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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
SEE MISTAKES OF THE PAST
Lost Opportunities for Making Friends
Source of Regret in Ones
Closing Days.

The most pathetic phase Of life
is a realization of the friends that
we never make; the friends that
might have been made by Just exert
ing ourselves q little more! Who
ever contemplated the loss of friends
that he might have made by just re-
leasing a little of his self-centered
reserve?
We appreciate the person who al
ways greets us at meeting day after
day. 1t is so easy, SO simple to
spread the halo of happiness about
us that we often overlook it and go
through the world thinking that ev-
cry smile and every good impulse
we have is not worth while unless
bartered away for something in ex-
change. There life loses its whole
value 1t is when it comes from
within with worthy motive that
happiness is truly ours National
Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
Scraps of Science

An electric cab which is finding
favor in Berlin is a three=wheeled
affair with the body and seats COM
pletely inclosed.
a Scotch locomotive which is
driven by electricity generated by a
steam turbine which it carries has
developed 1000 horse power.
Two separate pianos within a sim
gle case, the keyboards being at right
angles to each other, is musical in
strument novelty.
For Withdrawing splinters, an En-
glishman has patented tweeZers so
formed that they press down the
flesh each side of the jaws.
A labratory for the study of can
ming and preserving has been opened
at San Francisco by the United States
bureau of chemistry.
Designed for. military purposes, a
cart invented in England can be used
as water carrier, fire escape, trestle
bridge or ambulance.
For pumping heavy liquids Welsh
inventor has designed a combined
piston and rotary pump with no
valves that can be easily clogged.
Through a gift Harvard university
expects to have high tension cleo
trical labratory which will outrank
anything of the kind in the world.
Aerial torpedoes that a Swedish
army officer has invented travels
three miles and can be made to ex-
plode either upon contact or by clock
work.
German medical men. using X rays
to examine athletes, have decided
that athletic sports, if properly con-
Quoted, do not injuIe that organ.-X.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
OLD POLISH cusUM REVIVED


Paris is threatened with the re-
vival of an old custom that was for
'merly in vogue In Poland. When
the lord of a castle invited his
friends to dine in his baronial hall,
he emphasized his lavish hospitality
by throwing all the silver and plate
used on his table into the well filed
moat after the meal, thus assuring
his guests that they should never be
asked to eat again from the same
dishes.
The modern adaptation of this
fantastic lordly within is to invite
ones guests to sit down at a table
whereon nothing but the flowers, the
table decoration and the napkins
may be seen. As soon as the guests
are seated bevy of servants, pre-
sumably one for each guest, bring in
the plates, glasses, knives and forks,
etc.
Of course this could only be done
with a very large staff of servants,
directed by a butler who was a gen.
Jus. If somewhat troublesome and
rather odd, it would, no doubt, be
very imposing; but it is a novelty
which can never take the place of the
studied elegance and refinement of a
table that has been arranged before
hand with care and art.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
Governor Hodges Policy.

In his inaugural address Governor
Hodges of Kansas said:
sThere is no need of further rail-
road enactment or public corporation
acts at this time.
1.-The utilities commission has I'M
limited authority and should use it's
power, not to hamper, but to aid in
the development of all public utilities.
Remarkable railroad development
and the construction of new lines
are in progress, proving the saneness
OF Kansas railroad legislation now on
the statue books, and giving an added
sense of security to the investors of
railroad stocks and bonds.
''In the western and southwestern
parts of our state the great Santa Fe
system is building miles and miles of
railroad opening up and developing
new zones of commerce and revealing
a new land of prosperity within our
borders. Settlers will follow this new
line and new continent of agricul-
ture will spring up and change a
desert into waving fields of grain.
We may be anticipating too much.
but perhaps in the not too distant
future the horizon will be dim with
the smoke of new industries and the
shuttle and the click of the loom
will be an accompaniment to the
stroke of the hammer and the hum
of the saw as new homes rear their
heads skyward. This is not mere
talk, for our sister state on the south,
in a66it ion RI her wealth oF whoa +
and corn, raised many million dollars
worth of cotton last year.
1--WE need the get-together spirit
chrystaliZed in Kansas who will COM
prehend this new swing of the indus
trial pendulum, and who will see TO
it that the hands of the clock DO not
turn back nor the pendulum cease to
vibrate, and that every tick marks
an onward step in our state wide de-
velopment as they will be advanced
/ by men who build<hew industries and
sow new cereals adapted TO the soil
and the climatic conditions of Kan
sas.
kansas needs more business and
less politics, more pulling together
and less pulling asunder; building
up policy instead of a destructive
policy. Let politics take back seat
and business builders take the reins
and drive awhile. The man who
takes up a campaign of state develop
ment regardless of party will COM
mand the everlasting gratitude of a
grateful public Kansas City
Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
A Hero In q Lighthouse

