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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Ali Around tho House.

A very effective pillow case can be
made with strips of fine linen joined
with embroidery insertion an inch to an
inch and half wide, the breadth OF
the linen strips to vary according to
taste. This can be trimmed either
with a frill of linen or lace. The pill
low itself should be covered with plain
colored sateen, to show through the
insertion. A spare bed is usually
stripped when not in use, the sheets
being aired and put on as the bed is
required, the blankets neatly folded
and laid on the mattress, but colored
chintz counterpart, with a frill OF its
own or coarse Torchon lace trimming,
has very good effect and makes a
room look cheerful.
For half window curtains there is
nothing more attractive than soft
muslin with a frill of the same passed
on the rod, made rather full and al
lowed to hang straight down, push
ing them back or drawing them to
gether, as desired.
Two pretty ways of arranging short
muslin curtains are as follows: Divide
the muslin (plain or figured) into
three pieces, and edge the ceEIei one
with a small frill dowr Zach side, the
others with frill opiy on the inside.
Hem them at the top, and pass the
brass or ribbon band through them;
tie the center pieces together in the
middle with ribbon and bow; lool
back the sides also with ribbons an6
bows.2 The bottom of the blinds ma!
be either left loose (hemmed ant
frilled) or passed through another
brass or ribbon band; or, hem TIN
muslin at the top and frill it each side
run the rod or band through the hem
Then gather the bottom into bant
of the muslin about one inch deep ant
six long, and fasten (fan shapel Will
tiny tacks or drawing pins onto tn
center of the window frame.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

is required. The nights milk is loft
in cans to be carried to the factory with
that drawn next morning. The
mixers are always housed il it rains,
and during the heat OF the day
the COWS find the shelter OF the
shed grateful one, the stanchions
being locked. The overflow from the
spring finds its way into a trough on
the north side of the shed away from
the sun where the cows help them
selves. There is no platform nor floor
to the shed. Manure that accumu-
lates is scraped up and spread on the
PASTURE. No time is lost bringing W
and turningHway the cows, no manure
| b wasted. aAd the cows lead lives q
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
Phantom Parties.

The old s'phantom party idea,
renovated by the witchery of ''web
of fate" is with us again. The
phantom costume consists, as every
one knows, of a large enveloping
sheet. a pillow case with apertures
for the eyes, or mask shrouded with
a pillow case, about the head. Cos
TUNED in this ghostly attire the host
ess receives her guests in silence. She
greets them without words and mo-
tions them to the toilet rooms, from
which they emerge clad in the white
disguise. Each phantom guest re-
ceives on entering the parlor single
bright thread of the ''web of fate. +"
This thread is of bright-colored
Irvine now to be purchased in the
shops, and is about twenty yards in
length. 1t is suspended from some
CONSPICUOUS place over the chande-
lier, the doorway, or a picture, and
thence pursues its intricate and wind
ing way over the doorways, behind
bookcases, up stairs and down again,
even out-of-doors and into kitchens,
until finally, in some secret place, it
is tied about the hidden state"
| These ssfates' are written upon
rolls of paper, and set forth the des-
tiny of the person for whom each is
prepared. On the cleverness OF the
hostess in writing prophecies in &C
cordance with the whims and hob
bies of each guest, as well as the hu
NOR and wit desirable in the compo
sition, depends the success of the en-
tertainment. Quotations are alst
made to do duty in this capacit!
when originality and ingenuity art
lacking. Each of the strings in TIT
net must be of a decided tint con
trasting with all the others as the.
cross and recross many times in tn
disentangling. They must also be O
the same length, as a prize is glvel
to the phantom who first discover
the roll of fate. The quest is pur
sued in silence, which is broken onl
when the fates are all found and rea'
aloud to the assembly. Then ther
are unmasking and hilarity galore.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
No wedding Gifts wanted.

The marriage Of Samuel w. Smith,
Jr., Of the firm Of Stephens, Lincoln
& Smith, of this city, with Miss Olive
Douglass Pekins. took place recently.
The invitations to this wedding were
extraordinary in one respect. At the
foot of the beautifully engraved page
are the words: cit is kindly request
ed that gifts be omitted. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
Ter
Syrup
!" lhave ben = IT,
Asthma.

