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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
MR. LOWELLs NEW POEM.

My day began not till the twilight fell,
And, To- IN ether from heavens sweetest well,
The New Moon swan divinely isolate
In maiden silence, she that makes my fate
HAPPY not knowing it, or only SO
AS the secrets of my sheep may know;
Nor ask moro, entirely blest If she,
In letting me adore. ennoble me
To height of what the gods meant making mai
As only she and her best sauty can.
Mine be the love that in itself car find
Seed of white thoughts, the lilies of the mind,
Seed of that glad surrender of the VIII
That finds In service self true purpose still;
Love that in outward fairness sees the tent
Pitched for an inmate far more excellent;
Love with light irTadiate to the core,
Lit at her lamp, but fed from Unborn store.
Love thrice-requited with the single joy
OF an immaculate vision nausht could coy,
Dearer because SO high beyond my scope,
NV life grew Itch with her, uibribed By Eope
OF other guerdon save to think she knew
One grateful yotary paid her all Ter due;
Happy if she high-radiaut there, resigned
To his sure trust her image i'll his mind.
g. fairef even than Peace is wnen she comes
flushing War S tumHft and retTealing drums
Fade TO murr,ur like the sough of bees
Hidden among the noon-stilled linden trees,
Bringer of quiet thou that canst ailay
Tho dust and din and travail of the day,
Strewer of Silence, Giyer Of the dow
That doth our pastures and our souls renew,
Still dwell remote still on thy shoreiess sea
Float unattained in sacred e,npery,
Still light my thoughts. nor listen TO prayer
Would make thee less inperishably fair.
Tile atlantic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
Smoking and Throat Diseases.

Smokers are not easily frightened.
They have been warned so frequently
of the pernicious consequences of the
filthy habit" in which they indulge
of the paralysis, premature decay and
early death which result from Excess
sive smoking they have grown q
little hardened and smoke stolidly on,
grimly awaiting their fate. It is hard
ly likely, therefore, that they will be
very seriously affected by the letter of
"Medicus" which appeared in yester-
days Times and is dated from Middle
sex Hospital. In that letter we are in
formed that there has been latterly a
great increase of malignant throat dis
eases, almost exclusively confined to
males. This set the doctors on the
track of the tobacco, and induced them
to accept the theory that smoking was
in most cases the cause of the ailment.
Smokers will perhaps breathe little
more freely when they find that the
chief suspicious of "Medicus" rest upon
certain cigarettes imported from Turkey
and Egypt, which he believes are made
attractive by mixture of opium and
an unclassifed alkaloid which the writer
detects in them. Suspicion is, of
course, not proof. But to be fore
warned is to be forearmed, and smok-
ers who suffer from throat troubles
may do we'll to bear these statements
in mind. The genuine smoker is no
bigot, and though he may have his ia
vorite vanity, he would sooner smoke
anything black shag, cavendish, or
the finest Turkey-than smoke nothing
at all.-Manchester Examiner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
est and 1

TCeT.
My chum bought the cigar. He had
smoked several, and thereby earned
the superiority of being a man in my
estimation. I looked up to him then,
which was necessary, as he was half q
foot taller than I.
We took up our quarters in feed
store, we'll filed with sacks of grain.
The boss was in the front office busy
with his books, 50 there was little dan
ger of being seen.
My chum Lit the cigar, took puff or
two. and then offered it to me,
1 laid on my back and proceeded to
undergo the initiation. I gripped the
cigar tightly between my teeth and
pulled away. Ny! how nice it seemed
To better appreciate it, I folded my
arms and spat between each puff. Sud
denly the sacks began to waltz around
in fantastic manner. I reached out to
catch one, and rolled on the floor.
Amt it nice?" asked my chum.
eyes" 1 answered, feebly.
Further utterance was choked by an
internal row in the region of my stom.
oIu. OlCdhldSt-tdttu u
precious -decided to come up again.
I did not interfere. It came up and
hid behind sack of wheat.
II guess you're gittin' SICK" said my
chum, smilingly.
I arose and staggered to the door
way, and out into the alley in the rear.
My chum and sat down together It
was an hour or more before L dared go
home. Mother never found it out.
Did that experience cure me of all
desire for tobacco? All, no. And so
it is with many youth.
Boys, I am an inyeterate smoker now,
but would advise you to never form
the habit. There is nothing nice about
it. You will become men without the
use of tobacco in any form. Beware of
the cigarette; it is deadly, and will
shatter your system. I imagine my
pipe great comfort, but it is my inn
agination-nothing more. Take my
advice, the advice of smoker, and
shun the weed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
FOR EVERY HEART.
BY ELLA HIGGISsON.

