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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-30
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Rock Island has 1910 stock.
holders.
The Rock Island paid last year for
fuel alone $1,455, 1868.
The Rock Island spent last year in
repairs of all kinds $3,267, 247.03.
The Santa Fe and Union Pacific are
both preparing to put in switches to the
reka dam.
The case of @. E. Lathrop vs.. the
Burlington & Missouri River railroad
was decided by the board of railroad
commissioners in favor of the plaintiff.
This was case in which it was charged
that the railroad charged So each for
setting cars npon the transfer track at
Atchison. It was established in the
evidence that there is an established
rule among railroads that charges are
payable to the road receiving the freight
and in no case is switching charge al
lowed to the road delivering the freight to
another line. 1t was also proven that the
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific trans
fer all cars that come over their lines to
Atchison free of charge, and that the
Burlington transfers cars free to several
of the large wholesale houses OF Atchi-
son. Furthermore, this Is the only In
stance ever known of this railroad charg-
ing shipper for the freight transferred
to another road. The board decided
that the charges complained of were un-
just and an illegal discrimination against
Mr.. Lathrop and they were ordered dis
continued Immediately.
The total cost of construction and
equipment of the Rock Island to June 30
last was SOB, Ala, 84S.46.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas in its
report to the railroad commissioners
gives Parsons as the address of the gen
eral Office.
Tha Santa Fe and the Missouri Pa
cifc have announced one-fare rate to
the G.. A. r. encampment at Newton.
beginning February 81, next. This rate
viii probably be adopted by all the 9TH
or lines. The matter will be adjusted at
the Denver meeting.
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Women as Mixers:

A correspondent in Country Gen.
tleman says: I'VE have several times
had an arrangement with wives OF
our tenants for milking morning and
evening, and have paid ten cents for
each Service-that is twenty cents
per day. This is based upon an hours
service at each milking, at the rate
Of one dollar for a days work. In an
hours time good mixer ought to
milk ten COWS. There are several
reasons why women are preferable for
mixers when they can be had, or
when a portion of the force can be
women. Their natural deXterity is
greater than that Of men, and they
will milk with more rapidity and
with greater ease to the COWS, which
means that they will get more milk,
kept in better condition, The pres
ence of women at milking time checks
rude conversation and boisterous con-
duct, and the quieter the stable can
be kept the better, especially II you
have any nervous cows. The men are
not apt to neglect the thorough clean
ing of the stalls or brushing Of the
COWS in the occasional absence Of the
proprietor if they know that women
are to aid in the milking. The aver
age man, born, or long resident in
this country, looks upon every woman
as lady, and entertains for her a re-
spectful courtesy which keeps him
upon his good behaviour in her pres
ence. Anyone will be making a good
move in introducing as many women
as he can among his mixers"
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Modern Rip Van Wrinkles.

Two Neapolitan brigands, Vircenza
Cieco and Giuseppe Rosa, have been
recently set at liberty after forty
years imprisonment 1t is impossi-
BILE to describe their astonishment at
the sight of the: railways, telegrapbs
tramways, and other modern inven-
tions, which had not been drempt of
in their younger days. Still. they
are not happy They complain, that
when walking in the streets of Naples
they do not meet a single face thep
know, not even that of a former
victim. Signor CriSpi represents a
paternal government; and the for
lorn condition of the poor fellows
having awakened his sympathy, he
has furnished them with the means
to return to their native mountains.
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A VOYAGE OF DEATH.
Terrible Trip of Great Lakes Vessel In
1850.

