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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Hosrs of unemployed men and Of
others seeking temporarily to better
their condition are flocking to the Del
aware peninsula now to pick small
fruits for the markets of Philadelphia
and New York. The fruit growers
erect rude sheds in the open fields, and
here the berry pickers eat and sleep
while the season lasts. The earnings Of
berry piclsers are considerably above
the average pay Of farm hands Later
in the season come the ''peachplucks,"
a race Of tramps from all parts of the
northern Atlantic slope, feared by the
native farmers and hated as competi-
tors by the negro farm laborers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

TIE disastrous effects of the floods in
the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and
on lesser streams have in five states
alone entailed loss of from thirty-five
million dollars to forty million dollars.
but except in New Orleans, where there
is considerable stagnation. there is
strong recovery. This is noticeable.
especially in the southern states, where
dizziness has concurrently prevailed
with the depression of cotton.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

FROM the last annual report of the
Bell Telephone Company it appears that
the number Of instruments in use ut
the close Of the year lse; was 513, 4o7-
q large increase over the previous year.
The total earnings for the year were
A,s75, 800 The expenses were s1,5o5,-
SO, leaving the net earnings at 1850,
as The extension Of the long distance
telephone system is rapidly progressing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Beware OF Indian relics II you have =
weakness for collecting them, says one
who is posted The supply has In
creased suspiciously of late years, and
it is asserted that the demand can al
ways be met by the willy red man and
his INSCRIPTIONS white associates, who
In some cases are the post traders at
the agencies On the Northern Pacific,
near Bismarck, for instance, there is an
Indian store that does land Office"
business with gullible tourists During
the last winter ''the arrow that slew
Custer" was twice sold to English trav-
elers, although it is well known that
Clusters body was untouched by ar
rows Navajo blankets from Massa-
chusetts and Indian pipes from Connec-
ticut are common articles of sale. The
tom-toms eagerly bought up as relics
are often nothing less than government
cheese-boxes covered with sheepskin.
Pipes which the Indians exhibit and sell
in their tepees for seven and eight dol
lars may be bought at the post traders
for two dollars The Apache no longer
has any use for spear, and there are
few genuine ones to be found, but he
still makes them out of long poles and
boiler iron to sell to the tender-foot.
So also he now uses the Winchester in
place of bow and arrow, but he
spends many q Sunday making bows
for collections which he disposes of for
an exorbitant sum rs heirIooms that
were formerly used in the chase by his
father, Plenty-Bear, or some other dis
tinguished warrior.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

We truly believe DeWitt's Little Early
Risers to be the most natural, most eff
fective, most prompt and economical pill
for billorsness, indigestion and inactive
liver For sale by Jones & Gibson.
13-30-1yr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

THE extent of the street railroad In
terest in the United States may be esti-
mated fruu q recent report, which
states that there are 5,7sS miles of such
road in operation, having Sa,5O5 cars
and employing 7o,764 men. The total
number of passengers carried last year
was 2, oss, 01O, a0a, being S49. SEQ per mile
of road work and g., 2S7 per car.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

CORPORAL punishment in schools has
for some time been one of the sclegatcd
institutions of a barbarous past, yet we
are informed that as a result of a difi-
cult task imposed upon an eleven-year-
old girl by Philadelphia school
teacher the child's death resulted Com
ment il Unnecessary
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Ar Gilbreath, n. c., the other dag. ac-
coraing to the Durham Globe. fifteen
year-old Lad named Fletcher was stand
ing under tree which the lightning
struck. 1t entered the lads coat at the
neck and went down his spine, making
Q blister all the way. Yet it is thought
he will recover
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

THE modus operandi Of church bazar
Is in most instances very unique, to say
the least The ladies concerned Dor
row money from their husbands, buy
materials and make up fancy articles,
which they send to the bazaar. Then
they change places, borrow more money
and buy the articles back again
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
NEW YORK AND RETURN.
One Fa,e for the Rovnd Trim.

