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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27
Never Too Soon

Cholly-rve-aw-al had a hor-
ror. Miss Maudie. of premature burial
being buried too soon. y'know-
Maudie-Oh. nonsense! That's impos-
sible!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-27

First Rounder-Say, old man. yoI
are going the pace that kills You are
burning the candle at both ends.
Second Rounder-That is true That
is the only way 1 can make both ends
meet.-New York Mail
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

Mrs. Joe Wells visited relatives
at Water Valley last week.
Mrs. Sam Songer and Mrs Corlle
Farmer visited Mrs. Fannie Bould-
ing at lmboden last Thursday.
Mrs. G. w. Kiger went to Hoxie
last Thursday to visit her mother,
Mrs. McElhaney.
Jasper and Newt Perrin of Bird
ell passed through our little city
last Saturday.
Mr.. Knott of Memphis has
bought the Tom Campbell place
and moved his household goods IN
Saturday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

A select crowd enjoyed them
selves at a lawn party Tuesday
night.
Most everybody in town attended
the funeral of Uncle Berry Wright
at the Hlte cemetery last Friday
evening at two o'clock. He was
buried by the Masons. Uncle Ber-
ry was about seventy years of age.
He was well cared for during his
illness by his close friends.
Miss Mabel Upton is attending
the Normal in Pocahontas this week.
John L. Fry of Ravenden
Springs was in town this week on
business:
Mrs. w. r. Shores is spending
this week in Peach Orchard visiting
friends and relatives.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14
WARM SPRINGS

Arthur Bennett of Hanil was on
our streets Monday.
Rufus Jarrett of Little Rock is
visiting relatives at this place.
J. NJ. Burrow has moved his saw
mill home and is doing good busi-
ness.
E. T. Harrison and wife visited
home folks Sunday.
Sunday School was fine Sunday
and large crowd was present.
The young people met at the
church Tuesday evening to practice
on the program that will be rendered
here the fourth Sunday in June.
Horace Burrow visited at Tom
Adams Sunday.
Perry Baker was in our little
burg Sunday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

Mr.. Scott Crotts of Water Valley
was in our little burg Wednesday
looking after a singing school for
this summer.
We have church here on the lst
and 3rd Sundays. Rev. John i.
Fry, Christian, breaches the lst
Sunday and Rev. 4. T. Lincoln,
Baptist, breaches the 3rd Sunday
in the afternoon.
Mrs. Media Looney's grandmother
of Myrtle, Mo-, is visiting her.
John Roach passed through here
Saturday enroute to Missouri.
Some of the Oconeeltes attended
church at Charter Oak last Sunday.
School will begin here sometime
in July with Miss Ethel Dunn
teacher.
Mr.. 7. J. White of Dalton passed
through here Wednesday enroute
to his farm near Water Valley.
Wesley Stone of Dalton spent
Sunday at F. S. Rice's.
Bob Chester and family visited
Mrs. Chester's mother Sunday at
Ravenden Springs.
Myrtle Jackson Is visiting her
parents.
Mr.. Sharp and family, who live
on the Carter farm near Pocahontas,
have been here this week visiting
relatives.
Hattie Rice visited at Dalton last
Wednesday guest of Mrs. Mag
Grant.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14
COUNTY NEWS
OLD JACKSON

We have been having some cool
windy weather for several days
This is certainly discouraglng 10
farmers.
Gather Millar AMI wife of FAR
view visited the latters father, Ike
DAVIS, at this place Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Rasors horse, that got Its
leg broken several weeks ago, had
to be shot last week as it could not
get well.
o. S. DAVIS and wife visited at
Sam Songers last Sunday.
Several were present to hear
preaching last Sunday but Bro.
Million failed to come. | suppose
his absence was on account of the
condition of his eyes.
B. f. Tracy and wife visited at
Ike Davis Sundays
Mrs. Corlie Farmer returned to
her home at Hoxie last Friday after
two weeks visit with her father, G.
l.. Songer, at this place.
J. A. Hobson went to Pocahontas
Friday on business.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14
MINORCA

