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CONE AND SEE THE NEW
GROCERY,

N1loSLeI
the finest in the town. We will carry
full line of Staple and Fancy Gro
ceries, Fruits, Confectionery and
everything kept in first class
Grocery. Our prices will be as low
as can be made. Our friends III the
city will find us ready to deliver
goods on short notice, we will be glad
to see as many of our friends from
the country as will favor us with a
call, we shall try and please them.
Come and see us when in the city.
By prompt attention to business
we hope to receives share of public
patronage.
HEMPTON BROS.
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CoRNIoR Poles and Brass Rods in any
required length at
CHAL f. FIGHTER.
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WINDOW Shades, complete on Spring
Rollers, at 25cts. and upward at
CHAS. T. FIGHTER
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COUNTY BOARD.

On Thursday the board granted the
city the use of the building on the Feb.
ring farm for use as hospital in case OF
contagious disease breaking out. Su.
pervisors Rand and Gleeson were ap.
pointed committee to visit Madison SO
as to present the claims Of the county be-
fore the state board OF equalization. On
Friday several standing committees re-
ported AID their reports were adopted.
Joseph Miller, J. G. Mueller and Hoffman
were appointed committee to draw and
prepare resolutions covering changes nee
essary to make the town OF ManltoWoc a
legal town. Supervisors Cooney and
Jose phi Miller were appointed commits
sioners to act for the board on the Frank
lin bridge and Schwalbe and Rodewsld
on the Schleswig bridge.
Committee has employed Gen. Wlnkler
Of Milwaukee to assist the local attorneys
in prosecuting the claims of the county
against the bondsmen of the I. G. Shove
Banking Go. for county funds deposited.
A resolution providing for the location OF
all the comfy offices in court house was
adopted.
The committee on Poor were IN the
city yesterday and visited Two Rivers
and Cato to look up some cnarges against
the county.
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MONEY to loan On farm or city prop
erty. MARKHAM & MARKHAM,
Torrison's Block.
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MONEY TO LOAN on good farm security
iusums to suit. NASH e NASH
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WALLPAPER at 3, 7, s, 10, 1215, Is, IS
20, % and Doc. per roll at
CHAs. F. FIGHTER,
] S20>S. Eighth St
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HEADQUARTERS for kICkAPOO
MEDICINES at HINRICHs' Drug
store.
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DIR. BRIGGS will be tried and convicted.
He will then have following that will
materially lessen the membership Of the
Presbyt terrain church. There is scarcely
any doubt but that Briggs is deslrous to
to be found guilty of the charge of heresy.
He knows that brains and high character
will win him recognition when his perse-
cutors will be preaching to empty pews
Mr.. j. EDGAR OWENS and a good com
pany will present Baumus Inspiration
Damon and Pythlas and Sheridan Know
les Great Tragedy Virginius at the Opera
House on Wednesday and Thursday
June and s. This company is drawn
from the best legitimate companies on the
road last season, carry their own special
scenery. costumes, &C., and stage the
plays superbly.
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UNDERTAKING

G. 4 w. Frazer have put in a complete
stock of undertaking Goods and all or
ders in that line will receive prompt at
tention. Day and night calls attended to.
No. 113 If North Eighth st.
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Mrs. MICHAEL FELLOWS of this city
died OF Thursday morning of last week
aged 81. Her maiden name was Mary Z.
Hill. She was born at Medbury n
Y. From New Hampshire she moved
to Dixon, ILL.,, in 1896 and the following
year was married there to Michael Eel
lows. Eve children were the issue of
this marriage all of whom died young and
all of whom are inferred at Dixon where
the body OF the mother is also inferred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fellows moved to Mani
towoc in lS4S, where they resided without
change. Few people have reached old
age with such retention OF facilities.
Their devotion to each other has given
sweetness to their declining years. To
the one who is left the sympathy of the
community is extended.
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THE Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western
lately purchased the mill property own
ed by Truman & Cooper. The saount
paid, or what use the property is TO be
put to, is not yet made made public.
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KICKAPOO MEDICINES, a
fresh stock at HINRICHs' Drugstore.
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IT cts. per Roll and upward, are our
lsprices on Wall Paper, in the latest
" designs and colorings.
IL CHAs. Z. FE.HTER,
~ $40 S. Eighth st
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
A Beauty Manufacturer.

