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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

subjects gave almost magazine flavor
to its editorial page. The London
Times under the second Walter was as
near IN independent paper as England
had seen.
John Walter the third, whose por-
trait accompanies this brief sketch,
was born at London in 1918. He was
educated at Elton, was graduated from
Exeter College, Oxford. and was called
to the bar in 1847, which was also the
year of his fathers death and his own
election to Parliament. He remained
in Parliament until defeated in 1865,
but returned to his seat two years
later, and has there continued to the
present time. For over forty years the
Times under his management has been
considered the exponent of the best
British thought. Its attitude toward
each successive government has been
in the main candid. The paper has
been popularity called the Thunderer,
but it would be nearer the facts to call
it the Judge, on account of its judicial
tone. The paper has for long time
declared dividends amounting to about
$3.50, 900 annually. No dividend was
declared last year, the surplus having
been spent in defending the most stu
pendous libel in the history of jour
nalism.
Mr.. Walter is by nature more con-
sentative than his father or his grand
father, and yet he used the influence OF
the Times in the "Parnellism and
Crime" articles more recklessly than
that of any respectable paper has ever
been used in England. Mr.. Walter over
ruled his managing editor in reference
to the publication of forged Parnell
letters ne selected the form Of indict-
ment under which Parnell and his as
sociates should be tried before the
commission; he had the moral support
of the Attorney General as his chief
counsel; his witnesses were given &C
cess to Government papers and his
attorneys were furnished the names OF
Government spies and secret agents,
and yet the case collapsed before one
witness was put under oath by Mr..
Parnell. Mr.. Walter is q man of great
culture, and until his recent fall he ha:
been considered thoroughly honorable
and candid in all his dealings, profes
sional and personal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
He Was Not SuperstitiOus.

A well-known jeweler: Il am often
asked why I keep that little, old-fash-
toned silver horseshoe in my showcase.
It certainly does look out OF place
among my watches; it would not be at
home among the diamonds either, and
it would be equally a stranger in the
case with the earrings and breast-plns.
It was made in my fathers shop In
Switzerland about forty years ago.
when I was boy, and l made it.
Il made it out of silver franc after
T had been at the bench less than
month. A little French girl gave the
coin to me. and I fashioned this horse
shoe with a few tools that my father
would allow me to use. It was breast
pin once, and after it was made the
girl wore it. About five years after
wards I brought the horseshoe and the
French girl to this country with me.
She was my wife then
Il had hard fight with the world at
first. We went West. Then we went
South. At last we came here. After
this we prospered. All this time my
wife wore the horseshoe. 1 shouldn't
say all the time, but most of the time.
Once she lost it. The same night my
store was burned. The next day boy
brought the pin to me and asked me
how much it was worth as old silver.
He had found it on the street. 1 bought
it back for five times it's value without
a question. :, A.,
"Twenty years ago my wife died.
AMONG the last things she did was to
ask for this pin. She gave it to me and
told me to keep it always. It had been
the means of our marrying, and had
always brought us good fortune. With
two exceptions, it has never passed out
of my possession since.
when my eldest daughter was
married she wore the pin on her
wedding dress. She left for Europe
the next day, and forgot to return it
to me before she started. She had not
been gone week before my cash
Ter disappeared with $1,000 in cash
and left large deficit in my bank
balance. He was my nephew, and
would have been my partner some
day. During that month the grass
hopper plague destroyed the crops in
Kansas and I lost several thousand
| more in bad debts. I am not superstl-
tious, but I cabled to my daughter for
the pin and it came back by the first
steamer.
"The next exception was five years
ago last summer. In cleaning out the
showcases one morning a new clerk
threw the pin among the scraps in the
workshop to be melted up, thinking il
had no value. When I missed 1t, II
could not be found. The shop was
thoroughly searched.
Il advertised for it, offering liberal
reward, and my porter returned it te
me and claimed the $50. He had found
it, so he said, in the ash-box in front o.
the store. This was one week after
had lost it. During that time my daugh
ter's husband was killed III railroad
. accident in Illinois. Since Their
this old horseshoe is in the case, wher'
, it has lain for twenty long years. Ever.
day and every night it goes into thu
} safe.
mo, I am not superstitious, no on
can accuse me of that weakness; but i
would take more money than most mel
have to buy that pin. I don't bel1ev'
in luck. know that losing the pin hat
nothing to do with my disasters, but
won't part with it all the same. "-Je,r
} e[erS' WeeEly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
MeteOric YelOcitieS.

