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Smyrna times., 1911-10-04

went down trembling and with my
heart in my mouth. 1t was an
acquaintance who had come to see
my father on business, who had not
been able to make me hear his ring,
and who had walked in and heard me
playing.
"He drew my story out of me;
he knew something of music, and he
told me that l had been born with
great gift l must not disdain.
Finally he offered to get me away
from my father, to let me live with
his wife and him, and to pay for
my musical education. That night
took the violin, my mothers
picture, a few clothes and crept out
of the house while my father slept.
He was a hard man. was glad to
leave him.
"He found me, of course, and he
got me back. He acted like de-
mented man. Before my eye he
took the viclin-my mothers violin
jumped on it, broke it up, threw the
pieces in the fire. | was sick for a
long time from that and the beating
he gave me. When l recovered, he
took me from school, and set me
sewing to earn my living.
"I am 38 now. For 20 years l
worked like a slave for my father.
l did all the work that was to be
done in the big house. sewed day
and night as he grew older and could
bring nothing in himself. l waited
on him hand and foot. Why didn' t
I rebel? l don't know; 1 ask myself
that often now. l suppose that
one experience had crushed all the
spirit out of me; l have always fell
that something broke within MI
then. l have had no friends; my
father did not allow much waste o
time. l shall die as l have lived
alone. And yet 1 have heart a
warm as any woman's.
"I have never touched a wolf
since that awful day. My finger
are stiff from much hard work
prlcked and rough from sewing
Three years ago my father died; tn
day after his funeral-do you thin
it was cruel and wicked of me?-
came to a concert here. l have neve
' missed anything since. At least
y can listen to what l shall never Civ
the world again.
That was a year ago-Griselda-
u Pepita-lives with me now. W
u are both happier, l think, thoug
. whenever her her poor, pathet
=" attempts to learn over what hs
! died within her, have to go
, my own room and cry quietly to m.
n self. Boston Post.
Smyrna times., 1911-10-04

John H. Kemble, treasurer of the
Tome Institute at Port Deposit, is
confined to his home with a dislo-
Gated shoulder and sprained back,
sustained by falling from a ladder,
while gathering apples from the top
of tree. Last year Mr.. Kemble
sustained a fractured arm by falling
from cherry tree.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
a Lakes Salt Roof.

The great salt lake at Obdorsk Is
nine miles wide and seventeen miles
long, yet except in a few places it is
solidIy rooted over with a deposit Of
salt which is becoming thicker and
thicker each year.
About the middle of the last CEN
fury salt crystals first began to gather
upon the surface of the water. Year
by year. owing to the evaporation Of
the water, the crystals became more
numerous and then caked together I'M
til this great roof was formed In
1873 the water beneath this salt
crystal roof found an underground out
let into the Obu river. This lowered
the lakes surface about three feet,
leaving that distance between the wa
ter and the roof, and each year this
distance has been diminished by the
constant addition of salt crystal to the
roof
Many springs surround this lake
Their water flows over the roof and
evaporates there and thus continually
adds to it's thickness. After many
years the springs will probably be-
come choked with their own deposits,
and then the whole will become COW
cred with earth, so that a great salt
mine will be formed, a treasure for
the Siberians hundreds of years to
come-Scientific American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
A HaIr-rriseer Constitution.

Some one has said that animals
have a hair-trigger constitution, says
Orison SWEET Marden in Success Mag
azine. They go of on the slightest
provocation, because they act from
impulse They do not know how TO
control themselves; the animal In
stinct dominates
Self-control is the first condition Of
all achievement 1t is said that the
first sign of insanity is the loss of self
control When a person is no longer
the master of his own acts. he is not
only in danger, but any degree of
achievement is impossible to him.
Every thought tends to result in an
act, so that thought always leads. The
mental attitude at any moment is the
pattern which the life processes
weave The lives of many of US are
grotesque crazy-Quflts-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
PHILOSOPHY TO THE RESCUE
Pat Went Without His Steak, but at
That Everything Was Not
Lost.

