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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
A Queer Little Animal.

The meekrat Of South Africa bears
a resemblance to the American prairie
dog, but is more easily domesticated.
1t is tiny little creature about AS big
as rat, very intelligent and affection
ate as dog when tanned. 1t barks
and chatters and purrs, is an inveter-
ate thief and spends n UGH of its time
standing upright. Its fur is gray,
marked somewhat like a tabby cat,
and it is wholly without fear. The
dog is its favorite animal, and when
tanned the meekrat invariably attaches
itself to the most good-natured dog in
the house. When wild these little an
imalS live in colonies as the prairie
dogs. burrowing their homes under
ground. living on roots. They express
supreme satisfaction by lying fiat
down and stretching themselves out
so that they seem like fiat s!sin with
out any bones inside it. The little
creatures have black circles around
their eyes. a stripe running underneath
their bodies for its entire length and
long, curving black claws on their lit
tie forepaws-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
sava~ery of the Cossacks.

The wild Cossacks, living away down
in the southernmost part of the Rus
sian empire, spend most of their time
harassing the Turks They are pc
culiarly savage in appearance. Their
uniform is the Cossack coat, full trous-
ers. scarlet undercoat hooked up TO the
neck. big boots. AMI as an overcoat they
wear bourlia. a circular cloak made
Of coar e felt with long, shaggy hair on
one side of it. This cloak is big enough
TO cover the rider and much of the
horse. The most distinctive point in
hcir dress, however. is the cylindrical
rat of black astrachan which they
wear OF all seasons. The top is of
cloth or velvet They form part of the
russian cavalry and live principally
on piunder stealing. during their
raids into Turkey, anything they can
ind, from chicken TO q child.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
WOMEN WORKERS IN BRITTANY.
While The Men Idle Away Their Time
Their Wives Labor.

While The Men Idle Away Their Time
Their Wives Labor.
The women of Brittany are remark
able for their individuality, industry
and strength of character. In "Artis-
tic Travel the author says that while
the men slumber and smoke, the
women are building little fortunes or
propping up old ones.
Let us picture a prominent person
age at the old Hotel du Lion dor. She
has beautiful name, Augustine, pro-
nounced with enviable accuracy by all
the household.
She lowered about US like fairy, at
tending TO all our wants in the most
delicate way: to outward seeming q
ministering angel with pure white
wings. but in truth. drudge, me-
tbCdical housewife. massive and hard
to the touch.
She did the work of three Partisan
garcons and walked upstairs, unaided,
with portmanteaus which would re-
quire two men to lift, anywhere out
of Brittany She slept in box in the
kitchen and dressed somehow" in
FIVE minutes She ate what was left,
contentedly. at the end of the day.
and rose at sunrise to do the laborious
work of the house. helping also at
harvest time il the fields
She had the sweetest of smiles, when
she liked. an unconquerable habit OF
tal.ing snuff. and murderous way OF
killing fowls in the early morning
which we shall not easily forget.
How it comes to pass that this girl OF
nineteen occupies such an import8nt
position in the household is one Of
those things which are peculiar TO
Brittany All through the land. In the
houses. in the factories, and In the
fields, the strong, firm hand and arm
. of q woman does the work
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
DEATH IS RARELY PAINFUL.
But Sensations of Approaching Dissolu
ton Are Little Known to PhysictAns.

But Sensations of Approaching Dissolu-
ton Are Little Known to Physicians.
Descriptions of the sensations OF
those who thought they were about to
die, but who passed into more or less
profound state of Inconsistencies and
afterward recovered, though intense
and realistic, cannot be accepted a.
authentic portrayals of the sensations
of the dying. since these persons did
not die. says a medical writer in Kate
Fields Washington. The temporary
suspension of all the physical signs of
life. as in trance or lethargy. may so
exactly simulate death that all may
agree that the person is dead, while
yet that indefnable something which
holds the soul to the body remains and
is capable of reinstating the common
phenomena of life. We have no reason
to assume that the sensations expe-
rienced in passing into this state of
Inconsistencies resemble the sensa-
tons of those who have actually felt
the earthly house of this tabernacle
dissolved Inconsistencies is not
death, 1t only effectively resembles
it. Physicians at the bedside of the
dying, while holding the Pickering,
weakening pulse beneath the finger.
eagerly watch for some word or sign
expressive of the sensations of ap-
preaching dissolution. Nothing, how
ever. of value ever comes to US. In
deed many life goes out leaving be-
hind clear indications that there is no
appreciation whatever of the great
overshadowing change that is upou it,
even though the mind remains clear
and active to the last.
A mother hearing me whisper at her
beside: ''She is dying" opened her
eyes and replied: 'I'll be better in q
minute" though when the minute had
elapsed she had given her last sigh
her last heart-throb A little girl
clinging to her fathers hand one sunny
morning said: Papa, light the lamp;
it is getting so dark" and Immediately
expired. A young man asked: why
do you all cry? shall get well soon,"
and fell back on his pillow, dead.
These expressions show clearly that
the putting on of immortality was un-
accompanied by sensations indicative
of the change.
In great majority of cases death Is
preceded by a period of unconscious
ness, more or less profound and of
greater or less duration. In this state
the vital spark goessout painlessly and
without any evidence of the mind be-
ing illumined for single instant by
returning consciousness. Deathbeds
are rarely painful.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
ARCTIC INSECTS.
Immense Quantities of Larve Brought
Down by Glaciers

