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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01

IAN TOO l8Ges fSuSlOP0s
With eager eye and trembling hh
the young man asked the question.
s.Has some other man forestaile0
me in your affections?" he continued,
wiping his brow nervousiy and cn0k-
iug down the emotion that impedeo
his utterance.
81 do not think you have right to
ask the question, Mr.. Rogers" an
swered the girl. looking him squareiy
In the face. ''but you are too late.
IL am no longer free.
'.And you call this fair treatment
do you? Have you not led me on by
every art"
s.Have care how you charge me
with trifling. Ralph Rogers!" ex-
claimed Penelope Hankinson, with
flashing eye "If you had not been
blinded by your own self-conceit you
nigh: have spared yourself this
this"
s.Humi.iation. said the young man.
bitterly. sGo on, Miss Hankinson. !"
"You have been led on by your own
good opinion of yourself, sir. You
cannot point to one act of coQuetry
one instance of trifling or unfairness
on my part. II l had dreamed, MI.
Rogers, that you -"
"Forgive me, Penelope" he. said,
penitently. Il was hasty. May /
ask who is the fortunate young man
that-that-but hardly need to ask.
1t is Harry Maxwell, is it not?"
She was silent.
81 might have known it. Once
more, Penelope! can hardly believe
it. This sudden crushing of all my
hopes is so overmasuering that I can
scarcely credit my senses. Is it true
that you have promised yourself to
another, aud that am nothing more
to you than a friend?"
The young girl bowed her head.
'Then, Miss Hankinson." he said,
recovering himself and looking at his
watch; ''while ! am here / may as
well attend to business and save my
self the trouble of coming again on
my regular rounds tomorrow. Good
afternoon, Miss Hankinson."
And, feeling in his vest pocket for
a match, Mr.. Ralph Rogers, inspector
for the Great Consolidated Gas Com
pany. went out into the hall and
CROPPED his way down by the back
stairway to the basement to inspect
the meter.-Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Self.DisCiDlfne.

Although no human vision can pen
citrate the darkness of the future, yet
there is such thing as so disciplin-
ing oneself as not to be extravagantly
elated by unexpected good fortune or
utterly Frustrated by unlocked for
misfortunes. Such discipline consti-
tutes one of the principal, and most
essential elements of human charac-
ter. 1t enables US in all circum-
stances to perseYere in the perform
ance of the great duties Of life. 1t
becomes a source of almost boundless
strength in carrying resolutely to COM
pletion the difficult undertakings upon
which we see fit to enter. 1t enables
us to bear with comparative stoicism
the trials and disappointments of life
when they come upon US suddenly and
seem almost beyond endurance.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Happily ARRANGED.

An instance of great matrimonial
fecility is given by the wife of a New
England farmer, who, finding that a
widower in the neighborhood pro-
posed to marry her maiden sister,
aged 50 years, felt called upon to give
the good man slight warning. AS
she triumphantly says, she saint
ever felt t regret it."
"'Now,' says I. real firm to him,
week before the weddin', you know
old maids is set-they're turrible set
"'Why, air they?' says he, just as
solemn as could be, lOokin' me right
in the eye.
"Yes,' says I, they air. They
allus want t hev their own way,
allus'
"'Why, dew they? Indeedp says
he.
eyes says !, they dew; an We
can rely ont Hetty she'll want her
own way
"'Why, will she?' says he.
ayes saws i, she will; there
amt any doubt bout it-not mite
well, says he, kinder slow an
mild, still lookin' me in the eye, she
can hev her way!'
"An' she does hev it, an they dew
live just c0mplete."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Fish That Eat Grass.

S. G. ellis. manager of the Laguna
de Tache Rancho, says that the carp
which were introduced into the Kings
River few years ago have grown so
plentiful that they are thinning out
the ducks and almost all other water
fowl except the wild geese.
"They pervade the rivers in large
numbers. said he, ''and are very
thick in the irrigating bitches. They
seem to eat the grass They devour
various kinds of small animal life
and though the ducks and other fowl
dive down deep they can find little to
eat.
II cannot imagine what the United
States Fish Commission was about in
sending out such coarse-fieshed,
ravenous fish as these carp are. They
are certainly worse to eat than al
most any fish we have in California
and they are thinning the good fish
out.
''Shoals of them are to be found in
the water bitches They get out in
the grass where there is little water
aud there you can scoop them in.
Some of them are very large. Plenty
can be seen from foot to two feet
long.
'They eat the natural food of the
duck, widgeon and snipe. and as a
consequence all those are getting
scarce. We need no more carp, and
what we will do with those we have
seems to be great problem. They
are breeding fast. Care should be
taken that they are not introduced in
other streams and lakes San Fran
cisco Call.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
The Hedgehog.

