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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25
Wa-Keeney City School Building

Hon. c. NJ. Harger of Abilene was
the speaker of the evening. His adj
dress was one of the most sensible
and wholesome that has been deliver
ed to a young graduating class for
some time. His remarks We're to the
point and he held the interest of all
without becoming prosy and tiresome
as these kind of addresses are so apt
TO be unless pretty good Judgment is
used His subject was The Making
of kansans."
Mrs. Eva Jones i'll u very appropr:-
ate little speech To the graduates
presented the diplomas which closed
the evenings program.
Senior Play
The Senior High School play given
at the Court House Wednesday even
ing was very largely attended the
house being crowded. 1t was a
comedy in three acts which was very
entertaining and all OF the parts were
exceptionally well taken. The parts
had been well studied and the young
people kept things moving along at a
lively pace. The dainty costumes
worn by the young ladies were very
pretty and becoming and added a
touch of brightness that is always
effective in sucl entett IN .nts.
The sEeci llties that were intrld iced
by the other classes were very pleas
ing and were much appreciated
Miss Pyle who is an accomplished
pianist favored the audience with
piano solo. The entertainm ent in its
entirety was most excellent and the
young people deserve much praise
for their good work and are to be
congratulated upon their success.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25
Escapes an Awful Fate

thousand tongues could not ex-
press the gratitude of Mrs ]. E. Cox,
of Joliet, Ill, for her wonderful de-
liverance from an awful fate. ''Ty-
phoid pneumonia bad left me with a
dreadful cough she writes. Some
times | had such awful coughing
spells l thought / would die. | could
get no help from doctors treatment
or other medicines till | used DR..
Kings New Discovery. But l owe my
life to this wonderful remedy for
scarcely cough at all now" Quick
and safe, its the most reliable of all
throat and lung medicines. Every
bottle guaranteed. soc and 81 90. Tri-
al bottle free at GibSon'S.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25
PROGR AN

Program for Memorial Day, Sunday,
May %, at II a. M, at the court
house.
Voluntary --------------.-
Music Silently, Peacefully Sleep
ing Today"
Scripture Reading and Prayer
Rev. Reed
Music-'sWave Above Them"
M Male Quartette
Sermon ..R Rev. S. L. Allison
Music ''Asleep in Jesus. .-
Hymn "A merica" .......
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n. E. Church Chimes

Sunily schooi at 10 a. m, Union Me-
mortal service at court house.
Epworth League at p m, install
lation service of new officers.
Church service at 8 p. M, this will
open with a gospel service.
Wednesday at p. m. junior league,
at D. m. prayer service
Saturday at p m. Junior Choir
rehearsal, at p. m. Adult Choir Re
bearSal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Poor appetite is a sure sign of i'm
paired digestion. A few doses of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will strengthen your diges-
ton and improve your appetite.
Thousands have been. benefited by
taking these tablets. Sold by all
dealers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

For Rent-32O acres 9 miles due
south of Voda, 200 acres under culti-
Walton. balance in pasture, room
house, barn, windmill, good we'll wa
ter, granary, buggy shed and other
outbuildings; will rent 3 to years;
good proposition to right party; pos
session any time. A. r, Rhine, 81
Securities Bid, Des Moines, La. IL st
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Torturing eczema spreads its burn
ing area every day. Doan's Oint-
ment quickly stops Its Spreading, in
stantly relieves the itching, cures it
permanently. At any drug store 2
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25
Live Stock Special in Trego County

'.The Live Stock Special over the
Union Pacific by the Agricultural
college will hold meetings in this
county as follows;
May %, Collyer. -2:35 p. m.
May %, Wa-Keeney.-.... 3:35 p. m.
May 30, Ogallah. .......-- 4:26 p. M
Every farmer who is interested
should make it point to telephone
his neighbors to make sure that they
know about this. Four lecture cars:
one for children, one for women. and
two for men.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Doan's Regulets cure constipation,
tone the stomach, stimulate the liver,
promote digestion and appetite and
easy passages of the bowels Ask
your druggist for them 25 cents a
box
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Lame back is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles of the
back, for which YOU will find nothing
better than Chamberlain's Liniment.
For sale by all dealers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25
Piano Tuning

Hagel, the piano tuner, will be in
Wa-Keeney next week Leave orders
at Larabee Furniture Store
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Weather Report

Maximum and minimum tempera-
ture according to the government
thermometer at Wa-Keeney for the
week ending Wednesday noon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Woman loves a clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bituers purifies
the blood, clears the skin, restores
rudy, sound health.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Correct Abstracus-w-H H. Swiggett
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$40

