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Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-06

that oak is much stronger than fir, but a se- ries of tests made recently at the car shops of the Northern Pacific railroad in Tacoma, Washington territory, show that the reverse is actually the case. The tests were made by actual breaking strain on sticks two by four inches and four feet long, the weight being applied In the middle of span of three feet nine inches. The results of five tests were as follows: First, an old piece of yellow fir, six years exposed to the weather, broke at 3,0e2 pounds; second, new soft piece or ane-grain yellow fir broke at 3,oes pounds; third, an old piece of yellow fir, coarse grain and hard, broke short at 4,32O pounds; fourth, new piece of fir from the butt of tree, coarse grain. broke with stringy frac- ture at 3,e35 pounds; fifth, new piece of Michigan oak broke nearly short of at weight of 2, ,42S pounds. The dedections be- fore breaking were as follows: The first and second pieces, half an inch; third, three eighths of an inch; fourth, five.eighths of an inch; fifth, the oak piece, one inch and an eighth.
 Colonel Homer B. Sprague, who recently visited this city, is candidate for the Re- publican nomination for United States sena- tor from North Dakota. Hon. c. D. White, ex-president of Cornell university, thus i'm dorses his candidacy: For some time past I have been thinking that in no way could your new State do itself honor or greater ser vice than in selecting Colonel Homer B. Sprague as one of it's first senator's I have known him ever since we were students to- gether at Yale. He was an admirable scholar, g sound and keen thinker, vigor- ous writer, an crater in the keenest sense of the word, and, withal, man of the highest character. Since then he has shown his pa- triotism as soldier in the army of the United States during the war of the rebel lion, has distinguished himself as professor at Cornell university and as the head of two of the most important institutions of public in struction in the New England States. feel sure that if he were chosen he would not only be able to make the influence of your State felt at Washington as few other men could do, but that he would take place in the Senate as thinker on political subjects. as a speaker and an honest man, which would give at once prestige and high standing to your State at Washington and throughout the Union. It seems to be case in which all good men and true in your State should turn in and work together to secure in him a senator who will at once give your State g start such as it could not otherwise secure.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-06
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE,

At last the people of this country seem to be waking up to the fact that they ought to do great deal more trading with South America than they do. It Is high time that they did realize the situation, for European countries are far ahead of this country in this matter. And not only have they most of the trade, but English merchants falsify American trade marks.
 Consul Bennington shows how the crafty Englishmen work. He came upon a small article of American manufacture, which is widely and faverably known, not only in the United States, but in foreign markets. This article is go closely initiated by the la complete deception, unless buyer was very well acquainted with the genuine article. The wording on the original genuine label is in Spanish, except the nsme on the bottom line, and ac-simils of the signature under meath it. On the other label the same style of letter is used and the same words of the Spanish language employed for the outside line, while the French language is rssorted to in the line under the illustration on the label, and only differs from tho word in the addition of one letter. Underneath this the name of the importing house, with the word and an abbreviation for company again in the Spanish language. It is skillful play upon language, and the use of part in French subseryes their purpose we'll. The use of the illustration, which constitutes the trade mark to great extent, and the employment of the French word, inste ad of the Spanish word, shows the intention to deceive. They have evaded the penalties of the Brazilian law, providing for the registration of trade marks and punishment tor their imitation, by substituting New York for Philadelphia as place of manufacture.
 And SO forth and so on. Consul Benning- ton further remarks English, German and Portuguese houses do the business very largely of the province, and, of course, push the goods made in their respective countries to the best of their ability. Only such American goods are sold here as are proved to be superior to all others, bee suse there are no merchants here interested to any great extent in American fabrics. There are Ameri- can goods that could be sold here, but SC long as our manufacturers are content to al- low others to occupy the field we cannot ex- pect trade to be established for their goods without effort. This coun try is in the 10. fancy of it's development, and in a few years, filling up from here to Patagonia with the swarming thousands from Europe opening up the resources of the country, 1t will prove of great value to those who have es \ tahiishad trade,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-06