Immense Quantities of LarvB Brought
Down by Glaciers.
It is a matter of surprise to all who,
for the first time, have any experiences
in high northern ATTITUDES, to note
the great abundance of insect life in
Alaska. The writer of this paragraph,
says Meehan's Monthly, was especially
interested in noting the large amount
of larvae and other low conditions of
animal life which was carried down
from the melting glaciers into the
rivers ard streams which flowed from
them. 1t is to this that we have to
attribute the great abundance of high
er forms of animal life which prevail.
Fish especially are in such quantities
near the coast, attracted by this
abundance, that it seems like repeat
ing the tales of Baron Munchausen to
the listener. The young son Of the
writer. who was with him in this ex-
petition. was, with a couple of Indians
in boat. able to drive salmon into
narrow creeks in such abundance that
the boat would be driven against the
fish in their endeavors to escape. They
could have been dragged up in shoals
b. any strong and ordinary net. In
the earlier history of Colorado very
much stress was laid on the fact that
Fremont saw a bee on one of the high
elevations while crossing the Rocky
mountains Lieut. Peary in his recent
expedition to North Greenland found
a humble bee on the north coast Of
Greenland--the highest point of land
yet reached by human being so far
as known. This explorer states that
not only bees, but other insects abound
a. soon as the spring fairly opens.
Flowers of many kinds are particular
" beautiful and abundant, affording
good chance for honey and pollen-col-
lecting insects to lay up rich stores in
advance of their long Arctic winters.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
The Republican Party on the
Money Question.

The following from the republican
platform, adopted at Minneapolis, June
9th, 1892, shows that the republican
party is a bimetallic party. Read it
carefully, o my brethren, who accuse
the republicans OF being monometalliv
gold bugs:
1.-THE American people, from tTadl-
ton, and interest, favor LimetaliLsl
and the republican party demands I'll,
use of both gold and silver as standard
money, with such restrictions anG un
der such provisions, to be determine
by legislation, as will secure the main
tenance of the parity of values of tht
two metals, SO that the purchasing an
debt-paying power of the dollar, whether
of silver, gold or paper, shall be at a..
times equal. The interests of the pro
ducers of the country, its farmers IN
its workingmen, demand that every d =
lar, paper or coin, issued by the G ,vyr.
ment shall be as good as any other"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
zuLus ARE FATALIsTs.
Royal Servants Allowed Themselves to b.