Tickets on sale May Is to Il; final
return limit July 10. May % and
% and June 3 to 9: final return
lille: final return limit September
IL. August % to September 2: final
return limit October 81. October
IL. IA and Is: final return limit No
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-25

Tickets on sale to California. June L.
20; final return limit August IL.
August % to Septem Der ); final re-
turn limit October 81.
Tickets on sale to North Padifio Coast
Points May Is. Is and Il: final return
limit July Is, May % and % and
June 3 to 6: final return limit July
%: June % to July 5: final return
limit August %. July IL and IL: IL
nal return limit Septem Der 12. Oc-
tober 12. IA aud Is; final return
limit Novemb Der 10.
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WHY NOT MAKE $4,000 A MONTH That's


you plotting them through our factory Men
advice and Instructions for selling
convincing talking which it is i'm possible for
don't YOU be the first to apply from your vicinity
We favor only salesman out of each locality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29

was a Miss Leavell; six sons and two
daughters
Harry F. Byrd, who was recently APP
pointed campaign chairman by the Fred
crick county democratic committee. is
orga MIXING clubs in all the districts of
the county. and a big one Is about to be
organized here by City Campaign Chair
man T. NJ Barr.
The board of visitors of the Virginia
Military Institute has designated one Of
the most conspicuous places on the
grounds of that institution at Lexington
for the erection of Sir Moses Ezekiels
famous New Market statue. Virginia
Mourning Her Dead which is to face
the parade ground. and which will be a
companion of the George Washington
statue. The statue is erected to the
memory of the cadet corps of the insti-
tute who left their studies and engaged
in spectacular charge New Market
during the early part of the civil war.
During the past week many thousands
of young bass furnished by the United
States fish commission have been placed
in the Potomac river and also in the
Antietam and Conococheague creeks. and
it is expected that they will be of lawful
size for angling by next spring
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Chestnut Crop Short.

Reports from the mountainous sections
of Frederick county and also from near
by parts of West Virginia. in which
bumper chestnut crops are usually har-
vested for the Washington and Baltimore
markets. are to the effect that the crop
VIII not be as large this year as here
tofore, although there Will be fairly
good crop The shortage is said to have
been caused by too much rain at the
blossoming time last June.
S. A. Saum a federal civil war veteran
living near Strasburg, received a message
yesterday that his brother. George Saum.
eighty-seven years old. native of
Shenandoah county, was killed in a rail-
road accident i'm Iowa, but no details
were given in the dispatch. Mr.. Saum
went west when young man.
w. E. Burner, merchant living sew
eral miles west of Woodstock. was this
week arrested on four charges of selling
wine without a license. and when the
case came before magistrate a COM
promise was effected, whereby Burner
was convicted on two charges, fined $1DO
and costs and placed under bond of $500
for one year.
Rev. and Mrs. l.. r. Jones, who were
married fifty years ago at Christiansburg,
Va, celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary this week at their home at
Luray, and were the recipients of many
gifts. Rev. Mr.. Jones spent more than
fifty years in the active ministry of the
Baltimore conference. Methodist Episco-
pal Church South. and is now on the re-
tired list. His wife was formerly Miss
Elizabeth Anderson.
Maj. Edward Fl. Mcdonald. who died
recently at his home near Charles Town
at the age of seventy-nine years was
soldier in Gen. Rosser's brigade in the
Confederate army during the civil war
and was an ardent supporter of Woodrow
Wilson. He, was the father-in-law of
Representative John w Davis Of Clarke
burg, wa He sleaves a widow. who
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among traders. who ran the bid price UP
to 60 without getting a share. OF course.
nobody would take the risk of entering
into a contract to sell something they
didn't have and didn't know where to
get. The price might as well have been
bid up to go.
Nevertheless, the incident caused in
uuiries to be made about the property
and will doubtless result ultimately in
more or less active speculation In the
shares The stock exchange is getting
into bad odor for encouraging this sort
of stock promotion and speculation by in
Discriminatory listing shares In which
trading is of sufficiently large volume to
promise fat commissions The Goldfield
Consolidated gold mining stock is an in
stance that has brought Upon the ex-
change authorities severe criticism. The
charge is openly made that interests be-
hind Goldfield Mining Company simply
used the stock exchange to work of their
shares when the mine gave indications
Of diminishing Observation-Disclosures
that have since been verified.
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MEMORIES OF HAWTHORNE.

