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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-02-14

Fred Zahn was an Oga1lah
visitor Friday where he wen,
after -four and feed.
Mr.. Hazen came down from
Ransom, Monday, and stopped
that night with ]. w. Altman
| Henry Meyer came down from
Wa-Keeney. Friday, for a few
days visit at the Carl Sauer home
E. W. Altman went to Ellis
Saturday after lumber for the
new barn which is nearing com
pletion.
Elihu Altman went to see her
Sunday evening. We are won
dering if it wasn't the school
ma'am.
Several of the Riversideites
attended the dance at Mr..
Hughes in Ellis county last
Saturday night.
Joe Kutina is in Arkansas,
where he went to visit and attend
the wedding of his brother-in-
law. John Wahlburg, formerly of
this place.
We guess the grounding saw
his shadow all right. So accord
ing to the old saying we a n
reasonably expect six weeks
more winter.
Ted Wray has completed a
barn for Geo. H. Stokesburry on
his homestead. Mr. S. is com
templating more improvements
in the near future.
Since the dance some of the
boys seem to think there is a
little Miss down the river that
could whip her weight in wild
cats. How about it boys?
Riverside has a man with a
heart as big as barrel, at least,
so the school ma am says. and
we presume she ought to know.
We hope it isn't contagious.
We understand Clyde CIPHER
is now travelling for the DR.. S
F. Baker Medicine Co. His terri.
tory is Sheridan and Trego. We
wish him success in his new pro
feSSion
Geo. Hazen is here for few
days attending to business ano
visiting friends. Geo. has beer
at Sheridan, Wyoming, since las
August, where he has a position
as fireman on the railroad.
There is quite a bit of excite
ment here in regard to the drill
ling for oil and gas down on the
river in Ellis county. Here is
hoping they are successful il
finding one or the other or both
Several coyotes have beer
captured the last two weeks
Charley Sauer with the aid o
his hounds got two one day anC
one a few days before. Charley's
hounds are getting quite repu
tation as wolf dogs.
We met Judge Carr the Other
day and at first sight took the
dark streak on his upper lip fol
dust as it was rather windy anC
dusty, but on a closer examina
ton we discovered he was sport
ing baseball mustache, that is
nine on side.
M. F. Turner has been trying
his hand the past week as +;
patent medicine vender He is
selling the famous DR.. Saymar
remedies manufactured in ST
Louis, Mo. Anyone in need OF
anything in that line will not be
disappointed in trying these Say
man remedies.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS.
The First Crude Ones That Wers ls- | sued by Great Britain.

The First Crude Ones That Wers ls- < sued by Great Britain.
 The adhesive postage stamp had its origin in England as a direct outcome of the postal reforms introduced by Sir Rowland Hill, whose master mind created not only the inesttmable boon of penny postage. but the means by which 1t was carried into effect-the adhesive postage stamps.
 At the time of the passing of the uniform penny postage act in 1889 all postal charges were paid in cash (usu. ally on delivery. involving an enor- nous amount of bookkeeping on the part of the postofhce, which would have been increased a hundredfold when the reduced rates of postage came into force but for the suggestion of the great postal reformer for "a bit of paper just large enough to bear the stamp and coated at the back with a g:utinous wash," being subsequently embodied in the famous one penny black postage label and It's consort, the twopence blue. which made their debut In May, 1S4O, and were the progenitors of all adhesive postage stamps
 For three short years Great Britain enjoyed a monopoly of this novel and handy method of collecting postage. antil in July. 1843, the enlightened en- pire of Brazil followed suit with a series of unprepossessing adhesive la- bels of native manufacture, adorned with large numerals of value in place of design.
 In 1S47 the United States entered the field with two beautifully engraved portraits of Franklin and Washington. while the head of Ceres, the goddess of agriculture. found place on the first stamps of the French republic, en- graved by the elder Barre, which made their debut on Jan. 1. 1849.-Strand Magazine
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
TRAGIC BRAVERY.
Sublime Act of Hero Who Went to .
 Watsry Grave.

