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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20
The Effects Of Mental Exhaustion.

Many diseases, especially those of the
nervous system, are the products of daily re-
newed mental exhaustion. Business avoca-
tons often involve an amount of mental
wear and tear very prejudicial to physical
health and the professions, if arduously pur-
sued, are no less destructive to brain and
nerve tissue. 1t is one of the most import
ant attributes of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, that it compensates for this undue loss
of tissue, and that it imparts new energy to
the brain and nerves. The rapidity with
which it renews weakened mental energy
and physical vitality is remarkable and
shows that its invigorating properties are of
the highest order. Besides increasing vital
stamina, and counteracting the effects of
mental exhaustion, this potential medicine
cures and prevents fever and ague, rheuma-
tism, chronic dyspepsia, and constipation,
kidney and uterine weakness and other COM
plants. Physicians also commend it as q
medlcated stimulant and remedy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20
Famous Old CountsrteIter.

Pete Mccartney, the famous eoun-
terfeiter, is now an old man, but de-
tectives say that no new hand has come
into the field with half the skill and
adroitness which he possessed He was
a picturesque figure in criminal affairs.
He was able to do everything connected
with counterfeiting, from making inks
and paper to engraving the plate and
printing from it. For long time he
had genuine United States plate in
his possession and from it printed many
thousands of dollars. He was arrested
a number Of times, but always managed
to escape until his final capture In
Indiana. The Government at one time
reduced his bail from so, 600 to $25, 600
on condition that he surrender the
plates In his possession. The agreement
was kept, and Mccartney turned over
the genuine plate among others, and
$50, 900 In counterfeit notes. For q
long time Mccartney was CONSPICUOUS
figure in a gang that had rendezvous
at Osgood. Ind, the leader of which
was q woman, Mrs. Rittenhous, who was
also sent to the penitentiary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20
a RUNAWAY.

Two trott0rs, small and restless, eantered on
one summer day,
And with them, ell unwittingly, they took the
baby May;
Der mesds and meadows fresh and green, with
morning dews yet damp,
They galloped far away from town, these ponies,
Trot and Tramp.
As on they sped, new sights and sounds did all
their thoughts beguile,
TIL weary quite, said Trot to Tramp. Let's
stop and rest awhile;"
And dropping down on velvet sward, they in
their harness lay
Nor ever gaze a thought to her whom they had
borne away,
But baby May was well content, and midst the
grasses sat,
And gathered starry daisies white, with dimpled
fingers fat,
And curls of dandelion stem she in her tresses
hung,
And to the winds the golden wealth Of blossoms
gayly flung.
Refreshed and rested Trot and Tramp once
more went on their way
And with them, still bedecked with flowers, was
merry baby May;
With spirits high, they galloped on by riI and
And in and out, by crooked paths, their wind
ing way they took.
But ere the noontide hour had come. said Trot.
in doleful mood,
Il would could but lay me down, It's naught I
care for food"
Said Tramp to Trot, an all my life I've ne'er SO
weary been;
Perhaps to do as we have done is something Of
sim"
Meanwhile reigned fear and anxious thought
Ger loss of baby May,
For none could guess the manner strange In
which she went away,
Hor ever dreamed that ponies. small, like tiny
Tramp and 9rot,
spot.
But while the sun was yet on high, unframed
in wooded glade,
Was found asleep by messy log, a dainty little
maid,
And dangling from her shspely head, with hair
Of golden sheen,
We're daisiee white, and wflted curls of dande-
lion green
And with no room at all to spare tthe oldest
place to choose)
We're Trot and Tramp, all safe and sound,
within the maiden's shoes.
Good Housekeeping.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20
Trade Signs.

