of some people is too lenfent, :"
said Bishop Heslin in a recent address in Nan
tucket
Some people suggest to me, in their view of
religion little girl whose teacher said to her.
Mary, what must do first before can
expect forgiveness for sins?
we must sin first the little girl answered.
Nashville Banner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
Wonder WhX.

Said the proprietor of the big drug
store with soda fountain annex, to
his white-jacketed dispenser: Jimmy
you will have to cut out that new
drink of yours; I notice that every
man who comes in and tries it imme-
diately begins to feel around for the
brass rail with his foot"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

up their prices the time and some of my friends
have tried convince me that you could get
meal cheaper at the higher priced restaurants in
New York than in London.
81 determined this time to collect some real
data for comparison and result L have kept
bills o many meals 1 had in London 1t is
my intention duplicate the meals I had over
there at some of the restaurants here, item for
item 1 did this with of them the other day
and demonstrated that for such meal London is
a lot cheaper than New York
Here is the bill for luncheon l had at one
of the most extensive hotels London
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
UNREASONABLE EVENT.

Among other events, we shall have sack race
for ladies. Professionals barred.
What do you by professionals"
Those who have been wearing tube gowns
Answers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
FOOD IN LONDON is CHEAPER.

For many years." said man who
came back from a European tour the
other day, according to an exchange,
81 have been IN: the habit of getting
into an argument with friends after
my return about the prices of food in
the best restaurants in New York and
London. 1 have been contending that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

IF YOU USE BALL BLUE,
Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball
Blue. Large o. package only cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
Fine School,

your daughter should attend my
school of education"
"She shan't! She's attended one,
nd she's positively"
"Ah, but I teach new system.
When my pupils are asked to recite
they are trained to refuse"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

II a fireman antagonizes you, tel
him to go to blazes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

Mrs. Wfnsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng. softens the gums. reduces IL
nammation- allay pain. cures wind collie 25c
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

Some people need only a little hole
of observation to take in all the i'm
portant scandals of the age
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20
His Busy Season.

HOWS buS1neSS!
Brisk answered the druggist i've
bought tickets for two picnics and four
excursions this morning, and donated
goods for several indoor affairs"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

traps just as mice are caught, and
monkeys are also trapped. Such great
beasts as the rhinoceros and the like
are not captured by the animal men,
but are secured from native poten-
tates, who give them away as a mark
of special esteem or barter them for
brass and other trififng. but snowy
gewgaws.
I'VE take comparatively few lions
from the wilds now. 1t is cheaper to
buy them in captivity. Polar, griz-
Fly and Russian bears also are mainly
bought and sold in captivity; but 9TH
er wild beasts are taken in their
lairs''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

10 talk Interestingly of the bust
ness in which his firm is engaged.
There are nearly a dozen firms
in New York city that carry on
an immense business in the trans
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-08-20

he return of Colonel
Roosevelt and party
from Africa, with the
cargo of animal speci-
mems which had been
killed during their in
vasion of the jungle.
caused a New York
dealer in wild beasts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-04
STREET COMMISSIONER
WILLIAMS UNDER FIRE
City Council Orders Custer
Proceedings Against
That Official

Following the report Of the special
committee appointed to investigate
the charges made against Street
| Commissioner w. ID. Williams by
Councilman Kennedy, The city coun
Gil last night passed a resolution In.
structing the city attorney to at once
begin custer proceedings against Will
liams
The committee. which was compos-
cd of City Auditor Grant Hanford,
City Attorney Fred w. Green and
Councilman II. b. Newman, filed a
written report giving in cetall the
testimony taken by the committee
The committee found that Williams
had used the city teams and city
employees. besides his own time, in
iilllng several residence lots belong.
Ing to him, taking the dirt from the
streets; that he had made reports to
the city council showing money paid
to certain parties for labor performed
for the city, when such parties testi-
fed under oath that they did not re-
ceiye such sums from him. The com
mittee reported that Williams month
ly reports fled with The council were
found to be incorrect in many in.
stances, and that they did no tspeak
the tuth, but that as the street com
missioner kept 70 time book or other
accounts II was impossible to- ascer.
tain to what extent the reports were
incorrect The committee further
reported that The street commission.
er worked for private parties with
city teams while In The employ Of the
city and that he had devoted some
time to plowing UP sodded Bermuda
grass along the parlSlngs and selling
IL 10 private parties.
Councilman Kennedy. who attended
the hearing, stated that The commit
tee found more and worse matters
against the street commissioner than
was included In the report Kennedy
declared that Williams had used city
-eams and men to haul sand rock and
other material for the Southwestern
iron foundry and the farmers Oil
Mill and had filed up lots Tor private
parties for pay.
Street Commissioner Williams. who
was present, denied the truth Of the
report
Mayor Farquharson requested that
the matter he fully investigated by
the city attorney before custer pro.
ceedlngs were brought.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-04
IN DISTRESS
Wireless Message Relates That
Steamer Kentucky Is
Sinking

(Ry Associated Press, ,

Charleston, s. c., Feb. 4.-The
wireless station here today intercept-
ed message from The steamship
Kentucky. Of the AIaska-Pacific line,
Ia her maiden voyage from New York
to Pacific ports, saying 1t Is sinking
in latitude 32.1S, longitude 7G .43.
The Mallory liner Alamo is proceed
Ing wiih all haste to her assistance.
The first distress call from Che
Kentucky was received by the Nal
lory lire steamer Alamo which pro-
cceded Immediately 10 the rescue.
heading for latitude 80 rs. longitude
TG 10. whore the Kentucky reported
her position The message was the
new International distress "S o. S =
signal, the most urgent call that can
be sent for help by a disabled craf !.
Her captain and seventy-fiye men Of
the crew meanwhile are struggling TO
Keep he vessel atoat till help can
reach her