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The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
HORSE GETS DRUNK ON WINE
Imbibes Better Part of Cask Of Wine
and Queer Actions Block Street
Traffic in Chicago.

Chicago.-A horse belonging to Will
liam Britten, an expressman, was
standing in front of the North Side
Turner hall, on Clark street. the other
afternoon. A cask of wine, which was
being unloaded from a truck. fell n
broke open. The fragrant liquid ran
into the gutter and the horse. smiling
it, bent down and drank. The
the horse drank the better 1t liked IT
apparently. Anyway it drank a couple
of bucketsful of the wine.
In something like three minutes the
horse began to act strangely. 1t
reared its head and pranced like a
charger. There was a fine light OF
exaltation in it's eye. Then it stepped
unsteadily out into the middle of the
street and began to neigh.
A big crowd gathered, but no n
dared approach the horse and traffic
on the street came to a s%tandstill.
Some one turned in a riot call and
the police came. The horse gazed at
the police and winked maudlinly. The
police gazed at the horse and the
broken wine cask and winked at the
crowd.
Then one of the officers secured a
lump of sugar. He gave 1T to the
horse and started down the street. The
horse, still very unsteady on its pins,
trotted after the policeman in the hope
of getting more sugar. That broke
the blockade.
Britten later said that when he went
into the horses stall to see how II
was getting along, it was grooming
deeply and the groans sounded to him
like Never again."
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
HARD ON CHILDREN.
When Teacher Has Coffee Habit.

BEST is best, and best will ever
live" When a person feels this way
about Postum they are glad to give
testimony for the benefit of others.
A school teacher down in Miss.
y Il had been a coffee drinker since
my childhood, and the last few years
it had injured me seriously.
Zone cup of coffee taken at break
fast would cause me to become 80
that / could scarcely go
through with the days duties, and
this nervousness was often accom-
panied by deep depression Of spirits
and heart p~alpitation.
Il am a teacher by profession. and
when under the influence of coffee
had to struggle against crossness
when in the school room.
when talking this yer with my
physician, he suggested that / try
Postum, so / purchased a package and
made it carefully according to direc-
tons; found it excellent of flavor, and
nourishing.
I'm a short time / noticed very graft
tying effects. MY nervousness disap-
peared. / was not irritated by my pu-
pills, life seemed full of sunshine, and
my heart troubled me no longer.
Il attribute my change In health and
spirits to Postum alone"
Read the little book, s'The Road to
MELVILLE. in pkgs. There's aReason."
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The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Chinese Gather in New York on
Sunday to Enjoy Sport.
Two Small insects Are Dropped In
Porcelain Bowl and Bets Are
Made on All Sorts of Chances
Fight to Death.

New York.-How Gung at your Chi
nese laundry may seem b meeke
person in the world, but on Sunday
morning at about four o'clock he is
a changed How Gung.
How Gung is dressed in his best
and he is smoking his fortieth cigar
cite in a low, dirty blue with
the smoke of many hundred other
cigarettes that have been smoked. All
How Gung's fellows are there with
him, and they're all gathered around
a little table.
Two two-inch beetles are fighting
for their individual lives in a porce-
lain bowl placed in the center of the
table. One of the beetles has a white
dot on his wing case. The other has
a spot of blue. The Chinese have
wagered their money on white or on
blue, as fancy or appearance OF the
contestants may have decided.
The proprietor previous to the COM
mencement of the fight exhibits his
two bits of live stock to the frequent
ers. One of them tries out the a
dibles of the favorite, letting him
pinch his finger with them, to judge
his probable fighting strength. The
dialogue Is high pitched, nasal n
noisy, and. 1t looks as though a fight
were going to start at any moment.
But they're only making their bets
as things are being made ready for
the big fight in the porcelain bowl.
The proprietor drops the two
beetles into the bowl. Lights are
brought close around on the table
and the gang crowd and jostle each
other to get a good view of what IS
going on. The two beetles make a
preliminary laundering circle o
each other, clumsily clashing their
mandibles.
Suddenly white dashes in at blue.
The Chinese stand like statues.
White has rushed at blue with wide
open mandib1es. Blues mandibles
are open too. They interlock and
soon are pulling against each other.
The six legs of each contestant slip
a little on the smooth, white porce-
lain. The effort is to turn an op-
sponent over on his back, for he
would then be helpless, and the n
t~estants are striving in a sort OF
wrestling match.
The clamor starts again. Side bets
are placed on all sort of possibilities.
VIII the fight last an hour? A bet
is posted and covered. Will white
let go within five minutes? There is
another bet.
Suddenly the whole punched crowd
~ouiyers with excitement. Blue has
suddenly broken away from white, and
there is a little chip off the inner
edge of his mandible where whites
mandible has sawed it. Blue is act
i've now. He isn't clumsy any more.
He backs up the sloping side of the
bowl, all his little legs going like
lightning.
Soon white has lost his strongest
leg on the left side, and blue has lost
a right foot. The beetles grind their
.mandibles and scrape and tinkle on
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
WAGER ON BEETLES