Meteorites have been known to weigh
many tons, while it has been estimated
that some shooting stars-which have
been proven to be of like composition
weigh not more than two grains and
not one in twenty reaches pound.
These bodies often begin to glow when
as high as eighty miles, and, though the
smaller fragments are completely
burned and disappear while high in
air, their rate of travel in our atmos-
phere has been pretty accurately meas
ured. The lowest velocity yet deter
mined, states Prof J. Norman Lock
yer, is something like two miles per
second, the highest some fifty miles a
second, which is about $50 times faster
than shell leaves one of our most
powerful guns. Our meteoric lombard
ment would be serious without the pro-
teeth g observation-disclosures, 1rar
eler.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

accustomed to it. The eye sparkles,
the step is elastic, and the rich blood
mantles to the nose as the gayly capar-
isoned droska speeds blithely through
the palmetto groves of the thrifty
Occident.
Many Southern people come to st.
Paul and Minneapolis, it is said, in
order to escape the rigors of their own
winter. The banana belt extending
from Duluth to Winnipeg reminds one
of tropical Africa. Last week Mr..
Riley Haggard and 1 started out for a
little quiet elephant shooting in the
country. Bidding farewell to the con-
cierge at the hotel, we packed our
heavy express rifles and smooth-bore
elephant guns, penetrated as far as the
sleeping-car could convey us, and bid
ding farewell to our faithful Wan
Wenga, who caressed US both with a
whisk broom to the value of 20 scudi,
we hired an elephant apiece and began
to penetrate the jungle, preceded by
our trusty bird-dog.
At the kraal or livery stable, where
we engaged our elephants, we we're
told that game was plenty about thirty
miles across the dingelow, and that in
q small forest of jingsnag trees and
hoola bushes quite .ovey of quigga
and elephants had been scared up by a
Boer who had penetrated the Jungle
accompanied by his broke or dog.
The first night we camped beneath
the shade of Vienna breadfruit tree
on the borders of the Karroo, and, pre-
venting the escape of our trusty ele-
plants by attaching their trunks, we
began to prepare our evening meal.
I read the directions from hook of
African travel, and my faithful COM
rade, Mr.. Riley Haggard, did the
cooking.
First refreshing ourselves with a
long draught from a gourd of spoopju
from Peoria, marked 1912, so-called
because it is placed on the market
eighteen hours and forty-two minutes
after it is made, our faithful gun-bear-
er, Wang Wang, began to carve the
bultong, Meiboss, and jerked muskrat
for the evening meal. Making bright
fire of karroo bushes and fresh train
figs, wad of mealies was soon sim
mering on the Goals, while the odor of
Cincinnati bultong pervaded the trop-
ical forest.
Ylang Wang, our faithful valet, who
has made his name household word
because of his search after Schwatka
and "One Night" Stanley, said that &C
cording to the books on African explo-
ration it was now time to bed down the
elephants. After doing this he re-
turned and proceeded with the cuisine.
We had hardly swallowed our sup
per, and Mr.. Riley Haggard was about
to climb date palm to secure few
luscious lecture-dates, when our ears
were saluted by most unearthly and
ear-piercing roar from the heart of the
Jungle. At this moment our faithful
Ylang Wang came in, with eyes stick
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
ing out like sore thumb, to announce
that our bird dog had flushed large

ing out like sore thumb, to announce
that our bird dog had flushed q large
Abyssinian lion.
Hurriedly putting little Mayonnaise
dressing on our faithful Wang Wang,
we sent him out to parley with the lion
while we put on our telegraph climbers,
and, filing our pockets with bultong,
we assembled Duluth palm tree.
We had not long to wait! The wang
wanga bushes parted and low, heavy
set performing lion crept softly into
the open Karroo, preceded at distance
of about three-quarters of an inch by
our faithful Wang Wang. As the poor
fellow jumped q low Kirdish bush 1
heard a crunching sound such as hope
never to hear again, and turned away
NV head rather than see our trusty
gun bearer in the act of backing into
lion.
As soon as I could regain my courage
by a small nip of spoopju looked back
at the sickening spectacle. All was
still save the distant song of the red
breasted blim-blam in the koojoo
bushes.
Suddenly remembering how I had
once seen q lion-tamer make . lion
ouail. I descended from the tree, and
taking q small riding-whip with me, /
said sHi!" and whipping him across the
forelegs, in the meantime frequently
making the remark Hi, drove him
away from there. Out of the kraal.
down the sloot or dry watercourse, and
across the Karroo lands he sped, and
80 on back to Winnipeg, where he joined
his congress of rare wild beasts, as
afterward learned.
Hastily saddling our elephants and
s;nching them tightly 30 that the how
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
Absurd Customs.

