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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03
Took a Long Time to Decide.

"Just watch this crank" said a man
in restaurant. "He comes in here
every day and goes through whole act
before he gets up courage.enough to ask
for fried onions. He always finishes
by ordering them, but he never avows
his real purpose until he has beaten
about the bush for ten minutes. The
walters know him and humor him."
The lover of onions seated himself,
and looked over the dinner card with a
languid, bored air. and asked:
How are soft-shelled crabs deviled ?"
"They are very nice, sill"
Its little late for crabs, isn't it"
Yes, it is little late, sir.
"Humphl Let me see. How is your
canvas-back?"
THAT is very nice"
But, come to think of it, don't care
for any duck" and he knitted his
brows, and carefully scanned the menu
card.
1.-THE waiter stood patiently by.
There doesn't seem to be anything
here that I care for"
How would you like nice piece Of
roast lamb, sir?"
mo, that doesn't strike my fancy"
"A chop?"
"No. Perhaps you would better
bring me bottle of st. Julien and a
slice of cold roast b eef. I have no ap-
petite to-day"
"Very we'll. SIR says the waiter
starting off slowly.
"Oh, Gaspard!" ....
Eyes, sir.
- nave all 1deaT
eyes, sir"
81 might be able to eat good st eak
with few fried onions.
"That would be very nice, sir"
"Only few onions, but be sure to
have the steak good"
Yes, sir.
"That will be all. You needn't mind
the claret, Gaspard."
Eyes, sir.
Then the lover of fried onions leaned
back in his chair, as innocent appearing
as a child.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03
Ununited Fractures

The failure of broken bones to unite
firmly, which is met with now and then,
is usually due to some local or general
condition of the system, which hinders
the formation of solid bony tissue be-
tween the fragments. In many cases
an important element seems to lie in
the fact that too great freedom of mo-
ton between the broken ends has been
permitted, but In persons who are de-
bilitated from disease there seems to be
sometimes lack of the vital energy
needed to throw out the material which
shall hold the fragments in position.
According to some authorities delayed
union-it usually takes place at last
occurs as often as once in five hundred
cases. At such times what union does
finally take place is generally of a
fibrous nature, and If the injury is in
one of the longer bones so-called false
joint may be the result. DR.. Donald
Mclean, of Detroit, who sees many
cases of this kind among the lumber
men In the northern part of his State,
has come to the conclusion that the
cause of the failure to unite lies largely
in the severity of the original local in
jury, which, with his patients, is gener-
ally direct blow from the trunk of q
tree.
The treatment is often difficult, and
always tedious. A nice fitting together
of the fragments, with care that no soft
tissue is caught between them,-the po-
sition being retained by means Of a
stiff bandage,-may be sufficient,
If the position is thoroughly pre-
served by the splints, it may be Just as
well, or even better, that the patient
move about, for certain amount of in
fammatory action is necessary in order
to get the full reparative power of ma
ture. For the same purpose the ends
of the bones are sometimes smartly
rubbed together before being placed in
the stiff bandage.
The modern system of performing
operations under the protection of car
bolic acid spray, or other antiseptics.
which prevent the entrance of the
microbes which produce blood-poison-
ing, makes possible some operations
that In former times would certainly
have been fatal. Among other things,
there has been introduced a method Of
treatment which consists of saving of
the ends oil the bones and fastening
them together by nails or wires; but it
seemed to DR.. Mclean, from the study
of his cases, that those do quite as
well in which the sole reliance is put on
the outside dressing without the use OF
wires. In some cases where wires are
used it becomes necessary to perform a
subsequent operation for their removal.
Youths COMPANION.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03
Storing Sunshine for a Rainy Day.

Hi! Jimmy! Come down here.
Let's set on the bridge and go round
when she turns"
This from a 10-year-old street boy
standing on the approach to bridge
over the Erie Canal in an interior
city.
The person addressed was fellow
street boy standing on raised foot
bridge over the same muddy waterway.
He was no older than his companion and
fully as ragged. He was lame and
carried a crutch, but he had his COM
pensation in a philosophy of content
ment that old Horace might have
envied.
He stood upon the foot-bridge and
answered:
"Naw. Can't. Got t. stay here"
saw come on down. What d. ye hang
up there fur? Lots O. fun swingin'
around here. We kin geton boat and
go over the aqueduct an then ride back
on another. Aw, come on down."
Nav; can't do it."
"Why not? What yer wants ter fool
round up there for? Amt no fun up
there"
WAL" was the answer that Jimmie
drawled out with as solemn a face as a
cadet on parade. Il can't come down
nohow. I've got ter stay up here, and
soak in all the sunshine I can so as I
kin laugh when it rains. "-NelU YoT X
T,.;b9Ta1o
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03
DAYS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.