Charles Nagel, secretary of COM
merce and labor, says the Irish race
has, in addition to its sentiment and
romance, q lot of philosophy as one
of its characteristics
1.-THE best illustration 1 ever heard
of this" he explained to a dinner
party one evening, was the case Of
a poor Irishman who had been given
a fine, juicy piece of steak. Being g
religious man, he placed the steak in
front of him, and there. in the shade
of the trees surrounding his benefac-
tors house, he folded his hands,
closed his eyes. and gave thanks. to
heaven for the meal When he was
in the attitude of prayer, dog rushed
up and captured the steak. Pat
looked around in time to see the food
disappearing over the hill
Thank heaven he exclaimed,
again closing his eyes, he left me my
appetitei' The Sunday Magazine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

turned loose many of her thousands in
an effort to punish the man she
thought had murdered her son and
brother-in-law, even though that man
was the husband of her daughter and
the father of her expected grandchild.
Frances Swope dug deep into her
thousands to defend her husband.
The trial was long-drawn and bit
ter. The one-armed son, whose injury
added but another to the list of tragic
events, sat by his mothers side,
fanked by the sisters who had been
victims of the typhoid epidemic. At
another table sat DIR. Hyde and his
wife, the woman this time estranged
forever from her mother, brother and
sisters.
A conviction was the result, but the
case went to the highest court, which
promptly reversed the decision and
remanded the case for new trial.
Now it must all be done over again;
more thousands must be spent; there
will be more bitterness; the gulf Of
enlargement will only be widened.
The grandson, whose baby hands
and baby smile might have smoothed
everything, lived but a few hours. His
father was in Jail, his mother prac-
ideally alone, except lOT pHySlCldIlS
and nurses. One more tragedy to
write into the growing record.
! And so the tragic story rounds itself
out. The graybeards shake their
heads and say Tom might better not
have done it-meaning, of course,
drive the sharp bargain with the red
skinned daughter of the prairies and
thereafter give no heed to her plead
ing.
Back in the hills visitors have
! pointed out to them a few grass-cov-
! cred mounds where the bones of the
] Indian lie. In one of these graves are
the remains of the girl from whom
| Swope pieced out his acres and turned
her first to grief and then to anger.
Believe it or not, as you may, it's
| better not to have a curse on your
| head, and an Indians curse is as bad
as any-New York World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

ter" is in a deep ravine, the banks
of which are difficult to climb.
AS soon as the announcement was
made at Washington, Prof. William
A Cogshall, professor of astronomy
in Indiana university, located in this
city, began the work of establishing
the center according to the figures
given in order that a monument may
mark the spot, as has heretofore been
done in Indiana, which state has been
honored with the distinction of hav-
ing the center of population within
its confines since the census of 1890.
Prof Cogsha1l had a difficult trip
on his preliminary survey and de-
scribed it as follows: with the data
furnished l drove east of Bloomington
six and one-half miles, nearly to the
Brown county line l found the
neighborhood of the center to be in
an unbroken second growth forest,
thick with brush for about two miles.
The road up there is perhaps the
worst in the state of Indiana The
center itself lies off about a half a
mile from the road in a deep gully.
1t is covered with second growth tim
Der from twelve to fifteen feet high.
The growth is so thick that it is al
his way through it Before the CEN
ter is definitely and finally fixed, it
will be necessary to make a night
trip to the place so that observations
may be taken from the stars
The ray8ne in which the center is
located is typical of Monroe county
and Brown county ravines and anyone
who has hunted in gully in this part
of the state knows the difficulties to
be overcome. Young trees are so close
together that sometimes the hunter
can hardly squeeze through.
The ravine containing the center is
noted for game Rabbits, squirrels
and pheasants abound and at the same
time rattlesnakes and spreading vipers
are not scarce In the spring the ra-
vines in this part of the county are
aglow with the bloom of the red bud
and the dogwood and birds sing and
multiply undisturbed-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

had soreness In each side, could not
stand tight clothing. and was irregular
1 was completely run down. On adj
vice took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
am enjoying good health. It is now
more than two years and I have not
had an ache or pain since do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
I think your medicine is grand and I
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help others
WooDALL, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache is symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. IF you
have backache don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this SO surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter Will be absolutely
confidential. and the advice free.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
Canned Hymns at Funeral.

Carver. Mass.-Singing by phono
graph at a funeral is the latest here
At the funeral of Ralph o. GRAHAM a
record containing one of the oldfash-
toned church hymns was started on
the machine After prayers others
were given, the record reproducing
other favorite hymns sung at services
over the dead 1t was favorably com
mented on as a practical substitute
for the usual Quartette.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
POPULATION CENTER
Indiana Professor Locates Exact
Spot in Deep Gully
country's Hub Has Moved 81 Miles
Northwest During Decade-Monu-
ment to TypIfy Westward and
Northward Trend.