1884,
The terrible voyage lately OF the
Italian ship EemO between Genoa
and Rio de Janeiro with its cholera
stricken passengers brings to mind
the trip of the Allegheny between
Buffalo and Milwaukee in the spring
of 1850. Her passenger list num-
bered forty cabin and $50 steerage
passengers. most Of the latter being
swedish immigrants Suddenly
terrible disease broke out among the
Swedes which proved fatal in almost
every case. The victims cheeks be-
came sunken, his eyes CLASSY and
within twenty-four hours death TO-
lowed, being accompanied with
frightful suffering.
Before, the Allegheny arrived at
Manitou the dead were buried in one
large trench. After leaving this place
there was no other port where the
Allegheny could touch before arriv-
ing at Milwaukee and she left the
island literally floating charnel
house. Scarcely an hour passed that
an immigrant did not fall victim to
the terrible scourge. The victims
were weighted and cast overheard as
soon as dead, such thing as shroud-
ing or giving funeral services being
an impossibility.
1t seemed impossible to find any
remedy for the plague and drugs were
tried in vain. At last clerk named
Gardiner discovered a cask of rum in
the hold and this proved a palliative
Of the disease, several who were
dazed with it recovering. When the
Allegheny at length reached Milwau-
kee eighty-f1ve of the $50 immi-
grants had persisted and twelve were
still sick with the disease. With
much difficulty these twelve were
taken ashore into an old storehouse
which was turned into hospital and
there the terrible disease was gotten
in hand without more deaths.
The young clerk Gardiner, whose
prescription of rum undoubtedly
saved the lives of several, is now an
honored and wealthy citizen of Cleve-
land of which city he has several
times been Mayor.
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1t is Ever So.
Inter Ocean.

Inter Ocean.
Uncle Sam has some of the finest mica
mines in the world, but congress has
determined to close up every one of them
unless miners can be induced to work
for the pauper wages of European min
ers. When American mines are aban-
doned, and Europe gets the swing Of
the trade, up will go the price of mica.
That will be the way in other things.
When the American sheep are slaugh-
tered, the benevolent Australian and
South American will not hesitate to take
advantage of the situation.
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Multiple Photography.

A simple method Of photographing
a person in five different attitudes all
at once has been invented by a New
Jersey photographer, by means OF
which the same picture gives five diff
ferent views of the sitter. This is
accomplished by using as back
ground two plane mirrors, forming
between them an angle of forty-Ave
degrees, anu placing the person at
the junction. The usefulness of such
pictures will not be confined to ordi-
nary life, as they II be most valua-
BILE in criminology and anthropology
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What the Pops Want.

Kansas City, KS, Gazette.
Let us see. There is the Santa Fe,
the Rock Island, the Missouri Pacific,
the NJ, K. & T., running south from
Kansas to the Gulf, and we believe there
is line from Denver. Each one of these
lines is probably not used over an hour
in each day. For hundreds of miles the
rails are probably rusty. And yet
the fool pops want the states to build
another line in that direction.
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Lastly land quite necessary for COM
plete success) powdered borax must
be shaken in considerable quantity
on the floor all along the Dashboard
of the walls so as to make a strip
about three or four inches in width.
This must not be swept up by cook
who is anxious to have neat kitchen,
but left for several days and then re-
newed if found desirable. l do not
know the philosophy of the use OF
borax, but it is efficacious in Danish
Ing the intruders
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"OId Lady OF ThreadneedIe Street"

Threadneedle street really exists;
it is street in London, running
from Cornhill to Princes street, and
one side of it is taken up with the
building of the Bank of England,
which is the ''Old Lady of Thread
needle Street." Why the bank is
called so does not seem to be settled.
just as Gideon Welles, Lincoln's
Secretary Of the Navy, was called an
old woman, so probably some COVER
nor Of the bank was called an old
woman, and then the bank itself was
called So Probably because the bank
is conservative and slow. as old ladies
are popularity supposed to be, the
name seemed to fit it naturally
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Bank Note Paper.

The Bank Of England note is not
Of the same thickness all through.
The paper is thicker in the left-hand
corner, to enable it to take a better
and sharper impression Of the Wig
nette there, and is also considerably
thicker in the dark shadows of the
center letters and unuer the figures
at the ends. Counterfeit notes are
invariably Of one thickness Chicago
Tribune.
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1t Bad Shape.
Osawatomie Globe.

Osawatomie Globe.
Things at the asylum are still in bad
shape. Many of the newly appointed Of
fcers are as ignorant of what is required
Of them or how to do it as hog driver
is supposed to know of navigation. They
appear to be possessed of dense in
capacity to learn by practical expert
ence. Its an awful thing for person
to become insane in Kansas these days!
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Cockroaches.

have been successful on several
occasions in Kidding my house Of
these disgusting creatures, says q
correspondent in an exchange, and
can sympathize with housekeepers
who are afflicted with their presence.
They abound mostly In the kitchen,
In the neighborhood OF the sink and
range would, ia the first place,
putty or plug up with wood all
cracks and holes that furnish harbor-
ing places. In the second place
would, the last thing in the evening
before retiring, by means of bellows
lifted for the purpose, blow insect
powder freely over the floor and so as
&C make cloud in the air. This can
be done every other night at first
then less frequently; this use of the
powder will also destroy all the fies
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-30
Bronze Turkeys.

