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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
The Work of Invention.

The progress wrought in the short
space of time since the birth of the
American patent system is something
marvellous. Take but one example,
that of the printing press of 1910,
producing four page sheet having q
circulation of five or six thousand
copies; we have to-day newspapers of
thirty-six sheets with daily circula-
ton in the hundreds of thousands-one
of them having had in January, 1890,
an average daily issue Of over 53S, 900
copies. Such a production by the old
press would have required two thou
sand pressmen, as many more inkmen,
and thousand folders-to say nothing
of the thousand duplicate type-forms
which would have been necessary.
Most generously has invention re
sponded to ''the art preservative Of all
arts"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
James NJ. Rinker
.HERIFF SALE.
Plaintiff.
George Z. Williams,

Joseph A. Bays and Theda L. Bays
Defendants
Public notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
order of sale to me directed and delivered issued
out of the twenty judicial district court OF the
state of Kansas, sitting in and for the county OF
Trego, in said state. will. on
May IL, 1892,
between the hours of one O'Clock p m. and three
O'Clock d. m, of said day at the west door OF the
court horse in Wa-Keeney, in the county and state
aforesaid offer for public sale and sell to the high
est bidder for cash in hand all the right, title and
interest of the above named defendantsin and to the
following described property, to-wit.
The west half of the southwest quarter
of section twenty-three (23 in township
fifteen Q5) south of range twenty-four
GA west of the 9th p. M, subject to 9
first mortgage of $3.50.
Lying and situated in the county of Trego, IN the
state of Kansas, with all the appurtenances there
unto belonging, to be sold according to law to
satisfy one Judgment in foreclosure OF mortgage IN
the sum of thirtysix and22100 dollars, with inter
est at the ate of II per cent. from date, and the
further sum of s1S l5 costs of suit and all accruine
COSTS said property levied and to be sold as the
property of the above named defendants without ap
praisement. . -
Given under my hand this It'll day Of April, A. D.
1892.
THEO. COURTNEY,
Sheriff, Trego county, kansas.
JOHN A. NELSON,
Attorney. ~
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
An Inhuman Practice.

s"The arguments against the cruel
practice of docking horses tails" says
a correspondent of the New York Trib-
une, might meet with more considera-
ton in this Christian land if the gentle
danes who countenance the practice
were instructed as to the origin of the
custom. During the time Warren Hast
ings was governor of India, over CEN
fury ago, the English were first shocked
by encountering this cruel fashion,
originated by the savage Tartars in the
Tbibetian mountains. So repulsive did
it seem to our good Anglo-Saxons that
they not only refused to buy horses thus
deformed, but actually paid the noun
taineers bounty to induce them to
forego the practice. And now, o world
OF inconsistency, it is England which
has persuaded the. gentle American to
take up, as the height of fashion, this
rude and barbarous mode, long since
discarded by those mountain savages.
Shall we be obliged to import a mission
airy from the savages to buy us Off"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

No healthy person need fear any dan
gerous consequences from an attack OF
Ia grippe if properly treated. It is much
the same as a severe cold and requires
precisely the same treatment. Remain
quietly at home and take Chamberlaln's
Cough Remedy as directed for severe
cold and prompt and complete recovery
is sure to follow. This remedy also coun-
teracts any tendency Of la grippe to re-
suit in pneumonia. Among the many
thousands who have used it during the
epidemics of the past two years we have
yet to learn of a single case that has not
recovered or that has resulted in ppeu-
monia. rs and so cent bottles for sale by
A. b. Jones, druggist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
An Exploded Theory.

The theory of spontaneous combus-
ton of the human body in former times
was held by almost every expert
French scientists, in particular. sup
ported it. and several of them published
pamphlets in which numerous cases OF
alleged spontaneous combustion OF the
human body were described at length,
but there are three very significant
points to be noticed in connection with
such reports. One is the invariable adj
mission that there was light or fire In
the room where the catastrophe oc-
Cured; another, that the alleged IN
stances always happened in families
composed of ignorant persons, and
another, that in no case was there any
actual witness of the occurrence.
Something like seventy-fve per cent
of the humaa body consists OF water,
says Pearson's Monthly; this fact in it
self is sufficient to discredit any of the
alleged instances of spontaneous COM
bustion. 1t is just conceivable that
persons who drink an enormous amount
of spirituous liquors may become SO sat
urated, as it were, with this infamma-
BILE material that their bodies burn
much more easily than would those OF
people who do not oyer indulge in this
way, but it is perfectly certain that the
fire would have to be applied from
without, for no such thing as spontane-
Gus combustion could be possible in any
article containing SO great preponder'
ance of the liquid element as does the
human body.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
What the Scientists Predict.