Bloomington, Ind.-The center OF
population of the United States as
figured out by the bureau of census at
Washington, is one of the widest
spots in Indiana The center is about
four and one-half miles south of I'm
ionvilIe and seven miles east of
Bloomington
According to the census of 1900 the
center was six miles southeast of Co
lumbus. Ind, and thus, during the last
10 years it has moved seven-tenths
of a mile north and approximately
81 miles westward, more than twice
the distance westward over the move
ment of the preceding decade.
The westward movement of our
population center during the past 100
years is shown as follows:
Census
1880 % mi. E. of Baltimore. Md.-..... :.
1900 1890 Is mi, W. of Baltimore. Md.;.... Al
1920 1e mi. n. of Woodstock. Va.......... 50
1880 19 mi. w. s. w. of Moorefield (now)
1910 Is mi. s of ciarksburg lnowj
1850 q mi. $. e. Of ParKersburg. w: Va. s.
1850 20 mi. s. of Chillcothe, o.: 81
1850 1850 mi; W. by s of Cincinnati. o. Sc
1910 I mi. e. Of Bloomington. Ind. 81
The accelleration of the western
movement is attributed to the growth
of the Pacific and Southwestern
states
Strange as it may seem, the center
of such large and important popu-
lation comes very near being in Brown
county, noted in Indiana as being the
states widest and most backward in
civilization and development. The CEN
ter is just over the Brown county
line, in one of the most inaccessible
parts of Monroe county. Trees and
underbrush are so thick that the sun
seldom shines on the center and then
only a part of the day, for the cen
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

We have discovered. however. that
artificial ice melts in a perfectly nat
ural manner
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

The bubb1y fountain is all right, but
until it is generally installed it is bet
ter to carry your own drinking cup.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

A woman, so years old is to enter tn,
University of Wisconsin. but goods ar,
likely to do eccentric things.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Unfortunately the dispatch which
recounts the death of a man from
excitement over catching a big fish
does not tell how big the fish was.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

A Connecticut man came home from
the Klondike to find they had erected
a monument in his memory. and he
had been carrying his memory right
with him all the time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Two Los Angeles people were mar
ried by moonlight. and will live 70
three months in honeymoonlight
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Soft drinks may be Injurious in Ger
tain ways. but they don't put their
vic Tins to bed with their boots on.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

All the flies in America could be
killed in ten days, and everybody
would be happy excers the sellers of
ny traps and fly paper.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

A 14-carat diamond has been found
in Arkansas, but 1t isn't big enough
to play ball on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Boston is eating lots of spaghetti
but Yankee Doodle probably calls 1
macaroni
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

my nealGn was very
bad and I had a
continual backache
which was simply
awful. / could not
stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals vi C tn a Is
without my back
nearly killing me,
and I would have
such dragging SEN
s a lions I uld
hardly bear it. I
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Among those who welcome the heat
IN the youngster who knows a swim
min hole in shady brook Nor Is he
bothered about raiment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

The plotting of the fashion editors
TO lure men into wearing corsets is
not meeting with much favor these
hot days
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Why object to the prevailing tenn
perature? 1t is always hot at thi!
time in the year
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

through the canning season has
earned a hereafter with the angels.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Gaby Deslys says that pearls arc
nicer than diamonds and much quiet
er. Naturally enough, as the pearl
comes from the clam.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

An increase In the price OF coal
Is threatened. We feel almost sure
that this Is not made necessary owing
to the kind OF weather we have
been having.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man who used to wear a cab
bage leaf in his hat in hot weather?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Hiram Maxim has taken the flaAh
and sound out Of cannon shots. and if
he will go on and render all such
shots harmless he will indeed be a
benefactor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Where to go is always a puZzling
vacation problem; but how to go il
often more battling yet in these days
of inelastic currency.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Citizens of Newark. II. J.. exploded
= 400 pounds of dynamite IN order to
Kill mosquitoes Personally We pre-
fer the safe and sane method of
swatting them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

A Los Angeles man has advertised
TO- a homely wife. Some people will
do almost anything to break into
print
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

One fly lays 4.5s9. 500 eggs, says a
ny expert. but not If you swat him
first.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Four nations have sworn to pro
tect the seals but who will protect
the women from imitation seals?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Aeroplane flights are preferred now
to flights of oratory on public occa-
sfons
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Our idea of a patient boy is one
who can wait until apples are ripe
before he eats them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

All play mad no work makes Jack
good for nothing boy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

One of the preachers insists that
false hair Is a sign of a sinful heart.
1t looks like bad slap at the pretty
mattresses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

After while the summer vacation
people will come back to recuperate.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

The newest thing in crime is aero
nautical murder and suicide
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
Better Go On, Boys.

