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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
Veneer from Persian Walnut.

French walnut is said to be the cost
lest of all cabinet woods. 1t does not
come from France at all, but grows in
Persia, Circassia, and Asia Minor. To
work the logs into veneers, they first
steam them until they are almost as
soft as butter, then fasten them to an
iron beam, which revolves around q
finely tempered knife with razor-like
edge of the same length as the log.
Every time this beam turns around, It
moves fraction of an inch nearer to
the knife, and a thin sheet of wood is
shaved off smoothly and laid on a pile
on the floor. These sheets are LILO of
an inch in thickness, but frequently
veneers are made as thin as IT'S to the
inch. The veneers used on furniture
are somewhat thicker, the thinner ones
being used on picture frames. They
are backed up with paper before being
glued on. The latter are also used to
some extent for covering walls.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

two cats in the family. One was o
slender, genteelly shaped Maltese, very
active IN her temperament and exceed
ingly nimble in her motions. It was o
pretty sight to see her gamboling with
her kittens, or leaping up in the air to
snap at passing fly. On such occa-
sions l often used to wish that her
portrait could be taken by the famous
Swiss artist. whose wonderfully nat
ural feline pictures gained for him the
name of "The Cat Raphael"
The other cat was old and infirm.
He was called Grizzly Tom," on ac-
count of the color OF his fur. Whether
rheumatic pains and aches made him
irritable. I know not, but for some
reason or other he was the crossest
beast that one sees in lifetime. His
il-.emoer was particularly manifested
toward the kittens, of which Pussy
Malta had several broods a year. Woe
to them if, while chasing their own
tails. they tumbled on him as he lay
stretched out in the sunshine! All
agreed that Grizzly Tom was nuis-
ance, but he had lived in the family
from kittenhood, and they had not the
heart to order his execution. So he
lived on, splitting and growing, claw
ing and scratching, whenever he was
not asleep. He and Pussy Malta did
not come to blows, for she was too
busy to attend to fighting, but she
never sought his company, and while
they were tapping milk from the same
little trough she would keep one eye
on the lookout to see what he was
likely to do next
One day Pussy Malta came in from
the barn uttering the most piteous
cries. Whether she had been kicked
by the horses or had eaten something
poisonous. we never knew; but her
sufferings were most painful. Not
withstanding the application of warm
bath and warm blankets, the swelling
continued to increase and her limbs
twitched convulsively. Grizzly Tom,
who was sleeping on the "stoop," was
reused by her first cry, and came look
ing in at the door to see what was the
matter. I never saw any dumb crea-
ture express sympathy so humanity as
he did. He walked slowly round and
round Pussy Malta, looking at her
wistfully, and now and then laying his
paw gently on her fur, as if he wanted
to say, I wish I could help thee" But
nothing availed. In less than an hour
she was lifeless. Her hunting days
were over, and she would never again
friSk with her kittens.
She LEFT three little orphans, so
young that their eyes were not yet
opened. When their mother breathed
her last, they lay curled up together in
little furry heap, on bit of carpet in
a corner of the stoop, all unconscious
of their loss. Grizzly Tom had watched
all that was done for Pussy Malta,
ever and anon touching her gently with
his paw. When she lay stretched out
cold and stiff, he looked at her min
ute, and licked her fur. Then he
walked off to the stoop, and lay down
by the blind kittens, putting his paw
over them protectingly. From that
moment he never deserted them till
they were old enough to take care of
themselves; and, though they often
leased him by pulling his fur or pay
ing with his tail when he wanted to
sleep, he never struck them blow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
The Holly Tree.