Crops are fourishing since the
last rain.
Mrs. j. H. Vester has recovered
from short illness.
Lewis Pringle of Palatks WAS
visiting relatives here Saturday
nighU and Sunday.
Some Of the boys from this place
play ball at Pitman this season
there being no team here.
Mrs. r. f. Jones is now recover
ing from light attack of fever
The show failed to come TO this
place Saturday night.
]. M. Dismang of this place vas
visiting friends and relatives at
Success Saturday night and Sunday
Singing at Ring school house
every Sunday night.
Henry Cockrum of Supply, while
rolling logs on Current river, got
one of his legs broken just below
his knee. He is in critical cOudi-
tion at this writing.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14
WASHINGTON

]. N. Kerley made trip to
Knobel last Saturday.
Miss Agnes Ingram of near Big
gers, Noah Anspach and wife of
Maynard and R. G. Kerley and
family spent Sunday at Jack
Ingram's.
Mrs. Sid Johnson Is on the in
disposed list this week.
Mrs. J. r. Davis, who has been
sick for the past four weeks, is now
slowly improving.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14
BIGGERS

Miss Vera Maynard of Maynard
was in town this week visiting rel
atives.
Mrs. Birdie Dunn spent Tuesday
in Pocahontas, having some dental
work done.
Levi Helms and family of near
Maynard came over Saturday to
visit relatives.
Miss Nell Lehman of Maynard
spent Saturday night with friends
in BIggers.
Ham Lemon had business in
Pocahontss Saturday.
Rev. E: T. Lincoln of Maynard
preached here Sunday night.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14
OCONEE

We are having some beautiful
weather and the farmers are very
busy.
Mrs. Margie Jackson is still very
sick.
There were several on our streets
Saturday. Our little town Is doing
some good business.
Theodore Rice and family of
Pocahontas are visiting relatives at
this place.
Lewis Broom left last Monday
for Kansas.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

Charley Johnson and wife of near
Salem church were visiting Uncle
Bill Evans Saturday and Sunday.
Herman Kerley and wife spent
Saturday night at the home of
George Foster, returning Sunday.
Aubry Springer attended the
Normal at Pocahontas last week.
Isaac DeBow, the DeBow mer-
chant, was at this place looking
after his farm and posting bills
for the big barbecue in the McCar-
roll park for June the 80.
Robert Baker and family were
pleasant visitors at DR.. Ryburn's
Sunday.
Rufe Downey has purchased a
new buggy.
Aunt Charity Myrlck has been
visiting her granddaughter, Ethel
Foster, for the past week.
Adolph Casey and wife are the
happy parents of twin baby girls.
Eric Smith has been sick for the
past few days but is better at this
writing.
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

Write today. Send by registered
mail your pearls. w. D. BURD,
35-tf. st. LOIlis-
Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

Crops are fourishing since the
last rain.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Alfonso In No Hurry.

Alfonso Mi. prefers st. Sebastian
to the gloomy palace of the Escurial,
which was formerly the summer resi-
dence OF the kings of Spain and where
apartments are always kept prepared
for him. The present king has lived at
the Escurial only once, in returning as
child from Switzerland, and then
only for a few hours. The tombs of
the kings of Spain from the time Of
Charles V. to the present are at the
Escurial 1t is destined to contain one
day the body of Alfonso XIII. The
guide who accompanies strangers who
visit the Escurial explains that the
young king has never yet visited the
tomb that is reserved for him and
adds: THE present king says: oh.
that place there! Don't bother. I'll
get there soon enough '"-Cride Paris.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
UNION STATIONS.

The railways of the United States
have union stations in 1875 of the 227
cities shown in the census of 1910
as having a population of over 25,-
900, and of the fifty cities in this
list having a population OF over 100,-
600, forty contain union stations. In
some cases it appears that the roads
have been lavish in their provision
of union stations, thirty-five cities
being provided with two stations en-
tered by more than one road, eight
cities with three such stations, two
cities, Buffalo and Cincinnati, with
four and Chicago with five.
The four stations in Buffalo are
used by fourteen roads the five in
Chicago by twenty-six roads, and the
four in Cincinnati serve only ten
roads. There are twenty-five roads
in the union station in st. Louis, the
largest number of roads entering one
station in the country. Peoria, ILL.,,
ranks second to st. Louis in this
respect, with station which serves
twelve roads. There are 1l2 union
stations in the country used by only
two roads, comparing with ninety
one used by three or more.
The geographical location of the
cities having union stations is indi-
Gated by the fact that there are as
many cities in the States of New
York, Pennsylvania and Illinois
which contain union stations as in
all the States west of the Mississip-
pi River. The State OF New York
leads in this respect, having fifteen
cities with union stations. Pennsyl-
yania is a close second with twelve
cities. The above figures show that
the extent to which American rail
ways have gone in combining their
station facilities is greater than is
commonly realized.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Modernizinu the Orient.