They have some queer ideas about ladies in Chicago. The Chicago Times tells of "lady" who has been arrested for sending obscene letters through the mail.
 The Manchester (England) Examiner conf- dently remarks that Eff the United States were to abolish the duty on cotton goods we should shut up every one of their cotton mills in two years." But the United States will not do this, even to oblige England
 The Texas negroes, according to facts pro- duced at the recent Waco convention, now own about million acres of land and pay taxes on $2o,00o,o00 of property. They have 2,000 churches, as many Sunday schools and benevolent associations, 10 high schools, g, 2,500 common schools, 5000 teachers and 125, GOO children at school. They number 23 doctors, 25 lawyers, 100 merchants, "hun- dreds" of farmers and stoekmen and "sever- al" inventors. They also have fifteen news papers edited by men of their own race. Woman continues to make progress. Miss Joanna Baker, who has been appointed to the chair of Greek at Simpson college, Iowa, succeeds to the position once held by her father. At four years of age Miss Baker be- gan the study of Greek and Latin, at eight she could read Xenophon and at fourteen she compiled a lexicon of Gdipus Tyrannus. At | sixteen she was tutor of Greek in the col lege which has now made her professor. She is handsome woman, still very young, 1 and her robust health proves that the study of Greek when rightly followed is not per nicious.
 The fact that the English parliament has
 only just passed an act for the prevention o1
 cruelty to children is reminder that Eng
 land is really behind other countries in this
 respect and is now obliged to copy Legislation that has for some time been in operation il
 the United States. It Is true that there hav'
 been English laws on the subject, but as the.
 required that every case should go througl the interminable Court of Chancery, the.
 have been of little or no practical value
 There WAS certainly need of mere promp
 and direct method of reaching the wrong
 doers: for the Parliamentary inquiry re ] vealed an alarming prevalence of chil
 abuse of the most horrible and reyolting ma
 ture.
 | Perhaps nine out of ten people would ea
Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-06
Friday, September 6, 1889.
FREE TEXT BOOKS.

FREE TEXT BOOKS.
 The opponents of the ticket which stands on the free text book platform have not yet brought forward anything to show why that ticket should not be elected. They have not charged that the men who compose the ticket are not respectable citizens, fully capable of dealing with the matters which come before the board of education. They will not do this. What they have done is to defend the high school, which has not been attacked, and for want of good argument they have insinuated that the supporters of the free text book idea have a revolutionary pro- gramme to carry out. This nonsense will make no impression. The fact is that the weight of the argument is very much in favor of free text books. In fact, there is very lit- tie that can fairly be said against them. The system has been so long and so well tested that it is ridiculous, in view of the facts, to say that 1t does not work we'll.
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Perhaps nine out of ten people would say
Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-06
SPEECH AND SONG.
Their Characteristics Wherein They
 Differ.

Differ.
 Speech differs from song as walking does from dancing; speech may be called the prose, song the poetry of vocal sound. MT. Herbert Spencer has defined song as "eme- tional speech" but this term might with greater justice be used to designate the hys- teroepileptic oratory which threatens to be- come acolimared in this sober country, or even to the exchange of amenities between two angry cabmen. It would be more accu- rate to call tmusical speech" using the word "musical'' in it's strict sense as signi flying sound with definite variations ef tone and regularity of time. But, just ss there may be s'songs without words," so the.e may be speech without voice, as in whisper ing. Sound, as we have already seen, is produced in the larynx, but articulation, or the transformation of meaningless sound into speech, is performed in the mouth; in speak ing, therefore, the two parts work together, the larynx sending out stream of sound i, and the mouth, by means of the tongue, cheeks, palate, teeth ard lips, breaking it up into variously formed jets or words. In other words, the larynx supplies the raw material of the sound which the mouth man. ufaetures into speech.
 Time, which is an essential element of song, is altogether disregarded in speech, while the intervals of tone are so irregular as to defy notation, and are filled up with a number of intermediate sounds instead of being sharply defined. The voice glides about at it's own sweet will in speaking, obey ing no rule whatever, while ia gong it springs or drops from gaps. In singing short sylla- bles are heightened out and cease, in fact, to
 be short, and (except in certain kinds of dramatic singing and in reeitative) the accent naturally falls on the vowels and not on the consononts. In speaking only the lower third of the voice is employed ss a rule, white in singing the greatest effect is general ly produced, except in the case of contraltos and basses, by the use of the upper and mid dle notes.
 In speech the range of tone, even in the most excitable persons, hardly ever exceeds half aa octave; in singing the average oom- pass is two octaves. Singing tends to pre- serve purity of language, the rules which govern the utterance of every note also af- fecting the articulate element combined with i it, and keeping the words cast in fixed forms "a stereotype of sound, if may venture ! the metaphor Speech, on the other hand, ! like handwriting, is always changing As
 Max Muller saya: IA struggle for life is { constantly going on among the words and grammatical forms in each language. The better, the shorter, the easier forms are 1 constantly gaining the upper hand, and they owe their success to their own adherent vir-
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A Peep at Fasseur.
 Paris Letter to the Charleston News and Cour-