Royal Servants Allowed Themselves co Be
straBgled on Their Masters Grave.
"Kings of the Zulus must not go to
the place of the dead alone" This has
been a national saying of the Zulus
in southeastern Africa for centuries,
says writer in the African News. And
they have seen it carried into effect,
until prohibited by the British, who
now dominate their country.
On the death of king, certain per
sons were killed, generally strangled,
and those were the immediate servants
Of his majesty. One would suppose
that individuals suspecting their prob
able fate would endeavor to escape, but
! have been told that rarely If ever was
this the case. A sort Of fatalism at
taches to them. and they say, as Zulus
often do when anticipating calamities:
"We can't help ourselves; we are the
victims of fate" Possibly some Of
them comforted themselves with the
belief that if they accompanied their
sovereign to the unknown world, they
would be supremely happy.
Their dead bodies were SO arranged
in the grave that the royal corpses ly-
ing upon them might not touch the
earth. A large fat stone was placed
above the kings head, and into his
grave were thrown all his belongings
mats, ornaments and robes Of state,
consisting chiefly of the skins of wild
animals, of the most costly kind. Then
the national dirge, used only at royal
funerals, an exceedingly pathetic one.
was chanted by the thousands of Zulus
assembled. A large mound of earth
with stones and thorns upon the top
marks the place of the burial, which
Is watched closely for weeks and some
times months. to keep witch doctors
from stealing any part of the body,
which is supposed to have power to
work charms and even miracles. Zulus
have a sacred regard for the graves of
their kings, and they respect also the
graves of their enemies.
During the Zulu war" those ''sav-
ages" as they are improperly called,
had frequent opportunities to desecrate
the resting place of English soldiers.
but not once did they touch one. Con-
trast that with the disgraceful pro-
cedure of some British red coats"
who are said to have gone to the tomb
of Umfaude, the Zulu king who died
in 1878, and rifled it of its bones! Men
asked: What are you going to do
with them?' the reply was: Take
them to England for exhibition
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
PERFUMED MISTS.

A NStuRal Phenomenon That Occurs on
the Coast OF France.
On certain parts Of the coast of
France, including the channel, mists
occasionally appear which are general
" called "perfumed mists." They come
in the morning, especially during the
spring, and, strangely enough, only
when the wind is in the northeast.
Sometimes they only last for few
minutes, at others they hang about all
day. They have characteristic smell,
similar to that of lime kiln. The
origin of these mists is q mystery, says
the Paris Petite Revue. In one district
the inhabitants thought the smell
came from some lime kilns some miles
70 the northeast and they may have
been right; but that was not an ex-
PLANTATION Of the phenomenon, because
the smell from those lime kilns could
not have been carried by northeast
wind to all the other places where the
mists were seen and the smell noticed
In one of those places the northeast
wind comes from the sea, in another
&c comes from overland; the smell does
not therefore necessarily come from
the ground.
The best explanation given Is that
the clustering northeast and east
winds sweep up the dust, gases and
germs Of the ground over which they
pass and drive them toward the sea.
When this wind has con tinued for
some time It contains such quantity
Of these things as to affect all our or
gans- That is the cause of the CON-
plants which appear when the east
wind blows, and it may be the cause
Of those "perfumed mistA"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
Bell Chimes,

OF Ginning bells, whereon music is,
or rather tunes are, played, the finest
set is in the tower Of Les Halles, ut
Bruges, being forty-eight in number.
But the greatest humber of chimes at
any one place is at Antwerp. where
there are ninety-nine belh, on which
the most elaborate music Is performed
every half hour. Peal ringing. as such.
lie not familiar to many Europeans, es-
peciAlly continental ones; the best are
In England. Christ church. at Ok.
ford, has twelve such, admittedly the
finest In point Of tone. The largest
peal Is that of st. Peul's the tenor Of
which weighs TICS PoundA
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07

ED twelve cents In postage stamps to 80 Cor
coran Building. Washington. d. T., and ou will
.,;eive four copies Of XArE FIsLDs WASHING roS.
r;ta.ning matter IF So3cil; Interest. Give name
"a address, and say whsre yoi saw this advertise
tent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
FOR Sheriff,
il. ALTMAN.
For County Clerk,
@. 4. HOAR.
For Register Of Deeds,
GEORGE W. CROSS.
For Treasurer,
T. R. MOORE.
For District Clerk,
GEORGE w. BLACKWELL.
For Surveyor,
CT. FERRIS.
FOR Coroner,
JOSHUA CROFT.
For commissionsr-FirstD District.
HENRY CUTLER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-07

Does q General Real Estate Business. None
Loaned on Decided Property. Once III southeas
room of Opera Block. upstairs.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