The hedgehog runs the roads freely.
He is quaint little fellow, our hedge
pig, having far more intelligence than
people give him credit for. 1t is curl
Gus, as you stand perfectly still in the
middle of the road. to see him run
ming along. then stopping to sniff and
whine and examine the high. strange
object that hardly breathes lest ne
startles the little creature. linen
with a gentle grunt he will pass you
by. A very low. yet quite decided
prunt he gives, and he whines as
well. !,
Shakespeare, who seems to have
been a most excellent out-of-door
naturalist minute observer OF life.
indeed, in ali shapesInoticed the
hedgehog. and wrote: 'eThe hedge
hoe whinea 1t night" II any one OK
onf readAn possesses . tama hedge
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
1t Was BurrO.

A tenderfoot wendell his weary
way up the canon. He had been
prospecting or, rather, imagined he
had, and had succeeded in losing his
way. The shades Of evening, as many
poets have said, gathered about him
and he sighed for the East. But his
sigh brought only CIPHER. He saw
a light up the side of the canon, and,
with tired steps, made his way to it.
The squatter gave him to eat. He
enjoyed the food, for he was hungry.
'This is nice meat" he said, as he
munched away vigorously.
ken you guess what it is?" asked
the squatter.
sits beef, isn't it?"
''Guess agen."
"Many deer about here? 1t may
be venison."
"Wrong agen.'
s.It might be bear?"
"No, stranger, nary a bar bout
here"
sit is not mutton"
mo, it amt mutton"
swell, what is it, then?"
'sIt's burro. "-Grc,.t Divide.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Neither Proved a GUTTER.

Bovine animals, as is weIl-known,
have their own way of settling the
paramount question about which shall
be the boss of the herd. 1t is like
the ''tug-o'-war" popular among men,
according to a Willimantic CORE
spondent of the New York Sun. Two
rivals for the place of honor draw
away from each other a rod or so,
then rush furiously together, their
massive heads meeting with re-
sounding crash, and each tries to
push the other backward. The one
that is successful in so doing is recog-
nized thenceforth by the defeated ami
NAL and all the rest of the herd as
champion.
The fine herds of Stephen E Curtis
and Arson G. Barlow, who own large
contiguous tracts of woods and pas
ture lands in Ashford, Tolland
County, are separated from each
other only by a rail fence. About
ten days ago one of Mr.. Curtis COWS
leaped the rail fence and soon was in
fierce combat with the leader Of the
Barlow herd, while the rest of the
animals, with intense but neutral
interest, awaited the upshot Of the
battle. But the upshot was very
tardy in coming to pass, for when the
two animals rushed upon each other
it happened very curiously that their
twisted horns became interlocked and
they were unable to break away.
Back and forth they strobe. for hours
probably, believing furiously, until
finally they plunged together into
the forest. Both owners. having
missed the cows at about the same
time. hunted vainly for them day
pfter day all about the region. 1t
WAS not until nearly nightfall of the
seventh day after their disappearance
That band of searchers discovered
the COWS in the heart of the woods.
Their horns were still interlocked;
they were emaciated and staggering
from the effects of starvation. They
had had nothing to eat for a week
except an occasional bite of foliage
from bushes that were flung against
their muzzles as they pushed and
pulled each other about the wood
land. So tightly locked were their
horns that Barlow had to saw of one
of his cows horns in order to get the
animals apart
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Bad Form.