For years j. S. Donahue, South Ha-
ven, Mich, a civil war captain, as a
lighthouse keeper, averted awful
wrecks, but a queer fact is, he might
have been a wreck himself, it Elec-
trio Bitters had not prevented
s.They cured me of kidney trouble
and chills,. he writes, latter 1 had
taken other so-called cures for years,
without benefit and they also improv-
ed my sight. Now, at seventy, am
feeling fine For dyspepsia, indi
gestion. all stomach, kidney and liver
troubles. they're without equal. Try
them. Only SOC at Gibson s--Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
LESSER EVIL.

Even when there is an undercur-
rent of reality the stream of Irish
humor flows smoothly. A man walk
ing along a country road met peas
ant driving a wretched-looking dom
key, with load of turf that seemed
to tax the strength of the unfortu-
nate animal to its utmost
"Why," said the man, '3you ought
to be taken up for cruelty to animals
for loading the ass SO heavily as
that"
"Begorra, SIR" said the peasant,
who was on his way to the market
town to sell the turf, "begorra, if I
didn't do that I'd be took up for
cruelty to wife and six childer. p
Weekly Telegraph, London.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

by barbed wire. No one was allowed
to see the calf or its hide, as that was
not regarded as a proper court ex-
hibit- Finally during the first week
of December, 1912, only a'month ago
and after four solid years of litigation
the trial got to the place where it
was proper to exhibit the hide of the
calf to the jury to see whether the
marks were there as described by
various witnesses The hide had
been turned over to the sheriff for
safe keeping, and when he was order
ed to bring it in, he found that 1t
had been stolen. 1t had been removed
once before, as the packing case 1T
had been hung in was lying on the
floor with a year or more of dust on
it. The case had to be dismissed
after four years of court procedure of
more than $1,000 in actual cash.
Near Goddard, in Sedgwick county,
Henry Floyd, a farmer, sued Ness
Peterson, a neighbor, over rooster.
At the first trial thirty witnesses
were examined and Floyd lost his
rooster. He has appealed to the
district court and there will be
another trial in April. The costs al
ready amount to $50, besides the at
torney fees, and it is all over roost-
er worth 81.
W.. P. Hackney of Winfield owned
a dog and he objected to paying the
usual dog tax on the animal. He
was arrested and ordered to pay the
tax and pay fine of 81 and costs,
amount to 81. He appealed to the
district court and lost there, and then
to the supreme court holding that
the city ordinance fixing the tax was
unconstitutional. The tax originally
amounted to just So. Hackney and
the city have paid out over $500 in
attorney fees and $3.50 in court costs
to settle the controversy over So
dog tax.-Kansas City Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
IndestructibIe

The minister dies-then he's dead,
and stone is placed over his head,
and the rabbits play round his little
green mound, and the birds sing their
songs overhead. The editor goes to
his rest, affair in the isles of the blest;
all snoreless he sleeps where tie
whandoodle weeps, monument over
his chest. The lawyer, when done
with his law, goes down to the
graves hungry NAV: and never when
dead, does he open his head, or cut
wide swarth with his jaw. The mer-
chant is dead when he dies. and cop
pers are placed on his eyes; he
schemes not nor talks, but serene in
his box all silent and dreamless he
lies. Most people are dead when,
they ,croak; they drift out Of sight
like the smoke; no more do they wall
or reach out after kale, or gossip or
gambol or joke. Not so with the
writer of books; he goes ahead writ
ing, gadzooks. And year after year
do his volumes appear, all fresh from
the land of spooks. Some authors
who died long ago, though buried,
continue to throw off their dope by
the ream, and their ink in a stream
for ages will ceaselessly flow. And i
say, as often have said, that a man
should be dead when he's dead, he
should cut out his toll when he
sleeps in the soil, while the dickey-
bird sings overhead Walt Mason.
(Copyrighted.)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
WHY HE WAS NERVOUS.