Courtiers are persons whose CHIEF
business is to stand around royalty.
laugh when he laughs, and cry whe
he cries. The King of Menomotapa,
in addition to these duties, required
his courtiers to sneeze when he
sneezed. The effect was peculiar and
somewhat startling to strangers. When
the courtiers followed his example, the
lesser courtiers in the ante-rooms
Joined in the sound, and the ordinary
people outside took it up. In conse-
auence q mighty sneeze spread all
over the city like tidal wave. 1t may
be mentioned, by way of explanation
of this absurdity, that Menomotapa,
as kingdom, is no more, being about
ten miles square, in Africa, and totally
wiped out by the Arab slave-traders.
Yet this custom was no more absurd
than the rules established by some
European officers in India, requiring
native Government officials to remove
their country shoes before entering
their august presence. Ii. however,
they have on pair of English boots,
they can approach without being put
to any trouble. Recently, some Hin.
doc officials, to avoid the indignity Of
presenting themselves in bare feet,
bought single pair of boots, and each
wore the boots in turn as he went uI
to be presented to the Governor
There was great fun caused by the
officials running hither and thither tt
take their turn with the pair of boots
but it was pitiful fun, after all. Al
Shakspeare's Puck says, What fools
| these mortals be!"-GOlden Days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

that the winter here was much like that
of Singapore, but I would not have be-
Iieyed it even then if I had not person
alIy tried it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

dab could not slip around under the
stomach of the noble beast, we noun. noun
ed by means of freight-car standIne
near by and returned across the trans a:s
wal Whatever that is, and hiring dill
ieence, we packed our remaining sup
Div of bultong, elephant tusks, spooP!ui;
pemmican, elephant blubber, sacf ere
COW meat, dried yak, Krooliejam, NIL.
waukee Heidsick, and q glossary OF
hard words from Rider Haggard, ana
took the cars at Stanley Pool, resolving
to penetrate still farther into the 1tcp'
zeal depths of the Northwest.
I had been told by the real estate
mon both at st. Paul and Minneapolis
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

N the e1hilarating
Northwest, 1889: The
l. cold of Minnesota has
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

SHE-No; it cannot be, but I will
try to be a sister to you. He-You've
never been anything else. You are the
most sisterly girl 1 ever met. SISTER
ly?" Eyes. You have taken all you
could get out of me, and have never
given anything in return"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

COOP MINISTRIES, children, we all
have besetting sins. So have ], like
the rest. Now, what do you suppose
is my besetting sin? Bright boy
Taking.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

A GREAT man is happiest when he
can sit down and write his memoirs and
forget all the mean things he knows
about himself.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27

gcrated by rival
States, and though
at times the Their
mometer lowers it
self in the estima-
ton of society, tie
cold is of such a
bracing character
as to seem almost
oppressively hot to
those who are not
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-04-27
A MIGHTY HUNTER is HE
BILL NYE'S ADVENTURES IN THE
MINNESOTA LUNCHES.

He Penetrates the Tropical Depths Of the
Great Northwest On the Back of an Ele-
phant, and Meets with Several Thrilling
Adventures.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

