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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-06-04

S. Tilton, Of Osborne, Kansas, was
introduced and delivered an eloquent
address which was listened to with
marked attention throughout.
-Four Of the comrades, w. E.
Tilton, j. Word Carson, w. S.
Harrison and S. L. Shorthill, sang
Growing old together with much
feeling, and it was appreciated, not
only by the G.. A. R., but by the
audience.
The procession was then formed
and marched to the cemetery where
the graves Of comrades were beauti-
fully and profusely decorated with
flowers.
Whether providential or other
wise the weather continued good
until all the exercises were over and
the procession had returned from
the cemetery. An old fashioned
rain then set in.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-06-04
Ladies
Comrades,

commander, COmTd0eS, L00leS
and Gentlemen:
THE HEROIC SETTLERS OF THE NEW
WEST.
| am profoundly impressed with
my present immediate surroundings.
To be back once more among old
neigh bors and friends should con-
stitute happy period in the life Of
any man. To meet with them in a
locality like this, which has been
placed in the line Of development
only by the united sufferings Of all,
inevitably increases this pleasure.
AS a former resident Of this city
for the space of eleven years. [ have
been called upon to say much con-
corning the campaign Of man
against the buffalo-grass kingdom.
By far the most I have felt has
never been said. The development
of the plains region of the west
Mississippi valley is more impressive
than fiction, because of the awful
realities involved. Hither people of
the most scanty means focked with
those of ampler fortune, fortified in
the conviction that the voice of the
land agent was an inspiration from
God. Here the ideal mansion de-
generated into the practical sod
house, and the fabulous crops that
were reaped in the imagination kept
the reaper idle by their absence.
From here fathers have gone to
distant places in search of work,
only to be prevented by untimely
death from returning to the bosoms
of their families. Here mothers and
children, destitute of means and liv-
ing far from the centers of popula-
ticn, have become the victims of
Grim Chance, and this has often
meant suffering, separation and
death. The participants in the
struggle for the development of this
half desert, half-fertile area were pa
triots and martyrs. The struggle
is not yet ended, but the rubicon has
been passed. Theories, practices
and necessities have wrought the
revolution of assured success for
man. These have beckoned US to a
companionship with nature that is
| charming because of its freedom
from the restraints of the thickly
settled valley and the dense wood
land. 1t would be waste of words
to dwell upon the proposition that
the veterans who did such giant
battle ior the restoration of the
Union have made their impress upon
this new civilization. 1t was theirs
to be poor in purse, but rich in the
essentials of noble manhood, Their
faces were turned to this primitive
region. largely because they had
learned to love adventure. Their
brain, Drawn and resources have
been the indispensable factors in its
progress. Perhaps from one humid
red and fifty thousand to two humid
red thousand Union veterans have
at one time and another had a resi-
dence in this magnificent state.
That some have grown weary and
sought other abiding places, must
not detract from the need of praise
due them for their contributions to
the material greatness and glory of
Kansas. That others have, without
realizing half the measure of their
hopes, fallen sick along the line of
march, and Joined the camp in the
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NOTES.

The choir composed Of Mrs. Rea,
Mrs. Nelson, w. S. Harrison and
Rev. Rich, furnished some very fine
music which added much to the
interest of the exercises.
Those acquainted with the chirog-
raphy of Col. Tilton will appreci-
ate the statement when we say that
he was charged for excess baggage
on account of the manuscript con-
tanning his Decoration Day address.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-06-04

Bible quotations and responses by
members Of the Post next followed
after which prayer by the Chaplain,
Joshua Croft.
The choir then sang America
and the orator Of The day, Col. w.
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The w. r. G.. attended in a body
as did also the Sons of Veterans.
When all were seated Adjt. S. L.
Shorthill read the general order
from headquarters, and Joseph
Escher, commander of Capt. Trego
Post No. 1877. welcomed the friends
present on behalf of Post.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1892.
DECKING The GRAVES.
Memorial Day Properly Observed
at Wa-Keeney.
Over Six Hundred People Present
in the Court Room-Elaborate
Observation-Disclosures
Suspended.