If the several theories of the dream
ing scientists are to be believed. the
dentist will have to hunt other en-
ployment on and after the year 5000
A. D. These philosophers tell us that
as man becomes more human he will
lose his beastly adornments. First the
hair; next the eyesight and sense OF
smell and taste, and finally become en-
tirely toothless. Cooked food is said to
be the cause of the jaw becoming weak
er and smaller each generation. There
is now no room left for the wisdom
teeth or the upper incisors. The wis
dom teeth are always retarded, their
first appearance causing great pain and
their crowded condition bringing about
early decay. The second incisors put
out at the side of the gums in the shape
of ''tusks," this last deformity being
peculiarly American. Besides these the
teeth of civilized people show other i'm
perfect developments wholly unknown
among savages. The same suppression
has been observed in the outer pair of
superior incisors. This is also owing to
a reduction in the size of the jaw.
There is one consolation at any rate:
When we have lost our wisdom teeth
and our embryo tusks our dental
formula will entitle us to species OF
our own, apart from the man-like apes.
But the condition of the thirtieth cen
fury man, blind, toothless, bald, and
without taste or smell. will hardly be
one which we of this uncivilized age
should envy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
Rural Railways.

It is thought that electricity is to
furnish the motive power suitable for
numerous little railways which will run
upon or alongside of the wagon road
and, without injury to persons or prop
.erty, afford the means for sufficiently
rapid transit of both freight and pas
.sengers, at a moderate rate. Already
the idea has been put into practical
effect. In Maryland an electrical road
eighteen miles long is being built
through fine farming country not
reached by steam lines. and it is in
tended for freight as well as for pas
senger traffic, and its little freight cars
of five tons capacity will handle the
farm and mill products of the country
along the line. In California an cleo
trio railway is under construction from
San Francisco to San Jose, a distance of
fifty miles, and although it will run
parallel to two steam railways, and
sity for farmers, it is claimed that by
paying special attention to local traffic
and picking up business where it is
offered it will be able to do well. In
several other parts of the state, es-
pecially where railway facilities are
lacking, electric roads to connect rural
regions with towns are under way or
proposed, and the same is true in other
parts of the country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
All Your Dress Patterns Free.

Every subscriber for 1892 to Arthur's
New Home Magazine, illustrated, will re-
ceive $500 worth of McCalls Glove-ft-
ting patterns free. Mccall & Co. want to
introduce their new patterns; we want to
increase the circulation of our magazine.
We make an agreement to help each
other and the result is our subscribers get
the greatest offer ever made by a maya
zine. New subscribers get three months
free. No advance in price; still only
$3.50 year. Full particulars in January
number, sent postpaid Gncluding pat
tern order, worth 30 cents) for five two
cent stamps. Address,
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Lock Box 913. Philadelphia.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
Notice to Shoemakers.

On account of old age and sore Affections
I want to sell my boot and shoe business
in the City of Wa-Keeney, Trego county,
Kansas. I have a good set of tools and
everything that is necessary to carry on a
custome, including good English Brad
bury sewing machine for patching boots
and shoes. I have a good stock OF
leather and findings, a few dozen pairs of
boots and shoes of my own manufactur-
ing. will sell reasonable. There is no
better location in western Kansas than
Wa-Keeney for a good custom shop;
always plenty to do and good pay. 1
have always kept one and sometimes
two journeymen when I could get them.
also have good house and lot, with
barn and outhouses, which / will sell
cheap. Correspondence solicited.
A. P. LIPE.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
CotncidentaI Invention.

To the older and observant engineers
and mechanics the world over the phe-
nomenon of reinvention has become ia
miliar. and to them many Of the new
inventions, SO called, brought out from
time to time bear the stamp of old &C
uuaintanceship. There is, in fact,
large class of devices which are repeat
eddy invented by people widely sepa-
rated both in time and distance, and it
seems indeed but natural that men OF
the same race and of similar minds
should choose similar means for pro-
-ducing certain results. Almost every
one, says the Mechanical News, having
much to do with inventions and pat
ents will recollect instances where in
ventors have independently accom-
plished essentially the same results,
and many who will regularly
look through the Official Gazette
will frequently find patents grant
ed for things to him old and
well known Nor is this at all strange.
The older workshops are many of them
literally stored with ingenious. special
.contrivances of more or less utility, the
accumulation of decades of active and
,ever-changing business, made by many
men for many purposes, and locally SO
well known that description would
seem superfuous and a patent ridicu-
lous. And yet multitude of these
things may be and many are in some
far-off locality rediscovered and pre-
sented to the patent Office, and the
claims are allowed without objection.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
GLENCOE GLEANINGS.
GLENCOE, April 5, 1892