GUS. The writer passed the greater psrl
Of four years at Constantinople, where he
had occasion to call upon the officials oi
the Sublime Porte so frequently that il
will be difficult to enumerate these
official visits; and with few exceptions,
when the visit was protracted to any
length, black coffee, pure in quality, and
prepared with the grounds, was regularly
served in small, delicate cups. All
Turks, from the highest to the lowest,
Indulge in the beverage, few swallows
at time, during the day, and without
any evil effects. What makes the fact
the more remarkable is that neither the
sedentary habits of the Turk nor the
quick, energetic temperament of the
Greek seem to be affected by the Fer
petual imbibing of this beverage. Spec
tacles, it may be remarked, are as little
used in Turkey as in Greece; nor
are complaints of the eyes more
prevalent, if we except ophthalmia,
which is brought from Egypt and exists
chiefly among the uncean and dissolute
lower orders. An old Pasha once told
us that he considered coffee to be one OF
the greatest blessings vouchsafed by
Allah to the faithful, not only for its
grateful aroma, but from its health pre-.
serving qualities. He referred, Of course,
to the "divine berry" of Mocha, and not
to the questionable compound served up
in the 'inidel" countries of the Vest
lCharles L. Tuckerman, in North Amer
ican Review.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
THE USE OF COFFEE.
A Writer Who Holds 1t to be
Blessing to Poor and Rich.


We are persuaded, from our observa-
ton OF many years in Greece and Turkey,
that the moderate use of poor coffee is
one might almost say--a blessing to rich
and to poor. Excess in its use, or the
is made from the genuine coffee. berry,
and properly made, is, beyond any
question, an evil. One must live in the
East for while-or, if not there, con-
fine himself to partakiug of the
beverage in other countries, where
the character of the cafe, or the
house where it is served, is guaranty Of
it's purity-to appreciate what coup OF
coffee" really means. 1t is recognized
fact that the mixture drunk by the ma.
jority of people in Europe and our own
country, under the name of coffee, is a
vile, or, at best, an adulterated, COM
pound of inferior berries, beans, or other
substitutes, and that when occasionally
the genuine coffee berry is the basis ol
the hot fluid served at the hotels,
railroad stations, restaurants and even
in private houses, it is not pre-
pared properly, and more frequently
than otherwise Injuries the digestion and,
consequently, the health of the constant
drinker.
In Athens, broadly speaking, every
third man INDUCES in cigarette smoking
and coffee drinking, and this to an ex-
tent that astonishes the stranger. 1t is
an everyday sight, when entering an Of.
fee or private sitting room, and not in
frequently the family room, to see the
tobacco box, cigarette paper and ash
box lying on the table, and
the visitor is expected, without in.
vitation, to help himself and light his
cigarette, as preparation for, and COM
panion to, conversation. Little cups of
black coffee follow as matter of course,
however early or late the hour may be-.
But the Greek does not confne his at.
tentions to the coffee-cup to these occa-
sioDs. He often takes his first cigarette
and his first cup in bed before rising,
and continues the practice at intervals
throughout the entire day. 1t is some
thing akin to the habit of ice-water
drinking in the United States, but
without the subtle, injurious results that
follow an habitual use of cold liquids,
which chill the stomach, impair the gen.
eral health, and produce decayed teeth.
So far as our personal observation goes,
strengthened by medical testimony, the
Greeks in the condition of their general
health do not support the theory that the
habltuel use Of coffee injures che system
or aiiects the eyesight.
The same is the case in Turkey. There
coffee drinking is universal and continu-
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
Th @ d wis.

Tonight at the Grand Opera House, the
Owl Dramatic Club appear in the play OF
Esmeralda for the benefit of Miss Mamie
Short. The little comedy is from the
brilliant pen of Mrs. Hodgson Burnett,
authoress OF Little Lord Fauntleroy, and
of many charming stories. 1t treats of
simple country people OF North Carolina,
who, becoming rich, go to Paris and
nearly become the prey of an adventurer.
ESmerdlda affords the club opportunities
for some OF their exquisite stage settings,
and in every way they will endeavor TO
give perfect performance. The cast is
as follows: cold Man Rogers" North
Carolina farmer, Mr.. Martin Lehman ;
Lydia Ann Rogers" his wife, Miss
Rose Ashmead; "Esmeralda," their
daughter, Miss Mamie Short; "Dave
Hardy" young farmer, Mr.. Charles A.
Vogelsang; "Jsck Desmond" an Amer
lean artist, Mr.. A. Wilberforce; Mora
Desmond" Miss Josephine Williams
George Drew" a mining specnlator,
Mr.. Frank Finlayson Marquis de Mon
tessin," French adventurer, Mr.. r. A.
Chadwick; "Everard Estabrook," man
of leisure, Mr.. g. A. Dobinson.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
The Peop,o,s Thenter.