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the
 work to many of ths visiting students was
 the visit to the Pasteur Institute, where we
 were received by M Pasteur and shown
 through the halls and laboratories of the in
 stitution, which had been erected by popular
 subscription ard placed under the control of
 Pasteur. The great scientist is modest,
 unassuming man, a trifs below medium
 height, with slight limp in the right leg,
 whether temporary or not do not know.
 His gray hair is short and his beard, also
 gray, is short cropped. His face wears a
 look of intense thought, which does not re-
 lax, even when a smile comes to light it up. As is but just, Pasteur's popularity is great in Paris, and when he stood at the entrance of the institute that bears his name, and with his favorite grandchild, tiny little girl, standing by his side, welcomed the rep resentatives ot the universities of every land come to pay homage to the greatest scientist of his time, there broke forth from the ranks of lusty -throated students cries loud and l long of ''Vive Pasteur!' Afterwards, at the Hetel de Vile reception, when he walked through the rooms leaning on the arm of the president of the city council, saw him rs- ! oeive perfect ovation, cries of "Vfve Pas teur!" followisR him wherever he went
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adult raving, always in want of water and generally of food, in an atmosphere beyond eonceiving. That is the picture which those few lines of telegram suggest to readers who know.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

They have some queer ideas about ladies in Chicago. The Chicago Times tells of "lady' who has been arrested for sending obscene letters through the mail.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-06
LIEBIG COMPANIES EXTRACT OF MEAT

Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavoring Stockl for Soups Made Dishes and Sauces. As Beef Tea, .'an invaluable tonic and an agreeable stimulant." Ar nual sale 8. .0O0, 900 jars.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31
REUNION REBOUNDS.
Pretty Safe to Look for Senator
Plumb; the Camp Located.

We are in receipt of letter from Sena-
tor Plumb, in which he says, in part:
"At the present moment, do not know
whether shall be in the state on the
date named, although think I shall be,
and if am I will very gladly comply
with your invitation, except for something
now unforeseen"
A number of the Committee on Ar
engagements for the reunion took a drive
Thursday afternoon, and located the re-
union camp ground. The ground select
ed is in the east part of town and little
east of south from DR.. Congers residence,
and extends to the railroad snow fence on
the south. It is not far from the bust
ness part of town, is in full view from
passidg trains, and possesses rs many adj
vantages as could well be expected OF
any spot OF ground in this locality.
The locating committee rode in Com
rade h q. Kessler's carriage and behind
his span OF fine greys. He certainly has
the thanks OF those whom he so signally
accommodated.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31
CENTRAL COMMITTEES.
Action of the County Republican
Central Committee.