The Union. Pacific will sell tickets to
New York City and return at one fare for
the round trip to those desiring to attend
the International Convention OF the
Young Peoples Society OF Christian
Eudeavor, which meets July 2. For any
additional information apply to E. A.
Lewis, agent Union Pacific system, Wa
Keeney, Kansas. GIL 70
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

A COMPANY engaged in the manufac-
ture of explosives In New York has for
sale now small bombs about the size Of
Frankfurter sausages, with which it II
alleged the farmer can bring down small
showers of rain whenever he sees clouds
over his land.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

MIcRoscoPIsTs who recently showed
that q drop of milk contained several
million animalcul8 now announce
another cheerful fact They say that .
mosquito has twenty-five teeth" in
The end Of its bill We live and learn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

It is fixed and immutable Law that to
have good. sound heath one must have
pure, rich aud abundant blood. There is
no shorter nor surer route than by n
conrse of De Wits Sarsaparilla. For
sale by Jones & Gibson. 1880 Tyr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Mre. l. r. Patton, Rockford. Illinois.
writes: "From personal experiences can
recommend Dewitt's Sarsaparills, euro
for impure blood and general debility.
For sale byJones & Gibson. 133l1yr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

WHEN boy begins to wash his neck
without being told it IS a sign he is
passing into the ordeal Of his first love
affair. says contemporary. It is either
that or for the reason that some other
portion Of his anatomy has suffered for
HE pocl-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
Doing the Other Thing.

There are some men who would get
AUST in their eyes in rainstorm, re-
marks facetious individual / don't
know how it is, but they never seem to
do things or to have things as other peo-
pie do Now there's that man of VII
kins', he means well enough and would
break his back at any time sooner than
have anything 60 wrong with his en-
CINE, yet something always is going
wrong. He spent two hours last night
setting that eccentric, and when he
turned steam on the engine ran the
wrong way. He had got it into his
head at some time long, long ago, that
the belly of the eccentric should be set
ahead Of the crank in the direction in
which the engine was to run; and he set
his that way, never thinking OF the
rockerarm- Twas sorry for the fellow,
but not SO sorry for that particular case
as for the numberless other cases which
must have occurred, and for the equally
numberless other cases which must in
evitably occur as long as he handles an
engine. He will be doing things like
that until death do him part from
CHANGING to "cut himself shirt of six
teen yards" on every possible occasion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
$1,000 Dollars Reward.

To any one who win furnish rs q
receipt that viii cure cough, cold. OF
any disease OF the throat or lungs sooner
or more efiectnally than Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup. Sold and warranted by
Jones 4 Gibson. 5-21 Tyr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

BICYCLE riders ought to be a great
standing army" demanding and fight
ing for good country roads Good
country roads" is one of these days 60
ing to be a plank in party platforms.
The subject is now receiving much at
tention throughout the country, and a
grand exhibit of the most approved
methods of road making is to be one Of
the features Of the worlds fair.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Why isn't this a good thing? Dr..
Fenner's kidney and backache cure il
warranted to give satisfaction in every
case or money returned. Such a propo-
sition couldn't be thought of if the medi-
cine wasn't superior to all others Sold
by Jones & Gibson. "a 1yf
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

A NEW YORK policeman was reported
the other day to have fallen heir to an
Irish fortune of two million dollars
According to his own say so the officer
realized seven hundred and fifty-five
dollars A great many of the inherited
millions stories in circulation are about
IS reliable as this one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

The Sargent prize Of one hun
bred dollars for the best metri-
cal translation of an ode of Hor-
ace, open for competition to stu
dents of Harvard college or of the Har-
ward Annex, has been awarded to Miss
Margaret Foster Herrick, of the annex.
The committee which made the award
consisted of Rev. Samuel Longfellow,
DR.. Santayana, of Harvard, and Prof.
James Croswel, master of the Briefly
school in New York. The news of the
award aroused considerable comment,
as this is the second successive year the
prize has been won by one Of the
young women students.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Bright people are the quickest to res
Ognize good thing and bay it. We ssil
lots OF bright people tbs Little EARLY
Risers- [; you are not bright these pills
viii make you So For sate by Inues g
Gibson. Is 30 1yr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