the porcelain arena. White tries to
get at an angle with blue to make up
the loss. The Chinese look on in tense
excitement, commenting loudly from
moment to moment, and posting up
all kinds of side bets, for there is an
interchange of money going on now.
White isn't downed by any means,
even if he is wounded. He can live
for days in a perfect acuum If need
be, and the loss Of air doesn't appear
to hurt him. He rushes at blue, fresh
and clipper, for all that can be seen.
The fight is on once more.
We're not really interested in the
fight so much as we are interested in
How Chung. How'Chung is living his
life now. You can see it in his tense
attitude and his eyes-not in his face,
which is immobile. The hour drags
to an end, white and blue battling.
Suddenly there is a change. Poor
white is exhausted. He strives to
climb the bowl with his three legs, for
he has lost two on one side by now
and one on the other. He slips and
slides on the smooth chinaware. Blue
chambers painfully after him, still full
of fight, for white has been no mean
opponent all this time and has dam
aged blue. They fall down to the cen
ter of the bowl again and again. At
last blue gets a perfect grip on whites
throat. Snip, snip, snop, go his
mandibles at the thorax of white. and
whites head is half separated from
his body.
A wave of Cantonese surges up.
Everybody talks at once and bets are
paid up.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
snreadina the News.

Postmaster Fuller of Rockland, Me,
was the sparkling wit at the postmas-
tiers dinner. He announced with mock
solemnity that he had just received
word from his congressman that his
name had been sent in somewhere in
Washington for reappointment in
recognition of his efficient service and
the votes he could swing.
81 have dashed the momentous news
of my triumph to distant Rockland to
my wife, and if l am acquainted with
the lady, as l believe that l am, the
glad tidings have ere now penetrated
to the most remote section of that
district was a sally that brought
down the house.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
MOURNING FOR HER DOG
st. Louis Woman Cancels All Her So
cIaI Engagements In Grief TOR
Pets Death.

st. Louis.-All social engagements
of Mrs. r. B. Wright Of 9 Sunset ave-
nue., Richmond Heights, have been
cancelled for the period OF mourning,
which she has entered upon in mem
DRY Of her pet dog "Chita." The pet
expired in its mistress arms at mid
night one night recently. Incidental
ly, the refreshment committee Of the
Sunset Literary society had no pre-
siding officer when an open meeting
for the entertainment Of the members
husbands was held.
A telephone call to the arrange
ments committee by Mrs. Wright an
nounced a death had occurred In the
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
QUAKER ARTISTS PLEASED
Appointment of John e. D. Trask OF
Philadelphia Shows Importance
of Academy.

Philadelphia.-John E. D. Trask,
new United States commissioner gen.
eral to the international fine arts ex-
position at Buenos Ayres and San
tiago, sailed a few days ago for South
America. MI. Trask is manager OF
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts in Philadelphia. The Argentine
exposition opens at Buenos Ayres
June S and the Chilian exposition at
Santiago September Is.
The appointment of Mr.. Trask by
Secretary Knox is regarded in art cir.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
A Suggested Raise.