Iremember. ] remember
The days when was young,
And who tried TO teach me thus
To speak my mother tongue.
The ancient, smoky. raftered rooms
Where gathered girls and boys,
Think our parents sent us there
TO rid them of our noise.
remember the old mistress,
Who taught me A, B, &,
And when couldn't say it right,
Who took me Ger her knee.
The boys who were my mates at schooI,
And ell our little plays,
And what length of time 1t seemed
Ietween the holidays.
remember Swaney RigeloX
u no tried to make me speak
little broken Latin and
A smattering Of Greek;
IT could have puzzled any one
In learned lore more rich,
when we recfted either tongue,
TO tell vou which was which.
remember Master Smelling
IneYer can forget,
BE maze me write end cipher, 100
That man is living yet.
I remember the old cowsk1n wen,
Which filed US all with fear
never liked the thing-and hope
He has not brought 1t here.
Ireraember how important
We bows were Of the rules;
We longed TO grow to mans estate,
And shake of all the schools.
since have found those wishes val
And, OH tbs little JOY
To fnd know less Latin now
Than when 1 was boy.
f DYttdRd Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03

The next moment she was drawn
close to the heart of Victor Du Mont,
as he passionately kissed her radiantly
beautiful face again and again.
The happy couple received the bless
ings of Madame Du Mont and the
good Marquis as one In blissful
dream.
At length the refugees secretly
quilted Paris for the shores of Switzer-
land, with its towering mountain peaks,
covered in eternal snow, aud its lovely
wales. There Victor Du Mont and his
noble wife, surrounded by their chill
dren, passed the remainder of their
days in peace and happiness.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03
How He Knew That He Had Been In
Europe.

How He Knew That He daQ Been In
Europe.
perhaps" said 2 business man,
"there are good many of US who be-
Ieve that all the world has absolute
confidence in our honesty. But there
are so many schemes creditors have for
keeping an eye on debtors that the
honest men are watched as carefully as
the dishonest ones. When / went to
Europe last summer owed my tailor
two or three hundred dollars, I sup
pose.
when I returned I went around TO
him to order my fall clothes.
%tHow do you do, Mr.. II said
he. How did you enjoy your trip to
EuropeY
Now I had gone away quietly and
had returned no less quietly. Not
dozen of my friends knew when started
or when 1 got back.
"EuropeY I said, what do you
mean p and I looked at him banter
ingly.
trip. l see that you returned only last
week
%'Where did you see it? asked.
@He stopped foE amoment and looked
embarrassed.
@'Come now I said, how did you
know 1 had gone to Europe or that ]
had returnedY
@"To tell you the truth, Mr.. L.,
he answered, we. know about every
movement of those who owe Us money.
We receive weekly reports from an
agency, and you viii find that many
other business houses know as much
about their customers. '"-Nea0 York
Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03
Technical Terms

New Clerk should like to know
something about these stocks, sir.
Wholesale Clothing Merchant-Cer-
tainly. The goods on this floor are
trousers for the New York and Boston
trade. On the floor above are the
pantaIoons for the Philadelphia and
Baltimore trade. The third floor Is
filed with pants for the Western trade
Street q Smiths Good Nel0s.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03

no smell, no heat. A slight fzz. Ike
the noise of 3 soda fountain, is the only
sound. It sends the bullet an immense
distance, is not affected by heat or
damp, and is so cheap that 125 bullets
can be fred ct the cost of cent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-01-03

The trouble with the people who are
all the time saying that they think they
are going to die is that they don't
Broonae Republicans
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
The Color Of Royalty.

1t is always interesting to know
what colors are used or selected by
royal families as being their very own.
To England, the only royal family of
modern times which has selected it, be
longs scarlet, and it must beconfessed
that it is most effective color. The
royal households of Portugal, Prus-
STA, Sweden and most of the German
princes, wear blue; Russia chooses
dark green; Austria delights in black
and yellow. According to the usual
belief, scarlet, as the royal household
color of England, was chosen because
OF the red rose of the Plantagenets,b but
this is not true; it was taken from the
field gules of the royal standard and
from Henry's adoption OF the scarlet
dress of the yoeman OF guard. In
days gone by it was the privilege Of
the alderman's wives to wear scarlet
gowns, but Englishmen having an
nounced in song and story that they
will never be slaves, the general Eng
fish woman of to-day is never so hap
py as when she has an entire red gown
or coat or some touch of the glowing
color about her.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
Webster's Ready Wit.