MOTE Ildu Iu'iUJ yC"i" oOo '
tocsin of war sounded throughout
the United States. On May Both
1892. the survivors of the most
stupendous conflict Of modern times
met once more, in almost every vii
lage and hamlet In our land, to
cherish the memories of the gallant
heroes who fell as sacrifices for the
preservation of our beloved country
met once more to observe the
beautiful and tender custom OF dec
Grating their comrades graves.
Loyal, patriotic citizens shared in
the ceremony, knowing and fully
realizing that they honored, not the
dead alone, but themselves as well,
in thus turning aside from the
practical, business affairs Of life, to
manifest their regard and venera-
ton for the nations brave defenders.
The story of their loyalty, their
devotion to liberty and country has
been told thousand times and we
can add nothing to the fame Of
these heroic and unselfish dead.
The story tells itself in way that
cannot be made more brilliant.
Neither oratory nor poetry can
compass or interpret it.
It seems almost an age since the
war closed, but how wildly it all
came back to us when the old veter-
ans, in their blue uniforms, marched
into the court room last Monday to
the beat Of the drum. It was a pa
thetic scene and brought tears to
the eyes of many. Pathetic, for
: we cannot forget that their ranks
are yearly growing thinner; that;
soon the graves to be decorated will
exceed in number the survivors
That every year the veterans are
falling and the head boards become
thicker in the graveyards.
Despite the threatening weather
the attendance at the hall this year
was almost as great as we have ever
seen it. Quite a number could not
obtain seats and went away. The
following are the names of the G..
A. r. who were present and par
ticipated in the exercises:
A. J. McCollum, d. Countryman,
A. B. Mummert, j. w. Carson,
J. Ebeling, II. Hodges,
E. w. Brown, 1. L. McGarvle,
A. P. Lawrence, ID. Pershing,
A. T. Layman, A. E. Sigler,
r. I. Thomas, G. G. Yetter,
Ben. Jackson, ]. NJ. Welch,
Joseph Weekly, Theo. Courtney.
81. Hobbick, VIM, LaRue,
William Goble, VIM. Cowden,
Joseph Fischer, w. G. Olson,
Hill P. Wilson, Peter Gayhfrt.
j. Croft, 5. NJ. Hutzel,
Z. G. Blaisdell, s. l.. Shorthill,
c. w. Sweet, VIM. Summerville,
w. s. Harrison, j. w. Reynolds,
E. W. Hlton.
The w. r. G.. attended in body
as did also the Sons of Veterans.
When all were seated Adjt. S. l..
Shorthill read the general order
from headquarters, and Joseph
Escher, commander of Capt. Trego
Post No. 1877. welcomed the friends
present on behalf of Post.
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A. J. McColIum,
A. B. Mummert,
J. Ebeling,
E. w. Brown,
A. p. Lawrence,
A. T. Layman,
r. I. Thomas,
Ben. Jackson,
Joseph Weekly,
H. Hobbick,
William Goble,
Joseph Fischer,
Hill P. Wilson,
j. Croft,
II. G.. Blaisdell.
G. w. Sweet,
w. s. Harrison,
r.. Nv. Hlton.
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d. Countryman,
J. w. Carson,
II. Hodges,
I. L. McGarvle,
d. Pershing,
A. E. Sigler,
G. G. Yetter,
J. NJ. Welch,
Theo. Courtney,
VIM, LaRue,
VIM. Cowden,
w. G. Olson,
Peter GayhT rt.
S. NJ. Hutzel,
S. l.. Shorthill,
VIM. Summerville,
j. w. Reynolds,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-27
Excha angling Presents.

"Jim and | have capital plan now
about our Christmas presents" said a
pretty young wife. ''For years each
presented the other with expensive pres
ents that neither of us wanted in the
least, and with which we were obliged
to express the greatest satisfaction, feel
ing all the while that if the same amount
of money had been expended on what
we really wished for how much better
it would have been. Finally we came
to an understanding, and now buy for
my husband just what want for my
self, and be in like fashion purchases
whatever takes his masculine fancy.
and after the formal presentation is over
.vse make al exchange 70 our mutual sat
isfaction.
"Sometines the result is very funny.
Last Christmas received box which
opened with great curiosity, and amid
the shouts Of laughter from the children
held up pair Of immaculate riding
breeches and CATERS. while Jim received
a bandbox containing the latest thing in
bonnets, which he insisted on wearing
all through breakfast to the intense JOY
of the small folk. 1t survived the ordeal.
however, and wore it to church Sunday
1t is just too lovely for anything, and of
course | would never have dreamed of
buying such an expensive Partisan crea-
ton for myself; but could not grudge
any extra expense for dear Jim's Christ
mas present, and he says that is just the
way he feels about mine-for riding
breeches made to order at swell place
are quite ruinous New York Tribune.
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Time.