Although the holly is one of the most
beautiful of our evergreen plants, it is
comparatively rare that it is found do
mesticated and adjoining the lawns
either of our suburban villas or the
grounds of more extensive and remote
country places. Many forest COM
panions of the holly have been removed
from their parent soil and made to
flourish in all their original vigor and
beauty near the abodes of men; but it
has, for the most part, maintained its
wild estate of savage freedom, and in
general Is only to be seen in its full
glory in the spots where it has been
planted by natures own hand. This
apparent neglect of a plant, which is
second to none of the evergreens in its
ornamental character, is due to no
want Of aesthetic appreciation on the
part of arboriculturists, but to the be-
lief which generally prevails, among
amateur gardeners at least, that the
holly will not bear transplanting, and
will languish and die when removed
from its native soil. Many country
gentlemen and farmers have made the
attempt only to fail, and the failures
have been so frequent as to discourage
many others who would have been
happy to adorn their grounds with this
healthy, wholesome tree, which, with
it's suggestions of the Christmas sea-
son of goodwill, seems, as it stands
amid the winter snow, with its red
berries and wealth of glistening green,
to be tonic and refreshment to the
physical vision, and to bear on every
bough genial, hearty message, full OF
good cheer and hope.-Baltimore Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

day after their visit to the Flour City
Eyes, l like the town pretty well.
but the people, some of 'em, are too
blamed fresh"
"Do you think so, Grover? thought
they were nice, indeed, and still I
think 1 like st. Paul the best. It is
so old and respectable"
90, yes, responsibility is good
enough in its place, but it can be over
DONE I like Washington, where re-
spectability is not made a hobby"
"But are you not enjoying yourself
here, honey?"
"No, 1 am not. To tell you the
truth, 1 am unhappy. I'm so scared
for fear that I'll say Y something about
the place that will be used against me
by the st. Paul folks that I almost
wish was dead, and everybody wants
to show me the new bridge and the
~water-works and speak of our great
and phenomenal growth, and show me
the population statistics, and the
.schoolhouse, and the Washburn resi-
.dence, and Doc Ames, and Ole Forger-
.sAn, and the saw-mill, and the boom,
and then walk me up into the thir-
teenth story of -four mill, and pour
corn-meal down my back, and show me
the wonderful growth of the city debt,
and the sewerage, and the West Hotel,
and the glorious ozone, and things
here, that it makes ME tired. And 1
have to look happy and shake hands,
and say it knocks st. Paul silly, while
/ don't think so at all, and I wish I
could do something besides be Presi-
dent for a couple of weeks, and quit
lying almost entirely, except when I
went afshing."
"But do you think the people here
are cordial, dawling?"
eyes, they're too cordial for me al
together. Instead of talking about the
wonderful hit 1 have made as Presi
dent, and calling attention to my re-
markable administration, they talk
about the -four output, and the electric
plant, and other crops here, and allude
feelingly to No. hard and chinta
bugs, and other fora and fauna of this
country which, to be honest with you,
I do not and never did give damn
for"
~Grover!"
well, I beg your pardon, dear, and
] oughtn't to speak that way before
you, but if you knew how much better
I feel now you would not speak SC
harshly to me. 1t is, indeed, hard to
he ever gay and joyous before the
great masses, who, as general thing,
do not know enough to pound sand
but who are still vested with the di
vine right of suffrage, and so must be
treated gently, and loved and smiled al
till it makes me ache.
Mr.. Cleveland was greatly annoyed
by the publication of this converse
ton, and could not understand it unit
this fall, when Minneapolis man told
him that the pale, naughty coachmaI
who drove the Presidential carriage
was a reporter. He could handle I
team with one hand and remembe
things with the other.
And so I say that as Presiden
we cannot be too careful what we say
I hope that the little boys and girl
who read this and who may hereafter
become Presidents or wives of Presi
dents will bear this in mind, and al
vays have o kind word for one and all
whether they feel that way or not.
ABOUT PoRTERs.
But I started out to speak of porter
and not reporters. carry with MI
this wear q small, scrrel bag, weighing
alittle over twenty ounces 1t contain
Q slight bottle Of horse medicine and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
CAPTURING Willie TascOtt.