Where do they go-the signs, the tears, TIE
prayers
That have their birthplace in our secret cares?
Prayers unanswered and tears shed all il, vain,
Signs that only speak and never heal ourpain?
Do they but leap forth n moment to relieve
The hidden sorrows-the hearts of those who
grieve?
Then, like the purple lnnguor of the night,
Steal softly on and pass beyond our sight?
Or do they spring from aching hearts like mine
And pass, with tender comfort, on to thine.
Breathing faint as perfume of summer rose,
Sweet consolation in every tear that flows?
But prayers unanswered-ah, how can We know,
Or even try to guess, where they must go?
Unless they steal to heaven-whence they came
To live in some new heart, in seine new name.
That there may be forever, while the world
From day to day, from year TO year, is whirled,
Signs for smiles, and for our pleasures cares,
And for each heart that beaJS-unanSwered
prayers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

Jim that night was one of sorrow and
sadness; for, in spite of all that he
could do, the tears would come and
mix with his voice, and even Jim's
face had traces of tears upon it.
As the story progressed Jim moved
up closer to the old man, and when it
was finished he leaned his head against
Missouri's breast.
81 see it all now. Forgive me, for
give me-" sobbed Jim.
Just then Missouri, with q faint
moan upon his lips, fell over backward
in a dead swoon, faint from excitement
and loss of blood.
Jim tried to rouse him, but his every
| effort seemed in vain. Then he shout
ed for help, but just at that moment
the loud believing of the cattle in the
herd drowned his voice.
In few moments the earth seemed
to tremble; the believing of the cattle
grew wilder, fercer, and the sound was
nearer The rattle of the horns of the
maddened brutes as they clashed to-
gether in the night sounded like dis
tant musketry, and Jim knew that the
herd had stampeded. He tried to drag
Missouri with him out of the way of
the roaring mass he saw coming, but
failed. He called him and tried to
rouse him, but received no answer or
sign that he was heard.
The cattle were close upon them
when Jim made one more effort to
rouse Missouri. At last he opened
his eyes and looked about him. He
seemed to take in the situation on the
instant, for he quickly sprang to his
feet, clasped Jim around the waist and
held him to his breast, while he reso-
lutely turned his back to the oncoming
herd that rushed upon them the next
| moment.
The cattle passed on with rush and
roar. Behind them from the trampled
ground, bruised and bleeding, rose
Missouri, with Jim yet in his arms,
clasped closely, tenderly to his breast,
but the head of the youth was crushed
and trampled out of shape, and his
limbs hung limp and ifeless.
Missouri carried the dead boy to the
camp and placed him upon a blanket
on the ground. Then drawing his pis-
tol, he touched it to his head, but be-
fore he had time to fire he fell dead
by the side of Jim.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
The petriied remains of a

The petriied remains of a huge
animal have been discovered lying be-
meath the earth's surface on the bank
of the Des MONIES River, near Percy,
Iowa. The length of the monster,
without the head. which was detached
from the body, measures over forty
feet. The remains were in a bed OF
dark blue stone, surrounded by petri-
fed insects and remains of other ami
mails. It is supposed that the animal
belonged to the carboniferous age.
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80 80 80 .
: TAKE ONE. /.

