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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
GOLD
BEA DS
by ELLA. N. HANGS

copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary PressJ
..Of all thingsl" exclaimed Miss Ell
dors Goodrich. looking up over her
spectacles to her niece across the
room. What do you think, Rebecca2
But listen to this. tits written from
Cleveland, Ohio:
Miss Eldora Goodrich,
Dear Madam:
II am informed that you have in
your possession string OF gold beads
engraved with letters forming the
name, Rebecca Danforth. No doubt
their story is as familiar to you as to
myself, though possibly parts of it
are omitted in your version, SO you
VIII pardon me for repeating what you
already know for the sake of what
you, perhaps, do not Ninety or
hundred. years ago, Stephen Danforth
OF Massachusetts, gave to his young
wife this string of beads engraved
with her name. Two sons were born
to them, Stephen, Jr, and William;
the former removed to what was then
way out west The latter remained
in Massachusetts. After the death of
Mrs. Danforth her husband promised
to give the beads to the first grand
daughter born and named Rebecca.
III course VI time d uduSutei CAME
to William Danforth, she was duly
baptised Rebecca, and to her was
given the gold beads. A few months
later word was received that daugh-
ter had also come to the family of
Stephen Danforth, that she was
named Rebecca and therefore laid
claim to her grandmothers beads.
Now, however, though the birth of
this Ohio Rebecca antedated that of
her Massachusetts cousin by several
weeks, she never received the beads.
This Rebecca Danforth was the
grandmother of the writer of this let
ter. Her daughter, my mother, died
six months ago. 1 promised her that
would hunt up the beads, gain pos
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
DEEP MYSTERY OF THE Law
Man Who Won't Support Family 10
Imprisoned and Wife Really
Pays Penalty.

Mysteries. far beyond the compre-
hension of the average mortal are
constantly revealed in the law and its
administration The other day a
much-harassed woman appeared in a
Boston court and complained to the
Judge that her husband refused to
support their two small children She
could get along without him. she said.
but she demanded that he be COM
PEELED to go 10 work and help support
his offspring Her story was corrobo-
rated by witnesses.
So the Judge found the man guilty
and sentenced him to one year in the
house of correction
Here was what seems on the sur
face to be an easy problem. hus-
band and father, either through disin-
cl1nation or through inability to find
work. is brought into court on a
charge of non-support In order to
relieve the situation he is sent to the
house of correction. where he will be
kept at work That be is not able
to, send his pay envelope home to his
family every Saturday night-because
there is no pay envelope in such
cases-fs. in the eye OF the law. a
minor circumstance The main thing
seems to be cat the man has been
guilty of an offense and that he is
punished for it He is punished. but
1T is his wife and his two helpless
children who nay the penalty
The law may be ironical. but il has
no sense of humor You have been
found guilty Of not supporting your
children" it says. and therefore |
will send you where you cannot sup
port them"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
REAL MADAME "SANS-GENE"
Story of Adventurous Career of Marie
Therese Fieueur in the French
Army.

Everyone knows the washerwoman
who was so familiar with Napoleon
in Victorien Sardou's play. Madame
Sans-Gene,' but the real .Sans-Gene'
who lived at that time was a dragon
in one of the great Corsican's armies
and spent twenty years IN camps and
barracks. in campaigns and battles
over Europe In the Musee de LAT
NEE in Paris a special case has just
been installed inside which stands
her equestrian statue
Her real name was Marie Therese
Figueur and she was born in Bur
gundy il 1774- When nineteen. at the
end of the reign of terror, she en-
rolled in a cavalry regiment command
ed by one of her uncles and soon &C
CURED the nickname, of 'Sans-Gene."
Nine. Sans-Gene fought in Germany
with the French and Batavian armies,
charged at Hohenlinden. took part
In the siege of Toulon, was in the Ital
i'm, Spanish and Austrian campaigns
and fought at Austerlitz and in Rus
STA During the Hundred Days the
emperor conferred the Legion of Hon
or upon her and she charged at Wa
terloo for the last time
With the Restoration she left the
army to get married. She was then
thirty-nine- In the course of her mar.
tial career Sans-Gene had five horses
shot under her and was wounded
eight times in different engagements
She died in hospital in 1861
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
THAT CLINGlNG REST HABIT
Hard to Break. but II Can Be. Done,
Says the AmiabIe Mr..
Glimmerton.