The various signs which are exposed
along the business streets of our cities
came into use long before the streets
themselves were named, or the houses
were distinguished by numbers. At q
time when people generally were I'M
able to read, these rude but striking APP
peals to the eye had their use. In the
rivalry of business enterprise they
easily became more or less an obstruc-
ton to travel. That the shop-keepers
of London might retain the privilege
of displaying their welI-known symbols
of trade, Charles I. gave, by letters
patent, express permission to the citi-
Zens ito expose and hang in and over
the streets, and ways, and alleys of the
said city and suburbs of the same,
signs and posts of signs. affixed to their
houses and shops, for the better finding
out such citizens dwellings,, shops,
arts and occupations, without impedi-
ment, molestation or interruption of his
heirs or successors"
As education spread, and as architec-
tural effects began to be priced, the old
method, and, so far as we know, the
original one, of indicating the @arts and
occupations" went out of fashion. The
traditional mortar and pestle, the gild-
ed boot, the magnified horseshoe, the
painted effgy of the Indian chief, and
the triple-pronged tooth did not har-
monte with the huted columns and
foliated capitals. There was ground
for hope that all such barbaric symbols
would disappear.
But the increasing pressure of compe-
tition In business has driven men back
again upon the custom of illiterate
ages. In shop windows and at shop
doors the Indian with his tomahawk or
with bundle of cigars startles the
passer-by into the idea of trade. the
bear with his pole suggests to the lady
who approaches the comfort of furs,
and so on through all the needs of life
and the desires of the heart.
1t Is curious circumstance that the
law of copyright has been made to APP
ply to some of these designs for fright
ening timid public into the proper
sentiment toward trade, Just as this
applies to trademarks. TWENTY-FIVE
years aga case of this kind was tried
In the Canadian Court of Chancery.
1t seems that an artist of local celeb
rity in one Of the cities of the Dominion
had been employed by trader of the
town to carve in wood the figure of a
hon, and to paint it the tawny color of
that animal. The work of art was
placed by the entrance to a dry goods
shop. 4 rival trader saw at once how
well calculated this was to arrest the train
Of shoppers. He therefore applied to the
artist for lion to lie in wait at his own
door. A copy of the animal already
executed In the interest of trade was
forthcoming.
And now the matter got into the
courts. An order was asked for to en-
join the junior lion from enticing pur-
chasers to his owners shop. Photo
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Literal Obedience.

An old English gentleman who had
risen from the ranks, and, after making
his fortune as charter-master, had re-
tired, fell i'll, and summoned doctor.
The doctor was a great imitator of
Abernethy, and cultivated an aspect OF
uncouth honesty.
Il shall give no medicine" he said.
you're blowing yourself out with beer
give it up. Drink port. Walk or ride,
but don't hang about the house in this
idle way. No more beer-drink port.
I'll call again In a month" And away
went the doctor.
At the appointed time he returned.
The patient was much better, and
grateful, but grumbled at the expense
to which his cure had put him.
Il cawn't stand it. Look thee-it's
downright rewination-nothin' less
Yo'll find me in the work-us if things 60
on i this way"
The doctor cried:
Nonsense? A wealthy man like
you'll How much DO you drink ?"
The old man answered, In perfect
simplicity Ct heart:
About the saam as I used to drink
o. beer-two or three gallin q day..
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20
ODD, QUEER. AND CURIOUS.