More or less sportive artifce enters
into the parry-and-thrust OF lawyers
combats in court. Fancy the drol-
lery of a man like Webster playing
upon the word doctor" Harper's
Magazine says:
Daniel Webster, when in full prac,
tice, was employed to defend the will
of Roger Perkins of Hopklnton. A
physician made affidavit that the tes-
tator was struck with death when he
signed his will.
Webster subjected his testimony to
a most thorough examination, show
ing, by quoting medical authorities,
that doctors disagree as to the pre-
else moment when O. dying man is
struck with death, some affirming
that 1T is at the commencement of the
disease, others at it's climax, and 9th
ers still affirming that we begin to die
as soon as we are born.
81 should like to know" said Mr..
Sullivan, the opposing counsel, "what
doctor maintains that theory"
CDR. Watts" said Mr.. Webster,
with great gravity:
1.-The moment we begin to live
We all begin to die"
This reply convulsed the court and
audien ce with laughter.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
Advice on Airing Houses.

An exchange gives the following adj
vice: Too many houses are built up
at the back for want OF space. There
are no through draughts. Front and
back open, and current set going
that's fresh air. AS it is, with the air
stagnating, curtains drawn, blinds
down, carpets on floors, doors closed,
and one bit of a window just open,
where are the lungs that can breathe
i'll so many cubic inches destitute OF
oxygen? Now, in the morning open
your street door for an hour, and set
something stirring and send some cur
rent into these stagnant air layers
that close each other up, and can
neither move up nor down, nor in nor
out. Women faint, children droop,
babies die, and all for the want OF a
little fresh air just passing through
the house. Look to it, and open your
house door the first thing in the
morning and if you can get current
going, do so.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
An Educated Fly.

Prof Thomas J. Murray, of New
York, tolls wonderful tale of the re-
suits of his kindness to a common
house fly: "For two weeks the fly
flew around my house without much
notice being taken of him; then he be-
gan to make advances, and soon per-
mitted me to handle his wings. We
called him Dick; at breakfast every
morning Dick was fed with sugar to
his hearts content, and would sit on
my finger and corkscrew his legs and
rub his head.
presently made endeavours to
teach him various tricks, which at
first were somewhat of a failure,
Soon he had advanced in the art until
he would allow me to lift him up on
q toothpick. Soon after could place
two of the little splinters under him
and by deal of patience and coaxine
induce HIM to stand on his hind legs,
Then again, could place them on the
table and have him jump over them
successfully, like a circus rider jumps
the hurdles. One of the most singu
lar habits he has is TO fly at my fin
ger like O. bantam cock at an enemy
whenever he becomes enraged."
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.

More Money Can be Made by Beg
ing Than by Working in Paris.
1t has been proven, in Paris as else
where, that when men Or women have
onceconquered the shame which should
restrain them from street begging, the
life has a strange attraction, and is
besides often much more profitable
than the wages OF honest work. A
gentleman belonging to one Of the
charitable societies state that, by way
ofexperiment, he once actually dressed
in rags, and tried his fate as beggar,
with the result of profit amounting
to l5f. for that day! 1t is probable
that, notwithstanding his disguise, he
had retained enough responsibility in
his appearance to seem particularly
interesting. But, quite recently, an.
other gentleman, holding an official
post in Government relief committee,
played the part of an aged beggar SO
successfully that a discriminating pc.
liceman turned him away from the
door of church, with the informa.
tion that he (the policeman was not
hard on beggars, but that in this case
he would not allow this beggar to
stand there, because he Cooked like a
ruffianl"- "Vous avez une figure dc
banditl"f
The compliment caused intense de-
| light but mixed with disappointment
at the failure of the experiment, for in
a few minutes ID sous had been re
ceiyed, which, as the service had not
yet begun, promised good harvest
1t is stated that the average day of q
| professional beggar in Paris brings in
from ST. to 15f.l
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
Character in Cigars

A mans thoughts may be read in
his cigar. The way he holds it be-
tween his lips will give the observer a
suggestion as to what manner of man
the smoker is. There are men who
don't smoke at all, but who always
have cigar in their mouth. In fact,
they continually have what is called
"cigar mouth"
The man who presses his teeth
through a cigar and chews more than
he smokes is determined fellow.
He who rolls it about in his mouth
takes life easy, and never finds fault.
He who points it upward at an an
gle of As degrees is miId-mannered and
content but would be pig-headed if
the circumstances OF his surroundings
should require it.
To hold the cigar straight out and
send puffs of smoke along either side
shows the smoker to be OF a medita-
tive turn of mind.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
caIro's UnheaIthfulness,

Carlo for a long time has been no.
torious as one of the most unheathful
cities of her size in the world and is
likely to remain so unless the French
can be induced to abandon their
present obstructive policy in Egypt.
The town is practically without drain
age and year byyear the necessity of
remedying the evil becomes more ur-
gent. Some time ago the government
took the matter i'll hand, employed a
number of distinguished sanitary en-
gineers and prepared a scheme for a
system of sewerage which is generally
admitted to be the best and cheapest
that could be devised. 1t was pro
posed to pay for the improvements
by half the octroi receipts OF the city,
but France will not consent and de-
mands the appointment of an inter
national commission of three experts
to study the question, to invite plans
and to decide which is to be adopted
unless accepted by all experts unani
mously. The object of this PROPOSE,
ton is clear and unless it is modified
the drainage plan must be abandoned
at least for the present.-Bostor
II transcript.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
oREAsINo THE GROWER.
A Trick by Which lite Operators Got
Good Measure for a While.