The bronze turkeys usually are the
to produce very tender, sweet meat,
while their carcaSSes when properly
fattened are very heavy. In fact,
they surpass all other breeds, both in
weight and hardness. The young
turkeys before this time should be
good-sized birds, and those that have
gathered up living on the farm and
in the fields and woods during the
summer are in excellent condition
for the fattening for the holidays. AS
a rule, turkeys can find their living
in the woods and fields better than
chickens, but they should not be kept
without grain feed too long. If they
have been accustomed to the fat,
juicy worms of summer they are very
ready to make a change of diet. The
fattening period for market should
cover several weeks 1t is better to
give them all they will eat for four
weeks than for two weeks. Give
them good food only for everything
that they eat now goes to make meaJ,
and IL such things as onions, bitter
weeds, and decayed fruits and vegeta-
bles are given to them their meat
will have bad odor and flavor The
food during the fattening period
really has much to do in giving the
turkeys fine, white, well favored
meat. Too much exercise is also bad
Tor them, and they should be shut up
most Of the time. Corn is the great
fattening food, and if one is situated
that chestnuts are easily obtained it
is well to feed them on these, too.
They certainly flavor the meat a
little, and the turkeys are very fond
OF them. Plenty of pure water and
milk help the turkeys at this time.
Sweet, rich milk is good for them,
and they are very fond Of ait-Inde-
pendent
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-30

1t sounds humiliatingly silly for the
president to give as reason for failure
to restore Queen Lilli that she would not
declare general amnesty.
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Making Farm Life Attractive.

The great development Of the cOun-
try that began almost Immediately
after the war of the rebellion drew a
large number of farmers sons to the
cities Many Of them were attracted
by the advantages offered in bust
ness and others had been unified for
the quiet life of the country by their
experience while in the army. This
current still sets steadily cityward,
and its results were realized in the
last census, when Onethird Of the
population of the country was found
in cities of 8, 900 people and over 1t
has been increased by the abandon
ment of nearly all the Old-time
amusementS that were once in use in
the country. The singing school, the
appIe-paring bee, the husking bee,
and the other forms of innocent
amusement that were in vogue
twenty-five years ago have nearly all
gone into disuSe.
When the barTenneSS, the isolation
and the hard work Of farm life are
taken into account, and the attrac-
tions which city life offers to the
young, the past drift away from the
country is easily explained. But 1t
is likely that this force is being spent,
and that another census will see a
smaller percentage Of the population
of the country than now living in the
cities The Cvercrowding, the lack
Of work and the hardship that must
~ hyyf hn in
preaching their sermons and turning
the attention or many to the country.
The progress Of science and invention
are also certain to take much Of the
isolation from life in the country.
The crusade for good roads, which
promises in the near future to substi-
tute well-built highways for the
muddy rutty country roads Of today
Is one means. The constant cheap
ening Of electricity, which must soon
girdle the country highways with
roads, is another means; and the
bicycle, which every farmers boy and
girl ought to know how to ride, is
third means of placing the farm in
cheap, quick, and easy communica-
tion with other farms, and with the
town and city also.
Every means that will tend to
spread the people over the country
and restore farm life to its former
dignity and contentedneSs ought to
be encouraged. The American peo-
pie would be happier and more health
full their lives would be purer and
more useful, if the old equilibrium
between the city and the country
were brought back again. The in
creasing disposition Of well-to-do peo-
pie to go to the country early and /
stay late will act as an incentive to
draw other people there by adding to
the social advantages. The greater
security and comfort of life on the |
farm over city life no one can dis
pute, and if to these features the |
means for more healthfui amusement |
and more frequent mingling with |!
men can be added, the health, wealth,
and happiness Of the Nation will be |
increased many fold. philadelphia
Press
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
a FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.