GA Los Angeles school aims to
prepare young girls for marriage"
"On the presumption, | suppose,
that the old girls have been prepared
for marriage SO long that they can
teach them nothing"
ooh, be serious. l think this idea
is going too far, and could only be
carried out in a state that has given
women the ballot"
Gust what is your idea of prepar-
ing young girl for marriage"
"Why, fitting her to call the turn
on all these excuses we give when
we stay out late"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
SHORTER THAN HE WAS TALL.

Some time ago the cashier of a
bank in small Missouri town was
reported missing and an examination
of his books revealed large sum of
money missing from the banks vault
The officials Immediately sent to
Kansas City for a detective. When
he arrived he sought the president of
the bank to secure a description of
the missing cashier.
GLOW tall was your cashier % he
asked.
Goodness knows" was the reply,
tEbut he was $4,000 short. kansas
City Star
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
FASHIONS CHANGE.

'1 remember you cured me of this
same trouble dozen years ago. Why
don't you use the same treatment
now?'
"a dozen years ago?'' echoed the
doctor. "My dear sir, the medical
profession has made wonderful
strides since then, and 1 couldn't
think of such a thing Puck.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
DIcrAcRAMS

I'll bet that Mr. Ira Neiswinter, of
Topeka, is no1nicer than the kind
we have ih western Kansas.-Uncle
Heck.
During the late cold snap old
Scissorbit got his ears frosted and
now he is froJhing at the mouth and
wants to know why his ears could't
have been made stiff and dry in the
first place, so they wouldn't freeze
Old Sour tells him il is because if
they were stiff and brittle some fell
low would be likely to knock 'em off
for him. Now don't ask me why
your ears are so short; / can't imagine
unless it was an oversight" Scissor
bit and old Sour are always scrapp-
ing.
/ have never seen the railroad dam
at Ellis but ] have heard it at Wa
Keeney, occasionally.-Old ST.
o yes, there is the Cedar Bluff dam,
which may or may not be only that
kind.
o.
Plague take the zone" botheration.
When the parcel post business has
crost the tropic of fat rates it may
be worth while. Also, cut out the
distinctive stamp foilishness.
This is country of contrasts and
extremes. In Maryland they pack
their fruit trees in ice to keep them
from thawing out to early In Colo
RADIO they build fires in their orchards
to keep them from freezing up to late
in the spring.
DICK TAGRAPH
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
FriehtfuI Polar Winds

blow with terrific force at the far
north and play havoc with the skin,
causing red, rough or sore chapped
hands and lips, that needs Bucklin's
Arnica Salve to heal them. 1t makes
the skin soft and Smooth. Unrivaled
for cold sores, also burns, boils, sores,
ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Only
25c at Gibson S.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
LITTLE POVERTY sERvlA.

Though the progress of Servia has
been disappointing, said to be due in
considerable measure to the fact
that the country has been afflicted
with two native dynasties, yet pow
erty is almost unknown The peas
antry is prosperous, almost all being
small land owners and quite we.l-to-
do.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

Here is remedy that will cure
your cold Why waste time and
money experimenting when you can
get a preparation that has won a
worldwide reputation by its cures of
this disease and can always be de-
pended upon2 1t is known every
where as Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy, and is a medicine of real merit.
For sale by all dealers.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
MOSTLY FINANCIAL

Tommy-Pop, what are the cir
cumstances that alter cases?
Tonmy's. Pop-Enancial circun-
stances, as a rule, my son.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

ri can give you the part of but
ler"
81 couldn't take small part like
that"
fYou are evidently not used to So
ciety dramas. The butler has his
share of the epigrams."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

"But why do you operate now, doc
tor ?"
"He is recovering SO rapidly we
can't afford to wait. Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
THOUGHT SHE HAD.

