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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
World Chase
To Snare Cupid

she would stay awhile there So Rem
ington returned to Paris and when he
got there hunted through the registers
of the hotels where Americans We're
accustomed to stay. At the Hotel Meu-
rice. he found the names Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar d. Avery, San Francisco, CAL,
u. S. A, and Miss Edith Avery" The
clerk told him that they had arrived at
a time that correspondent with the ar
rival of the train on which he had seen
the girl he was hunting.
While he was racking his brains how
to secure an Introduction he CHANGED
to meet his intimate friend Philpot.
He asked Philpot to dine with him the
same evening. intending to talk the
matter over with him. No; Philpot's
friends, the Ayerys of San Francisco.
had just arrived and he was engaged
to drive with them. - What luck!
Would Philpot introduce him? Ger
tainly, He would make an engage
ment to take him to call. They parted,
and the next morning Philpot told
Remington that he had made the en-
gagement for five days ahead, the first
evening the Averys were disengaged-
Remington passed five weary, waiting
days and on the afternoon of the fifth
received a note from Philpot to say
that the Averys had left Paris unex-
pectedly the day before.
Remington was crushed. He found
Philpot, only to learn that the Averys
had gone eastward to Hongkong to
sail for San Francisco Immediately on
arrival at that port. Remington in
quired the date of sailing of the steam
er they would likely take and found
he would not have time to reach it
himself He could go westward and
reach San Francisco earlier than the
party going eastward
He left Paris that night for South
ampton, caught an outgoing steamer
and reached New York in six days.
In two weeks from his leaving France
he was in San Francisco waiting the
arrival of the girl he was chasing.
Whenever a steamer arrived from the
east he was at the dock watching. At
last he saw Miss Avery coming down
a gangplank. That was enough for
able time for the family to get settled,
then called
Six months later Remington and his
bride were travelling from San Fran
cisco to New York on their wedding
trip. At station on the road the train
stopped, and Remington for the first
time informed Mrs. Edith Avery Rem
he had wanted for his wife at that
very station and had chased her around
the globe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27

badly used up that they were unable to
haul up the breaches buoy apparatus.
The life savers then launched 4 surf
boat, and it was manned by nine men
picked for their strength and skill with
the oars, but the surf threw the boat
back on the sand And then before
the boat could be placed for another
trial the masts of the schooner fell
over the rail, and the hull was knock
ed into thousand pieces, which. with
the cargo of lumber. soon covered the
waves with masses of debris that were
hurled to and fro and ground together
with a fury that is indescribable.
Life Savers at Work.
In the midst of this wreckage seven
men were seen. One was on the cabin
top, and the others were clinging to Il
piece of the broken hull. The seas
We're breaking over all of them at in
tervals. and the timbers and planks
afioat roundabo seemed to be lit
orally clawing at them to drag them
into the water Four of the men on
the broken piece of hull were soon
knocked away from it and crushed
alongside or drowned. The same fate
was hanging over the three that re-
manned in view when Surfman Frank
Raynor kicked off his boots. stripped
himself to his underwear. plunged into
the surf, climbed up on the first mass
of wreckage he reached and then.
leaping from timber to timber, made
his way toward the man on the cabin
top. An instant later Surfman Albert
Latham followed Both men were re
peatedly Knocked down and thrown
into the water between the masses of
wreckage. but they struggled to their
feet again and leaped on until they
brought the sailor from the cabin top
and one from the broken piece of the
hull in safety to the beach The third
man was knocked into the surf and
drowned before they could reach him.
General Superintendent Sumner l..
Kimball of the United States life saw
ing service when asked if there was
| any one incident among the many
stories of wrecks and rescues that had
come to him that remained especially
prominent in his mind replied prompt
| ly:
Yes. The story of the schooner
| Goodman, wrecked at Cape Hatter.ls,
shows the spirit of the service better
than any other in the records
To appreciate fully. the story of this
wreck one must know something of
the locality where she was lost Cape
/ HatteraS is tongue of sand that
reaches seven miles out under the wa
| ter as if in search of wrecks. 1t has
been formed by two currents. one from
the north and one from the southwest.
\ that meet and unite to run out to sea
Waves as we'll as currents meet across
this point. and on still day. with the
water oil smooth. the spray is thrown
| twenty feet into the air when two
waves come togethere there When
a storm is raging the currents increase
/ in speed and power as the waves grow
1 and because of the varying channels
among the offshore reefs cross currents
/ are set up Therefore with every gale
there is chaos of waters of this cape
/ from which no ship. once caught, has
| ever escaped Ships grounded on the
/ Diamond reefs. as the shoals are CALI
ed. are torn and ripped as well as
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
r E ROY REMINGTON was a young
globe trotter. He had no idea