THE schooner Polly, of Owls Head,
Me-, is said to be the oldest wooden yes
sci ahoat. She was built In 1904, at
Amesbury, Mass.
A sPNELEss girl has been discovered
in Worcester, Mass. She curls herself
up like q cat, and sleeps with her feet
under her chin.
A BOLT of lightning in q Kansas town
recently struck house and set it on
fire, and at the same time touched of
the fire alarm.
THE last day of February and the
Fourth of July always occur on the
same day of the week. The same is
true of May day and Christmas.
An olive tree, with an automatically
recorded age of five centuries, was re-
Gently destroyed by the wind, at Beau
lieu, France. It measured thirty-six
feet in circumference.
In Port Lincoln, Australia, are found
the largest edible oysters in the world.
Some of them measure foot across the
shell, and their flavor is delicious.
Mr.. WALPoLE, a London reporter,
recently copied in long hand three
columns of the London Times, about
5000 words in two hours and three
quarters. This is an average OF forty
words q minute.
AT banquet given in London by q
Scotch society, the music of the bag
pipes was one of the attractions. It
was from Highland bagpipes, played
before phonogrsph, and the cylinders
were expressed to London.
The warden of the jail in Mooltan,
India, was not very much esteemed by
his prisoners; so they decided to get
even with him for the many indignities
to which he had subjected them. They
'pounced upon him Unexpectedly, and
cut off his nose.
THEY have curious custom at the
burial of unmarried woman in Brazil.
The coffin, hearse, and the livery of
the driver must be of bright scarlet,
the four white horses drawing the
hearse must be covered with scarlet
nets, and scarlet plumes must deck the
horses heads.
THE "Alexandrite" is very curious
stone, and it is as rare as it is strange.
1t was so named in honor of the first
Alexander of Russia, who was q great
admirer of it. In the day time it re-
sembles an emerald, except that it is
somewhat darker, but at night it is a
deep purplish red. It is found in India.
Mr.. MURRAY of the Pittsburgh mine,
near Grass Valley, split open a large
log. He found muzzle-loading shot
gun that appeared to be all right, but
when he tried to pull it from the hole,
the stock crumbled to pieces. The
barrels are of fine make, and the gun
was evidently stolen and hid many years
ago.
THERE is an interesting scheme for
establishing a floating hotel at Hong
Kong. The vessel is to have three
decks, the lower being arranged for din
ing, billiard, smoking, and card rooms.
The main deck will contain drawing
room, twenty bedrooms, each with
a full-sized bath and dressing-room,
while the upper, or spar-deck, has been
arranged as promenade.
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be exposing myself to horrible death
for no purpose.
Now Mabel did not really want her
lover to enter the glass cage where the
snakes were confined, but she wanted
him to seem to be ready to do even
that for her sake.
@Then yen refuse, do you, John?"
she said with slight curl of her lip.
Fanny, without giving John a
chance to reply, said, "Of course he
refuses. The conditions are not equal ;
he is a doctor; not, snake-charmer
Hazak knows his pets; in his hands
they are harmless; in another's deadly. I"
you seem to take great interest in
Johns welfare" said Mabel, who was,
vexed by Fanny's interference.
%But," remarked George gravely,
what you asked John to do is very
dangerous.
The more opposition that was mani
tested by George and Fanny the
stronger Mabel insisted.
%Very WE'LL" said John, Il viii
handle the cobras if Hazak will allow
me, but as I have no wish to give a
public exhibition of my courage, we
will wait until the crowd leaves"
"There, I knew Johu would consent,
exclaimed Mabel, triumphantly.
Il will arrange the matter at once,
said John.
He went to Hazak, whom he found
to be an Irishman, held short CONVEX
sation and returned saying, Il can enter
the cage with him later"
Shortly after the crowd had departed,
Fanny, George, Mabel, and John APP
preached the cage, when Hazak stepped
up and said:
well, sir, are you ready?"
"Oh, John, don't go; I was only fool
ing"
Pardon me, Mabel, for not acceding
to this request of yours. have made
up my mind to go into that case, and
I shall do So.
John turned away from her, and a
moment later he and Hazak had
entered the cage.
"The snakes, eight or nine Ill num-
Der, glided hither and thither in ODE
dience to the commands of their owner,
but an occasional partial rearing of a
head, or low hiss, showed them to be
fully alive to the presence of a stranger.
The pair stayed in with the snakes
perhaps a minute; to the onlookers it
seemed weeks. Mable was afraid to
speak, for fear of attracting her lovers
attention and he should relax his
vigilance. When they came out Mabel
ran to John with extended hands ex-
claiming, "Oh, John, how much I ad-
mire you-such cour-"
"A moment, please" replied John.
"Don't thank me; if you think I am
brave, all right. I did not enter the
cage for your sake; it was rather to
show you I had little physical cour-
age. As it is, allow me to say that any
girl who would heedlessly expose her
future husband to a horrible death is
not fit to be any mans wife; thereforeI
renounce our engagement"
The story was soon told all over town,
and for once public opinion was correct
when it said Served her right"
John Andrew and pretty Fanny Max
well have been married eight years.
Two charming boys, the light of their
parents. life, grace their home, while
Mabel Joyce is still Mabel Joyce; and,
as the story of Johns peril is told to
every newcomer to Woodland, she is
liable to remain Mabel Joyce until the
end of the chapter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20
Woman's WAYS

Lincoln, (Neb,) State Journal.
There is alovely love of woman living
in Newaygo county, Wis. She picked black
berries last fall for market, and so indus
trious was she on foot and so nibble of in
ger that her returns for the fruit were quite
considerable. What did she do with the
money? Buy a new jersey and some stock
ings or winter hat? Nav. She went to
town and ''blowed in" the whole business on
a fiddle for her husband.
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Only Rose.