Scan you really make a dimple in
twenty minutes?" a reporter asked
the doctor" who has been notifying
society ladies of his ability to make
three dimples an hour at So dimpIe.
1t was in a big brick building on
Market street and the 'doctcr" was
very polite man.
''Dimples? Oh. yes, ma'am. very
easy and painless, l assure you. Now,
for making a dimple in chin such as
yours, where one is already started
by nature, the operation is very sim.
pie indeed. / just make slight in
cision where the natural dimple is
beginning to show. cover the place
with some prepared plaster and then
treat with electricity for two or three
days and when at the end of that
time the plaster is removed a perfect,
handsome dimple will be found.
1.-The treatment where a dimple in
the cheek is desired is different only
as regards the operation. but on &C.
count of almost constant movement
of the muscles the healing is little
slower and requires more frequent
treatment with electricity, which
costs $40 instead Of S.. Yes, I make
a good many dimples."
The 'doctor" explained that nose
Strengthening went with dimple max
ing, just as hair cutting went with
shaving, and the business also in
cluded Notwithstanding. He re-
that any one coming into the
world blessed with turhed-up nose
or large mouth was not, in this age
of progress. eycusable for letting it
remain in it deformed state He
could reduce the mouth from large
size to the merest rosebud or straight
en- turned-up nose until it looked
severely classical San Francisco
Examiner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
About WEAKNESS.

Prof. Michael Foster has been 4ee-
turing at Cambridge ON the subject
of WEAKNESS. In this busy work-a-
day world there are few Of us who do
not often experience the sensation,
though not many may know exactly
what is the causation thereof There
are two chief actors, the profe ;sOr
tells us, in the production of weari-
ness or exhaustion, too speedy ex-
penditure Of bodily capital or force,
and the accumulation Of the products
of activity in the working organ.
The nervous system is candle that
cannot be properly burned at both
ends at once. Endurance depends
largely upon blood adequately pure,
and the speed with which the internal
scavengers free blood from the poison
which the muscles and other organs
of activity pour into it is proper
tional to the staying powers of the
worker. The hunted hare dies not
because it is choked for want of
breath, nor because it's heart stands
still, its store Of energy having given
out, but because poisoned blood has
poisoned its brain and its whole body.
The nutritive and excretory systems
must therefore, be of the highest i'm
portance to the enduring activity of
the highest executive mechanism.
From the remarks the reader NAV
come to his own conclusions as to the
value of pure food and fresh air. This
last should have the very freest en-
trance to every dwelling and yet how
very seldom is this the case Take a
walk along the street in any town at
night and from the number of win
dOws Theoretically sealed one would
think that pure air was mans great
est enemy instead Of his best friend.
Mercury
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
IDENTIFICATION BY FINGERS.
Supplementary Aid to BertilIonage In
vented by Clever Frenchman.

A Supplementary Aid to Bertillonage In
vented by a Clever Frenchman.
The belief is growing that the
method OF identifying criminals by
finger prints advocated by Francis
Gallon must in time come into use
as an important and supplementary
aid to bertillonage. This convenient
term has been coined to express the
principle Of the French system, in
vented and directed by Alphonse
Bertillon. of so classifying anthrop-
Ometric records that each can be
sorted into its own natural group,
just as each surname falls into its al
phabetical place in directory.
Finger prints can be classified in a
similar way. The test of the effici-
ency of the system lies, first in the
sureneSs with which different Gn-
structed persons assign the same in
dex letters to the same set Of print,
however indifferently printed, and,
secondly, in the degree to which the
sets are differentiated by their CLASH
fication. One of the most extraor-
binary points about Mr. Cations sys-
tenn is the unique and remarkable
ability afforded by the finger prints
to the observer of determining, ire
spectively of age and growth, whether
two clear impressions taken at differ
emit dates, were not made by the same
finger. This depends not on the gen.
eral pattern of the print which is the
basis of classification, but upon the
numerous forks and other details in
the ridges that compose the patterns.
Mr.. Gallon holds that no matter
how early in life the first impression
of finger tip with fully formed mark
ings may be taken, and how late the
second impression may be obtained,
the similarity between them will not
only be decipherable but unmistak-
able. The simplicity of the process
of taking the impressions and the
small equipment necessary are points
very much in It's favor. There is no
undressing required, and nothing
else of humiliating character to be
undergone during The brief act of
making the prints
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
Kings Who Buy Freaks.