Sublime Act of . Hero Who Went to
 Watsry Grave.
 In the chapel at Glenalmond school in Perthshire. Scotland, there is a marble slab with this stirring story recorded upon 1t:
 There was once in the school pupil named Alexander Cumine Russell. who became an officer in the Seventy. fourth highlanders when only a lad of seventeen. In connection with the memorable loss of the Birkenhead he won immortal glory. Tho troopship struck upon rock; the soldiers were formed in ranks upon the deck to die; the women and children were being saved in boats.
 Russell was ordered into one of the boats to command it, and . little way off he watched with Ummed eyes the doomed ship. When she went down he saw creatures of the deep contending for his beloved comrades. Then he saw . sailors form rise up close to the boat and q hand strive to grasp the side.
 A woman in the craft called out in agony: Save him! Oh, save him, sir! He is my husband" but there was no room for another, and the boat was la- boring heavily as it was. Russell look ed at the woman and then at her chill dren. then at those beseechdng eyes in the deep, and, rising in the stern, he plunged into the water and helped the sailor into what had been his own place. Then amid a chorus of God bless you" from every one in the boat the brave young officer turned. to meet his death.-Pearson's Weekly.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
SOME FAMOUS PAINTINGS.
A Tiny Work of Art and Rosa's Trans-
 formed Harpslohord.

A Tiny Work of Art and Rosa's Trans-
 formed Harpslohord.
 The smallest painting in the world of distinctive merit was executed on the smooth side of grain of corn by . Flemish artist. On this limited surface the artist painted in perfect detail a mill, miller with a sack of grain on his back, horse and cart and g group of several peasants standing in . road.
 The largest picture ever painted is said to be a panorama of the Mississippi river, executed by John Banvard, an artist who died in Watertown, s. D., in 1891. The gigantic canvas was twenty two feet high and nearly two miles long. It gave a detailed representation of 2O0O miles of the Father of Waters.
 The largest of the old masters can. vases is Murillo's Appearance of the Christ Child to St. Anthony of Padua." The picture Is ten feet wide and eight cen feet high.
 It is related that . friend called on Salvador Rosa in Florence one day and found him playing on an old harp sichord The caller asked the artist why he kept such a worthless instru- ment
 "Why. it is not worth a scudor' the friend said.
 Il will wager" replied Rosa. "that 1t shall be worth a thousand before you see it again"
 A bet was made. Rosa Immediately painted landscape on the lid that not only sold for 1000 scudi, but was &C., counted a work of great merit
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Boasted Too Soon.

When the old Grand Duke of Meek lenburg- -Strelitz was staying at Holk- ham with Thomas Coke, then common ly known as "king of Norfolk" he boasted one evening at dinner that no man had ever dared to shoot at him and that if any one had ever attempted such a thing he would have shot the man dead on the spot.
 The next day at the court the grand duke suddenly felt shower of shot peppering his legs and, turning round in fury to find whence 1t proceeded, saw William Coke with gun leveled in his direction.
 i've got another muxzle ready" said William coolly. "Wul you shootT'- From "The Life of Thomas Coke. Earl of Leicester"
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
ReinoarnatOd.

The school as a civic center having become overcrowded, 1t occurred to some bright mind to advocate the use of the home as a civic center.
 '.The home is vacant 50 large a part of the day that 1t would seem that the highest efficiency would put 1t to some use other than as a possible place to deep in after midnight"
 This was immediately done. and tho home began to come back. Thereupon the leading sociological writer wrote an article in which he proved again to the satisfaction of all that every. thing has use.-Lfa
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Not u.ed to Wholesale Business.

A small party of prospective inves- tors were on tour of inspection in the oil fields. Having smoked all the cigars previously provided by the agent who conducted the party. they all went into the one store of the vil- lage to get fresh supply. An awk- ward clerk came up to wait on them. The cigar stock consisted of limited assortment of stogies. ''two-fers." and one box of a supposedly extra choice brand that sold for cents each. Tho host of the party looked over the stock and said. "I suppose you sell six of of these nickel cigars for quarter"
 The clerk took on puzzled look. scratched his head and drawled: "Waal. dunno. We never sold six to any one man."-Indianapolis News.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
SEIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Get Out and Hunt For 1t if It Dossn't
 Knock at Your Door.