For that don't feel like work feel
ing. with which, said MT Climmer-
ton. 81 fancy we are all of us more or
less likely to be afflicted. I would in
some cases prescribe rest though IN
most cases no doubt the proper pre-
scription would be exertion.
THE trouble with the rest cure If
that 1t is like taking opiates; tie
more you take the more gu want. I'Le
rest habit is easy to acquiSe and haI {
to break
The habit of exertion. on The IN
trary. is one that commonly we do not
take to so kindly: 1t does not. es II
we're. spontaneously permeate us az
the rest habit does: IT may in fact re-
qufre assiduous cultivation. and II
takes quite a man to acquire this
habit in completely saturating ar d
permanent form so that he is PROOF
against attacks of the rest habi,
which. If he has a trace of it left In
him. is sure to develop on the slfgh,
est provocation
Exertion is the only real cure Il
may be hard to take at first bu,
you'll come to like it Persist and
you'll find II vastly Strengthening and
then delightful: and then, while in
taking the rest cure you are all the
time paying money out. in taking this
one you have money all the time com
ing in
Try work. continuous steady.
hard work Once get the habit OF
work embedded in your system and
you won't be troubled any more By
that tired feeling"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
The Ghost Walked.

The mistaken idea that ones trou-
bles end with death was set aside in
Starwich V. Washington Cut Glass Com
pany 81 Wash Dec No. 13s (Adv
Sheets). in which the supreme court
of Washington first announced that
the defendant corporation gave up
the ghost" How it died is not fully
apparent. but having yielded its spiri,
to the one who made il, it still retain
ed it's worldly cares. for in the next
sentence the court said: But that
did not deliver it from the burden OF
its contracts
Evidently. in this case. the ghost
walked. being in torment" Who
shall henceforth say that corporations
have no souls Case and Comment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
PARIS LIKES WHITE CANARY
New Songbird Is Most Popular in the
Gay Capital and Fetches
High Price.

The Partisan has an amiabie little
weakness for the canary. Every street
echoes to the song of this noisy bird
and in the holiday time, when families
are away. there are concierges whose
more or less restricted quarters are
positively numbered with cages of
canaries left in their charge by alb
sent tenants
But in or out of the season the bird
market is held every Sunday in the
year in the City Island and a lively
trade in canaries is always done The
best songsters in the market come
from an old house close by the market
where lives an ornithologist who
spends his life in teaching canaries to
sing. and he has now. after some years
of effort. produced pure white canary
with song as powerful and sweet
as any yellow or green bird ever
sold
The supply of the white canary be
ing at present strictly limited. those
that were sold last Sunday fetched
comparatively high prices but hey
had all the honors of the day, and for
the few hours that they adorned the
stall they were the center of an adj
miring and wondering crowd There
are plenty of canaries that are nearly
white. but this bird is as white as
dove, without any speck of yellow on
his plumage.
The Partisan has his own special
way of transporting his canaries to
the cage that awaits them at his home
The bird is placed in a small paper
Dag and pinned to the lapel of his coat
Paris Correspondence London Stand
ard.
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Truly Annronriate

The organist was not lacking In pa
triotism. yet he rebelled when re
quested to play The Star Spangled
Banner" at a wedding.
1T is not appropriate. he said
Amt it2" said the brides father.
For this wedding it is the most ap-
propriate thing you can play Cut all
the rest of the program If you like
but stick to that. l had the hardest
kind of a fight to keep Bellies mother
from marrying her of to a foreigner
Between Belle and me we won out for
an American and if this isn't the time
for the Star Spangled Banner I'd
like to know what is"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
WAS THE FRIEND OF A KING
Merchant Told of the Strong Attact-
ment of King Edward for
John Bright.