A beautiful head OF hair is the pride OF
woman. Any person can obtain this by
using Beggs' Hair Remover. Sold and
warranted by Jones & Gibson. 5-21 Tyr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Dark. yellow. greasy skin is eymptom
OF disordered kidneys and liver. aud I'M
less treated promptly may result in
dangerous disease One bottle OF. Beggs
Blood Purifier wiltsenfirely remove the
cause and leave the skfacsear and trans
parent. Sold and WARRANTED by Jones &
Gibson. 5-21 Tyr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

"Late to bed and early to rise Win
shorten the road to your home in tbs
skies" But early to bed and a Little
Early Riser" the pill that makes life
LANCER and better and wiser. Por sale
by Jones 4 Gibson. 13-S91yr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

It is truth in medicine that the
smallest dose that performs the cure is
the best. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are the smallest pills, will perform the
cure and are the best. For sale by Jones'
& Gibson. 1880 Tyr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

WnMS three years the United States
has bought from the Indians about
thirty millions of acres. yet there TO
mains Eve times that area, 30 that tho
Indians are not shut-in. nor likely to
become % In hurry.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

MILLIONS Of Colorado beetles were
washed up on the shore at Sea Island
City, n. j.. day or two ago. and the
residents are At . loss to explain the re-
idea as to to where they came from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

A souAw with papoose on her back
and two larger ones hanging around
her attracted the attention Of lady
passenger on the vestibule special train
the other morning, and the lady asked
the squaw if she would let her take her
and the children's picture. The Indian
woman did not object, so the lady got
out her kodak and told the naive daugh-
ter of the woods to cast her beaming
countenance in such direction that
she could get a good shot at it. The
squaw looked up and, seeing the kodak
pointed at her, she grabbed the two
papooses by the hand and made break
for the corner Of the depot It is not
known whether the squaw knew the
nature of the instrument or not. She
took wise course, however.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

A WRITER in q recent magazine arti-
Gle declares that the day Is not far dis.
tant when the entire labor, from the
preparing and tilling the ground to the
transportation Of the crops to the rail-
way station, WI be performed BY cleo
tric motors
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

TIE vaults of the sub-treasury in San
Francisco are being fitted with wires
for protection from thieves The wires
are to be between every two rows of
bricks, and any attempt to interfere
with the cement or bricks win disturb
an electric circuit and sound warning.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

lx1LUKxzA Il attributed BY the It.l-
lana to the influence Of certain planets.
xhe term was invented By them IN tie
ponteenth century
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

SUPERINTENDENT KINYoUx, of the
Madison county Qnd-) infrmary. has q
cat which IS nesting a brood of young
rabbits Her kittens were taken away
and drowned and she assuaged her
matronly SORROW by nursing tho rab-
bits
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

A cIrzxx Of Newcastle, Pa, has SIX
trained toadA The reptiles have been
tsnght to march or hop IN squads and
TO catch reaches One has been trained
70 climb a ladder. while another turns
The crank Of . small churn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

TIE educational exhibit from Wiscon-
sin 1t the words fair, It Is estimated,
win require SIX thousand square feet Of
space. and application for that amount
hss been made.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

PBoBABLY the largest mountain trout
ever caught in the United States was
caught at Twin Lakes. Col, recently.
It measured twenty-six and one-haf
inches long and seven inches thick.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Druggists say it is a pleasure to sell
Beggs' Family Meiiicines, AS every bottis
is warranted 70. all that the label calls
for. SO our customsE1sEe perfectly safe in
buying them. Solda yarranted BY
Jones & GibsOn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Hawkeye Condition Powders are the
best for stock OF all kinds. Sold and
warranted BY Joues & Gibson. 5-21 Tyr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

TIE fine salmon that used to tempt
the angler in New England streams are
said to have entirely disappeared. and
there are but two or three rivers in
Maine where any may still be found
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

Beggs' Little Giants are the most
efectual pill ON the market. Safe, sure
and certain. Sold and warranted by
Jones & Gibson. gel Tyr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
P1rEs! PmEs!! P1LEsM!