What shall it profit a man to cap
ture the whole world and miss Tascott :?
is a conundrum now seriously consid-
cred by the hundreds of amatuer de-
tectives who have expended their all in
the vain hope of securing the $4,000
reward offered for the apprehension of
the alleged slayer of Millionaire Smell,
of Chicago. Hardly day passes but
the telegraph brings information that
a Kentucky farmer has turned detect
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

i've, and in some dismal jungle cap
tured his man-Mr. William Tascott.
The following dispatch, however, con-
veys the startling intelligence that the
ubiquitous Willie has been apprehend-
ed-a soldier of the regular army in
Washington Territory, railroad la
borer on the Canadian Pacific Road in
Manitoba, a suicide in New Mexico,
etcetera, ad ininitum. That Mr.. Tas-
colts whereabouts are as impenetrable
q secret now as ever will, be attested
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

Tom-"Hello, Dick! you're looking
blue"
Dick-@I feel blue
whats the natter?'
@You see, I've got to appear in the
police court in the morning, to answer
to the chargeof beating Joe Brown: He
said something to me that didn't like,
and punched his head. Now it viii
be in all the papers.
well, never mind, Dick; You'll have
the pleasure of seeing your name In
mint"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

by the score of amateur detectives who
have been securing the country for
him, only to find themselves at some
out-of-the-way station minus enough
ready cash to pay transportation home,
while Mr. Tascott, wherever he may
be, if alive, is enjoying their discom-
future. The amateur detective is as
great success in finding alleged
traces of Tascott as the professional
detective is dismal failure in learning
his whereabouts Chicago Ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
A Clerical Error.

@This is to give notice, said the par
fish clerk, shat there will be mo service
in this here church next Sunday, cause
parsons going a-fishing in the next
parish"
They found out afterwards that he
meant oficiating, but the good man
aid il Was pretty much the Same thing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

proof safe itself please respect it for its
gentle owners sake He cannot bear
to have his trunk harshly treated and
he might 50 far forget himself as to kill
you. It is better to be alive aad poor
than it is to be wealthy but dead. It
is better to do kind act for fellow
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
An Anchored BOarder.

Winks-How often do you change
your boarding house now, Jinks?
Jinks-I never change at all.
Winks-You don't. Perfectly COM
Portable, Ell?
Jinks-No, Tn mighty uncomfort-
able; but I've changed often enough to
know I never gain anything by chang
ing.-Ne,c York Weekly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

! VERY thinking
S t u d mt b a S
doubtless noticed
that when he en-
tiers the Office or
Autograph de-
partment Of a n
American inn a
live an d alert
m ale pers o n
S ize 8 his va
lise or travel
in g. b a g wit b
much e a r n e 8 t =
ness, writes Bill
Nye from Mime
apolis. He then
conveys it to some
seduestered spot
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
A Joker that Ought to Be Jailed.

Visitor Ito man in cell)-~What are
you here for, my man?
Prisoner-@For stealing pair OF
shoes"
Visitor Don't you regret your &C
tion?"
Prisoner-@I do; both shoes were
lefts."
Visitor @Then you got left.
Prisoner-@I say, Mr.. Jailer, here's
. man that ought to be in my place"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

The Burmese Empire was founded n
the middle of the eighteenth century
by Alompra, the first sovereign Of thu
present dynasty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

beine than it is to leave q desirable
widow for some one else to marry.
Ia Won will knock the top off this
trunk You will discover the clothing Of
a mean man. In case you cannot knock
the lid entirely off burst it open lit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

sYoU can't go home when it's raining
like this. You'd better stay and have
dinner with u.s." ooh, no, it's not
unite 20 bad as that"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

BuKxos AYREs, South America, was
founded by Don Pedro de Mendoza IN
1885. In 1885 the city was rebuilt and
recolonized and was made . biahopra
IN 1910.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
BAGGAGE SMASHERS.
WRONGS THAT TRAVELLERS SUFFER-
AT THEIR HANDS.