An interesting account is given for
the first time of an incident which
began the friendship that existed be
tween John Bright and King Edward
VII The story was told by Mr. Bright
in the hearing OF Mr. Connah. a mer
chant in Manchester Mr. Bright, II
seems. had. at meeting in ST James
hall, rebuked those people who were
crlucislng Queen Victoria for her rare
appearances at public functions after
the passing away of the prince con
sort On the following morning the
private secretary of King Edward
(then Prince of Wales) called upon
Mr.. Bright with a special request from
the prince to call upon him at MARI
borough house. Mr. Bright at first
demurred. but yielding to the pleading
of the messenger, he went. and he
was received in the most friendly
manner by the prince and Introduced
to the family circle The prince took
Mr. Bright aside and as a son thanked
him for his kindly words on behalf
OF the mourning queen, and asked to
be granted the privilege of being
counted among the tribune's friends
Whatever may be my personal opin
ion of kings and princes" Bright said.
concluding his narration of the Incl
dent, the man before me was q son
making an appeal on behalf of his
mother. and I could not resist It We
shook hands. and have been close
friends ever since-"-1i.-1siian Sci
ence Monitor.
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Your distant cousin.
"Stephen Danforth ]

stephen Danforth Moore
Pretty, pink-cheeked, hazeleyed Re
becca Norton had listened attentfvely
to the reading of the letter, and as
her aunt paused, exclaimed:
My beads! Why 1 never thought
that anyone else had the least claim
upon them
Neither have they" Indignantly. Il
shall write this distant cousin that the
beads. have been in this branch of the
family for three generations, and |
rather think they will stay there. Pos
session is nine points of the law, any
way. and if Stephen Danforth Moore
wants to give gold beads to his wife
he can buy some new ones.''
The girl reached for the letter and
reed 1t over How much do you sup
pose he would pay for them?" she
asked
Not more'n five dollars, probably, .
was the scornful reply. NO. she add
ed, I'VE may need money, but not bad
ly enough for you to sell your beads
We can tell him there are no Esaus
in our branch of the ramily." Miss
EldoFa smiled grimly at her fitting
smile
Rebecca knew 1t would be hard to
part with the Deads, out as ner aunt
had suggested, they were in need OF
money. They lived In the house where
both had been born, a plain two-story
building of red brick, with a green
front door, over which was a fan
shaped window. 1t was sadly in need
of repairs, and after much thought on
the subject. the girl one day wrote the
following letter:
Dear Cousin Stephen:
You have probably received q let
ter from Aunt Eldora before this, say
ing that we could not give up the Dan
forth beads. But they are mine and,
although my aunt does not know that
/ am writing this, want to ask how
much you would be willing to pay for
them If they really belonged to your
grandmother think you ought to have
them, especially wher you are willing
to buy them / just love those beads.
but We are poor, and you can't think
how much this old house needs repair
ing; parts of the roof leak, as aunt
Eldora says. like raddie sieve. If you
know what that is. So. If you want
the Beads enough to pay what you
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call a reasonable sum. win let you
have them
Very truly your distant cousin,
-Rebecca Danforth norton
A few days after this was mailed
Aunt Eldora remarked:
i guess Stephen Moore thinks he
may as wen give up the beads. we
don't hear anything more from him
l think 1 did put it to him good and
plain"
A satisfied nod accom- panied this re
mark. but Rebecca made no response.
She was. however, conscious of a gull
ty little futter at her heart
A week passed and then one day
the sound of the brass knocker rang
through the old house, and Rebecca
opened the green door to a man whom
her quick glance took in to be young
dark-eyed and broad .shouldered. Hat
in hand he inquired:
Am l speaking to Miss Rebecca
Norton?"
You are"
Upon this the stranger reached out
his hand with an Irresistible smile,
and the announcement, Il am your
cousin, Stephen Moore"
With cheeks like twin roses Rebecca
went to tell her aunt of his arrival
Miss Eldora was at first inclined to
be somewhat distant in her manner,
but it was of no use, for the geniality
of the young man soon made both
women feel that they had been ac-
quainted for years.
Before the day was over Rebecca
had shown him the Danforth beads
They are beautiful" he commented.
n66
when Miss Eldora mad left the room
he asked, "Would-would a hundred
dollars be any object7"
20. would you be willing to pay
that?"
Certainly"
The girls red lips trembled. 1t was
hard to part with them, but reaching
out the box, she said bravely: They
are yours; l am SO mercenary, you
see"
The young man took the box, but a
moment later handed 1t back
81 would like to see them worn;
will you please wear them while
am here?"
For few days longer the family
beads adorned the girls white throat,
then the night before he was to leave
she gave him the box once more. u
hope your wife VIII like them" she
smiled
Il hope So" the young man smiled
back
rs she interested In Them"
My wife? Why, haven't any
wife,"
For a moment the two gazed at
each other in mutual amazement
.f-'What made you think 1 had!" he
asked then.
why, you said-your letter."
That l wanted to give them to my
wife, and SO / do-when | have one"
Then Stephen Moore took the box
as well as the hand that held it, and
he must have claimed both beads and
wearer, for a few months later there
was wedding in the old brick house
and one of the groon1's gifts to the
bride was a string OF gold beads.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
UNCLE HIRAM TO HIS NEPHEW
He Hopes the Boy VIII Turn Out to
Be Good Judge of Men, When
His Turn Comes