= have been 9 ~
Asthma. sufferer from Asth-
ma and severe Colds
every Winter, and last Fail my
friends as well as myself thought
because of my feeble condition, ana
great distress from constant cough
ing, and inability to raise any Of the
accumulated matter from my lun&4
that my time was close at hand
When nearly worn out for want q
sleep and rest, a friend recommends
ed me to try thy valuable medicine,
7Boschee's German:
Gentle, Syrup. I am con-
,. 6dent it saved my
Refreshing life. Almost the6rst
Sleep, dose gave me great
relief anda gentle re-
heshing sleep. such asI had not had
for weeks. Mycough began immedd-
ately to loosen and pass away, and
found myself rapidly gaining IN
health and weight. I am pleased
to inform thee-unsolicited-tha =
am in excellent health and do cers
tainly attribute it to thy Boschee's
German Syrup. c. B. STIcxNxHs
Picton. Ontario" y
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

well. Ia k e
a strong bar
rel "a kero-
sene barrel
is the best)
and bore a
hole below
the middle.
Then put a
one-inch gas
pipe, A, into
it, letting it
project into
the barrel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02


Dor. after We had been talking bit,
ssthcre are plenty Of occasions when I
would like to be tender-hearted, but
the rules Of the road are very strict
We are ordered to look the train over
1T every stop, and to summarily
bounce every, one trying to steal a
ride. 1t is expected and understood
that we do this, but there is never
train comes through without two or
three poor devils on the bumpers. If
there are not too many, and they
don't show themselves too boldly, we
don't see them as we pass along. 1t
isn't anything out of the company's
pocket, and in some cases change OF
location may give tramp start to
10 better"
s"That's true; but what I was go.
ing to ask you about was the boy who
got killed by your train few weeks
ago."
ssIt hurts me to think of it. We'd
stopped at water tank, and there
must have been a dozen tramps in
waiting to get on. This boy was
among 'em. He wasn't over 10 years
old and pale-faced and ragged. When
we drove the mob off he came back
with tears in his eyes and begged me
to let him ride into Chicago. He'd
been tramping-a runaway boy-but
was going home. There were too
many of them, and l ordered them
off. This boy was one Of three or
four who made a break to catch on
as the train started, and he missed
his hold and went under the wheels.
His screams were something awful to
hear as we lifted him up and carried
him to the caboose. Both legs had been
crushed under wheel and he hadn't
ten minutes to live when we picked
him up"
"Was he conscious?"
"Perfectly so. The pain was toe
great to be felt, but he knew he was
dying. We did all we could, which
was little enough. He said never
word after we picked him up. II
didn't need words of reproach, how
ever, to cut me to the heart. HI
looked at me in way which pla1nl!
said l had refused to give him show
and that my meanness had brought
about the awful accident. 1 was 81
broken up couldn't stay in the ca
to see him die"
ssAnd what did you do with tn
body?"
Carried it into Chicago, and VIII
do you think was the first man to Sc
it? The boys own father, who was
switchman in the yards! He didn'
say word in reply when l told hin
how it came about,, but I knew hi
thoughts. If he could live a thousan
years he'd never forgive me. He'
always look upon me as the murdere
of his roor Tom"
s.But of course you are not"
1 'Technically, no; morally
4 And he flung away his cigar, but
toned up his overcoat; and went ava
| without another word.-Free Pres:
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
A Handy Tool Tray.

1t often happens, says a writer in
the Practical Farmer, that repairs are
to be made to a binder, mower or
other implements, something around
stables, barn, fences or gates, things
that cannot conveniently, if at all, be
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

IT is Heaven upon earth to have q
mans mind move in charity, rest in
providence, and turn upon the POLES
Of truth.-Lord Bacon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
A Hog Water.