Get Out and Hunt For 1t if It Dossn't Knock at Your Door.
 Lots of fellows have overlooked an opportunity simply because they were too close to 1t.
 Don't be like the sick man who heard of the curative properties of the waters of Carlsbad and went there to take them. After he arrived he consulted a physician who carefully diagnosed his case and then told him that his par ticular ailment would respond better to the waters of certain spring in Amer jet (Which spring" asked the pa tient. "One of the springs in Sara toga." replied the doctor. That's cer- tainly toughp' said the sufferer. T live in Albany"
 If you're made of the right stuff you'll find plenty of room to create something for yourself in the job you've got. You can grow just as big there as you can in something of your own building.
 They say that opportunity knocks once at every mans door. don't know the name of the scientist who managed to get such fine line on the habits of opportunity. but if opportu- nifty does announce itself the chances are that it misses many a door. and in some cases when 1t does knock I pre- sume there's nobody at home"
 My impression is that opportunity as a rule doesn't knock at all-or very rarely. Opportunity consists of think ing. doing. having plenty of patience and perseverance, possessing the abil- ity to size up a situation and having the nerve and willingness to take ad- vantage of it-Maurice Switzer in Les He's.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Tho Green Sailor

Mark Twain was once talking about a play that had failed
 "No wonder 1t failed" he said. 'It's author was a greenhorn. He knew no more of stagecraft that young Tom Bowling knew of sailoring when he shipped before the mast.
 "Greenhorn Tom. you know. being told to go aloft one dark, wet night. started up the rigging with lantern and an umbrella"
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01

The average spending by Ameri- cans abroad is estimated in normal times at $2.OO0,00O week. Turned into the channels of trade at home. that sum itself would make no incon- siderable difference in the volumn of trade, besides relieving the country of its accustomed drain of gold.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Didn't Asrss With Him.

Didn't Asrss With Him. "You should never take anything that doesn't asres with you." the phy- sician told him.
 If I'd always followed that rule. Naria," he unmarked to his wife where would you be:'-Loudon Ex- preos,
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01

yOUND-A dory with eight h. p. gasolene engine. Owner can have same by paying for expense of this advertisement and also for care of boat, which drifted to Montague is- land. Apply to Jack Ryder. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
hts Thirst.

Husband-May, just send up some filtered water. Wife-Which was it last night "Detained at the ohice" or "A friend at the clubr' Husband Why7 Wife-Because didn't know whether you wanted a tumbler or . patlful.-London Opinion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
improving Slowly.

"How ts your cousin getting on. JaneT'
 Nicely. thank you, ma'am. but he had an awful time. They performed three autopsies on him at the hospital before he began to get better."-Balt- moro American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
stoekho lders Nicotine.

The annual stockholders meeting of the Granite Gold Mining Company will be held at the office of the com. pany at Valdez. Alaska, on the 18th day of October. 1914. at the hour of 200 p. m.. at which meeting . board of five directors will bs elected for the ensuing year and such other bus. mess will be transacted as may properly come before said meeting.
 B. F. WILLARD, President.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Notice.

The original owners of the Valdez Ivanhoe property will not be respon- sible for any debts incurred by the Valdez Ivanhoe Mining Company. Signed. Emil Davis, Wm. Wesser- ling. Buck Hoyt. L. c. St. Marie. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01

Bids will be received at the un- dersigned office for the removal of one electric generator from Valoex to Solomon basin and for the con struction Of . concrete foundation on which to ret said generator. A bond is required. Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Go. kS
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
piss's Psak.

Piko's psak. Zebulon Montgomery Pike. m of6cer in tho United States army, discovered the famous peak that beafs his name on Nov. 16, 1006
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01

Will give an interest in number of placer claims on Mineral creek to parties willing to. pay cost of assess. ment work. Apply to c. H. Phillips.
 If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Not Yet Acouaints

Not Yet Acquainted. "And what do you know about Moses?
 "Please, teacher. it's my first Sun day bere and don't know anybody."- London Punch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
Most lmportAnt.

Most Important. "The customs inspector evidently re alized that we were important people" "So?"
 "Yes; he passed some baggage with hardly a glance. but when he came to us he was careful to go through every thipR."-Louisville Courier-Journal
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01

Fundamentally there Is no such thing as private action. All actions are public in themselves or in thar 0naequences.-B
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-01
A loadino Part.