Even the structures Of the ancient
city of Jerusalem have changed. Where
once were crumbling walls and ancient
temples are now blocks of government
buildings. On the site of the Jaffa
gate is a broad and imposing avenue.
In the streets are tramways and taxi
cabs, and the western water cart has
supplanted the man on foot with his
goatskin of water. In the plains of
Sharon and on the tablelands between
Jaffa and Jerusalem steam driven
thrashing machines and self binding
reapers are at work. Water is sup
piled by means of pumps driven by
motors, Abrahams well at Beersheeba
being pumped in this fashion. Up to
date motorboats now cross the sea of
Galilee, and a scheme is under consid-
Grafton whereby similar boats will ply
the river Jordan.-Argonaut.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Vienna Coffee Houses.

The kaffeehaus-cotfee house-is q
Vienna institution. 1t ranges in equip
ment from ultra simple TO elegant, but
1t is a public club where men meet for
billiards, chess, cards and coffee. THE
hand Of progress" says letter from
that city. has fallen on the coffee
house, and the first step toward its de-
struction has been taken. Catering to
the taste of the foreign visitor, new
coffee house has made its appearance.
Glass and marble, electric lights, a
platform for an orchestra, a booth
where one say dictate letters, another
where theater tickets are for sale and
uniformed messenger boys are some Of
the novelties, to say nothing of the
American bar. But there is no 'atmos-
phere,' no billiard table and no place to
play cards. 1t is most beautiful and
may become popular with visitors, but
for the native it will be a cafe, never
a kaffeehaus." New York Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Political Complexion Of House,
Electoral College and
Popular Vote.

The Progresslves claim more mem
bers than this table shows, since some
elassed as Republicans In Pennsylva-
mia and elsewhere really belong TO the
new party. 1t will be impossible to
determine exactly how many there are
of these until the new congress meets
and the members in question declare
by their caucus affiliations to which
party they belong.
In the First Ohio district the fight be-
tween Longworth (Rep.) son-in-law OF
Colonel Roosevelt, and his Democratic
opponent was 20 close that Ii was in
doubt for several days.
Among those who went down in the
landslide were Uncle Joe Cannon and
William b. Mckinley, Taft's manager.
tn Illinois; Ebenezer ]. Hill In Con
necticut and other warhorses OF the
Republican party. Victor ]. Berger,
the lone Socialist member, was defeat
ed, although the Socialists throughout
the nation showed surprising gains,
practically doubling their vote. Won
an suffrage also won four new states,
Michigan, Kansas, Oregon and Arizona,
making ten states in all where women
will hereafter have the ballot.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
SELECT CULLINCS
Fall of a Famous Rocking Stone.

When the famous rocking stone Of
Tandil, In the southern part of the
province of Buenos Aires, fell recently
from its narrow platform on the edge
Of a cliff Argentina lost one of its most
interesting natural curiosities. This
great granite block was more than six
teen feet in diameter and thirteen feet
high and weighed about 700 tons. It
was balanced so nicely that the strong
winds from the pampas made it rock
perceptibly, and great numbers Of tour
lists amused themselves by cracking
nuts and empty bottles under it. Yet
many years ago the tyrant Rosas with
a team of sixty oxen tried unsuccess-
fully to pull il down. 1t Is thought
that the hard pulverized glass from the
thousands Of broken bottles left on the
cliff by visitors gradually wore away
the stone and the foundation until a
slight shifting of weight caused the
bowlder to fall.-Youth's Companion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
TAFT'S PROCLAMATION
FIXES CANAL RATES.