haayy hkncn ises uaaneke. 1oag s0i
qsssr- lnsking. tis.i with brilliant sear-
Lex Another has . peculiar garun~nt.
made os ersDkied stripes II three pale
eoaoss yellow. tla~ aud pink--~hieh
hangs dawn straight aud . su.r~ ACROSS
he haek. bas y caught mp IN froot tn
= knoe - th<s breast, and thsn edged
With old Lace Th~u ever - u-any gsris
have - real old aeha. the genuine
thing. that ezsnss straight over the
shosl<jsr and l,lis siuaply Ia frout. and
these make . swsSe-fAced dansei look
doably dsrnars and charming Lastly.
thassS . small cape made Of nse strings
of tiny Fibhoa. Ia ali tbs light eoiorA.
saaghS Top and bottom IN thin fun
d>sicn and edged and headed with lase
raf4le~
The disAsbille elegant comes nexs
and though this must be loose and how-
ing. IL must still be graceful. fashion
able. weilnsting. A very pretty Que
can b. made of s%ps Thin. silky or
gasU maternal. secos,ilon plated from
The Asck down Al the hack the loose
pjaits are caught In by = belt. but the
hslt dinpssz1fs beneath the faiine,s In
fross. ~isieh hAncS loosely. Two en-
broiiered piec~s pointing downward lie
On the chest The sleeves arc very
pgctsy. made a strips II ribbon and
accorxiion plating. with brad ribbon
loops falling loosely over the shoci-
deR
A tivs-o'clock tsA JACKIE. Is very COM
Portable. il Is made Of ~ arm ruby color.
With m embrDidcred vine running
down each side Of the open front The
froos n . double iAbot of embroidered
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

and perfectly exccutsd; the Rown
that -nfolsss the girl demands oven .
change In the manosr Of speech, - we'll
~ In her words; no bright ringing
words, full Of all the true American
girls charm, may Dow spring Sossh
from her lipss she muss speak gcotly.
quietly. calmly. sweetly. gr>cioosly,
and. shuve al. deliberately. - II tiDs
~crr 9es dying fAse but q. II the hours
woukf swsit hes pleasure md hang
upon hsf words IL Is quite possible
that she nsw dress. a. rather, the Old
ono revived. may rvtard The progruss Of
woman half . century OF 81 For II che
b. trse % th. auaintnsss which shs has
begun - assume in ALL rcspsscts and
adopts all the characteristics IL the
~onsnly woman. - the term was urr
dsrs.o,d in the r,,pd Old days. shs~s
will be no ballot. ID platforn. M eGual
rights for this frail bit Of humanity.
She viii have no voioe In which "a claim
them. for It's pitch will have been gently
u.s.iulated IA suit The gown
Poor woman, What . martyr she
makes IL hrr>.F How bravely she
sinks her identity into that Of her
gown. Unselfish isn't the word for H.
she simply loses hsrsrlf. and finds hen
RIBS Bus she scels consol~d for all her
heroi.n and suffering ana sclf-denisl
when she wins the attention anal ~
calls ia. wandering fancy Of the in<iif-
fsr~u, man. Who has not been so a,.-n-
tive II late ~ might b-. She know
tina, ali this quain,ns>~ ~ apparel and
spe-ch vii asnusc him. and she knows
that " ne IL smss~d sad inscr~sed he
viii LIE dec And therefore = distsssot
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

DROBATE ORDER. State Of Michisan, eorn-
i tyof kent-ss: A. a session Of the Probate
court Tor said county 81 Kent, held at the pro-
bate office. in the city 81 Grand Rapids. On the
2tih day 81 March in the year one thousand
eight hundred aud ninety three.
Present. Cyrus r. Perkins. Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF
ASA WOLCOTr. deceased.
On reading aud filing the petition. duly veri
fed, 81 J. NJ. Jbmison. administrator, with the
will annexed, praying this court for license and
authority to S4.ll the real estate ct said de-
ceased thercia described. for the reasons and
purposes therein Set FORTH
Ii IL ordered that Friday. She 2ist day ~
April. iSo, at ~ o'clock IN the forenoon. at
said probate nfiee. ~ appointed for hearing
said petition. aad that the heirs at Law Of said
deceased and al persons interested In said -.
tate appear before said court. at said time and
place. to show cause why a license should not
be 3nnted 10 g III administrator, to soil the
real estate as psaycd for in said petition.
And IL Is further ordered that a copy 81 this
order b. published three successive weeks pre-
vious Ia said day 81 hearing in the 6rand Rap
ids Herald, DAILY newspaper printed and cir
culating In said county ~ Kent.
CYRUS +. PERKINS,
a true copy) Judge Of Probate.
HARRI ID. JEWELL, Register. mon Apr ~.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10
STYLES OF THE DAY
Deep Researches lnso the Realm
Of the Antique.
ABOUT PAaAsols AND GLOVES
- O~ay tsoo GoU~s. Dss AlnD lsnoo
Dspussssss - ~ ssAss--vAs
OsA-Sashi0asssa I-ser frcha.