Patience-WEat's the hen cackling
30 about? She hasn't laid an egg.
Patrice- / guess she's absent
minded.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
ONE SIDED.

Gibbs-It's easy to trade your rep
utation for money.
Dibbs-Yes, but you are up
against it if you want to trade back
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
NO GAMBLER.

Patience says she believes
marriage is a lottery
Patrice-Poor thingi And she's
never had a chancel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
HEREDITY.

Knicker-Very talkative, isn't
she?
: Bocker-Yes; her father was q
barber and her mother was a woman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25
AT WORK.

Patience-Did he ever try work
ing to music?
Patrice-Sure thing; he's dane
ing teacher
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-01-25

I'll bet that Mr. Ira Neiswinter, of
Topeka, is no7nicer than the kind
we have ih western Kansas--Uncle
Heck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
WAR is SURE TO COME,
DECLARES GEN. WOOD
Every Young Man Should Have a
Years Military Train
ing, He Says.

PITTSBURGH, June 1S.-Asserting
that war must come at some time, and
declaring that every young man should
have a years military training, Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood, chief Of staff Of
the United States Army, discussed Our
Military Policy to Preserve Peace" at
the annual commencement exercises OF
the Carnegie Institute OF Technology
here
II do not wish to introduce a spirit
of criticism against the peace policies
which are being instituted by your
founder. Mr.. Carnegie" said Gen.
Wood. but I want to impress upon
you that as much as we want to avoid
war we can't do it. Knowing that it Is
among us. we of the army are training
men to handle it as skillfully as pos
sible.
I'VE know that war is coming. We
know that it is arrant nonsense to say
that the day of war is over. Wars are
not made by individuals. but by the
pressure Of public events.
IF war were forced upon US tomor-
row it would be necessary for this gov
eminent to call out 100000 men i'm
mediately. For this army we would
need between 10000 and 1900 officers.
Yet we have only 1000 officers pre-
pared to command. We would be
obliged to send our troops to the front
in state of unpreparedness. The in
evitable result would be that disease
would cause more havoc than would
actual warfare"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
WASHINGTON ELKS ARE
HOSTS TO THE ORPHANS
More Than 1900 of This City ana
Alexandria Enjoy Outing at
Marshall Hall.

More than 200 orphans from eleven in
situations in Washington and Alexandria
today are being shown the times Of their
young lives" by the Washington Lodge
Of Elks. They are on an excursion to
Marshall Hall as guests Of the Elks, and
everything dear to the heart Of childhood
is being done to entertain them.
Committees representing the lodge
started out early this morning in auto
mobiles to gather up the children and
took them to the wharves, where the
steamer Charles Manchester was waiting
to take them to the popular river resort.
The boat left at 10 o'clock this morning.
picking up a party of children at Alex
andria on the way down Ghe river.
All the usual attractions at Marshall
Hall have been thrown open to the chill
dren and many extra entertainments have
been arranged. Base bali games between
different orphan asylums are on the pro-
gram and a vaudeville show is to close
the fun this afternoon.
At lunch time the children we're given
an abundance Of substantial food, with
ice cream, cake and candy added. Each
girl was given a parasol a rubber ball,
jack stones. a jump rope, a doll, shaker
and q whistle. To the boys were given a
return ball, base ball, a bat, a blow
OUT and a whistle.
The children will leave the resort at 6
o'clock and for the balance Of the even
ing the grown people will enjoy them
selves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
UTILITIES COMPANY SILENT.
Invitation to Explain $10.0Oo,OOO
Bond Issue So Far Ignored.

No reply has been received 10y the
public utilities commission to Us letter
inviting the Washington Utilities COM
pany TO explain before the commission
at a public hearing its application Tor
authorization TO issue ten million DOL
lars worth of bonds.
Before the big Virginia corporation
will be given permission to issue bonds
In this amount. IL will be required TO
show. first. that there is nothing IN the
proposal contrary to provisions con-
tanned in the anti-merger act passed
by Congress at the last session. sec
ond. 1T Will be required to satisfy the
commission that its properties are
worth the bond issue proposed.
Col Chester Harding, chairman of the
commission, today stated that thar
body will not give consideration to the
application except by the usual method
OF a public hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
BEGIN THEIR DEFENSE.
s. J. Masters and ]. B. Kinnear on
Trial for ENHANCEMENT.