The Prince of Baroda (Hindostan) a
few months ago astonished the Brit.
ish residents by paying barrel OF
rupees for a twelve fingered man; but
up to the middle OF the eighteenth
century no European potentate
thought his household complete with
out full assortment of freaks, as we
should call them.
Besides dozen dwarfs and giants,
the Emperor Macmillan |. of Austria
kept for purely ornamental purposes
a fellow with a beard five feet long,
and bushy enough to cover him like
shawl. if he wrapped it round his
waist.
The father of Frederick the Great
had 1OS giants on his payroll, most
of them too heavy for his cavalry,
and too tall for the doors Of an ordi-
nary guard house.
They cost him from e4OO to 81, 400
a piece; but King Stanislaus Lexzin-
ski of Poland paid larger sum for
the French dwarf Bebe, a wrinkled-
faced biped of 20 inches, and, If we
may believe our chroniclers of that
time weighing less than ten pounds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES.
Neither Came Into Use Untfl Tobacco Had
Long Been Used by Smokers.

Neither Came Into Use Untn Tobacco Had
| Long Been Used by Smokers.
Although the origin OF snuff taking
has been recorded, smoking takes the
precedence and has outliyed the snuff
ing nabit, says the Washington Star.
Gradually it was discovered that the
powder OF tobacco possessed an agree
able odor; it was used as perfume
about the year 1902, the early snuff
takers carrying with them small
crater with which they reducsd the
tobacco to powder. Snuff boxes. of
cou.se, sprang into use with the
spread of the habit. which receive d
fresh impetus from a a discovery
made by accident. A Dublin tobac-
conlSt named Lumdyfast had his shop
accidentally destroyed by file, and
while gazing at the ruins noticed that
his poor neighbors were gathering the
snuff from the canlsters. He tested
the snuff and found the fire had
largely improved the pungency and
aroma He secured another store,
built a lot Of ovens, subjected the
snuff to heating process, bestowed
upon it taking name and made a
fortune. Snuff boxes were popular
with the second empire. The pro-
ceeding possessed certain Napoleonic
flavor, and boosted of imperial ira
dition. Napoleon was seldom with
out snuff box and took prodigious
quantities. George ~ carried a box.
but only pretended to apply the pow
der to his nose. At the regimental
mess tables of the time snuff boxes
were sent around with the decanters
after dinner
1t will probably be a matter of sur
prise to the general reader to learn
that the petticoat was first worn ex-
clusively by men. In the reign of
King Henry VII. the dress of the
English was so fantastical and alb
surd that it was difficult to distin-
guish one sex from the other. In the
inventory of Henry V. appears
'petticoat of red damask. with open
sleeves" There is no mention of
woman's petticoat before the Tudor
period. In the matter of costumes
the Chinaman is notable for the
length and capacity of his skirts,
while his wife and daughters wear,
and not infrequently display, the
bree hes. Silk and satin are his IA
vorite materials for clothes and the
handsomer the pattern and more
heavy and snowy the embroidery the
better dressed he considers himself.
A necklace of beads forms an indis-
pensable adjunct to the full dress of
every mandarin and a fan is rarely
out of his hand.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
Tan Shoes and Socks.