A few years ago lady living in the
city returned one evening from the
country, where she had been spending
the day, with large basket of roses.
AS she approached her own house, q
ragged, dirty, boy followed her with
such wistful eyes that she gave him a
rose. Before her door was opened he
was beside her again with two other
grimy boys.
Eff you PLACE, mem, yen not be
havin' one to spare for them?" pointing
to his companions.
If they had been hungry, and ask
ing Tor bread" she said afterward,
they could not have watched me with
more eagerness. When I handed them
the roses, they all gave a shout and
darted away. In fifteen minutes the
steps were almost filed with children,
pale, ragged, starved little creatures. ]
do not know where they came from
they seemed to swarm out of the earth.
l gave them the roses and all the flow
ers IN my little garden, ashamed to
think how many had and how little I
had valued them, while they were such
priceless treasures to these children.
Most of the children ran home with
their flower as if it had been q rare
jewel.
Later in the evening another poor
little waif rang the bell to know If this
was the house where they gave away
flowers I determined then that, with
Gods help, it always should be-"
Out of this chance gift of q rose grew
the flower mission Of one of our great
cities.
No one, who has not carried flowers
or growing plants into the slums of our
cities, can know the delight which q
common field daisy or bunch of clover
can give to their wretched inmates.
A little incident which occurred this
summer has a certain significant pathos
of its own. A young girl one day
bought from an old negro on the side
walk a bunch of purple water-fags.
Going into small trimming-shop, she
observed that the saleswoman eyed them
intently.
"What are those flowers, miss?" she
asked. II never saw them before, but
I think they must be the flags my
mother talks about that grew on the
creek near her old home in Delaware.
She's never seen any since"
give them to her." said the Gus
toner, kindly.
The woman tried to thank her. &She's
old and very SICK" she said at last.
"She won't be here long,"
A month later the young girl went
into the same shop again. The shop
girl, dressed in shabby black, came to
her.
"She kept them flowers by her for
ten days-as long as she lived" she
whispered. "She thought they came
from her old home. When I put her
in the coffin laid them by her. There
was little color in them yet. They
had given her so much pleasure /
thought I'd like to have them go with
her STILL"
1t is not necessary to belong to club
or organization to join in this beautiful
charity. Any child who lives in the
country can send box of field flowers
to her friend in town, and these, if taken
into the nearest court or alley, will be-
come missionary charged with Gods
message of goodwill and love.
Flowers are His free gift to man.
Food, clothes, even knowledge, we must
work for and buy, but flowers grow for
the beggar on the wayside. Shall we
not carry His gift to our Door brother
imprisoned in city walls, who has not
received YOUTHS Communion.
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$4,000 FOR 81.
A kensington Man Who Struck IL Rich
I'm the Louisiana State Lottery.

kensington Man Who Struck it Rich
in the Louisiana State Lottery.
Philadelphia Pa.) Herald, July %.
Il told him he might just as well throw
the dollar IN the gutter as spend it IN a lot
terry, but I've changed my mind now as he
won $1,000, with it" So spoke Mrs. w. Fl
Fisher of 2516 Emerald street to a Herald
reporter yesterday. Her husband held one
twentieth of ticket No. 81, 561, which won the
nrst capital prize of 10000 in the Louisi-
ana State Lottery this month. ssWeII Il vas
the first ticket ever bought" said the hus-
band, but, he added, 1T won't be the
Yesterday, / got my money-a draft for
$l5,OO0-and it is now in the Eighth Nation
al Bank haven't decided what am rUino
to do with the money, but think III invest
IN real estate. I've struggled ali NV life.
and now that 81 invested in the Louisiana
state Lottery has yielded me 1900 times
the original investment, l don't prouose to
have 1t turn my head"
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graphs of the pair were taken, and were
offered In evidence. The court was
convinced, upon close examination,
that -one, from the sorrowful express
slon OF its countenance, seemed more
resigned to its position than the
other. If either animal was to be re-
moved, humanity prompted that the
less resigned be relieved, and decree
was issued ACCORDINGLY
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Conc for Good.

