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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
9 August
Flower

I had been troubled FIVE months
with Dyspepsia. The doctors told
me it was chronic. I had a fu1lness
after eating and a heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. l suffered fire.
quently from a Water Brash of clear
matter. Sometimes a deathly Sick
ness at the Stomach would overtake
me. Then again I would have the
terrible pains of Wind Collie At
such times would try to belch and
could not. 1 was working then for
Thomas McHenry, Druggist, Cor.
Irwin and Western Ave, Allegheny
City, Pa, in whose employ I had
been for seven years. Finally I used
August Flower, and after using just
one bottle for two weeks, was en-
tirely relieved of all the trouble. I
can no, eat things 1 dared not touch
before. would like to refer you to
Mr.. McHenry, for whom I worked,
who knows all about my condition,
and from whom 1 bought the medi-
cine. live with my wife and family
at 80 James ST., Allegheny City, Pa.
Signed, JOHN D. Cox. 3
G. G. GREEN Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18

womanis advice. Let me tell You ho~
to deal with George. I have been here
three months now and have taken q
deep interest in the boy. I have seen
his dissatisfaction, and recognized the
cause. I have overheard him talking
to Jasper Flint more. than once, and
only yesterday Iheard him ssy.that if he
went to the city what he earned would
be his own, but that here he worked
from dawn to dark and was no better
off at the end of the year than at the
beginning. He said that Tom Blythe.
who is in grocery store in the city,
gets SO week, and Tom is only seven
teen. Now, if you want George to stay
on the farm, give him an interest in it,
Eli He is eighteen years old, and has
worked faithfully for you ever since he
could talk plain. He has had his food
and lodging, and two suits of clothes a
year, to be sure, but all he actually
owns is that collie dog which is always
at his heels. You even sold the only
horse you had that was fit fo- the
saddle. And George was extraordinary
fond of Vixen"
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A New ChIlian IroncIad.

A Chilian commission headed by
Rear Admiral Latorre was sent to Eu-
rope few months ago to superintend
the building of seven naval vessels, all
of the same type. The first one of
them. the Captain PrAt, named after Ar
turo Pratt, naval hero of the Chilian
Navy, killed In the recent war against
Peru, has Just been launched at La
Seyne, near Toulon, France. The
building of that vessel was completed
by the firm of Krupp & Armstrong, and
finally conceded to the French Society
"des FORCES ct Chautiers.@
The Captain Pratt took fifteen months
to be built. The working of her artil-
lery is done by means of electricity, and
her guns were manufactured at Havre.
The measurements of the ironclad are
as follows: Tonnage, 6,901 tons ;
length, 100 metres; width, 1880 me-
tres; draught of water, 100. The en-
gines with 5000 horsepower must give
q speed of seventeen knots, and of
nineteen knots at high pressure. The
Captain Prat is armed with four guns
of twenty-four eentimetres placed in
turrets; eight guns of twelve centime-
tres in four ironclad cupolas, and nine
teen mitraiIleuses, or rapid firing guns.
The vessel has also four tubular
torpedo lancesI The Varship cost
q, O00, 900.
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and with one bound he was at the side
OF the Little black mare he had thought
never to see again, and had both arms
about her neck. @Oh, father. I'd rather
have Vixen than anything else in this
worldi"
And he buried his face In the pretty
creatures name, and In spite of his
eighteen years, fairly broken down and
sobbed aloud.
That ended Georges desire to leave
the farm. He was never again heard
to mention the subject, and he grum-
bled no more about the hard work and
the monotony OF his life, but in every
way tried to show his appreciation of
his fathers kindness.
In fact, Eli Hardwood was wont to
say occasionally in confidence to his
wife, that he had reason to bless his
sister-in-law for her good advice. and
that he owed it to her that he had a
stalwart arm to lean on in advancing
years.
But George never knew to what he
owed the change in his fortunes.
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He Had a Good Audience.

Bishop Talbot told a story in Boston
the other day showing that at least one
Harvard man didn't leave his wits be-
hind him when he left college. The
Bishop. it seems, arrived one day in q
small mining town in his diocese
Wyoming-w where he had promised to
hold service. Walking up she street
he noticed some green handbiIls flying
about, took up one, and read as follows:
Bishop Talbot breaches tonight at =.
Let him have a big crowd. Please
leave rour guns with the usher" The
Bishop was not easily scared, but
thought the last sentence a little odd.
On inquiry he learned that one of the
young men in town, Harvard man by
the way. who knew the Bishop and
wanted to raise q good crowd to greet
him, had issued the handbills, knowing
that many who would not come to hear
q Bishop preach would come at . hint
of disturbance of any kind.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
Two important measures-HOme rule and

Two important measures-HOme rule and
the foot rule.
The burglar who goes through many
houses should be good at rifle practice.
A detectives allies should be all-eyes-a
lawyers are reported to be all lies.
In your superstition, Marathon. that dem
lists take out teeth with toothDicks you are
severely wrong.
Girls are but weak creatures, but the most
ethereal of them can throw q man over with
the greatest of ease.
Spring is the seed time. To the fellow
who is still wearing his winter clothes it Is
also the seedy time.
It was probably the man who married
rlch wife who first started a joke on the diff
Guilty of finding woman's pocket.
Nudge: Do you know what would do if
I had a million dollars? Yabsley: Buy your
own cigars, perhaps.
Men may be just as willing to hate you
for your virtues as your faults, but they sell
dom have the same opportunities.
A boy whose leg was repaired in New York
by grating sem Q skin from dog, COM
plains now that his skin barks easily.
No man can well excuse excess in the use
satisfying his appetite for early spring
chicken.
''The less a man knows the more he finds
fault with other people" This is an excel
lent maxim to cut cut and send TO the editor
who returns your poems.
ST often wonder" said st. Agedore, mus
inQly. whether women go to the theatre in
order ia wear high hats, or whether they
wear high hats in order to 60 the theatre"
If there is such thing as real, downrigls
modification on this earth it is in the feeling
of the man who, himself intending TO cheat,
finds that he has picked up the small end Of
q horse trade.
Young Daffodil says that when young
man kisses willing girl for the first time
their pleasure is mingled with mutual re-
proach that they did not have enough sense
to do the same thing long before.
Doctors servant: Now have sprinkled
my masters coat thoroughly with carbolic
water and busted it with dIsinfectlDa pow
der, ! am sure nobody car fail to believe
now that be has tremendous practice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18

Hardwood, his wife, and his wife's
sister, Mrs. Lucas, were sitting around a
comfortable. The farmer was reading
a paper, his wife was putting patch
on the knee of little Harry's diminutive
knickerbockers, and Mrs. Lucas was
crocheting a hood of blue and white
zephyr for a small niece.
There was a silence in the kitchen
save for the swapping of the fire in the
stove, the ticking of the big, eight -dav
clock in the corner, and the rustic of
the farmers newspaper, and when Mrs.
Hardwood sighed deeply, both her sister
and husband looked up in surprise.
What's the matter, Sarah?" asked
the latter. THAT sigh was the loudest
1 ever heard you give. Has anything
gone wrong? You look as though you
had big load on your mind"
II have" answered the wife. "And
it is load which you must share, Eli;
I have borne it alone as long as 1 can
bear it. There is great trouble in store
for us, husband George is going to
leave the farm"
The newspaper fell to the floor, and
for 4 moment the farmer looked at his
wife, too much surprised to utter a
word.
Going to leave the farm!" he re-
peated at last. Sarah you must be
dreaming"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
Chained to the Rock.

Prometheus was chained to the rock while
vuItures gnawed his intrailS. So are many
people chained to the rock OF prejudice
while all manner of violent medicines infiict
injury upon the sensitive lining OF the
stomach and intestiDes. They are appar-
entity immovable in the belief that to ex-
perience benefit they must keep dosing with
drastic medicines. Unless the action OF
these is powerful and excessive, they are
not satisfied They would distrust a rem
edy of gentle action, however effective. 1t
is not by such purblind extremists rs these
that the acknowledged merits of Hoststters
Stomach Bitters are recognized. That be-
nign regulator OF the stomach, the bowels
and the kidneys appeals to the rational
not only appeals, bat is awarded a just val
uation. Constipation, liver complaint. dys-
tion. So also do malaria and rheumatism.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
The Largest Stationary Engine.

At the Friedensville zinc mines, six
miles south of Allentown, Pa, there is
in operation, says the american Paper
Trade, the largest stationary engine in
the world. During the past few months
it has pumped dry by underground
drainage nearly every ore pit, spring,
and small stream within radius of five
miles. The engine is known as the
President" is of 5000 horsepower
and is run by sixteen boilers. At each
revolution of its ponderous wheels a
small stream is thrown out, the number
of gallons raised every minute being
$500. The driving wheels are thirty
five feet in diameter, and weigh forty
tons each. The sweep-rod is forty feet
long. The cylinder is Ito inches in
diameter, while the piston-rod is
eighteen inches in diameter, and makes
a ten-foot stroke. The engine has a
ballast-box capable of holding sixty
tons, and to feed the boilers twenty
eight tons of coal are required daily.
On the engine is the largest nut in the
world. 1t is hexagonal in shape, and
weighs 1000 pounds. To tighten or
loosen this nut twenty men are re-
CURED. while the wrench that fits it is
twenty feet long. From the end of the.
beam of the engine to the bot
tom of the shaft is 300 feet. The
on which the engine rests is
los feet deep, some of the foundation
stones weighing five tons. The engine
operates four pumps, three of which
are thirty inches in diameter, and the
fourth twenty-five inches.
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Trained Powers of Vision.

The injury suffered by Lieut..
Schwatka, which led to a report of his
death Saturday, recalls to mind his
story of wonderful feat which he saw
performed by Alaska Indians during his
raft journey of 1900 miles down the
Yukon River in 1888. The water of the
river at the point where the incidents
occurred was 80 muddy that if tin cup
were filled with it, its bottom could not
be seen. Yet an old man, squaw or
child, standing on the bank in front of
the Indian village, would cry out that
salmon was coming up the river, per-
haps from quarter to third of mile
away. Thereupon some young man
would rush out of some of the log
cabins, and from his elevated posi-
ton in front of them identify the sal
mons position. Running down to the
beach, he would then paddle out in his
canoe. being directed in his course by
half dozen Indians on the bank, ali
shouting advice to him at the same
time. He evidently was guided by
their directions rather than by his own
powers of vision until the fish was near
him. When he had got his canoe near
the point desired he would regulate its
movements by using the paddle as a
sculling oar with his left hand, grasping
with his right scoop net, the handle
OF which was nine or ten feet long. The
Indian would plunge this to the bot
tom IN front Of the salmon, often lean
ing over the canoe and thrustinR his
arm far into the water. Of seven such
attempts within three hours which
Schwatks saw two were entirely sue
cessful, while in two others the salmon
were caught, but escaped before the net
could be raised to the surface. The
fishes weighed from fifteen to twenty
pounds, and the mouth of the net was
but two square feet in dimension. The
Indians tried to point out the coming
fishes to the white and red companions
OF Schwatks, but they could see moth
ing. Schwatka's original theory was
that the salmon, swimming near the
surface, exposed their dorsal fins until
they approached the canoe, when they
became frightened and went to the bot
tom, but his interpreters assured him
that this was not so and that the fish
communicated motion to the water even
when swimming at the very bottom.
The salmon were taken about two hun
dred or two hundred and fifty ya-ds
from the shore, and success depended
largely upon giving the net dexterous
twist as soon IS the fish had entered its
mouth, 80 IS TO prevent his escape
Buffalo Courier.
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Dinner Parties in the Partisan Homes.