A Trick by Which lite Operators Got
Good Measure for While.
The ''growler rushers" all over Phil
adelphia, and notably in the vicinity
of Lombard and South streets, by an
ingenious scheme have succeeded in
outwitting the willy saloon-keepers for
a couple of weeks past. About two
weeks ago the saloonkeepers noticed
a wonderful and new characteristic
concerning the beer they had on
draught. One night about that time
a stalwart negro, black as q coal,
came into a saloon with O. pitcher
nearly big enough to hold keg of
beer and called for "ten cents wuff. !"
The barkeeper eyed the pitcherfor q
moment, and then proceeded to draw
the beer. To his surprise the beer
would otfoam in the lively manner
which heretofore had been it's princi
pal characteristic.
No amount of shaking and sloshing
around would make the amber color
ed beverage assume @ frosty appear
ance, and before the barkeeper could
realize it the pitcher was trimming
full. The negro remarked in all off
hand manner:
dat beer done looks dead an fiat,
but laik dat kline mahself."
With that the barkeeper handed
him the pitcher, and the grinning
darby walked out of the room. He
was met just around tbs corner by
halt a dozen other dusky citizens, all
carrying pitchers, and at once divided
up.
1t was noticed that the beer imme-
diately came to life when it was
poured out of the big pitcher, and the
colored rascals laughed immoderately
as the creamy foam ran down the
sides of the vessels they were carrying.
! Directly after this another customer
walked into the same saloon, and the
beer was found to draw all right.
Here was a mystery indeed, and it
took two long weeks to solve it. The
saloon-keepers always noticed that
the beer would not foam when put
into pitchers carried by certain col
ored individuals. AS result these
same persons got about so cents
worth OF beer and paid only 10 cents
for it.
An investigation was started, as the
saloon-keepers saw that some game
was being played upon them. No So
luton was arrived at, however, until
Friday, when colored man under
the influence of liquor told how the
scheme was worked.
1t seems that the plan consisted in
simply greasing the inside of the
"growler" with butter or piece offat
meat. When this is done no amount
of gas or agitation will put the proper
head on beer. The discoverer of it
reaped a rich harvest by selling the
secret of it to other "growler work
ers," and, as result, the saloon
keepers have been victimized.-Phila
delphia Record.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
People Who Make You Tired.


In the ups and downs of hithers and
thithers of an eventful life, shall | tell
you the people who have made methe
most weary? 1t is not the bad
people, nor the foolish people; we can
get along with all such because of a
streak of common humanity in us all,
but | cannot survive without ex-
treme lassltude the decorous people;
those who slip through life without q
sound or sparkle those who behave
themselves upon every occasion and
would pass through a dynamite ex-
plosion without rumpling a hair;
those who never have done anything
out of the way and never will, simply
for the reason that a fish cannot per-
spire-no blood in em! Cut them and
they would run cold sap, like a
maple tree in April. Such people are
always frightened to death for fear OF
what the world is going to say about
them. They are under everlasting
bonds to keep the peace. l wonder
that they ever unbend to kiss their
children. If one of them lived in my
house [ should stick pins in him.
Morality and goodness that lie no
deeper than "behavi0r" are like the
veneering they put on cheap tables
very tawdry and soon peeled Off
Chicago News.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
SALLIE NIECE.
It was only a few short wears ago,

1t was only few short years ago,
At a hotel by the sea,
That maiden l met whom you may know
BY the name of Sallie MCGEE.
l fell in love and she fell in love,
At this hotel by the sea,
And we bathed ev'ry day in the saltsea
spray
and my Sallie MCGEE.
That Sallie was as sweet AS a peach
Most any blind man could see;
And this is the reason that all and each
Were gazing at Sallie Melee
So that dude from Boston came
And took her away from me.
/ was in love and she was III love,
AT this hotel by the sea;
Salie was struck on the Boston duck,
And | on Sallie McGee.
But my love was stronger by far than the
love
OF the dude from the Hub could be;
And neither the angels in heaven above
Nor the dandies down there by the sea
Could ever dissevcr my soul from the soul
Ofmy sweet little Sallie McGee.
| So hit him spat with a baseball bat,
Which made him afraid of me;
| And he never bothered me after that
At the hotel by the sea.
-BradfOrd Era