Willis-Yes, that man I hired the
other day played a mean trick on me.
1 told him I'd pay him IS week IN adj
vance and find him.
Wallace Well, did You pay him IS
a week In advance?
@Yes, I did, confound it! but I
haven't been able to find him yet"
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Kindly neighbor-'.How is the baby this
morning, Johnnyp'
Little JOhnny-'sHe's worse, ma'am. The
doctor says he can't live the week out. Be-
hOo-hOop'
my dear boy l sincerity hope the baby will
get we'll"
$50 do l. It'ud be awful hard on me for
him to die this-week, cause Saturday is the
day of the circus"
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"Coming Thro' the Rye. Is

The Atlanta journal has received
the following inquiry:
Did Burns mean a river called "Rye"
or field of grain of that name when
he wrote his song of Coming Thro'
the Rye?"
Burns found this old song, REPLIES the
Journal, as he did the song of "Auld
Lang Syne" and others, floating in the
mind of the common people of Scotland,
and gave to it the brilliance and grace
of his own genius. The poem is founded
upon singular custom in connection
with the crossing of the little river Rive.
THIS is shallow stream, crossed By
means of stepping stones. IF laddre
met laSsie coming through the Rye"
and he kissed her, it was plainly no
body's business but theirs, and the
custom permitted it
The lassie in crossing was not in q
position to resist such little passages of
love, IS she had to use her hands to
hold up her skirts. Hence the lines in
the song:
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Mr.. Suburb-"Where on earth is our hired
man? l can't find him anywhere
= Mrs. Suburb-''There is somebody over in
Farmer Hayseed's meadow, but l can't tell
whether he is our man or not"
us ne standing up or sitting DOWN."
"Standing."
sit isn't OUR man,
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Mother (of spoiled child)-'I am greatly
obliged toyou for bringing my little boy
back"
Organ Grinder-'I fraida he teacha munk
bada tricks
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Visitor TO native Texan): Why do von
let the but OF your revolver prelude out ~
your hp pocket? "
Texan: Because there's Law a'Rin carr.
ing concealed weapons, stranger. S~s1s-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20

Dramatic CRITICISM. In the scenes of
love and passion the actress was very cold;
it was only after she had drunk the poison
that she seemed to acquire the force Of real
life
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20

Mrs. Blobson: There's another bill from
Kengott. am afraid he is getting uneasy.
Mr.. Blobson: That's so. / must step in to-
morrow and order some more goods.
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Irate Guest-"See here.' Your advertise-
ment said no mosquitoes"
Summer Landlord-'sThere wasn't
mesquite here when that advertisement was
written, not one. You must remember that I
begin advertising in April"
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Mrs. Slimdiet-'Tam afraid this coffee is
a little week"
Old Boarder-"Yes; it isn't quite so mud,
dy as usual"
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it iced?''
Guest (gloomingly-"N-o, can't afford
to have it iced"
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The mosquito is like the summer "Trip,
"EE q Hard to catch but easily mashed. -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-09-20

If you are in good health you do not need
medicine but when you are sick you do need
Pr1ekIy Ash Bitters
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Groom: A ring around the moon is the sign
of rain.
Bride (sweetly): And a ring around q
womans fingeris the sign Of? Groom SADLY
Reign.
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CONE to think Of It, how can you ex-
poet the poor to be contented when the
rich never are?
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Miss Gotham: What kind of scent do you
prefer?
Miss Bullion: Cent per cent.
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II men wore their hair as long as women
do it would not last week after the we'd
ding.
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In June one settles down by the sea and in
September he settles up by the sea.
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Burglar-"How is business with you Jim ?"
Pickpocket-''Pretty poor picking"
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A Lawyers life can be said to extend
over one brief period.
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An old maid asks: If whatever is is right,
how does it happen that lam left.
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Mrs. Wlnsl0w's Soothing Syrup for Chill
dRen teething, sottens the gums, reduces inham-
matioA allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle.