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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Hoisington Dispatch: A draft of
$500 from the board of church extern
sion has been received by the Metho-
dist folks of this place. 1t will be used
in the construction of their new church
building. The frame work will soon
begin to show up over the foundation
now built.
Wellington Monitor: Rev. F. "
Stevens. of the Congregational church
will exchange pulpits during the months
of July and August with Rev. j. II.
Parker. formerly of Wichita, now pas
tor of Bethany church. Chicago. who
will be remembered as having preached
for the Congregationalists on several
occasions last summer.
Guthrie, Ok. Optic: The Presby-
terians are having large tent erected
on their lots on the corner of East
Third and Villas streets, where they
will hereafter hold their services. By
next Sabbath they expect to have the
tent seated with chairs. On Tuesday
night the ladies of the church will give
a social. As this is the first church
social in Guthrie, let every body come
out.
Topeka Journal: The Martin NJ. e.
church was dedicated. Bishop w. x.
Ninde was present and preached the
dedicatory sermon. Rev. John D. Knox
formally presented the building to the
church on behalf of the trustees. The
church was beautifully decorated and a
select choir rendered some excellent
music. Pledges aggregating $500 were
made during the service. which clears
the building of debt. 1t cost 50, 100
exclusive of lots, and is very pretty
little church building. A Sunday school
has already been organized in the
church with a membership of one hun
dred. This is the sixteenth Methodist
church in Topeka, all denominations of
MethOdists being included.
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TRIPPING THE LIGHT BoMBAsT1c TOE.

the hoe (the westward ho) in order to
make them laugh forth heartily with
abundant harvests. The air is pure
and whisky is abundant. Hostile In
dams are now quite scarce, it being al
most impossible to get enough for q
mess. Wild geese, water cress, pizen
weed, politicians, and the Salvation
Army thrive well here.
Farms in Nebraska are valuable. es-
pecially those on Farnam street in the
city of Omaha.
Omaha was founded by Fred Nye at
the close of the war. Nye, who is a
Spaniard by birth, with rich CASTLE
blood in his veins, discovered the site
of Omaha by accident, and immediately
started a paper there, which was fol-
lowed by the arrival of several thou
sand people who came there to sub
scribe for the paper.
In 1904 Messrs. Lewis & Clarke.
who were doing general discovery
business, camped at what is now Coun-
ell Bluffs. They held q treaty with
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West in 1924, where he soon began to
move in the best Omaha Indian society
circles. He was always invited to at
tend the best and most recherche scalp
dances, where he would trip the light
fantastic toe till "the wee sma' hours
anent the twa," as I read in a paper
once. It was not long, then, until Mr..
Fontanelle won the heart of young
Indian sguaw. It was but the work of
moment to make her his wife. She
did not play on the piano at all and
SO made him a good wife. She was a
remarkable woman in many respects,
and as she walked through the spa
cious halls of her home her footballs
sounded like game of beanbag at a
quiet social.
She dressed plainly in an army
blanket, and, in addition to her house
work, used to catch muskrats during
the winter. She became the mother of
five half-breed children. Her husband
died in 1910 as result of his efforts to
combine business with delirium ire
mems. Whisky at that time in Omaha
was often attended with fatal results.
1O WOu1u 1CulONO Wallis, COluo, anu
bunions. Mr.. Fontanelle used it fire.
quently in order to afford exhilaration.
Finally it began to afford not only
board and lodging, but also spectacu-
lar entertainments, during one of which
he suddenly expired, leaving four sons
and one daughter. Logan was finally
killed by the Sioux, after having made
a good many experiments with the
demon rum. Albert was blacksmith
up to his death, since which little is
known of him. He was thrown from a
mule in a vertical direction, and when
he struck the town his soul had fed.
The mules injuries were slight. Te-
cumseh was killed by his brother-in-
law in drunken frolic. He was a
lovely character except when drunk.
When he was drunk he frequently said
things which he afterward bitterly re-
GREETED.
Mrs. Fontanelle had the ll-fortune
to see one of her little sons coming
home from school with a spear inserted
in him one day, from which he died. She
found out that the deed was done by an
Iowa Indian.
She concealed an ak under her
blanket, and, telling him to look at the
beautiful sunlight which bathed the
entire landscape and flooded it with
glory, she spat on her hands, and,
swinging the ak about with great vigor,
buried it in the center of the low,
coarse brute. Wiping the ak carefully
with her pocket-handkerchief, she re-
turned to her home and wrote up the
occurrence for the local papers, laying
blame mostly on the deceased for the
unfortunate affair.
Omaha is situated in the eastern part
of the State, her feet being bathed by
the waters of the Missouri. The Mis-
souri, carries quite quantity of Ne
braska down to Louisiana every year,
but replaces the loss by leaving large
deposits of Dakota in the meantime.
The Missouri is quite wet stream,
however, compared with the Platte.
In August street-sprinklers have to
run up and down over the parched
bosom of the Platte.-BiU Nye, IN St
Louis Post.
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Swinburne says gave bun more
pleasure than anything he has heard
since.