The apples on the large tree near the we'll
are cooking apples. and not good yet. any
way.
If elected. 1 shall favor intemperance only
in case of sickness.
My wife joins me in the kindest regards
to your committee. and hopes you will all
ways come to see us when you are in town.
We are only few miles from the station.
and you can easily find our house if you
will follow the crowd. We think some of
having pink tea at our house Thursday.
and we would both be glad to see the
national convention and friends here be-
fore we take up the carpets. Yours truly.
Sign heres-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

To TEST the power of Imagination in
the two sexes, DR.. Durand once gave
to one hundred of his hospital patients a
dose of sweetened water, and shortly
afterward entered the room apparently:
greatly agitated, saying he had by mis-
take administered a powerful emetic. In
a few minutes four fifths of the subjects
were affected by the supposed emetic,
and were mainly men, while every one
of those not affected were women.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

IyENERATE old age; and I love not
the man who can look without emotion
upon the sunset of life, when the dusk
of evening begins to gather over the
watery eye, and the shadows of twi-
light grow broader and deeper upon
the understanding. -.L0nafelLoir.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

A PROFESSOR in the University of
Vienna, long q sufferer through poison
in the eye, was completely cured by
having q rabbits nerve attached to the
old nerve. DR.. Gersuny, the assistant
to the great surgeon of the world, DR..
Bilroth, performed the operation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
BROAD VIEWS OF .THE GANG. >,
BY FREDERIC TOWNSEND.
HE "Holv Terrors sas

HE "Holy Terrors," as
they styled themselves
three or four shift
less young loungers,
in pronounced sport
ing" clothes, emilia
.zoned with big brassy
scarf-pins and chains,
their pockets overflow
ing with gaudy silk
handkerchiefs, tooth
brushes, and rubber
combs - were tilted.
back on an array of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

AGE creeps along on all Only few
wears ago and Tyndall and Huxley
were the scientific poIemics of the times.
Nov it is announced that they have re-
tired, desiring the repose Of aid age.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
My First Cigar.

+ were new acqualnt-
ances then, my first
cigar and I.
1t is twenty five
years since that day OF
my first indulgence,
but L distinctly re-
member the occur
renee above all other
happenings in my Ca
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

Some one who has taken a cen-
sus of royalty says there are only ten
women in the world who bear the title
Of Empress.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

WHEN rich Quaker was asked the
secret of his success in life, he answered,
aCixility, friend, ciyility. Bright
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

EVERY one must think in his own
way
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17

I accept the nomination with pleas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
FEW SIMPLE TRUTHS.

Fishes are weighed in their scales
And an elephant packs his own trgnk:
But rats never toll their own tales,
And one seldom gets chink in chunk.
Dogs seldom wear their own pants,
Which fact lays them open to scorn;
No nephew or niece fame es ants,
And . COW never blows its own horn.
A cat cannot parse its own claws.
No porcupine nibs its own quill;
Though orphan bears still have their pawn.
bird will not pay its own bin.
Sick ducks never 60 to q quack;
A horse cannot plough its own mane:
A ship is not hurt by q TACK,
And q window ne q suffers from paue.
Item.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-11-17
A REJECTED MANUSCRIPT.
By BILL NYE.

/ SHORT time ago I
prepared the following
general draft of q let
ter of acceptance to be
used by either Presi-
Dental candidate as
original and entirely
without credit to me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-15
WITH CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS
Har iSoa Neither AfifmS nor Denies.
as Makes his Decision Regarding News
paper Interviews Final

ISDIASAPoLis. Dec. IL.
Me.srs. Harrison and Morton passed rather
a quiet day The latter was some what iniis-
posed on account Of a sore throat. Al about
4 o'clock the tSo went out for a short walk
Mrs. Morton and Mrs Harrison had callers
during the day. For time tnis afternoon
Harri,on's house was besieged BY newspaper
correspondents who were in hltter over
the report pahlished in New York TO the
efect that B-ziue had been offered and &C
eep,ed the state portfolio Harrison. when
asked, repliei with considerable emphasis. :
''lg make. no iiffs Fence what is the nature
of tie report or through what channels il
comes, | care not myself 10 be troubled With
questions about such things. Ii | shouii
say nything once | would be ex-
Pected to again and you see what it would
lead 10. | might as we'll undertake TO keep
the public Informed as 10 what | have in
mind. and it would amount to that if
should take up the newspaper reports every
morning and say this is true or that not
true. You, gentlemen, can go on
with your speeuations as 10 what you
think hs. been done but must not be asked
10 confirm or deny the reports that are put
into circulation | say Ihi. in all kindness
but | hope it will be understood all
around that 1 will not allow myself
to be placed in position of determining the
trasts orthlness OF any report, no matter how
important or from what source it comes
No one can be found of those about Har-
rison and likely to know, who place any ere
dence whatever in the reported tender of the
State portfolio to Blaine.
The Vice President elect and Mrs. Nor
ton will leave for home at O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon and will stop over Sunday at
Buffalo.
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VA pfppossd 20 ~ II q t0'lsHl"u'u .!
siesrAph- She sa4i !es-
A Michigaa chiFoPo'Ist i- making a
ullmphaI pFc-rt'. thFo43a tih sac a
llii4m me tornenrer-
F. l. Harp, ?. * banker and convict, be-
came deraaged Al Columbus, .. FriI4., but
is g-orins better
western fakir !. selling an adjustable
engagement ring ! al caa De made 10 ut any
fIger Thi. is something tha, young men
have been looking for . long time.
Fifteen tboB.aeJ .tpA-rt. e,1age3 in IN.
i,. .,sE ,,,.,.,i,5, ..,7;,s,; -. j.,
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THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE.