WHY Young People Drift from the Country
TO the City-How to Get Rid of Cock
roaches-Bronze Turkeys-Things to Re-
member,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-12-18
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE


ana Assembly,
ALBANY, Dec. 1s.-There is no change in
the slate prepared for the state legisla-
ture. Senator Saxton will be the presi-
dent pro. TEN. OF the senate, John Ken
yon, clerk; Charles Bell, assistant clerk;
George Thornton, stenographer; Charles
Scram, sergeant-at-arms, and George
Smith, ianitor The principal committees
will be headed as follows. judiciary, Sen
ntur O'Connor; general laws, Senator
Reynolds; cities, Senator Parsons, rail
roads, Senator Coggeshell; finance, Sen
atOr Mullin.
In the assembly George r. Maltby viii
probably be the speaker, although Ham
ilton Fish is still a candidate If Maltby
Is elected Ainsworth will be the chairman
of the ways and means committee and the
leader of the Republicans on the floor.
Mr.. Fish will be offered the committee on
cities, Mr.. Denniston railroads. and Mr..
O'Grady codes The speakers clerk will
be Charles Wiuslow, and the clerk Of the
house is still i'm doubt, with Haines Gun
ningham in the lead William Loeb, of
Albany, will be the stenographer and Mr..
Manville the sergeant-at-arms.
Headquarters for all candidates will be
opened here on the 27th of December, and
the party caucuses will be held on the
evening of New Years day. The Demo
Gratis will give complimentary nomina.
tions, equal to a selection as leader, tc
Senator Cantor In the senate and Mr.. Sui
ser in the assembly.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec ls-The Pacific
mail steamer Rio de Janeiro, just arrived
from China, brought the corpse Of Ameri-
can Consul General Alfred d. Jones, Of
Shanghai, who died seven days after leav-
ing port raving maniac, and is also
brought Purser y. II. Mahar, late of the
steamer Peru, who was also violently in
sane. Consul Jones smashed articles in
his cabin and tried to run amuck ON deck.
He was mauacled and watch put over
him, but he grew steadily worse and died
on Dec. 9. Purser Alahar became insane
at Hong Kong and was sent back here for
treatment He smashed windows Ia the
steamers saloon and had to be put in
irons. On the voyage to China one of the
Rios Chinese passengers developed insau-
ity and ran amuck with a carving knife
He was knocked down before he hurt any
one
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-12-18

New YORK, Dec. ls.-There was a lively
fracas early yesterday in Owen Hanovan's 5
saloon at jackson and Henry streets, dur
ing which James Mulligan, an ex-convict,
was stabbed i'm the abdomen by Patrick
Keenan, John Quinn was stabbed by Multi
gan, and the owner of the saloon was cut
in the head by James Gallagher, another
eX-ConviCt. Gallagher was badly done up
by policeman, who went in the place on
hearing the fight. All the mirrors and
barfiXtures were smashed to pieces. Multi
gan and Gallagher were held on a charge
of felonious assault, and Hauovan was
held for violating the excise law
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a GALL.

The Delegates elected to the last Re
publican state Convention are hereby
requested to meet at the Opera House
In the City Of Harrisburg on Wednes
day. Jan. 3rd, 1894, at twelve O'Clock
noon, Of said day, for the purpose %
placing in nomination a candidate lol
COngressm8n-at-Large to Gil the va
eancy occasioned by the death OF the
Hon. William Lilly.
HORACE b. PACKER, Chairman.
Attest, JERE b. REX, Secretary.
Wellsboro, Pa, Dec. II, 1893.
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

paari il, mind thatit does not fake 81
not doa, 10 n,ogo child bonnv
rir,os ore ooI1ad hard which. means
tbot h,sinass is NOT brisk and money
NOT aosiI,, ohtoiDed Think of those
.bi,,o, ,rt,or n,al,iro ,,opr nnrcbases
s,r tI,o obiIdron dnrino the coming
bo,idovs nha ous+or, with many mar
o,+s and frien5s 10 to rive something
at sucb time. That isalI well enough
- Won 40, readily snare the means INIT
if vonr npr.e is not as pIethoric as usual
try ON the avnerimept of making less
costly nrasents 70 the little ones. and
Won will find that the less expensive
tovs. nietures. etc. will give the same
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DURING the war, when the Income
tax bill was before Congress, the DEM
ocrats used the argument that an
army Of of1ice.holders would be needed
to collect it, and that thus host Of
Republicans would be fed from the
public crib. Can Democrats collect an
Income tax without q large addition to
the employees of the Internal Revenue
department?
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nENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
sOHUYLKILL DTVIslOF,
NOVEMRNR nm. I8Q8.