E ROY REMINGTON was young
globe trotter. He had no idea
that he was going to and fro
on the earth hunting for some
thing, but he was. All men from the
time they are old enough to marry are
hunting for wives, and all women from
similar period of their lives are
hunting for husbands Tell most of
them this, and they will either laugh
or get angry at you Nevertheless the
statement is true. Nature often fools
ment of her laws
AS 1 was saying, LIE Roy Remington
was crossing continents and oceans,
as he thought, to get rid OF being
bored Had he been obliged to work
for a living he would not have been
bored so much. Had he been married
he would not have been bored at all.
He might have suffered under many
irritations and annoyanceS, he might
even have wished for return of the
freedom of bachelorhood, but he would
not have been bored Boredom does
not usually belong to the married
state.
One day Remington was crossing
1.-THE plains of America somewhere
between Omaha and San Francisco
when the train stopped. The weather
was warm, and the windows were
open. A train from the opposite direc-
ton came rolling along with diminish
ing speed. 1t brought the girl Reming
ton was looking for and stopped with
her directly beside his window Her
window, too, was raised, and the two
sat face to face within a few feet of
each other. Remington looked at the
girl, and the girl looked at Reming-
ton. He made the most of the brief
time allotted him. The girl lowered
her eyes. Then there was a toot-toot
ahead, and Remington's train moved
onward.
Remington was looking for this very
girl, but he didn't know it till he was
on the Pacific ocean midway between
San Francisco and Hongkong.
BY the time he stood again on dry
land he had made up his mind that he
must find the girl on the other side of
the globe.
He went to Paris and from Paris
started for London. On a railway train
some twenty miles west of Paris, while
stopping at a station, a train pulled
past, and at window in this train was
the girl he had discovered he wanted.
1t took Remington just thirty seconds
to gather up his belongings and leave
the train. During this brief interval If
had occurred to him that the girl might
be going around the world and he had
better proceed westward in the hope of
meeting her once more and at stand
still. But he dismissed the idea as RI
diculOus.
The train that had passed was bound
for Paris, and Remington took the next
one for the same place. His trunk
went on to London. But he cared moth
ing for that. He could buy trunks and
their contents. but he couldn't buy the
girl who was going to Paris, though he
could buy any one of dozens of other
girls. She was surely going to Paris.
All Americans who are approach hin e
Paris are going there. And ten to one
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Deserted In Time of Need.

A young candidate was preaching at
great length in a country church.
Amid yawns and stif1ed signs the con-
gradually faded away one
by one. Finally only the sexton was
left. but the preacher still preached
on. being only at his thirdly and OF
a stubborn disposition.
The sexton at last could stand it no
longer, and, going softly up to the
desk. he whispered, when ye're
turn out the lights, lock the
door and put the key under the mat"
National Monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Of Course Nobody Did.

Mrs Moffett of the Cherryvale Jour
nal writes:
The new eight dollar corsets which
incase one to the knees are often re-
sponsible for embarrassing their wear
ers- The other day at a card party a
fat lady dropped a card She made
several Intellectual dives trying to pick
it up. Finally with a purple face she
gasped out:
"'Will somebody wearing a dollar
corset kindly pick up that card for
?"-Kansas City Star
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Famous Tree Dies.

The famous chestnut tree Du vingt
Mars in the Tuileries gardens of Paris.
famous because it was always the first
of the year to burst into bloom, is dead.
Strange to say, it will not be cut down,
but fenced in, and this will be done in
regard especially to the tradition which
has it that the poor Swiss soldiers who
died in heroic defense of the French
monarchs on Aug. 10. 1892, lie buried
at its foot.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27

pIcSSed dl lAelT at Tue
"a various life saving stations
which line the Atlantic coast
of the United States from Quoddy
head. Maine. to Biscayne bay. Florida;
the gulf coast from the southern point
of the Florida peninsula to Brazos,
Tex; the coasts of California. Oregon,
Washington and Alaska and also the
shores of the great lakes.
The winter months produce more
wrecks than the rest of the year, but
these men take up the work of saving
lives and property with cheerful
ness and make the United Suites life
saving service what it is-oEe of the
greatest and most perfectly organized
bodies of men in the world.
Scattered along The entire coast are
these little stations, approximately
four miles apart and each manned by
a crew of six surfmen and their cap
tain or keeper as he is officially known
Each man before enlisting for the ac
tive season has been compelled to pass
searching physical examination be-
fore surgeons of the marine hospital
and if not declared fit and able for
the arduous duties that will be his he
is not allowed to enlist. and a Imam is
then chosen from the list of applicants
for that district to fill the vacancy.
On the first minute that marks the
first day of August one of these men
will start from each of these stations
and commence the first patrol of the
beach. patrol that will never cease
from that time to the Both of the fol-
lowing May. Their vigilant eyes will
never cease scanning the ocean in
darkness or fog for signs of vessels in
distress. and their CoSton signals will
flash a warning to the careless skip
per who is nearing the shoals and bars
that mark the dead line of navigation.
Salaries of Life Savers.
The coasts are divided into thirteen
districts. each in charge of a superin-
tendent. who lives in the district. and
all under the supervision of General
Superintendent Sumner l. Kimball.
whose office is located at Washington.
Each station has a keeper. who lives
in the station the entire year. six men
who ship for ten months and a sew
. enth. or winter man. who is on duty
for five months The keepers receive
salary of 5000 a year and the men
S65 per month. Out of this they all
have to pay their proportionate share
of the station mess. buy dress uni
forms and working clothes of white
duck and also boots ana OliSklnS.
Regular days are provided for drill
ing With the beach apparatus. which
consists of the Lyle gun and breeches
buoy. the surfboat. the wiSwag and
international code of signals and the
method of restoring the apparently
drowned Of course during the winter
months when the ground is covered
with snow the beach apparatus drill is
not always performed. and the same
may be said of drilling with the surf.
boat in exceptionally high seas when
the men would risk their lives need
lessly This is all left to the diScre-
ton of the keeper. who must enter on
his journal the reasons for not holding
such drill. The journal also shows the
condition of the barometer. thermom-
eter direction and force of the wind
and condition of the surf at midnight.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Thrilling Work of
the Guardians of
Uncle Sans Dan
gerOuS Coasts.