Among the five factors-land, labor,
capital, mental energy and time-there
is but one in which all men must share
alike. All others are variable One
only is equal and constant. and that is
time
The hours of the day number twenty
four. Whether man be rich or poor.
whether well endowed with mental
energy or not, the one opportunity. the
one element of property, which all must
share alike is time. Time is a common
factor, and yet it is also separate fac
tor, an element of individual property.
with which every man may claim to
deal according to his own will so far as
he may not impair the rights of Others
to deal with their share of time at their
own will.-Edward Atkinson in Popu-
lar Science Monthly
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Contrasting His Ignorance.

Some one has defined an "lmpromptu"
as verses uttered apparently offhand,
but at which the author has labored
many nights. A similar affectation of
extemporaneous smartness is seen in wits
who learn by heart their witticis,ns,
and in conversadonists who lead up to
topics on which they have ''crammed'
themselves.
An English lady Of rank used to en-
tangle her neighbors at table in the dis
cussions Of subjects on which she had
especially prepared herself. She once
sat next to an elderly gentleman, whom
she asked to give her the date Of the
Second Punic war. The gentlemen, who
had not the remotest idea whether it
was 218 B. g. or 200 A. D., and who was
too honest to conceal his ignorance, an
swered: Madam, don't know anything
about the Second Punic war, and what is
more never did. My inability to answer
your question has wrung from me the
same confession which once heard
made by Lancashire farmer, with an
air of great pride, when appealed to by
a party Of his friends in commercial
room, 4 tell ye what. in spite of all you,
Dragging. I'll wedger (wager) I'm tn ig-
norantest man j. company. '"-Youth's
Companion.
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A Monster Sharks Tooth.

An exquisite cutting tool, apparently
weapon of primitive manufacture.
Shaped somewhat like the head of an
arrow, bot much bigger. Six inches
long by five inches broad, with a sharp
point, and both edges SO keen that one
could cut beefsteak with it readily.
Weighing about two pounds. beautifully
polished and black of hue.
Such was the object shown to a writer
at the Smithsonian institution. Never
having beheld a savage weapon of quite
that shape, so beautifully made, or 80
heavy for its bulk, he was puzzled when
asked to guess what it was Imagine his
surprise when he was told that it was
the tooth of shark.
Not the tooth of any living species Of
shark, but fossil incisor left behind by
some monster fish of the past. who died
hundreds of thousands of years ago, per.
haps What whopper he must have
been! When it is considered that the
teeth of forty foot white shark, the
biggest species now known, only meas
ure about two inches in length, it is
positively astonishing to figure out the
size of the owner of the specimen de-
scribed. It is impossible that he could
have been less than eighty feet and he
may have been 100 feet long.
In what strange and distant sea did
this huge beast swim? AS to that there
is no doubt. He frequented the vicinity
of Washington, and very likely pursued
his prey in the waters directly over what
is now the capital city of the United
States At all events it is certain that
he died in this neighborhood, because
the tooth in question was found not a
dozen miles from town. over in Virginia.
Washington Letter.
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AN ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE.
ne PIanned Sham Funeral and Kep
an Eye on His Heirs Administration.