The committee met at the court house
in Wa-Keeney, August "a, 1889, pursuant
to the call of the chairman, with the fol-
lowing members present:
Collyer-Geo. W. Kessler and L. d.
Courtney.
Franklin-C. s. Lee and J. G. Milhol-
land.
GleDcoe-H. N. Rogers.
Ogallah-C. G. Ridgway and J. p.
Marquand.
Wa-Keeney-Lee Monroe.
Willcox-Wm. CIPHER and Jasper Rog-
ers.
On motion, W. F. King and Jacob ALL
man were selected to I'LL vacancies from
Riverside township, and d. j. Wilson
was selected to fill vacancy from Glencoe
township.
John A. Nelson was admitted on the
proxy of W. E. Tilton, of Wa-Keeney
township.
On motion, the committee proceeded to
vote on the question Of whether nomina-
tons for county officers should be made
by the Crawford county system or dele
gate convention. The vote being a tie,
the chairman cast his vote in favor of a
delegate convention.
On motion, the vote was reconsi6ered,
and taken by ballot, which resulted as
follows: For a delegate convention, 8;
for the Crawford county system, 6.
On motion, it was decided that the rep
resentation at the county convention
should be as follows: One delegate at
large from each township and one dele
gate for every Is votes or fraction over Il
of such number cast at the November,
1858, election for Hon. VIM. Higgins for
secretary of state
On motion, it was ordered that the
convention be held at Wa-Keeney Satur-
day afternoon, September %, at 1:3O
o'clock; and recommended that the pri-
mary elections be held in each township
Saturday afternoon, September 81, at 2
o'clock, at such place and under such
regulations as the township central COM
mittees may order.
Moved, and unanimously carried, that
the chairman Of this committee Issue
call for the convention, embodying in
such call an invitation to all Republican
voters, irrespective of past differences on
local issues, to be present at, and partici-
pate in, the primary elections held for the
selection of delegates to the county con-
vention.
On motion, the committee adjourned.
A. H. BLAIR, Chairman.
LEE MONROE, Secretary.
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OGALLAH OOZINGS,
LEE MONROE, Secretary.

OGALLAH, TREGo Co., Aug. 26.
1t is getting rather dry to pillow in this
locality.
Chas. Allen and J. Shaffer, of Hays
City, were in town on Wednesday.
Roberts, Richards and Marquand have
been threshing near town this week.
Wheat is turning out twenty bushels per
acre, and will grade no. 2.
J. p. Marquand has the finest and
largest watermelons in the county. He
recently took some to BensOn's store, at
Ogallah, that weighed 4312 pounds each.
Chas. Cludas has traded his homestead
to A. V. Hixson for horses and cattle
This makes for Mr.. Hixson half section
of as nice land as there is in Trego
county.
Thomas Tarpey has, at last, received
his long-looked-for pension. He has
waited patiently for this pension for over
four years, and has for the most of this
time been great sufferer We have not
learned the amount he receives, but hope
it is sufficient to enable Mr. and Mrs. Tar
pey to enjoy the comforts of life in their
old age.
The magic lantern show, last Thurs
day, was a grand success. The school
house was crowded to its utmost capac-
ity. There was not even standing room
when the crowd had all gathered in. The
speaking, by Prof. Bailey, was amusing
and instructive; and the scenes were very
pleasing to the children. As they show
only at large towns, they will stop next
at Topeka or Kansas City.
A. Corloon lokoo3;-o h.,
returned, from his pursuit after the rob-
beers who tried to enter the house of Mrs.
Bailey last week. After long and tedi-
GUS chase, he succeeded in rounding
them up near the Smoky river; and, as
he was about to put the handouts on
one of them, the other robber commenced
shooting at him, one shot taking effect in
his leg. He was compelled to let them
both go, and come home for repairs. As
soon as he is recruited up, he will try
once more to capture the outlaws.
We took drive through the forestry
station last Sunday. It is the grandest
sight that we have seen for many years.
1t consists OF eighty acres of nice, thrifty
growing seedlings, such as walnut, box
elder, ash, ailanthus, catalpa, black and
honey locust, elm, mulberry, oak, pecan,
hickory, Usage orange and other kinds.
Owing to the close attention and care
that the superintendent, Mr.. Wynn, has
given these trees this summer, they are
free from weeds, and have made an excel
lent growth. This is grand institution
for western Kansas, and we can already
see the benefits from it in this neighbor-
hood, as nearly every farmer has started
a nice grove around his house with trees
obtained from the forestry station, and
whichlprobably would not have been done
had there been no forestry station.
REPORTER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