A BOUT 1000 men are now being
"a pressed at their hardest at the
~ various life saving stations
which line the Atlantic coast
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27

sunrise, noon and sunset A copy of
this journal is sent to the district SUI
perintendent each week and after be-
ing examined by him is forwarded to
the general superintendent.
The patrol of the beach is kept with
systematic regularity. The night is
divided into watches from sunset to
sunrise. four watches in the winter
months and three in the early fall and
spring. Each surfman knows when he
has to go on duty, and his time is so
divided that he stands one patrol and
one station watch each night
Nothing more interesting than the
work of the life savers at a wreck can
be imagined To see them rush the
surfboat from the station to the shore
and launch it in the face of a thunder
ing surf is nothing less than thrilling
If the men find it impossible to
launch the boat the keeper decides
to attempt to reach the wreck with
the shot line. You watch the adjust
ment of the Lyle gun. the careful
sighting by the keeper. and when the
discharge startles you your breath is
held while your eyes follow the flight
of the projectile with its tail of rope
streaming out behind. A gasp of sat
iSfaction is given when it is seen to
and moment after the sailors are
seen hauling in the line. not as large
as your little finger. which means life
TO them.
Two other lines are successfully
hauled on board. each larger than the
preceding one, and the end of the
largest is securely fastened to the
mast The breecheS buoy is then rig
ged up and the work of landing the
shipwrecked crew begins.
Probably Long Island has been the
graveyard of more ships than any 9TH
er stretch of beach in the United
| States of the same dimensions
There has not winter passed in
many years when one or more disas-
trous wrecks have not occurred. and
| there is no buster body of men in the
service than those located on the is
| land
A Daring Rescue.
Any one who would tell the stories
of the American life savers will al
| ways find an embarra sSment of riches
in the abundance of material to be had.
| but there is little difficulty in deciding
which of the heroes of the surf dis
played the most remarkable agility.
strength and courage combined when
earning the gold medals with which
they are decorated. for there is one
story so remarkable that it would be
| beyond belief if told in fiction. and the
| more one knows about the perils of the
surf the more incredible such a story
| would seem to him
At 2;15. o'clock in the morning on
| Monday. Feb. %. 1904. the three mast
| ed schooner Benjamin C. Cromwell
stranded in southeast gale on the
sand bar that lies 500 yards off shore.
a quarter of a mile east of the Bellport
life saving station on Long Island.
She was loaded with lumber, a part
| of the cargo being on deck. as usual.
| Vhe night patrol from the station
! promptly discovered the wreck. and
the crews from their stations of life
4 savers were soon gathered on the
beach Several lines were fred across
the wreck, but the sailors were so
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Obstacle to Independence.

"A woman can be just as self reliant
and independent as a man." said Mr..
Meektons wife defiantly.
.'Mebbe she can. Henrietta, mebbe
she can, but not while she wears
dresses that hook up the back
Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Peeo Into the Euture

Peep Into the Future.
First Woman-Men are getting into
everything nowadays.
Second Woman-Yes; 1 sat near to
one at the hair pulling fight at the gar
den last night. though. of course, he
was disguised as woman.-Puck.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
A Pleasant Chance.

You seem to enjoy taking your wife
to the theater-"
YES" replied Mr.. Meekton. 1T In
terests me immensely to see Her rietta
sitting absolutely quiet while lot OF
other people are doing all the talk
ng-"-Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
A Grabbed Pessimist.

Papa. is there such a thing as
reform cooking school?"
Il doubt it. Johnny If there is it
hasn't any pupils-"-Chicago Tribune.