descriptions on Trunks Which Indicate tho
Character OF the Owner Tho Presidents
aushaps in the Twin Cities-Touching
Story OF the Reformed Lecturer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

HARRY-I bought you an amulet at
Tiffany's. Elzie-Oh, how kind Of you'll
And eggs are 20 dear.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

can never die. On. B. Nyether can
they procure groceries.)
This trunk belongs to a travelling
man who weighs oil pounds. If you
have no respect for the blamed old fire
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

~" v@y Oobt
remedy fora 81
: we're burn is .
very simple one.
Put some milk in
. dsh and placeit
ION the stove; into
this pour q little
vine gar, just
enough to curdle
the milk. As soon
90 -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
1ALTA AND TOx.
By cYaA1K.
HIRTY

years ago, when I
was boarding with
the family of Friend
Joseph Carpenter,
q Quaker farmer in
New Rochelle. n. Y,
d witnessed q scene
in animal life which
touched my feel
|ings deeply, AMI by
its s;ngularity inn
pressed itself indel-
IDLY upon my M en-
T -1.n
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

cape. Better not let him have his
hand baggage till he puts up.
This trunk belongs to woman who
may possibly thank you if you handle
the baggage gently and will weep if
YOU knock the lid off. Kind words
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

BIZ v. !. cso1Tur.

ESAEKlZEO
senaiives do not
see any Of the OBJ
jects or people in
the room except
the operator, or
|hear anything ex-
cept his voice.
They can be made
apparently cog
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11

without bursting the wall or giving the
owner vertigo when he opens it, is
good for quarter.
This man is a good, knd-hearted
man generally, but will sometimes es'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-11
No Loss Without q Gain.

rom-"Hello, Dick! you're looking
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-14
News In General.

II is stated that constables have gone
from Killarney to Clonmel with a warrant to
remove MFR. William O'Brien to the former
place. Mr.. O'Brien has requested the mayor
of Clonmel not to give any reports concern
ing his health until there is q material change
in his treatment by the prison officials.
Secretary Villas has granted two of the hot
water privileges ut the Hot Springs, Ark,
authorized by the joint resolution Of March
"a, last. The first is to William w. East
man Of Minneapolis, and the second to
Messrs. p. Hayes and F.. C.. Laird of Mime
apolis, Philip Kelley of St. Paul. and George
w. Baxter Of Hot Springs, Ark. In consid-
Grafton ofthe privileges granted, both par
ties are to construct frst-ciass hotels on
their respective premises. ,
The University of North Dakota was closed
on account of diphtheria prevailing in the
dormitory. Several weeks ago q rumor was
current on the street that a panic existed
among the students on ccoun Of diphtheria.
Investigation of the matter brought to light
four cases of mumps and three cases, OF ca
tahrral sore throat. This was before the vie.
it. 1t o turns out that some Of the stu.
dents have, been seriously i'll tor some time,
and the discovery of two new cases was the
result Of closing. @6
Inspector BonReld and Capt. Schaak were
indefinitely suspended from Office by Mayor
Ro lie, Of Chicago, BondAeld and Setback
are the officials whom the Chicago Times has
been charging with corruption In Office, the
specifications being that the pair were yirtu-
ally III league with gamblers. aaloonkeepers,
thieves and the demf monde. The first result
OF the charges was the immediate fling oflibei
suits against the Times, and these suits Wers
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-14
Personal GOSSIP.