Harry Thurston Peck was talking
at the Century club in New York
about the value Of suggestion In lit
erature.
Suggestion is often more effect
i've" he said, "than o~ut-and-out state
ment, This is especially true regard
Ing q hero's excellence. A hero's ex-
c~ellence, stated out and out. may win
him, you know, the readers dislike.
Suggestion is more artistic, and this
Is true no less in life than in litera-
ture. A business man said one day.
after borrowing his office boys knife.
"How Is 1t, Tommy. that you alone
Of nay whole ONCE stan always have
your knife with your
~ guess the boy answered, It's
because my wages are SC low ! can't
a1foyd more than one pair of pants
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

liability under the law is concerned.
The police are to be provided with
little silver plated or steel scales
about two inches long and married in
inches, halves, quarters and eighths,
so that the exact length of the pro-
truding end may be determined
when an arrest is made.
The mayor feels that there may be
difficulty in enforcing the ordinance.
as prominent society people may vio-
late 1t, and he does not want the off,
GERS to make any mistakes. Where
an officer believes that the ordinance
is being violated he will be required
to take the exact measurement Of the
protruding end SO that the fact may
be established in court without
doubt.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

When Her Faith In the Lord Failed.
During the progress of a big pro
tracted meeting" for which the south
is famous, an ardent sister of the
church, who usually came in an old
fashioned blackboard drawn by the
family horse, was late for a particular
ly important service and was being
severely censured by the pastor.
Explaining the reason for being III
the good sister said that the horse
had taken fright at a passing train
and bolted and that the wreck OF b
rig had prevented her from being ON
time.
my dear sister, such little things
should not make you late for divine
services. You should trust in the
Lord"
Well, brother" she replied, and
there was a look of calm p~eacefulness
on her face. Il did trust in the Lord
till the bellyband busted and then l
had to jump.'-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Cat as Mother of Chicks.

Harrisburg, PA queer case OF
foster motherhood has been developed
at the home of Lewis Finfrock, Jr..
where a cat which lost a litter of
kittens has adopted a brood of nice
chickens which lost their own mother
about the same time.
The cat is unable to call the peeps
so that they knew 1t, but she makes a
fair attempt at scratching up food for
them, and cuddles them under her
wing"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Whisky in Heart Of Tree

sampled by experts. who pronounced
1t whisky Of a superior quality.
How the bottle Of whisky got into
the center Of the huge maple tree Is
a mystery. Counting the rings of
wood from the place where the bottle
was lodged, each one of which repre-
sents a years growth, it must have
been there 80 years. The bottle and
contents have been placed in the pub
lie library as a curio.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

SUFFERING
ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams egetable Compound
Milwaukee, Wis. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has made

me a we'll WOnah
and Iwould like to
tell the whole world
of it. / suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. Ihad the
best doctors and
they all decided
that I had a tumor
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. Lydia E..
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
Not in the Agreement.

Daniel had been cast into the lions
den.
my main objection" he said, as he
playfully tweaked a lions NAME, sis
that | get no moving-picture royal
ties."-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
soon Explained.

.aThere isn't much sunshine IN that
fellows life"
rs he very unhappy"
mo; be works in : coal mine."
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03

cles as a particularly fortunate one.
In addition to the fact that the COM
missioner-general is acknowledged to
be one of the best art connoisseurs in
the country, his appointment is looked
on as a recognition of the Importance
of the Pennsylvania Academy OF Fine
Arts.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-03
GOOD AND WARM.
.EJt=-

First Office Boy-I hear your boss
made it hot for you yesterday.
Second Office Boy-Yes; he fired
me.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
RIVERSIDE
@. r. Hays moved on his home
stead last week.

G. r. Hays moved on his home
stead last week.
Ed Drummond traded in
Brownen last Monday.
Some of the wheat seems to
be dead in this vicinity.
w. B. CIPHER was around as
sessing the first of the week.
E. W. Altman accompanied by
Frank Hicks visited the city of
Ellis Sunday.
Sheriff J. J. Drummond was
along last week summoning jur-
ors for district court.
Mrs. Sarah Altman and daugh-
fer. Miss Grace, are visiting in
McCracken and vicinity at pres
ent.
Frank Edwards came home
from Brownen last Tuesday and
renewed acquaintance with his
family.
Last Friday night a surprise
party was held at the residence
of Frank Edwards. A pleasant
time is reported by all in attend
ance.
Frank Hicks is suffering from
lame knee. The doctor says
it's rheumatism but our opinion
is that his knee has been sat on
by some one heavier than Frank.
Quite large acreage of corn
will be planted this spring on
the Smoky river It seems that
the people are just beginning to
find out that they can raise corn
on the Smoky. Frank Edwards
corn averaged thirty nine bush
els to the acre which was an av-
erage yield for this community
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
COLLYER.