An old negro by the name OF Lind
sey, who was separated from his fam
lily during slavery times, has been
travelling over the country for twenty
three years, searching for them. A few
weeks ago he met his son Allen at
Paris, Texas, and an affecting reunion
resulted. Through Allen he found
Jim, a porter on the Missouri and Kan
sas Railway. He then set out on foot
to see his daughter Amanda, who IS
living at Denison. He is now spend
ing few days with her. The old man
says he will devote the rest of his life
to finding kis wife.
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children.

The experiments at refreshing Italy
are in the highest degree interesting
to Americans. When it seemed de-
sirable to cultivate a forest, it was
done at the joint expense of the Gov
eminent, the province and the COM
munity Immediately interested. TWEEN
ty-two thousand acres have been re-
forested, while plans are prepared for
covering an area of 261, 900 acres.
The estimate is that in all over 500, OOO
acres must and will be planted for
public safety at a round cost OF
81, 100000 This enterprise and ex-
pense has been made necessary by the
reckless destruction of original forests
on the mountain slopes. 1t is full OF
warning to our people, that so far is
not needed, and probably will not be
needed, until agriculture is perma-
nently damaged beyond recovery in
half century or more. This is now .
question of prime Importance to the
American people.
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building site for said plant be furnished,
OF not less than FIVE acres Of land with
in not more than half mile of the limits
Of the city Of Ulysses.
Independence Tribune: Recently E. T.
Lewis was coming down the road hav-
ing been selling some cattle at Kansas
City. A clerical appearing gentleman ap-
preached him in his car seat and ad-
dressed him. "You are E. T. Lewis?"
"Yes." "You were in the Confederate
army?" "Yes." "Well. you took me
prisoner" and right then and there
''Tom" Lewis and Deacon G. T. Ewing,
editor Of the Thayer Headlight, held a
delightful reunion, and talked over the
capture OF the union battery of which
Ewing was member. The captain had
been cut across the abdomen with bull
let, and was in critical condition, but
when captured by Mr. Lewis he received
humane treatment and medical care,
and lived to meet Mr.. Lewis for the first
time after a quarter century.
Ten firms are now slaughterirg stock
in Kansas City, eight of them being in
Kansas City, Kansas. Five of them kill
both cattle and hogs, four kill only
hogs and one nothing but cattle. The
Armour packing company during May
killed 1894 cattle and 60,OS4 hogs;
Swift & Co., 1885 cattle and 5,213
hogs; George Fowler & Son, 795 cattle
and 40,917 hogs; Kingan & Co., 1876
hogs; Cole, 1906 hogs; bold & Son,
1872 cattle and 1866 hogs; Morris
Butts & Co., 3,462 cattle and 1884
hogs; Alcutt packing company, 1865
hogs; Morrison packing company, in
four DAYS, 1928 hogs; Libby, 7O7 cat
tie; total of 32,265 cattle. 173,75S
hogs. Deduct bold & Son and the
Morrison packing company. and this
leaves total for Kansas City Kansas,
of 28,645 cattle and 159.193 hogs.
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hostile Indians at this point, under the
PROVISIONS OF which the Indians were
nrmiy bound by those presents to
AVOID killing the Messrs. Lewis g.
Clarke. They also decided few coun-
ues to the white man in consideration
OF twenty cents worth of beads and q
nne-tooth comb, to them in hand paid.
1t is thought that Nebraska was dis
covered by Coronado in 1541 at point
which IS between Gage and Furnas
Counties.
The Omaha Indians now number
about LOO souls, I was about to say,
but they have associated with the white
man SO much that will just say there
are i'OVO head of them. Some of them
at tunes fiy In the face of industry. The
Indian 3.jnature seems to reluctantly
part vs. his perspiration.
Luclen Fontanelle, born in New Or
leans about she year 1900, went to the
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STOCK AND FARM.