company is formed to build an Odd
Fellows hail, in Athens, on the site of the
Wade and Ware building. Shares have
been taken to amount to 81 500. The plan
is to build the hall with large store on the
first floor.
The new box mill at Bucksport is nearing
completion. The box machinery is to be
put IN at once and will be Immediately set
to work. The mill has been built under the
supervision Of Mr.. W X Close, the we'll
known millwrighr, and the water-wheel is
one of his own inventions.
Chelsea i. one of the lucky towns in being
out Of debt, as the last order against the
town was paid last week to W. W. Ianker-
son for $50. The town also purchased a
road machine this year.
Hill Brothers, of Canaan have recently
aided to their wood working establishment
/ in Canaan, a Way mouth Lathe and Flushing
apparatus, for the manufacture of boxes for
we ood's Shoe Polish" and are turning out
| large quantities of them.
| The Piscatsquis Loan and Building Asso-
citation seems to be well managed and the
assOcia ion successful and permanent, A
SIX per cent. dividend will be declared at the
January meeting. Outstanding share. num-
Der 213, repre- senting capital of go, 600.
! Business at Mainstream, Harmony, 10
| greatly improving The Hill Brothers have
put in operation large steam engine for
the manufacture OF long lumber to be used
| in building their large factory next summer.
There are quite a large number Of hands at
work there aud boarding places are s;arce
Several new buildings will be erected thero
next spring to accommodate the increasing
business
A scheme is on foot for stock company
to purchase the Fo1croft Exchange hotel
property at Dover, thoroughly renovate the
structure and refurnish it 10 tr.t-class style
thus making it a desirable and attractive
| re.or. for the travelling public
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O'BRIEN'S ARTICLE.
The Doughty IIishmsn Summonsed Be
fore the Parnsil Commission.

LONDON, Dec. a..
At the sitting of the Parnell Commission
today, Attorney General Webster, Counsel
for the Times, requested that the Couri
should sit on Tuesday mex in order that he
might be enabled 10 make all application q.
To hat eourse the CO nj would pursue re-
.pecting Mr.. William 0'trien and an article
which mad appeared in his paper, the United
ireland
In this it was stated that ''the time has ar.
rived for plain speaking i'll regard 10 the
forgeries commission. We do not intend tU
wait until the forger allows US 10 speak
We do not care two pence for the opinion of
the three judges who were especially selected
in the teeth of justly indignant liberal pro
test by the forger's friends and accompllces.
Presiding Justice Hammer indicated that
the court had arranged TO adjourn toisy lie
added that il he could he would instantly re
linquish his seat in the commission buI he
had duty before him which 1t was impossi-
BILE to evade.
Mr.. Reid of the counsel for the Psrnel-
lites, called attention to observations made
b. the warden of Morton College, in which
he hkenel Michael Davitt and other home
rulers TO the Whitechapel murderer,
The judges retired for consultation and
when they returned Justice llaunen an
nounced that they had decided that an affi-
davit reciting the utteran ;es of O'Brien and
his paper must be Immediately filed and that
Mr.. O'Brien must appear before the commits
sion at ten O'Clock tomorrow. They had also
decided that notice must be served upon
the warden of Morton College, orde ring him
TO attend the first meeting Of the new sitting
in January
The commission then adjourned till Janu-
AIRY IL.
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TIE RAILROADS.