Washington.-Pres Taft has
issued a proclamation fixing the
rates that the foreign shipping of
the world shall pay for passage
through the Panama canal. The
reclamation, made under authority
of the canal act passed by congress
in August, established merchant
vessel rate of s1.20 per net ton for
actual carrying capacity, with a re-
duction of 40 per cent. on ships in
ballast.
American coastwise shipping was
exempted for toll payment by con-
gress. 1t is to this provision of the
act that Great Britain automatically
protested, but no reference to the in
cident was made in the presidents
proclamation. American naval ves-
sells are exempted without specific
mention either in the act or procla-
nation, it being unnecessary to ex-
plain the uselessness of payment
from it's navy department pocket to
the one belonging to the treasury de-
partment.
The rates named in the proclama-
tion are practically the same as
those which will be in force at the
Suez canal next year.
The president based his declara-
ton of rates upon the report and
investigation of Professor Emery r.
Johnson, of the University of Penn
sylvania an expert designated by
executive order for the task. The re-
port has been awaited with interest
by shipping interests throughout the
world.
According to Professor Johnson's
report to the president, also made
public last week, the Panama canal
should be upon a self-sustaining
basis in twenty years. 1t should
compete successfully with the Suez
route for the traffic OF Europe with
South American west coast points
and with New Zealand but can not
be expected to compete successfully
for Europes trade to the far east.
Taking the estimates of the canal
commission for expenses of opera
tion and maintenance of the canal
and for the improvements held to be
necessary at the end of decade,
Professor Johnson figures that the
rate per net ton can be reduced at
the end OF ten years to S1.00
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20

'South Dakota went for Roosevelt, but
it is claimed that the electors are pledged
to Taft.
So far as mere numerical majority
goes, this is the most decisive vote in
the history of the electoral college
This is partially due to the fact, how
ever, that the college is now much
larger than ever before. Washington
received the unanimous vote OF the
electors, and Monroe all but one.
Among other decisive results In the
past may be mentioned the following
In 1892 Andrew Jackson received 2l9
electoral votes to 40 for Henry Clay,
IL for John Floyd and Z for William
Writ. In 1910 William Henry Har-
rison had 234 to 60 for Martin Van
Buren. In 1852 Franklin Pierce had
254 to AZ for General Winfield Scott.
In 1854 Abraham Lincoln received 2l2
Grant received tremendous electoral
majorities both times, PA to so for
Horatio Seymour in 1868 and 2S6 to 63
for several candidates following the
death OF Horace Greeley in 1872. In
1904 Theodore Roosevelt received 336
to 40 for Alton B. Parker.
Yet, Notwithstanding his phenomenal
majority in electors and his great pop
ular plurality over either Taft or
Roosevelt, it is one Of the anomalies
OF the situation that President Elect
Wilson received an actual minority Of
the vote and possibly fell short of the
Bryan vote in 1908. The following Ia
BILE shows the complete vote in few
states and close approximations in the
others:
ponn1ar Uota Tor prasidaot
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Top Hat Disappearina.

Things that you don't notice are the
things that are not there. We will
pause for a moment to enable that
great truth to permeate, then proceed
to consider that one Of the things you
haven't noticed, though 1t was one OF
the most obvious things a dozen years
ago, is the silk hat, which by some
curious twist of fashion has almost dis
appeared. You may walk in these days
through the parks and Piccadilly and
Bond street and find not one top hat in
thousand passersby. Twenty years
ago the top hat was the uniform Of all
who did not get their beer in by the
jug. Today (surely you must have no
hced it, a man in a silk hat IS sus-
pected. Chronicle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20

"HERE was an election held In
the United States OF America
the other day. You may have
heard of 1t. 1t may not have
attracted much attention in Mars or
the Milky way, but 1t certainly made
some dent in this planet 1t was
mixture of landslide, Armngeddon, the
Judgment day and political earth
quake. An elephant and bull moose
were buried somewhere in the debris,
and a donkey and Democratic rooster
emerged from the ruins making joyful
sounds. But to get down to cases:
In this election there were chosen a
president and vice president OF the
United States, legislatures TO choose
thirty-five members of the United
States senate, determining the pollti-
cal complexion of TINT body, 435 mem
bers Of the national house of repre-
sentatives, governors in more than
thirty states and thousands of minor
officials. In the electoral college the
Democrats have so many votes that 1t
seems a shame to count them. The
senate is close, but the Democrats are
claiming at least fifty votes out of
ninety-six, with some states yet doubt
full. The house is Democratic by near
ly 40 majority, while the Democrats
have likewise chosen a majority Of the
governors.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
The Shane of Smoke.