he giris ars getting more and snors
Thy ere getting out AL Ut the old
Anoks stssy can and-books on etass
S0bc~. hsuhs On fashsonA which tl,~tr
gr>ndmosA~~ eassfuily laid swAy;
books On olttin- esseSesse--Sor IL pa
wsss qua1us old fowu y0u m~ss bear
ysassslf seooss1Angs', 10 vii nsvss do 70
have . IA d st.ris walk With an 1850
Ans~ That would he t<o tneoogruouA
The vslh thss sees0pasies the cFspo-
Tine skirt nass b. siow anA ssss<ly srd
shyshmicsl - II one were keeping tine
With soft music. Then there mass be
NO quick. sudden sssson On the part 1t
The w-Ar~s: al mov-rnsn<A muAs b
deliberate graceful. planned carefully
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

srs--A l. CONTINUALLY sevs sp ne all shs
sesis.i>s MAJ ,ssund fssor IN the svss
81 IN. dssnss II old. and upon the dis
cov.ry q .s~h thew |. sr~ss rejoicing
Their. h s5.ntss,s fs.ld fsv the lnsiusr
Nwy in ne line - 6clvss. loo mAnslex.
sse er~pv Dss~~'sSs that fold swe.sly
and aesnsrcly 0v~r Ne br-sssL One s-rl
has <i1s<en ape - Des~rta2 that -
ssr4,sd ~ssh crsnkiy .od then With plain
ersp~. rhe r-sp~ = p.s~st psns. Another
has small hse. cap~. jr~s s-,~~~teS the
ssoais-v>. srd Az . healing n, u. "a
h~r ss-cs. fDld ur-na bid ~ pas- blue
chiffon A brfllians b~an~sss hes .
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

II Is q significant fact that for the fra
time in the history Of tho country w0m-
en- have this winter received compliment
tary votes for United States senator.
Two women have had this honor. When
North Dakota was baIloting for United
States senator, Mrs. NJ. L. Mccormack.
wife Of one tho Democratic state sens
tors. received 30 Democratic and Popu-
list votes. In Wyoming the Legislature
gave Mrs. Mary Z. Bartlett Of Chsy-
0nne votes fog senator.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10
TIE PILLOW.

and g long and Is stuffed with eidcs
down. The edge u daiLtily finished with
. full frill OF silk lace. The desdgua
worked upon the pillow are close wreaths
Of forgstmenots. lied with loops Of very
narrow blue ribbon. The flowers ars
done in two shades VI flo noss In satin
stitch. and the ribbon in blue flo 6osk in
short and long buttonhcle stitch.
The cover is about IS by IS. and the
top 10 turned over about Eve inches -
6orm q sham. This sham u edged with
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10

SILK lace frilled on to correspond With
the pillow. The design on tho cover h
worked in the same manner a the pii-
low.
India silk. china silk or even some more
inexpensive material would make . very
pretty crib ret il made in this way.
GERTRUDE WIIIETT.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10
Do You Wish 70 Build a Home?

Or borrow money! The Debenture Investment
company Of Boston, Mass, have established n
branch office In Grand Rapids. IL you wish tn
money oa small monthly paymenD. Apply
early and stop rent. Branch office No. q and z.
Tower block. DORAN 4 EDDY.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10
Skin Diseases.

What spectacle is more disgusting
than that III man or woman with a
skin disease which shows itself in
pimples or blotches on hands. arms.
face and neck: II is simply impure
blood. See what Brandreths Pills did
for chronic case:
George Chapman. Pincening. Mich.
SAYS;
For four years was in the mounted
infantry i'm the L. :. army. residing dur
my that time principally in Texas. Al
most all IL that time l had a chronic
skin disease. characterized by an crup-
tion over the entire surface 81 my legs
and tnighs. arms and chest. The doc
tors termed il eczema. had given UP
all hopesof ever being cured. when Bran-
dreth's Pills were recommended a. me.
] concluded 81 try them. and have
thanked God daily since then that did
~. used them for about three months.
AMI hy that time was completely cured
aud have never had any trouble since.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-10
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting Of the Stockholders. o.
Hydraulic Company. will bs held at the Office
at the company, In the IIedyard block. in the
city Of Grand Rapids. state of Michigan, on
Tuesday, MAJ Ind. 1879, st 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon. JoRN Z. MoRE, Secretary.
Dated, April 9Th, lssa.