This thester has been drawing good
houses right along during the spring, and
the stock company is doing good work.
Tonight there will be a change of pro-
gramme. The Two Conuicts and Turn
Him Out will be given. The first is a
melodrama and the latter a comedy.
Both are we'll worth seeing.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

become more accustomed to each other,
go that everything moves off smoothly.
Iolanthe is very pretty opera and will
be we'll sung.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
Office.

The finest ocean bath house on the
Pacific Coast is now open to the public
at Redondo Beach. No stingrays and
no undertow. REDoNDo HOTEL Co.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

No humbug, no nonsense, no misrepresenta-
tions. Dress goods, silks and trimmings below
manufacturers prices. City of Paris.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

1t is to the interest of every lady in this city
and surrounding country to visit the City of
Paris, and examine the unapproachable bar.
gains offered
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

Notary Public and C0nveyancer,
Frank NJ. Kelsey II North Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
IOtAnthe.

Tonight, H. @. Wyatt's English Opera
Company will sing Gilbert & Sullivan's g
opera Iolanthe, at the Los Angeles
Theatre. The company has improved
wonderfully since it first opened here
several weeks ago, and it should draw
large houses during the remsinder OF the
season. The chorus has been % con-
stant training, aud the principals have
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

G. W. HERSEE, expert piano tuner, at ]. W
Gardner's, 2l2 South spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

Uterine aud rectal diseases treated with skill
by her new painless method. City references
from hopeless cases cured. 400 Fort street,
corner Fifth.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
Don't Buy Any Lumber

For healthful change of air and scenery try
few days at Arrowhead Springs. Summer
rates.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
Consult mrs. DR.. Wells

Until you have had an estimate on yonr bill
from the Schallert Ganshl Lumber Company,
First and Alameda streets.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

A genuine clearance sale-20 per cent, below
manufacturers prices. "City of Paris"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

and particularly in South America, where
he amassed fortune. He has power
full voice, extending two full octaves to
the upper @.
A comedy is being now revived at one
of the Roman theaters which was writ
ten by Cardinal Bibbiena. 1t was per-
formed for the first time at the Vatican in
1905, in the presence of Pope Leo X
who seemed to be very amused at 1t. In
l54S it was given in Paris in presence OF
Catherine de Medici. In the bills the
play OF CalandrG was described as being
only for grown-up people. and ladies
we're desired to go veiled. Only
two ladies had the courage to 60 and
were not yelled. Otherwise the theater
was full and the play pleased.
A cable from London to New York
paper. under date of the oath ult., an
nounces that "Mary Anderson decided
yesterday, after a conference with doc
tors, not to appear on the stage again un-
til October l, 1890. Henry Abbey went
to see her today and released her from
her contract with him to appear in
America next October. The doctors said
she must have at least whole years
rest, and Abbey agreed to fill dates in
America on condition that she will first
appear under his management in America
in year from next October"
According to the New York World,
"play- writing is not q source of money
getting to Steele Mack.ye. He is an en-
thueiast, an artist, a scholar, philoso-
pher. He paints like an artist; in fact
when he was 21 years old only he was
one Of The best known connoiseeurs in
Paris. His life-work is book of meta
physics, upon which he is now busy, be-
sides his plays. His philoaophic re
searches and requirements are SO we'll
known among scholars that he is re-
garded as a teacher of mental philoso-
ply to whom college professors might
and indeed do 60 to school,"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

TheO. RapP, Wood Engraver,
No. 10 Court street. room 8. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Reasonable prices.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

Local and through tickets sold, baggage
checked. Pullman sleeping car reservations
made, and general Information given upon ap-
plication to G. F. SMURR, Asst. G. Pas Agt, No.
202 North Main street; CHARLES SEYLKR,
Agent at Depot.
/ Sundays excepted. tsundays only
A. N. TOWNk, General Manager.
7, II. GOODMAN,
Genr Passenger and Ticket Agt.
apl1-3m
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

Sherwin. Williams, prepared hous
paints at p. II. MATHEWS.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

THE DAVIS Sewing Machine Is undou btedly
the best made. One hundred were sold in this
county last month. % South Main street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-08

Until our Fall goods arrive we.will sell dress
goods. silks and trimmings regardless of cos
CITY of Paris.n