A Loading Part.
 My brother has a leading part in that drama"
 What partT'
 He leads a horse across the stage In the last act"
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
The REASON fewer
PEOPLE TAKE SALTS"

We find the use of salts and other
harsh physics is becoming less every
year because more and more people are
using Rexall Orderlies, which we and
they firmly believe to be the best bowel
remedy ever made. They taste so much
like candy that even the children like
them. At the same time they act so
easily and naturally that there is no
purging, gripping or pain. They promptly
remove the constipation and, by soOth-
ing and Strengthening the bowels, make
it less liable to occur again. We have
the utmost faith in them. We know
what they are made of and the pleasant,
beneficial results that always follow
their use.
You needn't take our word for it. If
Rexall Orderies don't help you-if they
don't entirely relieve al your bowel
troubles come back and tell US and
wen give back your money. In vest
pocket tin boxes l0c, 25c, Soc
You can buy ReXall Orderlies only at
The Rexall Stores, and in this town only
Of US. Red Star Drug Store, Milford.
Del. Adv.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
MAKES OLD PEOPLE
STRONG and WELL

We want to get the news to all old
people about Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion
a remarkable new food-medicine which
we firmly believe is the best remedy
ever made to overcome the weakening.
debilitatlng effects of increasing old
age. 1t helps to rebuild wasted tissues.
strengthen the nerves, and give new en-
ergy and lively feeling to the BODY. II
contains no alcohol or dangerous drug
Il may not make you feel better for a
few days, but if you do not feel much
better and stronger before you have
taken aquarter as much as you have of
other medicines that have not helped
you, we will gladly give back your money.
Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion contains
pure Olive Oil and the Hypophosphites
which, though they have long been en-
dorsed by successful physicians, are here
for the first time combined. The result
IS real body, nerve and blood building
tood-medicine that we believe is superior
to anything else in overcoming debility.
weakness and liability to disease. and to
tone and strengthen the nerves and en-
rich the blood. You who are weak and
run-down-you who are often troubled |
by various cold weather ailments. use
Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion to get and 4
keep well and strong. 1t is a sensible. |
pleasant-tasting aid torenewed strength
better spirits, glowing health. III i'll
1oesn t help you, come and tell US and
We will give back your money without
= word. That is how much faith we
lave in it. Sold only at the 1000 Rexall
stores, and in this town only by us.
I. 0O.-Red Star Drug Store, Milford,
Jel' Adv.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
: LYNCH COLORED WOMAN
Mob oVerpowers Jailer and Hanas Ne
qress Who Killed Wanna M,

MOD ONerpowers Jailer and Hanus Ne
eress Who Killed Young Man.
Marie Scott, a negro woman. wbe
Sunday night killed Lemuel Price :
Young white man, by driving a knife
into his heart, was taken out of The
Wagner county Jail, near Muskopee
OKLA and hanged to a telephone pole
The mob, which was masked over
powered the jailer, a one-armed man
threw a rope over the woman's mead
ana dragged her out Of the jail.
A knock on the Jail doors aroused
the sleeping jailer, alone in the Office
A voice outside said an officer was
there with prisoners. The taller omen.
ed the door and faced twelve revoI
yers. He was bound quickly and he
Keys taken from him. He was then
thrown into a corner.
The mob pulled the screaming vo
man from her cell, tied a rome abon,
her neck and dragged her to a tele.
phone pole, block from the Jail An
hour later the sheriff cut down the wo
mans body. w
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
asnippe," Cuts OF eirrs ~

While Ida Reed, the thirteen e
old daughter of Sherman Reed, an au.
tioneer, stood talking with a crowd
young people in front of the posto
at Cressona, near Pottsville, Pa, som.
one, following the tactics of the PhHa
delphia Jack the Shipper" steple
up behind her and cut off her hair wit1
a pair of scissors.
Her tresses were gone almos. be
fore she was aware Of it. She 81,
some movement at the back o. beg
head, as though she had been anad-
vertently iostled, and when she pla ed
her hands to her head she found that
her crown Of hair was missing.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03