This is the plan ola homemade hog
water which costs little or nothing,
saws Farm and Home. 1t is to run
the water from a tank or artesian
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

shows that the
cities have in
creased tn cir
population at a
faster rate dur
ing the last de-
cade than during
any former. The
urban population
is fast gaining on
the rural, and
may soon equal
it. There seems
to have been a
strong drift OF
the population
away from the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
x FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.

Favored Barn Yards Importanoe of
m.shod In Horse Breeding-Plaa of .
aeme. Made Dog Watershed nor Dairy
rnv.-Househoid and Kitchen Notea
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

brought TO
work. shop,
and it is
found nee
eSSa r Y to
take tools,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

The Atlantic cable alone would entitle 10
constructor to live in history az the true Cy-'
rus the Great.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

Chicago is excited because four messenger
bows have been missing for the last week.
Perhaps they are answering calls In the SUD-
urbs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

What is the inscription on the Mn.tney
monument to be? Win it be ''ro Eli Whit
ney. He got there"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

'Honesty may sometimes stan Tor posl:
~ - remarked Uncle Absolom, ''but 'policys
doan' STAN fob honesty by or long shot.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
Formulation Changes.

THE last census
shows that the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02

Chicago Editor: Your poem, fear, vii
hardly suit US, madam. Your 1ees are IA
wrong. Chicago Poetess: Sir!
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-23
A Badly Used Up Man.

The Annapolis (Md.) Evening Capital
of recent date, contains the following:
Mr.. George Burnes, marine engineer and
for twelve years engineer on the White
Star and Inman Line Steamers that ply
between New York and Liverpool, as chief
engineer on the ill-fated steamer Savannah,
which was wrecked upon a rock in the
ocean on October 1S, 1884, dropped in the
Capital office this morning and related his
experience of that great disaster in which
140 lives were lost, and his marvellous
escape from death. Mr.. Burnes is an
Englishman by birth, is thick set man Of
forid complexion, full face and sandy
whiskers, and talks quite intelligently. In
his effort to reverse his engine on that
memorable occasion, in order to save his
steamer and the lives of the passengers, he
was caught in the ponderous machinery and
nearly cut to pieces. He was taken to the
Bellevue Hospital, New York, where he
underwent several surgical operations. lie
has no ribs in his left side aud his heart
was transferred from the left to the right
side. His head has been trepanned, and
his respiration is mainly through tubes
which have been inserted in his throat and
body. He is a completely artificial man
with the exception of his face and certain
portions of his body. His body is encased
in plaster paris jacket, which supports
the lost parts. He is living curiosity,
and his story, as well as written and pub
lished accounts of himself, is most in
teresting, He is recently from the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, which he
says is one of the best institutions of the
kind in the world.
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The Coming Trunk.

The coming trunk, it now appears, is to
be of paper. To cursory observer, it
would seem that the day is rapidly hasten
ing when everything we use, occupy or
possess will be of paper-a few things ex-
cepted, which viii mostly be made of
aluminium. But in regard to the trunk,
the announcement is definitely made that
it will be-is now, in fact-manufactured
of paper pulp which had been powerfully
compressed, the process being substantially
that by which paper carwheels are produc-
ed. The new trunk is exceedingly tough
so tough, it is alleged, that the strongest
and most desperate baggage porter or truck
man will expend his maleyolence upon it
in vain; and the owner will contemplate his
futile efforts with cheerful serenity, dashed
with vindictive joy, as of one who after
long waiting is given the desire of his soul
upon his enemy. That is the sort of a
trunk which ripe and perfect civilization
demands; and if they will put handles on
it into which the human hand, not hardened
by long usage, can be inserted for the pur-
pose of carrying it upstairs without being
cramped and pinched to the last limit Of
endurance, the benefactors of the race may
well move mp little to make room for 50
worthy and distinguished an accession to
J their number.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-23
Matrimonial Advics.