Tan shoes should be worn with
socks to match. Nothing is more
ridiculous than to see man coming
down the street with swell pair OF
Dluchers and blue ana white wooden
socks. Again, tan shoes should never
be BACKED, except by the grease
spread so layishly on street car tracks
on curve. The grease impairs some
what tine individuality of the tan,
but preserves the leather. Never
permit practical joker to put cherry
pits or burnt matches in tan shoes
Kill him when he is first suspected
The shoe man will tell you that they
should be oiled frequently. Just why
he does this is not known. Nobody
ever did it, but the shoe man is
methodical in his habits and is seldom
foot loose.
The best tan shoes. according to
dealers. are very expensive, but in
these hard times the Sl.90 pair are
sorrel beauties. Tan shoes should
never be worn in saloons pool rooms
or barber shops The latter place IS
the most dangerous, for when man
wants to get to looking right he is
liable 60 forget and order Boots" to
touch them up while he is getting
shaved. The shine he is able to give
them resembles dry April mud and
can only be remedied by frequent APP
plications of stove polish Spring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
Hospitality oyerdone.

We Americans are proud, and Justly
so, Of our reputation for hospitality.
but there is sometimes too much of
the good thing. says the New York
Tribune, and we are often tempted
into an exaggeration Of this virtue.
In many well-meaning hostesses
there seems to exist a fear that their
guests may find some stray moments
during the day for which no enter
tainment have been provided. Tee
unfortunate guests are kept busy
every minute "being entertained
until physically and mentally they
are exhausted.
Not few people object to making
visits, ana simply FOR the reason that
they are never left to themselves,
never have any time to occupy as they
choose.
English hosteSses are much more
sensible in this respect. In England
a guest in country house has a gooa
part Of the day to dispose of as he or
she may fancy; and. as a result a
pleasant, homelike feeling much to
be desired pervades the atmosphere
Of the house.
Neither host nor hostess appears to
be laboring to provide perpetual en-
tertainment for their guests and the
latter have plenty of time to write
their letters, read their books and
enjoy other like peaceful amuse.
mentS
In town house masculine visitor
receives night key as pleasant in
timation he is to go and come as he
likes.
But, English or American, why is
it that spare room has always such
a stiff and formal air?
The few pictures that generally
adorn its walls are hung with painful
regularity, set pieces Of bric-a-brac
pose in solemn state upon the mantel
and often the only intellectual pro-
vision made for the occupant consists
of an old magazine or two.
A few more pictures hung in less
conventional way, a half-dozen photo
graphs scattered here and there, a
little bookcase containing a score or
more OF volumes suitable for filling
an occasional spare hour. a sofa with
two OR three tempting pillows-these
are not much, but yet sufficient to
make the spare room so much more
attractive and add to it hOmelike
1uYurv
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scattered bloom of the cherry trees
and there in the door sweet-faced
woman with that winsome, cheerJ
smile as If ready to greet the flock oil
children that came trooping up the
lane from the little school house al
the foot of the hill
"Mothcr. Mother!" she cried,
stretching out her hands-but they
stru k only the bare stone walls, and
her dream was over. Then she lay
there and thought-the first time
perhaps for months Time after
time she had drowned her senses in
rum to stop thinking. But now they
would come and she was unable to
stop them.
Thoughts of home, the dear old
home back among the hills: of girl
hood, before her name became slur
and reproach: of friends. dear friends
once that now would shun her in
disgust. Tears, unavailing, bitter
tears streamed down her wasted
cheeks as she moaned:
''Oh God! how could 1? How could
1? Let me die! Let me die"
With the light of morning they
found her, still huddled under the
steps frozen to death. Her hands
were still clenched and the tears
frozen on the CHASTITY face.
No one knew her; twas only an
other number on the list of unfortu-
mates, another new grave in the
"POtter's Field"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30

An Eccentric stranger Causes Quite s'ssn
sstior irs y New York Bank.