The news comes from Paris that it
is bad form for even lovers to link
arms for an evenings promenade.
The occasion when gentleman may
still offer his arm to lady are said
to be in passing through a theater
foyer, at soiress, to promenade the
salon or go to the buffet and to pass
to the dining-room when one has been
assigned to lady by the hostess. In
New York it is not unusual for the
gentleman to offer his arm through
the theater foyer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01


II the current report is true that
Baron Maurice de Hirsch is soon to
make a tour of this country his visit
should, in the opinion Of the New
York World, arouse unusual inter-
est, for as millionaire, philanthropist,
sportsman, and f1nancier the Baron
is more than a remarkable man. He
is in many respects the man of his
time, homme du steele. as his French
admirers style him.. Everything that
he has touched has turned into gold,
so that he has long been the rival of
the Rothschilds In wealth. One case
in point of his Midas-like touch was
the purchase at small price Of the
deprecated assets Of bankrupt
Belgian bank and the subsequent
realization from them of "a, 600, 600
of profits. The Baron first became
known on this side of the water in
the somewhat dubious role of init
mate of the Prince of Wales. Next
after that his enormous gifts of
charity, amounting in 1891 to $751;
600, 900, awakened the interest of
three continents. The Baron is noted
in Europe for his chivalry, and the
story of his quarrel with Paris club,
though told long ago, is timely now.
When the Baron and another Hebrew,
who was his enemy's son, were black
balled for membership in the club,
Baron Hirsch bought the building for
a sum much in excess of its value.
The club committee, loath to leave
their old quarters. offered to elect
him if he would rellnquish his bar
gain. His reply was characteristic.
''Keep your club, but elect a Hebrew.
1 name the gentleman who was black
balled in my company" The club
accepted the terms and the man
whose election was thus singularly
brought about is still on its list OF
members.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01


The experiments of men of science
furnish much amusement to the wits,
who are not particularly interested in
the slow, minute and sometimes an
parently insignificant Investigations
by means of which important physi-
cal facts are learned. It is interest
ing to know that, if we cut Of the
tails OF forty successive generations
OF mice at their birth, not one mouse
even In the fOrtieth generation will
be born without a tail But when
the man Of science was engaged in
cutting OF the baby mice's tails all
the world laughed at him. The slow
experiments to test the possibility
that by degrees an animal may change
its habitat land animal taking to
the water. and so on-are satirized in
an amusing way in Berlin news
paper.
Herr Professor Schaffkopf, the emf
nent biologist. has met with a serious
bereavement in the course of his ex-
experiments relative to the changes
OF habitat made by. animals. Some
time ago he captured live herring.
He took the fish home and kept it in
large vat of salt water.
Every morning the professor dipped
out of this vat half teaspoonful of
salt water, and replaced it with an
equal amount of fresh. His purpose
was to accustom the fish gradually to
live in fresh water instead of salt
The herring lived on. and passed
his days in the best of spirits. In the
course of time the water in the tank
was rendered completely fresh. Not
a grain of salt was left in it. And
the herring remained cheerful and in
good health.
Next he began to deprive the fish,
little by little, of the fresh-water ele.
ment in which he lived. In this also
he was successful, and after time
the herring gambolled around in a
perfectly dry tank. The Herr Pro-
fessor congratulated himself that an
other transformation had been &C.
complished. He had land herring
at last.
The Herr Professor put the fish in
bird cage, and the intelligent crea-
ture uttered plaintiff little cries of
satisfaction and affection when the
professor, in transferring him. stroked
him caressingly on the back. Nice lit
tie messes of food were given the fish,
but the Herr Professor noticed the
next day that something seemed to
be the matter with his pet. He
seemed to desire something very
much. The Herr Professor meditated.
Greatly" he exclaimed, presently,
81 have it! I had forgotten to give
the poor little fellow anything to
drink"
He brought dish of water. put it
in the cage, and left the fish to drink
at his leisure.
Next morning, when the Herr Pro-
fessor came to look at his fish. sad
sight met his gaze. The herring had
fallen head first into the dish of water
and had been drowned!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
A BIRD CLOAK.

I'VE read that woman Of fashion has ordere
. CLOAK for the material Of which 500 birds
Paradise are slain.]
Five hundred lives God given,
Free In the blue air of Heaven,
Plumage of crimson and amber
Flashing the suns wrrm sp!endors
Goldenly bright, iridescent.
Five hundred birds evanescent
For one frail woman
So proudly human!
God heedeth the .all Of the sparrow,
But the margin of creeds is too narrow
To shelter these Paradise birds
Which die by a womsn's light words.
Who cares for the torture of wounds2
Who cares If the plumage be found
For the within Of a woman
So carelessly human!
All gems of the ocean or mine
Have never q breath SO divine
As one tiny bird with vital heart
Apulse with nature,-doing its part
OF song and beauty, nor knowing why
Or wherefore freedom Of earth and SKYE
o heart of woman
Willfully human!
Farm and Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
An Accommodating Undertaken.