Rev. DIR. John A. Brooks preached re-
Gently on marriage. Among other things
he said GA young lady ought never to
marry until she is matured, and then when
she finds man to snit her she ought to
marry him. But do not marry to keep
from being an old maid. Old maids are
honorable. Nearly all the women who
have figured in history as poets, orators,
composers and queens have been old maids.
Do not marry stingy man. He will
always be complain ing of your expenditures,
and will refuse ytu the necessary money
to insure your happiness ard will lead you
miserable life. Do not marry fop or a
dandy His brains are all in his heels and
clothes. While he may be a good thing
for girls to play with, he would be an awful
thing to live with.
''Do not marry a lazy man, for even if
possessed of gold it will soon be dissipated,
and he will not have the energy to earn
living. Do not marry a stranger. You
ought to know the,man and his antecedents.
These might be such as would shame you
and bring sorrow upon your heart. Ven
ture slowly. Do not marry simply for.
money. Money may take wings and fly
away and leave you with nothing to love
and admire. Do not marry an immoral
man. His association with you would drag
you down to his own moral level Be
sure that the man you marry is an honest
man in all things. Let him be an indus
trious man and he Will build up a home
and maintain it with all the necessities of
life. Be sure he is possessed of maniiness
and finally that he has love and reverence
for God. A man who does not love and
| honor God will not love and honor his
, wife.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-23
Two Days in a woman's Life.
Eleanor Kinks Idea.
cnnl liz Innninn

Today l feel like darning
Tomorrow | may feel like darning darn
ing.
Today want to visit.
Tomorrow l may wish my visiting list
was wiped out.
Today 1 am sure that everything is ar
ranged and managed for my best good.
Tomorrow am likely to be equally Ger
tain that am the victim of fate, and that
blind chance rules the universe.
Today l am glad am alive.
Tomorrow may wish had never been
born.
Today I speak softly and tenderly to my
fellow creatures.
Tomorrow if 1 speak at all it will be
with the voice of shrew.
Today am perfectly happy and know l
shall never be anything else.
Tomorrow finds me abjectly miserable
and thoroughly convinced that l always
shall be.
Today my children are so lovely that |
am sure they must have had heavenly
origin
Tomorrow 1 am in considerable doubt
about their celestial pedigree, but have
none at all concerning their ultimate des-
tiny.
Do I learn anything from this expert
ence
No.
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Physical and Moral Health of Chill
dren.
Chicago Post.

Chicago Post.
There is no more important question in
the social economy than that one of prop
erly developing the minds and bodies of
the children. A healthy being is the best
heritage that father and mother can
leave to child Health is comprehen-
sive term and includes the moral as we'll as
the physical nature. The child whose body
its in good condition but whose NOR
ais are in a poor condition, is not healthy
child as l mean the term healthy. Better
poor health and great morality than great
health and poor morality, But why can
not the equilibrium be preserved? The
mother by observing certain conditions, by
placing herself within as well as without
certain influences, by cultivating certain
phases of her moral nature, can largely
foreshape the character of the offspring.
But parents-the mothers as well as the
fathers-are lamentably deficient on this
point They do not bestOw upon the sub
ject the thought that it deserves. If they
would give to their children the care that
by every natural law they are required to
give to them, there is no doubt that the
children would be better and society would
be benefited by the careful oversight.
That there are many parents that do not
properly care for their offspring is quite as
true as that there are some parents that
do give them all the attention they need.
A child should not only be well fed and
properly housed and clothed, but its mora
life demadns just as proper cultivation as a
tree or flower, if there is desire that either
the tree or the flower shall reach its full stat
ure in the one case and its complete efflores
cence in the other. And what is the child
in its relation to society if its moral nature
is not carefully and Systematically devel
oped? The evolution of the mind is as
important as the evolution of matter. In
many ways it is moreimportant. The mora
nature affects others. The physical nature
chiefly affects the individual.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-23
Heights of the Tallest Men.