Dining at Partisan table strikes the
observer, or rather the diner, as q
very different affair to similar event
at an English board. It is quite an
error to suppose that Frenchmen in
variably dine at cafes, as some of the
inexperienced undoubtedly do imagine.
Dinner parties at home are quite as
frequent an event in Partisan
circles as elsewhere. Society in gen.
eral may not be as gay there as it was
once upon time; but if there is less
dancing, there is more eating and
drinking than ever. Even at dances
the Hastings plays more important
part than formerly. A hostess can no
longer bid her guest to partake of
cup of tea and brioche. The sand
witch and the verre de Bordeaux of old
are not now deemed sufficient to sus-
tain the strength of dancers through
long evening. It is now a recognized
thing in Paris that if you invite people
TO your house you must entertain them
Hospitality, and dance now entails
supper with champagne, rich viands,
fine fTIits and delicate confectionery.
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Mrs. Hardwood shook her head sadly.
Il wish 1 were" she said. mo, Eli,
1t is true. George has made up his
mind to leave us. have noticed for
months past that he seemed dissatisfied
and restless, and since you sold Vixen
he has grumbled great deal about the
work and the dizziness of his life And
to-day heard him say to Jasper Flint
that he would not be here month from
now; that he had had enough of farm
life, and intended to leave; and if we re-
fused our consent to it he would run
away, and take his chances.
~We'n see about that" said the
farmer angrily. Consent to It'll I
rather think not! I won't consider it
for a moment What would he be
worth year from now if I let him go?
He'd fall in with all sorts of rascals in
the city, and get US all into trouble.
Besides, / need him here. It'll be ten
years, at least before Harry can take his
place. and he's got to stay, if I have to
tie him down.
why don't you make him want to
stay. Ei?" asked the gentle voice of his
sister-in-law.
eff he's got the city fever on him all
the. talking in the world wouldn't do
any good, rejoined the farmer. He
wouldn't listen to a word"
@Don't talk. Don't let him ever sus-
pect that you are aware of his desire to
leave you Try new plan, Eli. plan
I have been thinking of all day."
sThe best plan I know of is to tell
him my mind freely. without any beat
ing about the bush; and the sooner it's
done the better.
Now. Eli, don't be above taking ;
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
In Training.

'Thss,s said Sophomore In one d
our colleges to visitor, ~is John Black. "
He pointed to . why, muscular young
fellow, who in boating costume was
making his way to the riverside. He
is going to take pull on the stream for
an hour. He is completely In the hands
of his trainer now"
~And what does his trainer do for
him?" asked the ignorant visitor.
HE regulates his whole day. John
gets out of bed at certain minute every
morning; he exercises with Indian clubs
is rubbed down; runs couple of miles
on the course; takes q cold bath; is
rubbed down again, and so on until
night. Every mouthful he eats is pre-
scribed by the trainer. The day is
strictly divided into hours for exercise,
for rest, for bathing, and for work. The
life he leads is as hard as the life of
galley-slave"
why does he do it,"
HE is to run against the college
champion. He must put himself In
training if he wants to win the prize. I"
What is the prize?"
a gold medal.
The visitor was also a young man.
He did not want to run or Jump, or row
for prize, but he had q great ambition
to live a high, noble, helpful life.
1t occurred to him now, that he had
not been working so hard to that end as
this other boy was working for a gold
medal. When his companion left him,
he walked alone. thinking of it, and he
made a resolution which may seem
fantastic to some of the readers Of this
article.
He would put his soul in training.
Every morning he would give an hour
to his Bible, and seek to bring his
thoughts and motives into comparison
with the thoughts and motives of
Christ.
He would then exercise his Judgment
as this athlete did his body, to make it
stronger. For instance, in the circle Of
his family and friends, his thoughts
were like to be harsh and censorious,
for he was naturally severe Judge.
But he would compel himself to find
some good feature in each character, to
think of it. and look at his friends
through its kindly light.
His charity, like the athletes mucles,
would be thus strengthened by use.
The runner gave part of the day to
climbing a steep mountain in the neigh
borhood; he thus gained power and
health by the muscular exercise and by
breathing purer air than that of the
town.
He, too, would try to leave behind
the gossip, the trivialities, the coarse
ness on the dead level of his daily life,
and climb to the height of some noble
thought, or some great truth of science
Moreover, as the daily bath was ne
cessary for the body of the athlete, 30
must it be for his soul. He would, by
determination, seek to cleanse it of
all the impurities that might originate
within, or be gathered by contact with
the world from without.
Why, he thought, if this boy puts his
body In such severe training to gain q
coveted honor in his college life, shall |
not train my soul to win life that is |
gentle and true and merciful, and that |
takes hold of the "life that is to come"
.YOutHS Communion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-18
Seven ThIrsrTEIenhants