A up river business man told the Reporter
this week that with the railroad to Bingham
and Scion it will be easier for them % do
their large buying and their banking business
al Lewiston instead Of Skouhegan.-.Son.r-
set Reporter This shows the necessity of
building the five mile link.-ED.
The people of Canaan are agitating the
question of rsilrssi connection, and at a
meeting held last week V. X. Tuttle. Geo.
W. Johnson, and T. 3. Barrett, we're sp-
pointed a committee to draft bylaws for the
corporation and vill report at next meeting,
by which time ii Is expected that Cansan's
required subscription. OF $50 900 for the
railroad will be assured.
The balance of the purchase money Of the
Grand Southern railway, amounting to s7s,-
500 is nov in the banks Of Se~ Brunswick
St. John, ready to be paid over at the call Of
the referee. A new company is - be 10.
corpof4ted 20 take the road. Mess Wei
don and Mclean give notice in the R9ysI
Gazette this week that Russell sage and
Giles z. Taintor Of the city of New York
intend to apply for letters patent iDcorpo
rating the Shore Line railway company
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MAINE HAPPENINGS.

The steamship Sarmatian, of the Allan
line, sailed from Portland port for Liver
pool, via Halifax. Thursday afternoon. She
carried about 20 passengers and and the
Canadian ocean mails. Her cargo comprised
G6l 200 pounds Of cheese 6 ,55S barrels of
apples, 90, ,5jl bu, hels Of peas, 300 boxeg of
meat, and large quantity of other products
and miscellaneous articles. The value of
her cargo is over 100000
The Carbon mail stage went out on
wheels yesterday morning, bnt the horse
looked discouraged d-Aroostook HeraH, Dee
49,
The Bar Harbor Rife Team was organized
on Tu .day evening Of iast week. A good
shooting range has been secured in the
' II to the w,stv ard of Straw berry Hill
aud building anliargets are now in course
of erec ciion.
There is a movement, lately organized
toward the rsisinE of he necessary $500 fol
the site of the Gaen c. Moses SO 600 fres
library in Bath Hon. W W. Thomas. OF
Portland, will lecture for the benefit of tn,
public library fund, Dec. 26.
T. B. Barrett, collector of taxes, on Tues
day finished payment of Canaan county ia,
for the present year, amounting to s534 80
No ether town in Somerset county has ye
paid the county tax.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Three masked burglars burst into the
house of Miss Mollie Ross, who lives alor c
near SmIteield, Pa, shortly after midnight
Friday morning and demanded of her that
she give up all her money. On refusing
they put her to torture till she surrendered
what money she had.
A crazy woman with two infant babes in
her arms leaped from the ft turth story of a
tenement house in New York. All were
killed
The residence of John X, King at Mt
Pleasant, Texas, was destroyed and King,
his wife and six children were burned to
death. II was thought that the FIRE was in
cendlsry and that some of the victims were
murdered.
Commenting on the Butterworth resolu
ton in Congress, Thursday, the Toronto
Empire, the leading government organ in
that city, calls il an insulting overture, and
says it is the leaders of the Canadian oppo-
sition who have by thoir conduct and their
words of sympathy invited this insult to their
country.
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S +. Mead Of York was in town yesterday.
wv. withee of Pennington is In the
city.
Wilmer Reed OF Burlington, N. j., is In
town
Is s. Fcrpasou of yAs..lhoro vas in town
yesterday
Father Hurney Of Winthrop was in the
city yes erday
Mr. and Mrs G. G. Hunt arc yisitins
friends in Worcester, Mass
Mrs X. ID. Capcn is recovering from q
severe attack of pneumotia.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Perciym of weeks
Mill. we're in town yesterday.
State Superintendent Luce 1. attending the
Waldo Comfy Teachers Institute at Unity.
Mrs Geo Cony and Mrs. Horace Cony
Of thi. city are visiting Mrs. q. NJ. Allen,
Lewiston.
+. G. Allen, ESD, left last night for an
extended business trip to Boston, New York,
Washington aud Chicago.
Rev. Fr. Gsnersur of Orono and Rev.
FIR. LacroiI Of wutcrvillc arrived on the
Pullman last evening and are the guests Of
Rev Fr. Plantc.
MIR. N. W. Downs, the well known engi-
neer ON Alden. train, Ia recovering from q