Turner, the naturalist, declared that he
once saw, upon the coast OF Brazil, race
of gigantic savages, one of whom was II
feet in height. M. Thevet, of France, in
his description of America, published at
Paris in 1876, asserted that he saw and
measured the skeleton of a South American
which was IL feet inches in length.
The Chinese are said to claim that in the
last century there were men in their coun-
try who measured 10 feet in height
Josephus mentioned the case of Jew
who was 10 feet ? inches in height. Pliny
tells of an Arabian giant, Gabara, 8 feet 9
inches, the tallest man in the days of
Claudius. John Middletown, born at
Hale, in Lancashire, in the time of james
l, was 9 feet inches in height; his hand
was Il inches long and 81 inches broad,
says DR.. Platt in his History of Stafford
shire" The Irish giant, Murphy, contem-
porary with O'Brien, was 8 feet 10 inches
A skeleton in the Museum of Trinity Col
lege, Dublin, is feet 6 inches 10 height,
and that Of Charles Byrne, in the Mu-
scum Of the College Of Surgeons, London,
is feet 1 inches. The fallest living man
is Chang tu-Sing, the Chinese giant. His
height is Z feet 3 inches.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-23
The Seeded for Wheat.

1t used to be the practice to plow the
ground as soon as possible after harvest,
skimming the ground, that is, plowing as
shallow as possible, so the stubble and
weeds were turned under. Later on, or
Just before seeding, a second plowing would
be given deeper and more thorough than
the first, and then sufficient narrowing or
dragging would be given to fine the soil,
it being considered an item to have the
soil fine and mellow and as deep as possible.
Gradually change was made, and only
one blowing was given early, but deeper,
and then the surface, to the depth of three
or four inches, put in as fine tilth as pos
sible, leaving the under soil firm, it being
considered better to do this than to have
the soil loose and mellow as deep as plowed.
A Missouri farmer, in The Farm, Field
and Stockman, says:
In my vicinity the practice usually fol-
lowed is to plow but once, and that late,
pasturing the field after the crop is taken
off, until ready to plow. One reason for
this is that many farmers consider it an
injury to the soil to pillow and let is lie expos
ed to the hot sun of summer. Because
this is the plan largely followed is not con-
elusive proof that it is the best. One Of
the most profitable crops of wheat | ever
raised was on land that had been in corn.
The corn was cut off close to the ground
and hauled off and shocked up in lot.
The cultivation had been continued late
and the soil was clean After the corn
was taken off thorough narrowing was
given and the wheat sown with the drill.
This left the surface of the soil in good
condition.
The condition and character of the soil
will make difference. In a dry season
the soil must be worked to a sufficient
depth to secure sufficient moisture to in
duce good termination of the seed, while
with the same soil in favorable season :
shalower working of the soil would give
better results. The deeper and more
thoroughly the soil is worked in the fal
the more liable it is to freeze deep in tn,
winter, and while it is the freezing up an(
thawing out that in many seasons injure
: the wheat the most, it is quite an item t.
avoid this as much as possible. To max
a rule best to follow under all condition
is impossible, for with large proportion
of farm work the season and the soil mus
be considered, and what will be best a
one time will fail at others; hence the far
mer must rely to a considerable exten
upon his judgement as to the best prepa
rations to be given under the conditions
he is working, rather than following som
, one else working under entirely differen
circumstances.
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AOetrp,
A SONG OF REST.

Chambers Journal.
weary hands that all the day
Were set to labor hard and long,
Now softly fall the shadows gray.
The bells are rung for even song;
An hour ago the golden sun
Sank slowly down into the west
Poor, weary hands, your toll is done;
'Tis time for rest It's time for rest
o weary feet! that many mile
Have trudged along stony way.
At last ye reach the tristing stile;
No longer fear TO go astray.
The gentle-bending, rustling trees
Rock the young birds within the nest,
And softly sings the quiet breeze,
"'Tis time for rest It's time for rest !"
weary eyes from which the tears
Fell many Il time like thunder rain
o weary heart that through the years
Beat with such bitter, restless pain
Tonight forget the stormy strife,
And know what Heaven shall send us best!
Lay down the tangled web oflife;
'Tis time for rest, It's time for rest
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MAGISTRATES OFFICE.

| take this method of informing my friends
and the public that have opened an once
for the transaction of the o,,
DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
in the Haines 4 Co. Building, next door TO
the store, nearly opposite the First National
Bank, and respectfully solicit patronage.
GEO. W. MATTHEW'S, J. /:
mayS If Westminster, Md.