one day circus and menagerie train
halted at railway station on its way
through town. OF course there was
great curiosity among the railroad men
to inspect this queer special train; and
among others the engineer and the fire.
man OF one OF the locomotives in the
yard left their posts for short time to
see the different menagerie cars.
When they came back and were
ready to move their locomotive, they
noticed that the cover to the water-tank
was open. Further, they luckily dis
covered that the tank was nearly empty
though it had been full to the brim
when they left it.
Such an extraordinary thing had
never happened before! No wonder
there was great surprise on all sides;
every one knew the tank was full when
the men had left it; in fact some of the
hands" had seen it filled, neither was
there a leak in it, yet the tank was
empty. The question was, where had
the water gone?
Seven thirsty elephants, shut up all
day and all night in a car that gave
them hardly room to move; their warm
bodies fairly touching one another, a
paltry allowance of water to quench
their thirst, and, then, to be left stand
ing on the hot railroad track, the suns
rays pouring down upon the roof of the
car, and with only such air as could
come through the small open windows!
Was it any wonder, when their keen
scent told them water was near, that
they should search for it? How were
they to know that it was not there for
their convenience? At any rate, no
sooner were the men gone, when
through small window of the elephant
car the dusky trunk of an elephant
made its way, sinuously out. Another
followed its example, then another, until
seven trunks had felt and snuffed
around, over engine, tender, and
coal. What they sought was not there;
but they still kept moving about, and,
coming to the wster-tank, one of them
stopped, felt all over the cover. and at
last managed to get the fnger-like end
under the edge of the cover. Then
slowly and carefully it was opened;
when, behold there was what the ele-
plants wanted-water, and plenty of it.
The owner of that trunk took long
draught, its companions meanwhile shov-
ing and pushing one another, in their
anxiety to drink. One after another
they filed their trunks with the cold
water, and poured it down their dry,
parched Threats. How grateful! How
refreshing! After the long, dusty ride,
with what keen enjoyment they squIrted
the water over their tired, hot bodies,
until they were cool and comfortable.
The mystery of the empty tank was a
mystery but short time The keeper
Of the elephants Oh visiting the car, had
found it and the elephants deluged
with water. A few inquiries, and the
matter was explained to everyone's sat-
Nicholas.
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JoHN eARINoER.

Here. gazing from my farmhouse Por
Ny fertile acres Ger,
Ny menory travels back awhile
For fifty years or more,
Whom often with Jonn barr1neer
rode across the HILL
Along the narrow, stoney road
That leads to Sinkers MIL.
We boys all laughed at quiet John,
We thought him half fool,
A la2gard somewhat at his play,
Though head of class at school
he kept apart from all the rest,
And no one dreamed there lay
A hope to rise in life beneath
His shy and quiet way.
His mothers farm was next to ours,
The acres were but few;
The soil was scarcely more than sands
And scanty crops it grew;
But John toiled ON as earnestly,
From dawn till set of sun,
As though by patient labor there
Great riches might be won.
His mother died, and then there came
An uncle old and gray,
Who grimly saw the funeral,
And took the boy away.
John passd from sight, and newer things
Arose the blank to fill;
We talked no more of him when we =
Brought grist to Sinker's Mill.
That was just fifty years ago;
The boys have changes found,
Some dwelling here, some over seas,
And some are under ground
Sinker is dead his son remains
To run the mill-wheel now,
And here / sit, a worn old man,
With wrinkles on my brow.
Our local paper says this week,
And prints it plain and straight,
That they will make John Barringer
4 great man il the State.
1t says he stands the first Of men
For brains and iron will
The very John that used to ride
With me to Sinker's Mill,
The country is no more the same,
But to the dogs has gone,
When they propose for Secretly
A ragged boy like John.
At least, he was a ragged boy,
And as it seems to me,
Another man could I'LL the place
As easily as he.
They say he's coming here some time
Before election day;
They'll cheer him when he makes speech
I know our neighbors way;
But If he be the same old John,
And wants my vote, he will
Get on a raw-boned horse once more,
And ride to Sinkers Mill.
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WATTs-Women don't seem to marry
so early as they did some few years ago.
Potts-No, they don't. The great num-
Der of 30-year-old widows with grown
daughters is proof enough Of that.
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GOING TO LEAVE THE FARM.

HE work of the
farm house was
over for the day;
the children-with
the exception of the
eldest son, who had
gone to the village,
were in bed, and in
the big comforta-
bic kitchen Farmer