Try Beggs' lannon's German Salve. Il
relieves at once. Sold and warranted by
Jones j. Gibson. sci Tyr
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

THE development of the banana trade
is an illustration of the naryels made
possible by science through modern
carrying facilities Only four years ago
a company purchased thirty-fve square
miles Of land in Dimes, Cuba, then COW
cred with a dense forest and having
only ten inhabitants About half the
land has now been cleared and nine
thousand acres planted with bananas.
Broad roads have been laid out, a
town of thirty-fve hundred inhabitants
has been created and nine steamers are
kept running throughout the year to
carry the banana product to New York.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

The agricultural department has IS
sued bulletin giving record Of ex-
periments in the use of alcohol in the
manufacture Of sugar from sorghum
during the year 1891. The experiments
were conducted under the direction OF
II. W. Wiley, chemist The bulletin
states that this method would work ad-
mirably, and the only objection to it is
in respect to the great amount of alco-
hol which would be required. For this
reason, it is said, it will never be adopt
ed in practice unless alcohol should be-
come very much cheaper than it has
ever been in the markets of the world
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

National Peoples Convention, at
Omaha, Neb., July 4.
For the accommodation of those
desiring to visit Omaha on the
above occasion the Union Pacific
will sell tickets to Omaha and re-
turn at one fare for the round trip.
For dates of sale and limits of
tickets or any additional informa-
ton apply to7 E. A. Lewis.
agent, Union Pacific System, Wa
keeney. Gil 7-2
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02

II l. said that California vim require
twenty carloads Of special glass jan 1os
herfruit exhibit 1t the Commbtnn En-
position.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-07-02
IA MAN

WILL oBxA1
MUCH VALUABLE A
The Portland daily press., 1892-11-28
PRICES IS CENTS, SO CENTS AND sIoo BOTTLE.

world. However, some do go out who
are enabled by the education given them
to make fair living.
Among the greatest benefits conferred
by the institution is the orderliness which
it teaches its pupils. The lives they
lead are perfectly regular and directed
according to the best known principles
of health. Every child is given each
day, unless it is stormy, a large amount
of outdoor exercise. In case of storms
there are long covered corridors attached
to the buildings so arranged that the
sides can be almost entirely opened up,
and in these corridors, clothed as for
outdoors, the children promenade. The
sanitary condition of the house, too, is
constantly watched. Disinfectants are
used in every corner, and during the
day the dormitories are thoroughly
aired. In their sitting rooms and Sleep
ing rooms and during meals the children
are under the care of attendants.
The institution contains large library
of the best literature extant for the
young, which is in constant use in schools
and reading rooms, and which, by means
of its Illustrated books, its simple histo-
The Portland daily press., 1892-11-28
Isnecial corresnondence.1