An Eccentric stranger Causes Quite s'ssn-
sstion ip p New York Bank.
speaking OF the financial string
ency." said q Wall street broker &c
his companions as they were lunching
together recently 1--WE got a good
one to tell you The other morning
a. tall, solemn-looking stranger went
into bank, which / might name.
only promised / wouldn't, and APP
preaching the window OF the receiv-
ing teller quietly remarked that he
would like to deposit 5000. The
teller in courteous tones inquired IL
he already had IN account at the
bank. The stranger said he hadn't
So the teller FASTENED outside, es-
corted him into the presidents room,
and intro uced him 10 the president
The president, on learning his bush
ness, smiled kindly, offered him a
seat and remarked that it was fine
day. Well, of course they entered
the new depositor's signature in
big ledger, and one of the clerks was
directed to furnish him with a pass
book. Then the receiving teller took
him back into the bank and politely
asked for his deposit. But the
stranger stroked his sandy goatee,
and explained that he had merely
come in to give the customary sixty
days notice and would be around
with the money on the 4th of Oc-
tober. He added that it looked like
rain, and that steady pour for half
a day would prove great blessing to
the country. The teller reached for
his bronze paper-weight, but before
he could fire it the stranger had lit
out"
Speaking of financial stringency,"
said another Of the brokers, Il heard
unique illustration of it few days.
ago. A man entered a pawnbroker's
shop in the Bowery, and laying down
twenty dollar bill, asked if he could
be accommodated with dollar on it.
The pawnbroker was an excellent
Judge of money, and saw at once that
the bill was genuine. So he turned
and said to the stranger, showing the
bill toward him as he spoke, that he.
was in no mood for nonsense. But
the stranger, showing the bill back,
rejoined in earnest tones that he
meant business; that he couldn't get
any conductor on horse car to
change the bill; that he had already
been put off three cars; that his boots
were awful tight, and that unless he
could get dollar on the bill he would
be compel. ed to walk to the Battery.
Well, the pawnbroker could but feel
that the stranger meant what he
said. So he took up the twenty
dollar bill, tOyed with it few mo-
ments, and then said to him, We'll,
my friend, I'd like to accommodate
you, but owing to the financial string
ency can only give you IS cents"
New York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
Economy in China.

Economy is going to be the order
of the day in China apparently, for
the Empress of that enlightened
country has celebrated her sixtieth
birthday by issuing manifesto en-
joining a general restraint of extraya-
gance Her majesty has even pro-
hibited the customary gifts of silks
and presents by the ministers.
The best of a Chinese wardrobe is
that it is accumulatiye. Fashion in
the orient only affects color, and that
but slightly; cut is law as immuta-
BILE as that of the Modes and Per-
slams
The periodical clearance which the
variations of the mode render in
evitable in the wardrobe of western
lady do not enter into the fashiona-
ole philosophy Of a Chinese belle.
The anguish one may endure, con-
scious OF sleeve of last years pat
tern or a skirt minus the latest
plentitude, she is spared, and on the
whole she is to be envied. In spite
of uniformity Of style her garments
admit of far greater variation than
ours in color and material.
She can be symphony in rustling
blue in the morning, moonbeam at
tea time and bird of paradise at
night and never risk the vulgarity
which the sober and sad-colored in
stantly fire off at their sisters who
dare to give way now and then to
the craving for color and brilliance.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-30
Dueling Is No Joke.

is great mistake to imagine
that casualties are the exception to
European meetings on the field of
honor says the st. Louis Republic
On the contrary, they constitute the
rule, their average amounting to as
high as 80 per cent. of the duels
fought in Germany, Australia, Italy,
Russia, Belgium, Holland, and Spain,
while in France the average is only
about 40 per cent. There were 4, 900
duels fought during the year 1890, in
which 700 men were killed outright,
1000 sustained dangerous wounds
which in many cases resulted fatally,
while no less than 4,S0O of the re-
naming combatants received minor
injuries. That is u say, out of 8, 900
principals in 4, 900 duels only !, 400
escaped without harm. The average
is nearly Identical in the other coun-
tries above named, these figures be-
ing based on official records. From
this it will be seen, except perhaps in
France, the chances of escaping
scatheless from duel are relatively
very small.
Another disagreeable consideration
of the ''affair of honor" is the knowl-
edge that, instead of getting hurt or
killed yourself, you may have the
misfortune to infiict mortal wound
upon your adversary, in which case
the tribunals of the country will gen.
orally sentence you to term of sew
eral months imprisonment and to pay
heavy damages to the relatives of the
dead man.