Anthony Republican: Jonathan
Starks, living southwest of town, has
$50 acres of wheat which he is cutting.
It is SO thick and heavy that the binder
cannot clear the whole swath, and he
has to cut but half the usual width to
work it. His crop will run forty BUSH
els to the acre. Ten thousand bushels
from $50 acres is good yield. While
this is above the average of the county,
there are other pieces of wheat that will
nearly equal it.
Fort Scott Monitor: G.. Stockmeyer
has fifteen acres planted in sweet pota-
toes and has secured good stand OF
plants. Ten acres are of his famous
Chinese variety, called the king" He
has three acres more IN reserve to be
planted about the LIST of July. He IS
cultivating in all twelve different varie-
ties of sweet potatoes this year. Mr..
Stockmeyer has invented machine to
hoe his sweet potatoes by horse power,
with which he cultivatcs and hoes, in
complete order five acres per day.
Anthony Republican: In talking
with some of our enterprising farmers,
they said there was more sod being
turned under this year than there has
been for five years in this county.
There are hundreds of acres of sod be-
ing plowed under in the county. A
great deal of the wheat fields will be
put into listed corn after the wheat is
cut and cleared of. It will make late
crop that will be splendid for feed.
There are many ways of utilizing Sec
ond crop in Southern Kansas, that the
colder northern states cannot succeed in.
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ACCORDING to the report which Prof.
Hornaday is preparing for the Smith
sonian Institution the American buff
falo, which formerly roamed over our
Western plains, may be said to be e1-
tinct. According to his Investigations
there are now less than $50 buffalo in
all the American continent, where, less
than quarter Of a century ago, they
ranged the plains in countless thou
sands, showing rate of extirmination
that seems almost Incredible. The
buffalo has disappeared faster than Lo,
the poor Indian; doubtless because his
carcass is reckoned of more value COM
mercially.
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KANSAS RAILROADS.

the Vinita Chieftain says the new
road from Wagner to Cofeyville is 60
ing to begin carrying cattle at once,
and it is said j. III. Mehlin and Ed.
Campbell will make shipment from
Double creek. The probability is that
a large share Of the cattle on the YER
digris and west Of it, will go to market
by that route.
There was q conference Monday at
Omaha between Union Pacific engineers
and the management of the road
relative to proposed reduction OF sal
aries Of enginemen. The reductSons
already made are in effect at the Coun-
Gil Bluffs transfer, and on the Kansas
Central and the Leavenworth, Topeka,
4 Southern, where salaries have been
cut from 1885 to $3.50 Der day.
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A Correct Diagnosis.