This is cheerful old world. An
Owensboro undertaken advertises that
''he will be glad to embalm some
corpse free of charge to convince the
people that he can give satisfaction. /"
There are several people down tlere
who would be improved by embalm.
ing, and it is hoped that the under
taker in question may not be long
deferred from exhibiting a specimen
Of his 'sbefore and after taking, work.
Frankfort Ky) Capital
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Generous Boy.

The blessedness Of giving, as COM
pared with that of receiving, receives
daily illustration. Says Harper's Ba-
Ear:
A little 3-year-old, whose mother
was mixing simple cough medicine
for him, watched her curiously, and
asked If it was good. He was per-
mitted to taste.
20 mamma" he exclaimed, 'fts
awful good. Let's keep 1T all for
papa"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Onions.

In some parts Of the American
continent the onion when sown ia
spring. goes on growing till fall, maxi
ing a large onion from seed the first
year. In Others the Seeding goes to
rest soon after it is formed, and then
we have 'sets" that have to be again
planted the succeeding spring. IL IL
worth remembering that the smaller
these sets the better they are for thu
purpose, . large Gets are way apt .
run to seed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01

hog let him examine the eye Of the
creature, II he has not already done 60.
II the eye is the index to the mind,
as firmly believe 1t to be. the hedge
hog knows a great deal. and only uses
his knowledge for his own special
benefit. -Blackwood's Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01

81 HOPE" says a man of 20. that
things will be better tomorrow" II
hops" says he who 10 past 20, THAT
tney, vim not be anv woraA."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01

'rThen he alighted, lit lantern
which he readily put his hands upon
and soon had his horses unhitched
and put up for the night. After this
he conducted me to the house.
Judging from the room we en-
tered after passing the threshold, the
house was, although of rather flimsy
structure, somewhat larger than
those generally found in the sparsely
settled sections of California. There
was lamp dimly burning on the CEN
ter table, and after turning this up
and extinguishing the light in the
lantern, he motioned me to a chair
and then took a seat Immediately OBJ
posite
"Well," he commenced, placing
his hands upon his knees and looking
me full in the face, how do you feel
now"
Il was about to reply that 1 never
felt better in my life, when my host
suddenly started to his feet and seiz-
ing the lamp exclaimed, Excuse the
light, and disappeared up fight of
stairs that creaked ominously at his
everv step.
"When he had gone was left in a
darkness that was as absolute as that
through which we had just passed.
The seconds seemed like minutes and
the minutes like hours Soon ]
found myself again on the back OF
Al Borak, passing the moments of my
swift flight in counting the gems and
precious stones In her body and
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14
The above drawing represents
THE SCARBOROUGH ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE SHAFTS

fully explained drawing pe
cations below.
shafts Figure side elevation thereof Figure
longitudinal sectional view.
essential superiority
their adjusabity with each other order that they
their adjustabiy and comparatively simple
and easily repaired.
Referring drawings letters, degnates ordinary axle
together the nge
suitable adjustable clips a.
The forward portions of the tron curved wad toward each other
slightly their ends boed otherwise secured to the shafts
b. of which rgdy but adjusaby attached the
suitable clips Should be desired found
secured under the end each
of the tLi-irons to brace and strengthen the same = -
oosening the bolts ends of shafts
readily adjusted either inwardy ouwardy accommodate differ
they properly adjusted they again
idly by Tightening the clip bolts The forward portions
permitted oosening the clips that bind Che
with
animal will the being eight inches
the draft and the vehicle be guided with much less xeon ~
with the 0rdpary form of shafts
to old shafts
durable, because
tbs which always tends to weaken the parts.
They triple therefore much easier ON both
horse
do the thi-ion
sufficiently elastic counterfeit the
4th Vehicles emu OF
directly hehind the ANIMAL whereby
swinging around sliding wise and jerking the ANNA
to side or the other.
ounty rights should address
IA. SCARBOROUGH,
Wesson Miss.
desired satisfactory be given of responsible persons
who have tested my shafts.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