Better Go On, Boys.
Belshazzar saw the writing on tho
wall
'1t means your wife will be homo
on the 1922 and you had better begin
to wash up all the Dishes" advised
the interpreter.
Herewith a distinct gloom was cast
over the banquet.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Rules to keep cool only make on
hotter trying to observe them
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

While fruits may fall we have the
tin can variety to fall back on.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

The shirtwaist man is keeping ste
with the summer girl
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
THAT
AWFUL
BACKACHE
Cured by Lydia E. Pinknam's
Vegetable Compound

Morton's Gap, Kentucky.-sT SUI
fered two wears with female disorders
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
MAKES CLOTHES WHITE.

The troublesome problem of wash
day solved by RED CROSS BALL
BLUE. The blue that is all blue. Solid
package; no liquid to leak or spill No
adulteration. Made for 20 years and
used everywhere.
A large package only cents. Makes
the clothes snow white. Less bother,
less waste. More satisfactory results
and practical economy. ASK YOUR
GROCER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Let the thermometer alone It can
take care of itself
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Maybe the crop of cool waves hal
been frost bitten
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Baseball continues to be the great
leveler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

The electric fan is doing its best
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26

Maybe the crop of cool waves has
been frost bitten
Let the thermometer alone It can
take care of itself
All play mad no work makes Jack
good for nothing boy.
The shirtwaist man is keeping step
with the summer girl
The newest thing in crime is aero
nautical murder and suicide
Rules to keep cool only make one
hotter trying to observe them
While fruits may fall we have the
TIN can variety to fall back on
After a while the summer vacation
people will come back to recuperate.
One fly lays 4.5s9.600 eggs, says a
ny expert, but not If you swat him
first
Aeroplane flights are preferred now
sions
Boston is eating lots of spaghetti,
but Yankee Doodle probably calls it
macaroni
We have discovered, however, that
artificial ice melts in a perfectly nat
ural manner.
A 14-carat diamond has been found
in Arkansas, but 1t isn't big enough
to play ball on
Why object to the prevailing tenn
perature? 1t is always hot at this
time in the year.
Our idea of a patient boy is one
who can wait until apples are ripe
before he eats them
A woman, so years old is to enter the
University Of Wisconsin. but goods are
likely to do eccentric things.
Two Los Angeles people were mar
rted by moonlight. and will live for
three months in honeymoonlight-
Four nations have sworn to pro
tect the seals. but who will protect
the women from imitation seals?
The bubb1y fountain is all right. but
until it is generally installed it is bet
ter to carry your own drinking cup
Soft drinks may be Injurious in GER
tain ways. but they don't put their
vic TINS to bed with their boots on.
The housewife who can keep sweet
through the canning season has
earned hereafter with the angels
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man who used to wear a cab
bage leaf in his hat in hot weather?
A Los Angeles man has advertised
TO- a homely wife. Some people will
do almost anything to break into
print.
The plotting of the fashion editors
to lure men into wearing corsets is
not meeting with much favor these
hot days
Hiram Maxim has taken the hah
and sound out of cannon shots, and if
he will go on and render all such
shots harmless he will indeed be a
benefactor
Where to go is always a puzzling
vacation problem; but how to go il
often more battling yet in these days
of inelastic currency.
Gaby Deslys says that pearls are,
nicer than diamonds and much quiet
er. Naturally enough, as the pearl
comes from the clam.
All the flies in America could be
killed in ten days, and everybody
would be happy excere the sellers of
ny traps and fly paper.
Unfortunately the dispatch which
recounts the death of man from
excitement over catching a big fish
does not tell how big the fish was.
Citizens of Newark. N J.. exploded
400 pounds of dynamite in order to
Kill mosquitoes. Personally we pre-
fer the safe and sane method of
swatting them
A Connecticut man came home from,
the Klondike to find they had erected
a monument in his memory. and he
had been carrying his memory right
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-26
INDIAN MAID
PUT CURSE
ON SWOPE
MILLIONS?

ANSAS- CITY, MO.-If i
wasn't an Indian maiden
curse, in the name O
goodness what was it tina
laid a whitening blight Oh
the house of Swope an,