George-Eh? You got engaged
last night9 Gus, my old, my dear
friend, tell me how you did it"
Gus-Really, I hardly know my
self. Couldn't help it. just like fall
ing down stairs. was on the edge of
a proposal, she gave me push, and
there I was-engaged.
well, I haven't had any such ex-
perience. Every time try to start,
my knees knock together, and my
teeth chatter, and my tongue cleaves to
the roof of my mouth. I've tried a
dozen times to pop the question to
Miss De Pink, and slumped every
time.
"And did she let you slump?"
Eyes"
@You are courting the wrong girl. p
NeU York Weekly.
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ginous trunk, with its deep scars, and
then. above and browning all, the deli
cate futed dark green leaves, through
which the gentle breezes were almost
constantly engaged in soughing.
looked at it long time in silence
and wrapped in profound admiration.
Then I went away and got friend to
come and assist me in admiring the
delicate beauty and subtle perfume of
the tree.
"How wonderful" I said, "are the
works of the Creator. Who could
fashion the fronded palm or paint the
delicate fringe of foliage that crowns
the graceful palmetto? Man may
strive to do it, but he will never sue
coed. How beautiful, how wonderful,
are the works of the Maker"
eyes," said a low voice which eman-
ated from a full set of rank whiskers
near by, "but you are mistaken about
the name of the maker of that tree. It
was made by the Columbia Iron Works
of this place"
I now decided to abandon the tree
and admire something else.
The Platte River is queer stream.
It has large circulation, but little in
fuence. It covers a good deal of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

CESAR and Washington, each with
out any considerable experience in
arms, took up the profession of SOL
der at the age of 43.
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A MONSTER toad, weighing sixty-si1
pounds, and measuring nearly three
feet round the body, is said to have
been found at Juillac, France, and sold
for $3.50 to a manufacturer at st.
Eienne. Its croaking bears close
resemblance to the barking of dog.
The inhabitants of all the country
round have been pouring into Juillao
to see the phenomenal animal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

An automatic bartender is now in use
in prohibition States, which has 5, 10
and 25-cent slots. By dropping the
amount in one of the openings chosen
beverage Immediately appears.
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LADY SANDHURsT and Miss Golden
will be obliged to vacate their seats as
members of the London County Coun-
Gil, as it has been decided that women
are not eligible. This decision seems
;11oo;oo1
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The regular income of John D. Rock
efeller is $2O,00O,OOO a year. That
makes him the richest man in the
United States, perhaps the richest man
In the world.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

The late John Bright was a great
ndmirer of John G.. Whittier's poetry.
He could repeat "Snowbound" and
many other of Whittier's poems, and
often did so in public.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

The great-granddaughter of Sir Wal
ter Scott, the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell
Scott, of Abbotsford, is preparing for
publication some journals of the nov
elist not heretofore made public.
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The trip voyage the man-of-war
Brooklyn is making by sail from Ma
gasaki, Japan, to New York, embraces
22,5OO miles.
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SECRETARY HALFoRD says there is
no truth in the stories of the Presi-
dents ill-health. He has known Mr..
Harrison for twenty years, and his
health was never better than it is now.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

The Iturbide, in the City of Mexico,
is probably the grandest hotel in the
world. 1t was built by the Governor
for his palace and cost So, OOO,OOO 1t
contains room used by Governor
,Yturbide for chapel that is frescoed
In solid gold.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

ELLA WHEELER-WILCox is to be the
Judge in $40 prize contest for the best
love letter containing proposition of
matrimony.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

; SIR CHARLES dixie will shortly de-
liver series of labor speeches in the
mining districts of England.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

A NEGRO in Rankin County, Missis-
sippi, who had stolen mule was given
the option of going to the penitentiary
or receiving hundred lashes on his
bare back. He chose the latter, tax
ing the punishment like stole.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

! An Indiana man has got rich selling
skunks to geological gardens and show
men at SO per pair.
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SENATOR STANFORD predicts that in
twenty-five years one will be able to 60
entirely around the world by rail.
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Miss LOUISE SCHRAGE, of Cincin-
natl, was born Christmas Day, died
Good Friday, and was buried Easter
G,,ndar
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/ DETROIT comes to the front with q
confidence queen who can pick pockets
in seven different languages.
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! A PIECE of redwood bark brought to
Visalia, Cal, few days ago, was three
feet thick.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

The United Kingdom fisheries en-
ploy $4,000 persons. The money value
of fish landed in a year is nearly e.
Zoo 600
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GEORGE WASHINGTON received the
degree of LII. d. from Harvard, Yale,
University of Pennsylvania and Brown.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22
BILL NYE IN NEBRASKA
THE GREAT HUMORIST DOING THE
WESTWARD HO! ACT.