GLENCOE, April D. 1871
Guess March intends overlapping April
this year.
Those blustery days have been scatter
ing feed and tearing up buildings. Ct.
w. Cross granary was blown down, Clot-
fetter & Bells ice house and several 9th
ers and the school house No. 2, in district
eleven was badly broken up.
ESQ Fidler is working for d. s. Clot-
fetter, of Ellis county for twenty dollars
per month.
Agent Settle is rustling the school
boards for orders for charts this week.
Ed Furbeck is back to Trego county
again.
M. II. johnson was rustling Glencoe
and Ellis last week.
An original snowstorm yesterday
afternoon.
A part of what the farmers have done
and are doing for the fall of 1891 and
spring of 1892: Winter wheat, fall, 1891,
1897 acres; rye, fall, 1891, 1877; spring
wheat, 1892, 63; corn, spring 1892. 4S7
acres: barley, 80 acres; oats, 154 acres;
patatoes, Irish, 10 acres; potatoes, sweet,
5 acres: sorghum. 178 acres; millet, SO
ocres. Produce on hand March l, 1892
Corn, 1926 bushels; wheat, 344O bushels;
prairie hay, 4S1 tons; poultry and eggs
sold, S754; butter manufactured, 357C
pounds; milk sold, 1851; value of animals
fatted, slaughtered and sold, $3.50
Stock on hand: Horses, 178; mules, a
mich COWS, 1O6; other cattle, 553; swine
40; dogs, 80. Number OF inhabitants
100.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

A RELIGIOUS contemporary empba-
sizes the greatness of little things, and
reminds us that little words are strong
est and most pithy; little kindnesses
are most in demand and do the most
good; little lakes are stillest, and little
farms are the best titled. When nature
would make anything especially rare
and beautiful she makes it little
little pearls, little diamonds. Agur's
is model prayer; but then it is little
one, and the burden of the petition is
for but little. Daylight itself is made
up of little sunbeams. And life is an
aggregation of Titles.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

PROF. JOHN TRowBRIDGE, Of Harvard
university, describes in the April issue
Of the Chautauquan series of expert
ments made by himself in telegraphing
through the air without wires. The re-
suit of the various methods led him to
decide against their practicability. but
he concludes thus hopefully: Some
time in the future we may find means
of modifying the electrical condition OF
the earth-we will say to Chicago-so
that a point at its antipodes will re-
spond. When this is done treaties Of
electrical reciprocity will have to be
entered into between China and the
United States.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

A JOINT bill has been introduced in
congress, carrying an appropriation of
eighteen thousand dollars. ITO procure,
prepare, compile for publication and
publish statistics of the moral, intel
iectual and industrial progress of the
colored people of the United States
from January 1, 1868, the date of eman-
.cipation proclamation, to January l.,
1898, as part Of the government ex-
hibit, the same to illustrate the growth
Of liberty, morality and humanity Of
the United States"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

A YOUNG man in a western town the
other day advertised for work, adding
that he understood the management Of
q horse. But in the lad" the word
''horse" appeared "hearse." This is
more than paralleled by bona fide
lad" which recently appeared in an
English religious paper, as follows: "a
Christian young man of retiring and
sensitive character desires to be en-
ployed by quiet and cody person.
Understands the higher forms of garden
ing, and is an expert cof6n-maker. In
stead of the usual beer allowance, he
will take the equivalent in money,
which he will give to the Lord"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
The Best Newspaper In Kansas
Given Away.

We have made arrangements by which
we will give one copy of the Leavenworth
weekly Times one year 70 every subscrib-
er to the WORLD for 25c, making both
papers cost Si.75. This offer applies to
all renewals, old and new subscribers.
For $3.50 we will send you the Daily
Times one year and a copy OF our Paper,
the WORLD, one year.
Yours fraternally
WORLD PUBLISHING Co.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

THERE is Georgia man who keeps
himself concealed in dark closet, ex-
cept at night. and refuses seeingor con-
versing with anyone. He even eats his
meals, it is said, in the closet He Is
reported to have lived thus for Eve
yearA
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

STATE OF KANSAS, TREGo COUNTY, S.
l. John H. March, cashier of said bank, do
solemny swear that the above statement Is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief So help me
God. JOHN 81. MARCH, Casmer.
Subscribed and sw orn to before me this 9th day
of April, 1892. We. SAuH.
Notary Public.
(~.~) My commission expires on the 7th
Seal day Of November 1894.
(coRREeT ATTEST.
JOHN H MARCH Co..
SCHUYLER OPP,
Owners.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09
GRANGER.
OF PUBLICATION.