Beautiful days.
Our new hall is fast nearing
completion.
Mrs. David Swale is reported
much better.
Mrs. John Briggs has been
dangerously ill again.
T. J. Ryan, of Park, was visit
ing his Collyer friends over Sun
day.
Miss Mabel Kirkendall, of
Voda, was Collyer visitor Sat
urday.
Mrs. VIM. Walsh's sale drew a
large crowd and everything sold
for a good price.
Elmer Burns steps very high
now; it's boy and arrived Sat
urday morning.
F. Purinton has returned from
Kansas City and reports his
baby some better.
j. Daily has embarked in the
real estate business and his many
friends wish him success
st. Patrick IS Day was celebrat-
ed at St Michael's church by
high mass at 10 O'Clock in the
morning.
The new, residence erected by
Mr.. DIETRICH for Mr.. Bailey's
family will soon be ready for oc
cupancy.
W. Vanscoyc has severed his
connections with the Collyer
Lumber Co., and is doing carpen-
tering work
The band boys have secured
good instructor and had their
first practice under his super
vision Monday evening.
Collyer can well feel proud of
her scholars as two of them car
ried off the first honors in the
spelling contest last Saturday.
For sheet music, musical sup
plies of all kinds and high grade
instruments at lowest possible
prices see Mrs. Jno. w. Glenn.
Mrs. Farrand's millinery open
ing at c. G. Hickman's store
Wednesday drew a large crowd
of ladies to select their Easter
OOnnoJS ana mats.
From the new machinery I'M
loaded at this station Monday,
one would surmise that a new
hardware and implement store
would soon be in operation.
Misses Sullen, Alitha and Nina
Sierer, Mrs. @. Glenn, Messrs.
Chas. and Roy Downie, Gilbert
and Ed Morell were visitors of
Belle and Joe Glenn Sunday
afternoon
Mesdames Vanscoyc. Robin
son, daughter and friend of La
| Crosse, G.. G. Hickman and wife,
Messrs. W. Vanscoyc, Chas. and
Roy Downie, spent Sunday with
ChaS. Sierer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
Executors Notice

State of Kansas. Trego county, in the Pro-
bate Court held in aud for said county and
state
mentary upon the estate of Amelia Perkins
late of Trego county. kansas. deceased
have been granted to the undersigned Eliza
Perkins by the Probate court of said county
of Trego. bearing date the 4th day of March.
1910. All persons having claims against said
allowance. within one year after the date of
said letters or they may be precluded from
any benefit of such estate; and If such claims
be not exhibited within three years from the
time of the publication of this notice. they
will be forever barred
Dated this 4th day of March A D. 1910
ELIZA PERKINS.
Executor.
Attest: A. s. PEACOCK
1Seall City Clerk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
Administrators NOHCe OF He0Tlng Petition 10
Sell RG0I ESt0te

To whom it may concern. and more eSpeci-
ally to the heirs al law and guardians adj
Item of heirs at law of Sarah E. Yates.
deceased late of Trego county. kansas.
You hereby notified that 1. John c.
Kirkner. adml nistrator of said deceased.
did on the 18th day of March A D. 1910 file Il
petition in the Probate court of TregO
county. Kansas praying that 1 might be
authorized and empowered to sell the follow
ing described land, for the purpose of paying
the debts and cost Of administration of said
estate. towit: Lots s. q, and in block in
the city of Wa-Keeney. kansas.
And said petition will be heard at the office
or the PROBATE Judge OF SAID county. on the
of said day. at which time and place each of
you and all others interested are notified to
be present and show cause. if any you have.
why an order of sale as prayed for should not
be granted
Dated this 18th day of March A. ID. 1910.
JOHN C. KIRKNER.
Administrators.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
VODA.

Voda is on the boom.
Otis Schwanback visited home
folks Sunday.
Ralph Kristof spent Sunday
on the Smoky.
Our Voda carpenters are bus
Ter than a dog full of feas.
T. Creech and son are building
an addition to E. Knapp's house
A. @. Schwanback is the first
to sow oats in this neck of the
woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Hickman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Cox SUNDAY.