Samue, J. Masters and John B. Kin
near. former chief workman and chief
scribe, respectively. of the Modern
Wor. men Of the World. on trial before
Justice Stafford in Criminal Court No
1 on charges OF e-nbezzing the funds of
the society. began their defense today.
Attorney Wilton J. Lambert of counsel
for the defense told the jury that the
transactions Of the defendants were not
criminal.
He urged that their dealings were in
the regular course of business and that
there existed no criminal intent to en-
bezzle the funds Of the association.
He admitted the money said to have
been embezzled was received by the ac-
cused, but claimed they constituted COM
missions to which they were entitled.
The method followed by his clients, he
claimed, is used generally where compa-
MES handle trust funds and lend the
funds, receiving commission for their
efforts, which commission is never
credited it was suggested. to the funds
which the loans were made
The case will go to the jury tomorrow
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
MOVES VOTE OF CENsURE.
Unionist Member Acts in Ministerial
Marconi Transaction.

LONDON, June 1S.-The climax was
reached today Of the scandal connected
with the ministerial transactions in
Marconi shares at the time the British
government was negotiating contracts
with the company.
George Cave, unionist member
moved in the house of commons q vote
Of censure on the cabinet, but cleared
the air somewhat by disclaiming at the
outset any intention of charging per-
sonal corruption against any of the
ministers concerned. He said:
What 1 suggest is that two cabinet
ministers and one former cabinet min
lister have committed breaches Of GER
tain rules and traditions Of this house,
and. indeed. of all public life, without
which public life would be impossible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18

Public spirited citizens of Washing
ton generally are invited to attend the
meeting Of the joint committee on the
celebration of Independence day to be
held this evening in the rooms OF the
Chamber Of Commerce. 1902 F street
northwest. District Commissioner Cuno
H. Rudolph. chairman OF the commit
tee. extends the invitation.
Thousands of children are to be cos
TUNED according to the historical pc
RODS which they will represent, games
are to be played. folk plays and dances
given, a pageant presented and other
features will be staged July as fit
of Independence day.
Details in regard to these events will
be talked over at tonight's meeting,
and 1t Is particularly desired to have
a large attendance, as the question Of
financing the celebration will be up
for discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
CASE OF JOHN J. DRURY
LIKENED TO "KING LEAR
Local Artist Complains That His
Signature to Deed Was Secured
Under Misapprehension.

y story akin to Shakespeare king
Lear was told to Justice Anderson in
Equity Court No. 9 today by John j.
Drury, an artist. ninetyseven years old,
who complained tat while Ill in a hos
pital February p last a niece and grand
niece procured his signature to a deed
conveying his property. worth 5000. to
them. He thought he was merely sign
ing will, he stated, disposing Of his
holdings in the event of his DEATH
He said he had promised to take care
of this niece and her daughter. but never
intended to dispose of his property dur
ing his lifetime to Mrs. Rose NJ. Schaefer
and her daughter. Hilda V. Schaefer.
Witnesses for the defendants testified
that the deed was twice read over to the
sick man and. he acquiesced in it's pro-
visions and willingly signed the paper.
The hearing was in progress late this
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
BEGIN A "HUNGER STRIKE"
Six Sufragette Leaders Aim to Com.
pel Their Release.

LONDON. June 1s.-The six suf
fragette leaders who were sentenced
to long terms Of imprisonment yester-
day for conspiracy began a hunger
strike" Immediately after reaching the
jail. The prisoners declared when SEN
tepce was pronounced that they would
refuse to eat and would compel the
authorities to release them.
Two. militant suffragettes, Mrs
Marianne Clarendon Hyde and Miss
Bunting Of the Womens Freedom
League. were today sentenced to four
teen days imprisonment for obstruct-
ing the police at q suffragette meeting
yesterday near the residence Of
Premier Asquith.