Land Office at wa-Keeney, Kansas. M 74oo.
April 5. 1882. '
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Register and Receiver
of the U, s. Land Office at Wa-Keeney, Kansas, on
May IA, 1892, viz:
James NJ. Rinker
Homestead Application No. 1886, for the south east
quarter of section 81, township IA. SOUTH range "a
west 6, P. M. Kansas.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of said
land, viz:
Edward L. Fry and Samuel Garland, Of Ransom
Kansas. and Thomas J. Iams and Albert L. Banks
of Wa-Keeney, Kansas.
LEE MONROE, Register.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-04-09

HFFICIAL STATEMENT OF the financial con-
Z dition of the Trego County Bank, at Wa-Kee-
new Trego county, State of Kansas, at the close OF
business on the 18th day of March, 1892
The Saline County journal., 1892-11-24

FROM the annual report of the
state school superintendent, the fol-
lowing facts are taken.
The total number OF organized
school districts in the state is 8, 9,I23
The total school population Of the
state between the ages of 5 and 2l
years, IN Sle-. 25i, i,67s; females PA, ,123
total, 49s, sol. This shows an in
crease Of $40 over the school popu.
lsrion Of a year ago.
The enrolment in the public
schools is as follows: Males, 1885,
04S; females, Isl. 1872; total, 3S2, ,225.
The average daily attendance was,
males, 1895; females, l20,O9l; to-
tai IS, ,22s9.
The number of teachers required
to supply the public schools last
year was l,l5l.
The average wages paid male
teachers was si2 10 per mouth; fe-
males teachers, sS4 Il per month.
The average length Of the school
year was 25.i weeks.
The average levy was Il l-l0 mills.
The estimated value of school
property, including buildings and
grounds, is SO, ,503, ,7Os.
The number "f school buildings in
Kansas is 9,0Ss, which contain H.
27S rooms.
There were built last year in the
state l7s new school houses, at a
cost Of Sl5I so
The tO'zi schuol hond Indebtedness
OF Kansas il IS 2S2 0S3
The Saline County journal., 1892-11-24

ACCORDING Io the Sun three APP
plicatiuus Tor loans Ser- returned to
Sslinz Isst week rejected on account
of the elerIior. II this is the case
We are sorry There are said to
be funds o~ urd here in saline coun-
ty that msy b- had on good real
estate security. Ary nne who knows
the people here will not hesitate to
loan theIH mou.y, but ia the light Of
recent events Strangers must not be
too strongly condemned for not
wanting 10 place their money here.
The best way to do is to bend our
efforts toward making the outside
world OF capital fully acquainted
with our prospects and resources.
Not one man in q thousand favors
the repudiatiOn of debts, nor are
there more people here than else
where who would get out OF paying
IL they could. Although the JOUR
NAILS party Was unsuccessful in the
last election, il cheerfully accepts
the will Of the majority and will do
all in its power to maintain the high
standard Of credit Of our state, even
IL IL is uphill work. Stand up for
Kansas.
The Saline County journal., 1892-11-24
THE STATE PRESS.

Lawrence Journal: The Kansas
City Mail is the latest claimant for
the honor OF the result In Kansas.
The fellow who had more to do with
bringing about the result In Kansas
than all others combined has SO far
claimed no credit whatever. One Of
his names IL Satan.
Concordia Empire: There will be
mighty little crying among republi-
cans in Kansas over the defeat Of
Governor Humphrey for congress.
Such hogishness as he showed In
grasping for q new Office while he
was drawing good pay for filling the
q merited rebuke.
Abilene Reflector: The young
crowd did not fare SO badly after all,
now that the ''smoke OF battle has
cleared away" as the county jour
nalist loves 10 put IL. Geo. Douglass
was elected In the Sedgwick county
to the Legislature; J. X. Cubbison
was elected in .Wyandotte; Charlie
Scott In Allen, and Ed. Little has
two positions to choose from.
Clay Center Times: From the
depths of the valley Of humility
George T. Anthony looks to the tip
top of the mountain OF prosperity
snd smiles. But IL II wind on the
stomach that causes the smile and
not angels flight across . tranquil
mind. Then he thinks Of that rail-
road commissionership which he
did not resign and murmers, "Well,
1 am q long distance from . fool,
any way.