For the W. c. T. e. column Of the Mississippi
Ieader.l
DEAR Miss SToUT Let me con-
graduate You upon your felicitous
entrance into the columns of the paper
of our good brother, b. T. Hobbs, Of
the MISSISSIPPI LEADER Again our
w. c. T. U. women shall enjoy the
interchange of thought and feeling
once accorded us by our own White
Ribbon of precious memory. May its
former editor find hosts of apprecia-
tive friends in her far away home,
while we, of her own loved Southland,
pray for her increased usefulness, hap
piness, and prosperity.
As some one has suggested an ex-
change, through the column, of per-
sonal facts and observations we send
YOU the following incidents furnished
us by a w. G. +. L. President:
A poor, ragged little hoy had been
doing some work for her on several
different occasions when, much to her
regret, she found he was most uncom-
promisely untruthfrl; whereupon she
forbade him the premises. In mean
time she expressed her regret of his
wicked conduct to his mother or sister.
Some days elapsed when suddenly one
afternoon he appeared most unexpect-
edly to her, bringing beautiful
bouquet of buds of that magnificent
Towering tree, peculiar to our loved
land, magnolia grandifiOra, which he
promptly and cordially begged her to
accept. Our sister was so astonished
she at first could say nothing; then,
as if by inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
she thought, "Thus, in our moral tat
tiers, and sinfulness of being do we
dare approach the throne of our heav
enly Father after so often doing con-
trary to His holy WILL" and she re-
ceived the buds kindly. thanking him
and uttering no word of protest as to
his temperance. Afterwards she
ventured to employ him again, trust
ing him with fruit to sell which he did
satisfactorily bringing her every cent
of money it brought, and declaring he
intended "never to lie again."
How forcibly does this little incident
prove that there is some good in every
human heart, if we only knew how t.
draw it out, instead of, so often,
chilling it back never to venture tC
hope for human recognition again.
May He who made all creatures, and
"appointed the bounds of their habita.
ton" seal this incident to the good OF
the poor waif, and to the farther
growth in grace of her who relates it
and may we, her w. G. Il. L. sisters
initiate her example in perceiving and
developing any good there is in ever
the humblest in our midst.
Edwards is rejoicing in the posses
sion of several "packing- sheds" where
Young ladies can earn good wages
making boxes, asserting fruits ant
vegetables, etc, and in the fact tina
ladies are employed as clerks, cashiers
and bookkeepers in some of the stores
We think the genial founder of the
place, X. o. Edwards, Esq, would
smile blandly as in the "loDg ago.
could he but witness scenes now daily
enacted, in this wide-awake, progress
siye little city.
ELLEN f. HEBRON.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

The honest masses of the South
mot the Office holding class) are called
upon to decide between the continued
rule of English and Wall street money,
that is certain and unavoidable if
either of the old parties succeeds, and
the vague, shadowy possibility of a
return to negro domination. Under
these circumstances, let us settle with
the plutocrats first.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

w. A. Harris, a Confederate veter.
an and one of the ablest men of the
Peoples party in KANSAS, was recent
ly nominated for Congress, his name
being proposed in the convention by
q one-armed Union veteran. Com
menting on the above, the Port Glib
SON Reyeille says: sLet the Peoples
party have the credit they deserve
for their good work in helping to ex-
tinguish the old sectional hates that
ought to have died twenty years o.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-07-14

At the great mass meeting in the
Music Hall, Cincinnati, June Goth,
Miss Willard presided and spoke; also
Rev. Drs. A. b. Leonard, w. III.
Poole, and Prof. Sam'l Dickie- Mrs.
o. G. Peters, of Columbus, Ohio, read
the scriptures and Rev, ID. H. Moore,
ID. d., editor of The Western Chris
tian Advocate offered prayer. Prof.
Hudson, of Alliance, Ohio, and author
of SAT the Cross" sang song based
on the motto of the National w. C. r..
u. and dedicated TO our National w.
G. t. ~. President. Prof. Fillmore and
a fine chorus of young men and wo
men furnished music, and a rousing
Gospel Temperance Meeting" it was
indeed.