MAIN BUILDING, COLUMBUS ASYLUM.
Perhaps the most notable school for
the training Of feeble minded children is
in this city. 1t is the largest one in the
country, haying nearly 1000 inmates.
1t is beautifully situated, and having
been under one capable management for
q good many years has been developed
systematically, intelligently and stead
lily. The superintendent, DIR. Doren, has
executive ability and the instinct of or
der to marked degree, and with these
qualities combines sympathy for the TN
fortunate with an intense love of his
work, which is unusual
The asylum is primarily for imbeciles
that is, children Nof feeble intellect
who can learn if sufficient care and pa
thence is given to their training, but who
are utterly unable to advance by the
ordinary methods of education outside.
Very often the first thing to be done
with them is to teach them to use their
physical members. Some children are
literally taught to walk who, before
coming to the institution, were utterly
unable to, not from physical disability,
but from natural backwardness and be-
cause no one had sufficient patience to
try to teach them. The hands are made
to do their share of the work, and the
wandering attention is fixed by various
devices. Then, if possible, the pupil is
interested in some simple stories and
games. To these ends his early training
is largely after kindergarten methods.
He is taught color, form and arrange
ment. The molding in clay and sand
done in some of the schoolrooms is really
remarkable, and when one considers the
material with which the teacher labors,
the patience and tact which she must
bring to her work, one realizes that she
is truly a missionary, bringing light and
understanding to the Intellectually des-
titute.
After the kindergarten training the
child is taught to read. To begin with,
he is given words on cardboard-names
of objects around the schoolroom, of
domestic animals and of things about
the farm with which he is familiar. He
learns to name all these cards, point out
The OUJeCtS 10 you or teiI where tnoy
are in words or-if he cannot talk
by signs. Then charts are given him
with simple sentences illustrated upon
them. Afterward he is put into
very easy reader, arranged according to
the word method-that is, the words are
taught before the letters. Object teach
ing is necessarily used in the beginning
almost entirely, and largely throughout
his entire course of study. From the
word method he goes into the first read.
The Portland daily press., 1892-11-28
A Peculiar Animal.

lSpeclal COrreSpOuuouCS.J
NORWICH, Conn, Nov Awhile out
hunting day or two ago James B. Peck
ham, we'll known resident of the neigh
boring town of Preston, caught and
killed peculiar animal, the exact pedi-
gree of which he is very curious to learn.
He was tramping through the woods
when his attention was attracted to the
animal, which somewhat resembles the
polecat. Carefully approaching it in the
rear, he succeeded in killing it with a
club and brought the freak home.
The animal is about eighteen inches in
length, and with the exception of its
tail is covered with fine soft hair of a
dark gray color, tipped with brown.
The head is of very peculiar shape,
with long, snoutlike mouth, and nose
and ears that closely resemble those of a
raccoon. The teeth are very long and
sharp and very regularly'set. The tail
is several inches in length, without q
hair, and pinkish white in color. The
feet also are hairless to the ankle joints
and are tipped with long, sharp claws,
evidently used for digging. There is a
very slight odor about the body similar
to that of a skunk, and the animal is
probably of that species. Nothing of the
kind was ever seen before in this vicini-
tv. and Mr.. Peckham is very anxious to
learn Just what the animal is. He has
taken care to preserve the body, and the
curiosity now occupies prominent
place il, his museum. j. +.
The Portland daily press., 1892-11-28
DR.. WOODBURY'S ANTlDOTE
u S e d i n
full doses
healthy ap
essential
h e a l t h .
Druggists everywhere.

The casting out of the devil
Of disease was once a sign
# authority.
Now we take a little more
time about it and cast out
devils by thousands-we do
it by knowledge.
Is not a man who is taken
possession of by the germ of
consumption possessed OF a
devil?
A little book on CAREFUL
LIVING and SCOTS Emulsion
of cod-liver oil will tell you
how to exercise him if it can
be done.
Free.
ScoTr BowNE, Chemists, rss South 9Th Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion of cod-liver
oil-ali druggists everywhere d. 81.
MWF&w cd
The Portland daily press., 1892-11-28

ries and its great fund Of information on
general topics, is an aid to the teacher
greater almost than any other she can re-
ceive.
1t would be impossible to more than
outline the great work done by such an
institution, and that Ohio has one so per-
feet in all respects is due entirely to DIR.
Doren, man whose every thought has
been for the unfortunate, whose life has
been given to the work, and who is a phi
lanthropist and leader par excellence.
LOUISE MANETTE.