What is the shape Of smoke? This is
not one Of the numbered foolish ques-
tions, but a subject dealt with seri-
ously in the first bulletin issued by the
smoke investigating commission in
Pittsburgh. The commission experts
say that it is necessary not only to
know the chemistry Of smoke and how
it acts harmfully upon metal work,
masonry and building materials gener-
ally, as well as vegetation, but it is
important to know also the shape and
size Of smoke particles, how the diff
ferent kinds vary, whether they are
electrically charged and how they
form nuclei for the condensation Of
fog and rain.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Thirteen In France.

Superstitious people in France are
worried by the new method of count
ing the hours. Trains which start at
1 p. m. (nOw 10 o'clock are much less
crowded than others, especially on
Fridays. 1t is curious how the super
stition OF thirteen persists. Massenet
never dated his letters on the fatal
day. Even his manuscripts he num-
bered thus: II, ~ bis, II. BY a strange
coincidence or fatality the great COM
poser died on the thirteenth of the
month in year whose figures added
nm amounted 10 thirteen
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20

'No electors on the ballot.
1t will he weeks before the official
count is made in most of the states,
and until that time comes it will be
impossible to give the popular vote in
full. All these totals will be some
what increased, but will retain approx
imately the same relative positions.
Comparing this vote with that of
1903. which was-Taft, 7,67S,90S; Bry-
an, 6,409, ,104. it is seen that Wilson is
about 10000 short of Bryan's vote
ard that the combined Taft and
Roosevelt vote is more than 1900 short
of Taft's vote four years ago. AS al
ready stated, however, complete and
official returns may change these re-
suits.
Wilson's plurality over Roosevelt is
above 100000 and over Taft is nearly
100000. Roosevelt received more
than 100000 over Taft. Wilson is
100000 behind the combined vote of
Roosevelt and Taft.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
Fisyes Far Behind.

Hayes was still more in the minority,
being 250,0O0 behind Tilden and nearly
8i5,00O behind all candidates The re
suit was: Hayes, 4O33, $50; Tilden,
1924 ,SS5; Cooper (Greenb), S1,740;
Smith ProJ, 9,522, and Walker (Amerl.
1886
Grant was ahead of all other candi-
dates in both his races, as was Lin
coin in his second race, but In 1880 the
great emancipation was elected by Il
minority. The figures were: Lincoln,
1,S66352; Douglas, 1,375,15 Brecken-
ridge, S45,763; Bell, 5S9,5S1. Thus the
combined opposition was 2,S10,5Ol,
which was nearly 100000 ahead OF
Mr.. Lincoln's vote. That was the near
est parallel to the present election, as
the Democratic party was split then as
the Republican party is split now.
james Buchanan was minority
president. His vote was 1,S3S,1 ,169 to
1,341 ,2G4 for Fremont and S74,53S for
Millard Fillmore (Amer), thus leaving
Buchanan nearly 100000 behind the
combined opposition.
Franklin Pierce had a majority over
all, but four years earlier Zachary Tay-
lor was elected by a minority vote. He
received l 800, 101 to 1,22O,544 for Lewis
Cass and 291 ,263 for Martin Van Bur
en- (Free Sold, thus being 10000 be
hind the total vote Of his opponents.
The same was true OF James X. Polk
in 1914. He received 1887 ,243 to
1,299,06S for Henry Clay and 62,300 for
James G. Birney, leaving Polk nearly
%, 900 behind the two.
The elder Harrison had a clear ma
jority in 1910, as did Van Buren in
1896 and jackson in both OF his con
tests, but In 1894 John Quincy Adams
was elected by minority, the vote be
ing: Adams, 10S,321; Jackson, 155,S72;
Clay, 46,5S7, and Crawford, 442S2
Adams was 10000 behind Jackson and
more than 10000 behind all. Yet he
was chosen by the electoral college.
This carries us back to the beginning
Of the convention and party system.
Since that system began majority OF
our presidents have been elected by a
minority of the popular vote.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-20
DISAPPOINTED IN SEX
PARENTS DROWN BABY.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS because
their ten days old baby was a boy
when they wanted a girl, Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Kipp, each 22 years Of
age, wrapped the child in a shawl
and tossed him into the Ohio river.
They were arrested and the husband
confessed, blaming his wife for want
ing to dispose of the child, When
arraigned in court last week their
cases were continued to November
27.