u, YOU are ono Of those pilgrims who go
TO old Salem and visit the rambling old
house ,fieaF Derby street which is known
as The House % TIE Seven Gables" you
wiz not only find lIepze5aifs shop in the
tniildinS- insepa rably connected with the
name of Hawthorne. but you will see in
the rear OF the house. With one end stand
ing TO the sea wall. "a house which was
not there when YOU visited the place
las, year Anywhere In the neishborhooJ
one OF the many bright-eyed young ciiiI-
dren whom you may see on the street
will tell you that this addition to the
House of the Gables is new and much
valued Institution. n is the old Hath
away House. antedating the Hawthorne
louise itself, and yet linking the past with
the present and the future. Many Eener-
atoms of children have seen the interior
of the Hathaway House. and some 40
OF the preaent generation. come there for
lessons and recreations for here the set
Element work which was begun In the
House Of the Seven Cables Is carried on,
its work being extended in its new quar-
tiers.
The House of the Seven Gables il not
much cha nged To be sure, some inter-
esting additions have been made in the
way OF articles which have been asso-
ciated with the house or with the famous
author who knew the place so well. There
is chair given to the conservatOrs by
al. "dtcTSs WHO IcSciSSO IL IfoIU TIE IdSt
Ingersoii who lived in the old house. Ira
dition says that Hawthorne used this
chair. There Is an oil painting which for
merly hung in the house and a buttery
stand and tray which are the envy of all
dealers In antiques as we'll as OF the
collectors who visit the quaint place. \
cane-seated chair I'm the dining room is
exactly like one which was In the House
of Seven Gables in Hawthorne's time. IL
1t IN not the identical chair. In the kitchen
there n "a 81 NH irI, hos
been resurrected from an attic and In in
entire keeping with the other furnishings
Of the place.
But to fhe Hathaway House rIiis old
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Century-Old Ships.
from the Manchester Guardian.

While the old windjammer Success.
which was built almost entirely of In
dian teak near Rangoon in 1857, is near
ing New York, the wireless operator
sending out from one of her old convict
cells frequent messages as to her prog
ress. another ancient craft has just COM
pleted the passage from Bideford Quay
to Durham. This is the ketch Seal, which
when launched at Southampton in $50
was known as the Purveyor. being EN-.
ployed for several years in carrying pro-
visions to warships. OF thirty-three tons
register. she is one of the oldest vessels
In active service known at Lloyd's, anu
understand that the Norwegians who
bought her in December last will use
her for sea-lion hunting I'm the Crozets
The Seal of course. has not had such
a varied history as the Success but dur
ing a great storm in 1898 she was driven
from her moorlngs at Poole and land, d
high and dry i'm a turnip field. To get
her affoat again il was necessary to dig
a channel to the sea. Ninety years later
she has covered some 5000 miles I'm Is;
days. doubtless weatherins many storms
in the course of her protracted voyage
to the South Indian ocean.
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wooden building. for many years a IA
nous BAKERY in Salem. after ii had
ceased TO be used solely as a dwelling,
Occupied a site in the heart of the old
town. Miss Emerton, a descendant of
one of the oldest families In Salem. and
the patroness Of the settlement work, de-
cided that this house ought to be near
the House of Seven Cables where II
might be seen and used. Accordingly the
house was moved to it's present site last
season. and has been made unique among
Salem houses
As YOU step out of the House of Seven
Gables you go down the little path beside
the chapel. and take look at the old
fashioned gardr: on the right Robins
mop along the little grass plot to the left,
and you hear the cries OF children in the
street TO remind you that there is q pres
ent. One naturally wonders why this
weather-colored old house has diamond
paned windows in one part and in the
other has the small PANIED. windows of the
middle OF the eighteenth century. The
reason becomes apparent when you learr
mat this old house is really three In one.
The original has been restored as nearly
as may be to the type of house of the
earliest days OF Salem. On this years
afterward: was built by the Hooper fam
ny an addifion for the residence of a
younger son and his wife In the same
FAMILY The Seeming anachronism is justi-
fed. for each part of the interior has
been made unit Of a harmonious
whole. The gable which projects
toward the Hawthorne house is a
later addition, or rather q restora-
ton. for In examining the structure
at the time of the removal It was dis
covered that the mortises remained show
Ing that there had been originally such a
gable. The first thing which attracts the
attention Is the overhang and here may
be noticed the carved projecting beams
which support it. as they were In the
original house These beams give clue
to the age of the house. which cannot be
definitely settled. They contain carvings
which are found In the west OF England
In the seventeenth century, and which are
not found Inc houses of a later period
there, or In the east OF ENGLAND
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BOER WAR MEDALS.
Fifty Thousand at Woolwich Await.
ing Claimants.