Mrs. John L. Sullivan, the legal wife of the
prize fighter, after listening to the persuasive
eloquence Of Capt. Rowland, Of the Salvation
Army battalion at Arctic, r. I. has become O
convert, n the little town talks of nothing
else.
Lew H. Vincent, the great Chautauqua le:-
turer, opened his Ruskin lecture at st. Paul
as follows: "Mr. Ruskin cannot be described
by a single phrase" he said, ''even If most
men can. Mr.. Ignatius DonnelIy, torinstance,
can be described by q single word, politician,
Der of years and in different parties, as l un-
derstand. Try rs he will to be anything
else, he cannot. For example, he wants to
be a critic of Shakespeare; not to honor,
but to vi'lify him. But no. The great crypt
ogram has appeared and it has been shown
to be the tissue ofcharlantism and absurdity,
as we expected it would be. and it is rapidly
descending the %toboggan slide of obscurity,
and Mr.. Donnelly is still a politician"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-14
Shocking Murder and Suicide.

W. S. Bradley shot and killed his vic and
then committed suicide at the Hotel Cort-
landt at Chicago. Both were shot through
the head and died instantly. Walter s.
able family in Chicago. W. H. Bradley. clerk
of the United States court, and Francis
Bradley, OF the firm of Baird & Bradley, deal
ers in real estate, where his uncles. Mrs.
Bradley was a Miss Hathaway and is a sister
OF Charles B, Hathaway. of Corn Exchange
National bank. The couple took rooms at
the Hotel Cortlandt. They quarreled. and
returned and requested an interview with his
wife, awaiting her in the parlor. When she
came down the quarrel was renewed and re-
suited in death to both of them.
This is the third tragedy of the
kind that has taken place within a week.
Both were employed on morning paper; the
husband as o reporter and the vile a literary
editor. Bradley was a "black Sheep in the
family. He was at one time employed by
the Pullman Palace Cur company, but was
convicted of embezzlement and was con-
demncd to a years imprisonment in the
state penitentiary, from which he was re-
leased four or five months ago.
After the bodies were taken to IN under
takers establishment, Frederick Mann, ofthe
firm of H. V. Mann & Co., linen importers
and jobbers, entered the hotel office and in
quired for Mrs. Bradley. Upon being
told Of the shooting he was over
come with grief, and raved around the
place, exclaiming ut was a life thrown away!'
and 'Oh, the brutel"' When told that the
bodies had been removed he rushed out ofthe
Office and started on q run for the undertake
er's. When into heroom where the two
bodies lay, young Mann was completely over
come with grief. He threw himself upon the
dead woman's body, kissing her hands and
face, to~tallyunmindtul ofthe blood which stain
ed her clothing and face. 1t was some minutes
before he could be dragged away from the
body, and when he did leave her he stood up
straight. his teeth set, his lips tightly drawn,
a moment did he stand thus, thea, with
an oath, he said: "Oh, the thief, villain,
brute, let me get athim." With this be made
a rush at the body of Bradley. and would
doubtless have thrown it upon the aoor had
not Lieut.. Ross and the other officer stopped
him and forcibly dragged him from the room.
Frederick Mann was seen at his place Of bust
ness after his return from the undertaker's,
and upon being asked If he was a relative of
friend: that he had known her since child
hood, and knew oil about her troubles. Hewas
very fond other and had repeatedly warned her
against Bradley, telling her that if she did
not leave him and keep away from him he
bradley would certainly kill her. He said
Mrs. Bradley had decided to part from her
husband, and that was the direct cause OF
shooting. 1t appears that while Bradley
was in prison Mann was in the habit of es-
corting Mrs. Bradley to and from her night
assignments. The consequence was that
Bradley became insanely jealous. This, to-
gether with Bradley d~issipated habits, led
| to frequ ent quarreIs and eliminated in the
tragedy. Mrs. Bradley was at one time con.
nected with the stage.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-14

Theodore Knapp, of Norwalk,
Conn, has in his restaurant q sea-
gull that was captured down the
harbor some weeks ago. The bird
seems perfectly c~ontented, but it is
not wise to trif1e with him. He has
q very robust appetite, and will eat
two quarts of clans at a meal and
then call for more. Another queer
thing about the bird is the fact that,
after he has eaten two quarts OF
CLAIMS, you can put his body in a
quart measure.