Nebraska Is Rich State, With Resources
on Every Hand Which as Yet Have Hard
" Been Tried or Fairly Started-Some.
thing About the Early Settlers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

4 JOIN BRIGHT was an inveterate
smoker, and had a fine collection of
pipes.
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IF the gentleman who keeps shoe
shop with red head will return the
umbrella of young lady with an ivory
handle he will hear of something to her
advantage.
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A Choice Selection of Inter-
esting Items.

THERE are sixty women dentists in
the United States.
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NOT long ago the Canadian Govern
ment was spending 100000 year in
promoting immigration to its provinces,
but this policy was modified last year,
when less than half that sum was ex-
pended for the purpose. Itwas found
that the New Dominion could not COM
pete with the United States in offering
attractions to immigrants, and that
many of those who went there
drifted across the border and struck
toward our domains in the West, where
they find better climate and enjoy
better times than the Ottawa Govern
ment can give them. Some of the
political leaders in Canada are now
opposed to the whole scheme of ex-
pending public money to stimulate i'm.
migration.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

81 E r E are
| n o palmet-
. toes in the
t ate of Ne
br S ka, b u t
there are other
flora, S such a s
corn, beans, sue
cotash h, wood,
cord wood, and
liv e S took in
great profusion.
The first pal
metto I ever saw
was at Column
bia, S. c., in No
vember last. It
W a s sit a e d
e ar the State
House and filed
me with wonder
and admiration.
Tho odd op5o
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

A CITIZEN of Carthage, Mo-, has in
his possession an original price list of
slaves, the property of Jeff Davis
brother before the war. The list en-
braces LOG names of both sexes, rang
ing from infants to the aged patri-
arch. Babies are quoted at 500,
children of twelve years 5000, able
bodied women $500, and thirty farm
hands at S1,100. A man so years of
age was worth but 5000, while an old
blind woman was set down at zero.
Husband and wife are quoted separ-
ately. The document is queer reading
to the present generation.
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THE rules of the Austrian War De-
partment are very strict in regard to
the marriage of officers of the army.
Only one-half of the general staff are
allowed to marry, and in the engineers,
infantry, cavalry, artillery and medical
corps only one out of every four may
be married. Furthermore, the bride
who desires to marry an officer over 60,
must renounce all claims to widows
pension and fulfil certain other condi-
tons. After all preliminaries have
been arranged the case goes before the
law section of the War Ministry, and
the marriage cannot take place until
this section returns favorable report.
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Mr.. SwINBURNE says that the mos.
flattering homage ever paid to him
was by an old Border gamekeeper
with whom he was accustomed to go
out when quite boy. This man used
: to repeat to him Legendary ballads and
stories, and one day the budding poet
summoned up courage enough to re-
peat an early effort-an imitation of
the ballads he had heard. It took the
gamekeeperis fancy directly, and he
declared it as good as any of the old
onsse bit of criticism which Mr..
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

A NEW child's periodical is to be
started. It is doubtful if a great
amount of money is ever made in these
enterprises. When it is made, it is
made under difficulties. A periodical
for adults keeps for many years its list
of readers, if it is good one. A peri
odical for juvenile readers must of
necessity be constantly changing its
constituency. Every year a set of
readers outgrow it, and another must
be added to take their places-a work
not often accomplished without con-
siderable effort. The Youths Com.
pa,aion, which has SO large circula-
ton, has attained this by taking on a
scope beyond what is implied in its
name. The paper has been long
paper for adults fully as much as for
children.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-06-22

In his speech at the annual banquet
in commemoration of the birth of Gen.
Grant, Gen. Buckner said: at is
fortunate for the country, and fortunate
for the South particularly, that we did
not succeed in the late contest" Gen.
Buckner testified to strong friendship
for Gen. Grant, to whom he surren-
dered at Appomatox. '"That night I
shall never forget" he said. ''Out of
the hearing of his soldiers, Grant took
me aside and rendered the use of his
purse. In the modesty of his nature
he desired to hide the act in the dark
On his deathbed his character shone
out above his sufferings. He could
not speak, but wrote me that he would
die happy if he could know that there
was complete unity of the country"