From Pearson's Weekly.
The fact that there are no fewer
than $4,000 medals stored at Woolwich
awaiting claimants causes one to won
der whether the soldier puts so high a
posed.
Nearly all Of these medals are for
the Boer war, and there is a special
government department with a staff OF
clerks endeavoring to trace the owners.
are 1000 medals for the Zulu war
which have never been claimed. and
even to this day belated claims are
still put in for medals for the Crimea
and Indian mutiny.
A short time ago. for example, a
veteran named James Crystal applied
for and received a medal for Afghanis-
tan. after a lapse OF thirty years.
Most Of the Boer war medals at
Woolwich belong to irregulars who
joined on the outbreak OF the war,
and, after 1t was over, scattered all
over the world. But many regulars
have not troubled to claim the medal.
alleging that it is too cheap" and
considering that 100000 of the medals
were struck, it Is certainly never
likely to become rarity.
Before the days Of Waterloo very
few medals were issued. and those that
were were highly valued. The first
medal ever issued was that given to
the Elizabethan seamen who defeated
the Armada, and the earliest military
decoration was a silver badge issued
by Charles l in 1643 for presentation
to soldiers who had distinguished
themselves in forlorn hopes.
Waterloo was the first occasion
when there was general issue OF
medals, and since that time, instead of
issuing too few medals, we have gone,
perhaps. to the other extreme. Sol
diers point out that the same Gecora-
ton is awarded to the man who has
been fighting at the front and carrying
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Neat Mending.
From the London Chronicle.


a French industry which aims at neat
ness has established itself in London re-
Gently, and with much success 1t Is that
of the ''stoppeur." The word is one which
does not appear in French dictionaries
and partakes somewhat of slang, but II
refers to the art Of mending clothes. In
Paris the "stoppeur' is we'll and favor
ably known. Surprising a gentleman
tears his coat or carelessly burns q hole
with his cigarette in his trousers. the
garment is conveyed to the ''stoppeur.'
who in some mysterious way reconstructs
the material. I have a coat thus mended
at spot where a patch would have
been too glaring. and though I have
searched more than once for the place ]
have never been able to find it. In some
way they seem to weave in the stuff.
joining up threads of a bit of cloth cut
from another part. Several little work
shops of this sort are now In London
and doing extremely well.
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ms lie In his hands for months AZ 20
me man In a regiment which has never
stirred from the base Of operations or
SO much as seen the enemy
Every enort is made by the authori-
ties to see that medals reach their
owners. and il the owner Of a medal
happens to be dead. the medal is for
Warded to his next OF kim Yet there are
sun large numbers unclaimed and az
cordlng to the regulations now in
torce, at the end OF ten years time
the medals will be broken up and the
silver debited to the mint
The Victoria cross, of course is =
decoration of quite another character
and soldier would as soon think 81
parting with his life as with his V =
But this is far from being the case
with other medals. and Mr. Rudyard
k1pling tells how he has seen soldiers
wager their Indian general service
medal on the toss for the price of a
pot Of beer
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School Has Big Enrolment.

| More than go young women from all
sections Of Virginia and many from a
large number of states had enrolled up
| to this afternoon at the Harrisonburg
Normal School. which began it's third an
nual session this week, and it is expected
| that more will arrive during the coming
week The school Is one Of the largest
and most successful in the state, and it
i was mainly through the efforts OF former
Senator George r. keezell that the in
stitution was situated at HarrisOnburg.
4 number of capitalists, said to be
from Washington and Philadelphia. were
in the Bentonville section OF Warren
county several days ago in search of
mineral and fruit lands, and it was
learned today that negotiations have
I been opened for several hundred acres.
Copper and iron are already being mined
| in large quantities on the western slope
of the Blue Ridge mountains in that
deiphia men are said to be willing to
risk some of their capital along the
same lines, and also to engage in fruit
culture.
Mystic Shrine from many sections of the
state. headed by the Richmond patrol,
invaded Harrisonburg last evening and
held a lively ceremonial session. large
number of novices were tied to long
rope and escorted through the main
street of the town, after which they
were initiated. A banquet followed at
the Kavanaugh Hotel. A number of
Shriners from Washington. Alexandria,
Winchester and other towns in the Vir-
ginia valley were in attendance.
The publication a few days ago in
the Staunton Daily Leader Of an edi-
torial under the caption, Consistency
No Jewel at the Political Pawnshop"
was the cause Of an exciting fist fight
on the streets of Staunton the following
day between Editor H. L. Opie of the
Leader and r. B. Smythe publisher of
the Harrisonburg Daily News. and also
Of the Staunton Daily News. The article
which Editor Smythe resented referred
to what Editor Opie considered a wide
difference in the editorial and political
policies of tile two Smythe papers. Wit
| nesses testified that Mr.. Smythe drew
a pocket knife upon Mr.. Opie, who
] and blackened both eyes. The Staunton