Congressman Turner arrived in town
from the west by Wednesday evenings
train, and went to Hays City Thursday
morning. In the evening of his arrival
here he was called upon, at the Union
House, by large number of our people.
The interest centered principally upon the
question of whom Mr.. Tnrner will recon-
mend for the appointment to the register
ship of the government land Office at this
place. Lee Monroe, of this city, and w.
81. Wilcox, of the Smoky valley, are
among the several applicants for the posi-
ton. The appointment, it is understood,
will be made this side of October l, the
date on which Register Boards resigna-
ton is to take effect.
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Mr.. Frantz, day operator at the o. P.

Mr.. Frantz, day operator at the q. p.
station at this place, had the operator at
Oakley "bust message" one day last week.
Upon complaint from the gentleman who
sent the message, Superintendent Palmer
has discharged Mr.. Frantz, who,i in order to
make dime, had the operator at Oakley
answer him, instead of delivering the
message to the party addressed. Then
Mr.. Frantz charged ten cents for delivering
TO the sender of the message the reply Of
the Oakley operator. This is rather cost
ly lesson for Mr.. Franz, but such work as
he has been discharged for is apt to prove
costly to people whose kilograms are not
delivered according to contract
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The case of the state ys. Walt.

The case of the state vs. Walter
Olson, on the charge of attempting to bur
glarize the First National Bank last fall,
has been discontinued at the instance of
the complainant. It will be remembered
that the defendant took change OF venue
to the Russell county district court. The
complainant became satisfied that the
conviction of young Olson would be i'm
possible This is why the case has been
discontinued. This action is better for
the defendant than an acquittal in court
would have been.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Wa-Keeney, Kansas ~, .e.x
,Julv OF 1890 NO. Ao4S.

Land Office at "9 sas p, is ksnsas 4s4s
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make s.
year final proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the Register and Receiv
er of the q. s. Land Office at Wa-Keeney, Kansas ON
Sept. s, 1885, viz: Anderson E. Nickel. Homestead
Application No. 6919, for the 4 Section 3d. in
Township II South, Range % West of the 9Th P. NJ
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of said
land, viz: Chauncey W. F. Street, Alanson T.
Greenwood, Daniel Countryman and Charles H.
Gibbs, all of Wa-Keeney. Trego County, Kansas.
543 W. G. L. BEARD, Register
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The Kansas City Globe-Monda

The Kansas City Monday
mornings, we believe-had an item about
Tom Moore, of Trego county, being in
that city, and descantiDg on rattlesnakes.
Tom was made to say that rattlesnake
don't spring, and that its greatest pleas
IRE is to run away from person whom
it happens to espy. This may all be cor
rect, but what Tom Moore was this? The
Tom Moore of Wa-Keeney has not been
at Kansas City this week; and, if he had
been, it is not likely he would have had
snakes in his boots or on his mind.
There is reason for suspecting that q
Globe reporter has been trihed with.
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That cattle buyer from Nebraska con

That cattle buyer from Nebraska con-
tipues to take steers Matt Williams, Of
Franklin township. has sold him forty
of them at twenty-five dollars apiece. W.
H.Willcox, Of the smoky valley, has sold
the same man twenty-three steers and two
bulls. These punches of cattle have been
started to Nebraska, by the way of Stock
ton, Kansas. Mr.. Willcox's son Maurice
started from here with them yesterday
morning to stay one day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

Rev. Fl. II. Morrill, will hold Episco-
pal services in the court house Sunday,
September 8, morning and evening. Sub
iect for morning sermon, Temperance
from the Church Standpoint. Public
cordially invited.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-08-31

F. Danford Esq, went to Grainfield by
Wednesday forenoon's train, and returned
by the evening train.