visited with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Cox Sunday.
Frank Knoll, our village black
smith. has his shop finished and
he is now putting up his house.
Chas. Kristof says if Ralph
doesn't get busy and bring her
home he viii start out and see
what he can find.
VIM. Cox's father and mother
of Hays, visited over Sunday in
the promised land with their son,
Sweet" William.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Thiel and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Kristof, of
Collyer, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Kristof Sunday.
Philip Smith, Mrs. Knapp's
father of Russell, is in. the prom
ised land having some improve
ments made on his place.
Mrs. Mary Zeman and son,
Frank, and w. D. Austin, wife
and Harold, ate dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. E. Knapp Sunday.
David Owens and Stanley Aus
tin have joined the walking Drl-
gade. They rode the steam cars
to Wa Keeney Sunday to get to
walk back.
Mrs. r. Owens and David went
to Wa-Keeney Friday and they
lost a wagon wheel one mile east
of Voda and didn't miss it until
they got in Wa-Keeney.
Dick Owens planted his pota-
toes on ST. Patrick Day this
year. Last year he ignored ST.
Pat and the bugs ate all his pota-
toes, so he is going to be good
this year Dick and ST Pat went
to school together in old ireland
and he says old Pat will never
forsake you if you arepnly good.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19
COUNTY CLERKS NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION.

State OF Kansas,
IregO County
Office of County Clerk, Wa-Keeney
Kansas. March II, 1910
To W HON it may concern:
1. w. n. Larabee. county clerk of Trego
county. Kansas. having received notice in
Kansas. designating the offices for which
candidates e are TO be n9minated at the pri-
1910 the same being the End day of August.
sSe sere Of the
state and county COMMIT at said primary may nom
general aa election to be held in November s,
1910, for each of the following offices:
Two justices of the supreme court
Candidates for governor
do do secretary of state
do do state Treasurer
do do attorney general
Candidates for state superintendent of
Candidates for superintendent of insur-
Candidates for state printer
Three candidates for railroad commission
Candidates for congressman of the sixth
Candidates for district judge of the TWEEN
ty-third judicial district
hundred and fouri h district.
Candidates for county clerk
do do register Of deeds
do probate judge
DO do sheriff
public instruction
Candidates for surveyor
do do clerk of the district court
do do county commissioner first
district
One ca ndidate for high school trustee first
district
One candidate for high school trustee Sec
Ond district
one candidate for high school trustee
third district
Two candidates for justice of the peace in
each township
township
Candidates for township trustee in each
township
Candidates for township clerk in each
township
Candidates for township treasurer in each
township
Candidates for precinct committeeman in
each precinct
Given under my hand and the seal of said
county at my office in the city of Wa-Keeuey
this 18th da of March A. d. 1910.
Attest: W. N LARABEE
lSEAL.l County Clerk
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TREASURER'S final NOTICE.
County TreaSurer'S Office. l
Wa-Keeney, kans.. March 10. 1910. {

Wa-keeney, kanS.. March IT, Iy1U- J
Notice is hereby given that the land and
town lots described in the following list were
sold on the Sd day of SEPTEMBER, 1907. for the
unpaid taxes of 1906. The period OF redemp-
ton will expire September s. 1910. The
amount set opposite each tract of land and
each town lot includes the tax charges to-
VII, III s ~ " III ;s.S0
but does not include the tax of 1909 unless
the amount of same is Endorsed on the for
sale certificate at this date.
The names set opposite each tract OF land
or town lot to whom it was assessed are
correct according the tax roll of 1908.
Now therefore. unless the lands and town
lots redeemed on before September t.
1910. the same shall be conveyed to the pur-
chaser. their heirs assigns. prescribed
by law
q. w MARSHALL.
tv
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-03-19

Grover Hays was home few
days this week. He reports
things fine and dandy and likes
his job.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-21
{ viIao the Union.


I It'll We st,.G Il rational game it was
lilly. according to Ellis Parker Butler
ID Success Magazine. to speak of the
Dose group of states as nation. The
people had 100 much time in which to
talk politics. and whenever they talked
politics they became angered, and
whenever they were angered they
wanted TO secede or knock spots off
each other. There was no one great
unifying spirit There was too much
Maryland. My Maryland" and Yam
kee Doodle" and not any casey at the
Bat" All the animus that is now di-
rected at the umpire class was allow
ed to foment into sectional feeling. A
man from Baltimore and a man from
Boston could not meet and talk in
curves; they had to talk slaves. I'm
agine the benighted state of society!
1t is a wonder that the nation lasted
until baseball arose in its might and
strength to make of us one great peo-
pie!