He Planned q Sham Funeral and Kept
an Eye On His Heirs Administration.
From Austria, the land Of eccentric
noolemen, comes a story without par
allel IN the recent record of human
idlosyncrasies. The Galician million
alre, Casimir Won Mionczynski, was re-
moved from his vast estates near Lem
berg to an asylum for the insane in
Doblng, at his own instance, about
eight years ago. About five months
later his desSh was ANNOUNCED. 1t was
said that he died in the night, and the
properly drawn certificate of the ply
sician was to the effect that death was
caused by heart disease.
In the morning after the night when
the death was reported the other physi-
clans saw that the closed coffin was car
ried to the family burying ground and
there inferred, without having been
opened in the presence of the million
aires friends. The heir of the Mionc-
zynski property, Count Nicodem Po-
tock1, took possession of the estates.
The departed nobleman left neither wife
nor children.
About the middle Of December the
tenants of the count were astounded at
midday to see the bent figure of man
exactly resembling Casimir Won Mionc-
zynski pass along the road. The old man
spoke to all in a voice that recalled Wis
ions Of their former landlord, and most
of the peasants fed in superstitious fright
from the sound. Hardly less fright was
caused at the castle when the old man
sent in a card bearing the words ''Casimir
Won Mionczynsh.
When Count Potoch met him the old
man explained that he had given the
physician who gave out his death certifi-
cate at the asylum and conducted the
mock funeral $1,000 for his part in the
plan and a promise not to reveal the
fraud until after the physicians death.
That event had been announced, he
said, and he therefore had returned to
his estate. The old man said he had
taken securities for about $50, 900
abroad with him and had lived on the
interest His object in all this remark
able performance was to discover, he
said, how his heir would administer his
property after his death. That story
was treated rather gingerly at first by
Count Potocki, but the discovery by dis
intcr!pent that the coffin from the asy-
lum had been buried empty increased
the suspicion of truth aroused by the
old mans personal appearance. <
The old mans story of his wanderings
abroad is under investigation, and mean
time he is inquiring into the manage
lnent of the property, which he claims
as his own. The editor of The Dziennik
Polski is sure that the old man is Casimir
Won Mionczynski, and many Lenlbergers
believe SO, too, but Count Potocki says
that he will concede nothing until his
tracings Of the old mans wanderings is
COMPLETED. New York Sun
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Prices In California in lsA9.

The California gold fever Of 1s49 gave
a greater impetus to commerce than it
had ever received. San Francisco in
that year was described by newspaper
correspondent as "a beehive of the larg-
est kind" though 1.-The conveniences for
business" were small. there being ''only
hundred decent sized stores, bat shan
ties enough Of all kinds" The retail
price Of flour in that city was 80 cents
pound; the retail price of pork was from
80 to rs cents pound; the retail price
Of bread was from IS to 33 cents a
pound. Boards sold for $400 a thousand
feet and brandy for 25 cents glass.
OF poverty there was none, with gold
worth $40 an ounce; Of prudence, also,
there was none. It was cheaper to throw
clothes away than to pay for the wash
ing Of them.-George w. Sheldon in
HarDer's
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BuY Only the Lest Food.

If you are to have oatmeal, and moth
ing but oatmeal, let it be the very best
in the market, cooked to perfection and
smothered in the richest cream and the
whitest sugar you can buy-a dish fit to
set before queen, dish that one can
make meal Of aAd be the better for.
Then when it comes around time to
have beef, have the best beef in the land
80 delicious that every scrap will be
gobbled up instanter. and you will draw
straws to see who Is going to pick the
bones.-Detroit Free Press.
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Mr.. Benjamin McKenney, who lately
died in Greene, was something of her
nit. Although he lived only about a
mile and half from Sabattis and was
usually in good health, neither aged nor
village for about twenty-five years.
He lived about half mile back from
the travelled road, his house hidden from
view by high ridge Of land, and it is
reported that he had not been to this
main road for twenty years. Bangor
Commercial.
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Talking Over Broken Telephone Wires.
A rather peculiar incident recently
happened q short distance outside of
Riverside, Cal. A telephone wire broke
between two Offices, about fifteen miles
apart, and yet an ordinary conversation
could be carried on over the wire after
it was broken, though the magnetic bell
would not ring. There being no other
wire on the same poles at that part of
the line where the break occurred, it is
supposed that the current was carried
between the ends Of the broken wire
through the wet ground. A few feet
below the surface there is whatisknown
as hardpan, which possibly acted to
some extent as an insulator between the
upper and lower strata<of earth. New
York Telegram.
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Twenty eight years ago a young Irish
girl refused to marry and accompany
her sweetheart to New Zealand, on the
plea that she could not leave her mother.
who, weak and aiing. was alone in the
world save for her. The old woman
was admitted into an almshouse, and
there this self sacrificing daughter has
been in attendance upon her and the
other inmates all these weary years. A
short time ago the mother died, and no
sooner did the news4reach the faithful
suitor, who meanwhile had made a
large fortune in New Zealand. than he
wrote begging his old love to come out
to him as his bride and inclosing pre-
paid ticket for her passage.
The fair Margaret, who is now fifty
years Of age, has accepted his renewed
offer, and she starts for the anttpodes.
never a. yet having been beyond the
little town Of Downpatrick in her life.-
London Tit-Bita.
Names for Pair og Chestnuss.
| Mira 81. g. Trevor is o very graceful
driver. and handles with grace % well ~
akin her handsome team, which she calls
Annie Rooney and McGinEy, becaasA she
rays, they are 0 paar ck chesknuts. .-Radee
and OF4W@R. g9sIs S. - 5s4 - So. as
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy Of ito kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and 40
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial In IT'D
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend Il
to al and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of ESgs = 3br sale In 800
and o. bee&les by all leading druc.
gsaA~ Any rsllahle druggist Who
may Mt kly( \ On land Win pro-
~: 9 y = .ess nv nv
c1klfOaItM re S,IROp ca
AZ Ak6seloeo 0ll
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&af f0 and Reliable.