Stevey, my boy" said Uncle Hiram
to his hopeful nephew. 81 hope 1t will
turn out that you are a good Judge
of men. for by virtue of that quality
a man is able in effect to multiply
his own power
1T is a common thing to hear
people say that the more pay a man
gets the less work he does. and as
to the doing of actual labor this may
be true; somebody else saws the wood
while he sits by the fire.
AS matter of fact there are plen
ty of men high up who still work
hard. and all of them certainly worked
hard when they were younger, and If
they are doing less actual labor now
1t is because they are good judges
OF men. able to pick out for the bust
ness under their direction just the
right men to do the work and carry
it forward successfully
Really II is in the exercise of this
gift that We Gnd the greatest value in
a manager; it is just this that makes
him worth his high pay. We want
him to sit around and take things
easy and give himself time to think
and keep his head clear We don't
want him TO get out and chop down
trees; we want him to be able to
select men who can do that work to
the greatest advantage and with the
greatest economy.
Some of US know men on sight
and some don't hope, Stevey, that
you will turn out to be a good Judge
of men"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
SHELTER IN THUNDER STORM
Main Thing to Avoid 10 Being Most
Conspicuous Object on Earth
or Water.

ThA greatest danger zor a human
bedngsin q thunder storm Is to be the
1aghest projecting object ON the sur
fAoe. Hence It II dangerous to be out
On . golf links or hillside or In .
neu boat on water. The wise ching
10 take shelter In q house, or, Il
MAT Is not accessible, in a cave OF
under overhanging rock, or in a hole
or to lie fiat. Many more persons are
struck, according to statistics, In the
open than when taking shelter under
trees, and 1t appears from statistics
that more are killed when seeking
safety under oak trees than under
beech trees, but this may be due to
the relative abundance of those trees
or to the nature of the soil in which
they grow.
Avoid a solitary high tree, but seek
protection in a wood or clump OF
many small trees. In a house avoid
during a storm, placing yourself be
tween two large and prominent con
ductors of electricity, such as the
water pipe or gas main and the fire
place If the house is a detached one
OF corner house in a row and the
storm is close. you may do well to re
tire into the basement until the storm
is over On the whole. the long rows
of houses of fairly equal height in the
streets of a great town are about as
safe as any place during an electric
storm They are SO safe that 1t is
not thought worth while to protect
them with lightning conductors. The
Eirel tower in Paris, being entirely
built of iron, is huge lightning con
ductor. and has been photographed In
storms with forked lightning harm
1essly playing abou. its head.
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Ancient Roman Lone eraneh.

have been in favor with the fashion
able and the wealthy for a brief
space of time under Augustus and his
immediate successors, but was given
up quite soon to parvenues and mer-
chants and retired officers. and the
same set of noisy people who haunt al
the present day the popular watering
places OF the world To make the
analogy more striking. an inscription
has been found at La Capocotta sing
ing the praises of a wealthy Jew. and
revealing the fact that a synagogue
had been built at Ostia for the use OF
the Semitic -villeggianti'' on the
neighboring coast
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-12-02
First publication Nov. II. IeiD
Notice for Publication--Serial No. O1s07
Department of the Interior
T-nifesa SALES Land Offacs. Tnrelza Kan

Department of the Interior,
United States Land once. Topeka. Kan
November p 1911
Notice is hereby given that Ellhu w. ALL
man OF Brownell. Kansas. who. March 10.
1902 made Homestead entry, 1880 serial, No
0is07- for west half northwest quarter and
north half southwest quarter. section 20,
township II south. range 2i west. 9Th Prin
Meridian. has tled notice of intention to
ma ES final fve-year proof 10 esta b1ish claim
to the land above described before the Hon
Probate Judge of Trego County, Kansas, at
Wa-keeneys Kansas. on the 18th day of Dec
ember 1871. Claimant names witnesses:
Theodore W Johnson Ellis Kan Emil A.
johnson. Ellis. kan, K, A JeweIl and EStow
r. Joseph both of BrowneIl, Kan
George W. Fishor
Register,
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Ffrst publication OCT. 2s. ls1D
Notice of Publfcation-SeriaiN No. 02o4O