Trains will leave Shenandoah after the sbovs
date for Wiggans, Giloerton, F'rackvllle, New
Castle, 81. Clair, Pottsvillc, Hamburg, Reading,
POttstOwn, PhHniXVille NOrristOWn ana Pnil.
adelphia Broad street Stauonl al t;UO ana IL 40
8. n. and 4;l5 p. n, on week days; For FoIts'
vile and intermedl9Gee 1Ee7 9tsI99s lSg ''lV g. m
For Wiggan's, Gnberton, b'racGviliel New.
Castle ST. Clair Pottsville at 900, 9:40 q. m,
ana 8:iO p. m, For Hamburg, Reading, Potts
town, PhoeniXville, NOrristCWn, PhilHdelpn1a
81 $500, $40 a. m, $40 p. m.
Trains leave FraCkVllle for shenandoah 81
lO;4O a, M. ana l2;14, 6:04, 7'42 and 1927 p n
Sundays, ll;l8 a. M. and /; 40 p. m,
Leave Pottsyille ior sheInanooan y ,l.- lg.!5
leave PhilGdeiphia tBroad street station) for
PottsWIle ana Shenandoah at o. ana 30 3 m,
at6 So m For Pottsviile, 28 s m.
For New York Express, week days,
al 20, O5, 6O l5, 80, 30, g 20, 9 50, IL 20
II IA m, l2 90 noon, u "A p, m, Uimlted E6'
press 1 O6 and so N. dining cars;g I 40,
3O $40, co. s. 90, 800, 80, 25i u,
10 90 P m, l2Ol night Sundays 80, 4953, 4 Ga "a
l5 8l2 So II Q3 II 35, M. ~ "A, 40, 30, 10
Omitted 4 5O) 20, 20. 50, 2 25 and sl2 m and
'St For Sea Girt. Long Branch ana intermediate
stations, 20, II IA m, ana w, m
For Baltimore ana Washing ton so, 20, 8 81,
TO- 10 20, II lS M II 10, (12 30 limited dining
carr 30, 3 As, Al, (6 rs Congressional Limited
Pullman Parlor Cars and Dining Can, Q H.
8 65, 4O and IL SO p. M, week days. sun
days, 50, 70, 10, II 10 m.' " III, Al, %,
/ IL a. and 40 p
For Richmond 7 90 3 n, Il 10 and II 3S p m,
daily, and I 80 p. n. week Gays.
Trains will leave Harrisburg for Eittsbury
ana the West every Cay 81 I 20, 10 q m, e 20
I p m limited), 50, 30, IL 55 p nj every cay.
W ay for Altoona aL 10 N and % p IA every
/ day. FOR Fittsburg and Altoonh At II ~ m
l every day.
/ Trains win leave Sunbury for WilliamspofE
I Glmira, Ceuanoo1ua Rochester Bunalo and
1 Niagara Falls at i 3j, 5 l8 N, and 85 p M week
/ DAYS, For Elmlra 40 AZ m week days, Eof
T Erig ana intermediate points ct ia Iu daily
/ FuI Lock Haven 90 l8 and 55 s m daily, d5
! ana "A Il week days Tor Remove % l8 8
I no, Z 65 and A p 10 week days ana is d n on
] Sundays only. For Kane At la NJ daily
! J 2h o week days
/ 3. M. PREYosT, J. *, WQOpi
| Genl ManAEsf Cent Pass'g'r Agt
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STATE COMMITTEE.

The members of the Republican
State Committee are requested to meet
at the Lochiel Hotel, in the city OF
Harrisburg, on Wednesday, January
3rd, 1894, at ten o'clock a, m, for the
purpose of fixing the time and place Of
holding the next Slate Convention,
ard the doing ofsuch other business as
may be proper. b. F. GILKEsoN,
Chairman Rep. State Com.
Attest:-JERE B. REX A. d. FET-
EROLF, Secretaries.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. II, 1913
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GEORGE Q. HUNTER, of Oakland,
Cal, has just come out of thesurgeon's
hands without memory, His skull
was fractured by flying bolt, and the
brain was injured. Although he is
now otherwise perfectly well, ne can
not remember his wife or his mother,
Although ne had a good education, he
can now neither read or write.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 1S-The crossing of
electric wires caused considerable damage
in several down town stores last evening.
The wires coming in contact burned and
set fire to wood work touching them.
From this cause five fires were started in
various parts of the business district at
one time, and the whole fire department
was kept busy. None of the fires proved
serious