Many people take II after they have
had the grip. Their convalescence is
slow. They have suffered along for a
month or two. without any signs Of
complete recovery. Then they resort
TO Peruna as a tonic, with splendid
results.
Mrs. Jane Gift. r. F. D. /. Athens,
Ohio, whose portrait appears above.
writes: Il think I would have been
dead long ago IL II had not been for
Peruna. Six years ago had la grippe
very bad. The doctor came to see
me every day. but I gradually grew
worse. I told my husband / thought
! would surely die II did not get
relief soon.
zone day I picked up the news
paper and accidentally found a testi-
monial Of a woman who had been
cured Of grip by Peruna. I told my
husband I wanted 10 try t. He went
directly to the drug store and got a
bottle Of Peruna. could see the i'm
provement in a very short time ana
was soon able TO do my work. con-
tinued using II until I was entirely
cured"
Mr.. Victor Patneaude. 32s Madison
St, Topeka, Kas.. writes: Twelve
years ago 1 had a severe attack Of Ia
grippe and I never really recovered |
my health and strength. but grew |
weaker every year, until was unable
TO work.
1.-Two years ago began using Pc
runa and It built up my strength so |
that in a couple Of months I was able
to go to work again. This winter I
had another attack Of Ia grippe. but
Peruna soon drove it out Of my sys-
tenn Ny wife and I consider II a
remedy"
Those who object to liquid nedi-
zines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
farmers, STICK To
THE OLD BRANDy
Ones That Have Been Used for Thu
Three Years.

advice to adhere to these known brands where c
satisfactory namely jumbo Fish Mixture, Special Truck R-
1874, Rock and MuTiate, and Rock and Kan Also we
Bone, Blood Tankage Murate, Suphae Rock KANT and ~
materials for the mixing of Fertilizers and will mix any or
What is the of continually buying grade unbalanced
when YOU know they keeping you ru? How rnar 4
you said Il know would get better used more PL
you bought fertilizers containing Potash? MANY E
fully convinced that they would make money ev
grade phosphate but of them haven't enough faith il
anu go d great zeal hggerpnas
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
Thief Steals Guncotton.

Somewhere in that section of vii.
mington, Del, known as Browntown
the residents are awaiting at any min
ute to feel a dull shock and some OF
them to be blown to atoms.
Somewhere in that section of the
city is box containing twenty-five
pounds of wet guncotton which is ex
pected to explode when it is dry.
The explosive was stolen from a
freight car on the tracks of the Read.
ing railway, and was a part of a shin
ment destined for Texas. A can of
powder was also taken with the gun
cotton.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
OVERLOOK.

Miss Pearl King has returned to her
home after spending some time with
friends in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hudson of Harbe-
son have been the guest of Daniel Thomas
and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo NAPLES Of Milton
recently visited a. II. King and family.
Mrs. Fred Stevenson is on the sick list
Mrs. Charles Green and son, Granville,
spent the week end with her brother
Charles Vincent.
The Whites Chapel Aid Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. Elisha Camp
bell on Saturday night, April 4th. Every
one is welcome 10 attend.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03

A bald eagle measuring six feet from
tip TO tip and weighing five pounds.
was shot in a field near Lewistown
Pa. Local sportsmen believe the king
bird of the air, starved almost to death
by the severity Of the past winter left
his aerie in one of the nearby noun.
tains and flew into the field to find
food.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
ProtectIna Potato CO..

Because Of the prevalence of =
powdery seab disease in the potatoes
in portions of northern Maine. the de-
partment of agriculture in Washing.
ton warned growers to accept only
seed potatoes from Aroostook county
Me-, delivered in original bags bear,
ing the certificate OF the Maine de.
partment of agriculture to the effect
that the potatoes are free from the
disease.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
P0stmistress Beaten BY Highwaynsn

Miss Susie Speight. a daughter af
Mayor David A. Speight, who is the
postmistress at haywood, near Fa j..
ensack, n. j.. was brutally assaultal
by two highwaymen when within
feet of her home and robbed OF q
small suitcase containing $500 worth
OF postage stamps and about $3.50 in
cash.
One of the highwaymen struck tho
girl in the face with a blackjack, while
teh other grabbed her arms. The blow
knocked her down, and the bro es
eyeglasses cut her face severely. Sar
struggled to save her satchel. but the
robbers wrenched It from her. The
men escaped.
Milford chronicle., 1914-04-03
PIunaes From 24th Elnnr

Robert NJ. Friedman, civil engi.
neer' fell or jumped from the twenty.
fourth floor of the new municipaI
building in New York Friday. landed
on the cornice Of the twelfth floor and
was instantly killed. Friedman was
well known in engineering circles IN
New York city and was a graduate of
the University Of Berlin.