'In buying a cough medicine for chill
dren," says FL. A. Walker, prominent
druggist of Ogden, Utah, ''never be
afraid to buy Chamberlain's Cough Rem.
edy. There is no danger from it and re-
lief is always sure to follow. I particu
larly recommend Chamberlain because
I have found it to be safe and reliable. {"
25 and so cent bottles for sale by M
Lively, druggist.
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JlM'S STORY.

tell you plain, If don't try
To brace myself right firm I'll cry.
This soft wind and this haze and sun,
And the gold and red that melt and run
And splash the hills: and she not here
To say things about the dying year!
Didn't tell you? Oh, see.
They called her Dora. all but me;
For she was delicate lady born,
And l. well, / was huskin corn:
So called her Miss. She was stayin here
For the country air the heft of the year.
Sometimes she'd sit out under tree
And watch the hired man work, that's mes
But she got so frail-like along in the fall
That she didn't weigh nothin. wraps and all.
And the women folks got me to lend hand
Movin her out in the sun to be tanned.
That's what they said, but she didn't seem
To care about 5okin: just wanted to dream
And look at the foliage, gold and red,
On the hills. and talk about bein deadl
Cheerful? Well, no; not exactly that:
But used to potter around where she sat.
Just watchin her, sort of, under the rim
OF my hat, an wishin she'd call me Jiml
Ever have that feelin? Well, never cared
For girl that was well. but IL I'd dared
I'd a-told her how it made me thrill
When stole look at her, sittin so still
And holdin the red leaves In her hands.
Quotin some song about lotus lands,
Some place where it's always afternoon
In voice that was soft and sweet as a tune.
And so just listened from under the rim
OF my hat, sort o. wishin she'd call me Jiml
Thet kind of girls aint fer such as me,
Nor fer nobody else's fer's can see;
Fer they jist creep into hired mans heart
When the leaves turn red and the brown burrs
part;
And then when it SHOWS and the skies are lead
And it's still In the house, you know who's
dead!
I've no right to murmur, but somehow yet
Try as hard as may, / can never forget
How thrilled when her white hand touched
my arm:
And now when the trees are red on the farm
Sometimes listen from under the rim
OF my hat, sort o. wishin she'd called me Jim:
n. g. Toner In Chicago Tribune.
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Thyme for Whooping Cough.

Common thyme. to which attention
was some time ago called by an English
physician for use in whooping cough, ID
advocated earnestly by Dr.. Neovius as
almost worthy to be pronounced q spe-
cific. During an epidemic Of whooping
cough he had ample opportunities Of OBJ
serving its effects, and he came to the
conclusion that IL given early and con-
stantly it invariably cuts short the dis
ease IN fortnight, the symptoms gen.
srally vanishing In two or three days,
liable to return. however, II the thyme
10 not regularly taken for at least Two
ween- He gives from ~ 10 Q ounces
per day combined with little maxah-
maliow Erup, and has newer known an
undesirable elect peodsced except saight
diaxrhse. The drug should always b
used quite hsaE.-xrhAnee.
I. n