Department of the Interior
United States Land once. Topeka. Kan
October 81 1911
Notice is hereby given that Henry @. Wag-
one-, of Ellis, Kansas. who October g, 1906
made Homestead Entry 1899 Serial No
02o40. for east half northeast quarter. section
Is. Tow nshIp Il. south ranged west sixth P. M
meridian. has filed notice of intention to
ma he Tnal hve-year proof.to esta blish claim
TO the land above described, before the Honor
able Probate Judge of Trego County. Kans
at Wa-keeney. Kansas, on the I'd day of Dec
ember 1911.
Claimant names witnesses: Otto Colborg
Floyd >. Bomgdrdner, Clarence H. Hoitzin-
ger Albert Christianson all of Ellis, Kansas,
George W. Fisher,
Register.
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DR.. M. ]. Brown. Specialist,

of Salina, will be at the American
House. Tuesday, December 18th, FL
lis, December 18th, prepared to treat
the medical and surgical diseases of
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, and
glasses scientifically fitted.
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$4,000 REWARD

i will give $50 reward for the arrest
and conviction OF the party or parties
who stole skunk, badger and opossum
hides from my barn on Section 30,
township II, range %, on Saturday,
Nov. is, 1911. between shutdown and
sunrise, Sunday morning.
THOS. BROOMFIELD-
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FOR SALE OR TRADE

Feed store, oil and grain business:
centrally located, with elevator ca
pacity of 5000 bushels. Lot of mach
inery and all complete. Also resident
property. all in Lincoln, Kan. Will
trade the above for good farm of
equal value.
J. o. MAXWELL,
Lincoln. KanS.
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NOTICE

/ will leave the first of December
for Texas. All persons having work
in my shop will please call for same,
and all those indebted to me will
please call and settle at once
JOHN e. REDDIG.
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session of them, if possible, and give
them to my wife, as she felt that they
should have come TO our branch OF
the family. They have been traced to
yourself at Hilltop. If you still have
them, and are willing to part with
them, will gladly pay any reasonable
sum to possess them.
Kindly let me hear from you, and
oblige
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His Limit.

THAT amateur aviator declared he
was going to break a record. and fly
straight into fame"
Did he succeed? ''
No: he broke his machine when he
started, and few into 3 rage
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F'irst publication Oct. IS, 19II)
Notice of Publication Serial No. O2039
Department of the Interior
U. : Land Once at Topeka, Kansas

October 81 1911
Notice is hereby given that Floyd S. Bonn
gardner. OF Ellis. Kansas; who October g.
1906. made Homestead Entry, 1888, Serial No
O2o39. for North half northwest quarter and
northwest quarter northeast quarter. sec
ton 26, township IA, south, range q west 9Th
principal meridian, has filed notice of inteu-
ton TO make final hve-year proof to estab-
lish claim TO the land above described, be-
fore the Honofa Bile Probate Judge of Trego
County. Kansas, at Wa-Keeney, Kansas on
the I'd day of December. 1911.
Claimant names witnesses, Henry @.
Wagner. Theodore w. johnson. Clarence
III. HoltZiuger. Elihu w. Altman, all of Ellis,
Kansas George w. Fisher,
Register.
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For Sale or Trade

Model f Buick automobile in good
shape: new tires, run less than 2,0of
miles. c. d. Yetter, Ogaliah, Kahs
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For Sale Illinois apples: Ben Da
Wis, Cana Stark and Grimes Golden
G. T. Galloway. 81
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For Sale-Seven 7-months old Dur
oc boars, full blood, good ones. w.
S. Courtney, 1-2 miles southeast of
Wa-Keeney. 81 Pm
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For Sale-Alfalfa hay. Inquire OF
Gleason Bros, Wa-Keeney. 3Stf
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Want Column

For Sale-Prairie hay. Lewis Flyr
10 miles west of Banner. 80