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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04

themselves with after working hours
Jim Brewer, Of this place, who
happened to he there at the time and
heard Mr.. Blooms observations, chip
ped in and said:
"I'll bet a blacksnake would not
last long If you'd put him in the box
with that RATHER" !
@Wouldn't!" exclaimed Bloom
why, he'd choke the RATHER to death
before he knowed what happened Co
him, an in order to convince you OF
the fac I'll go out an capture q
blacksnake and show you"
The subject was then dropped and
the boys forgot 1t, but about 4 o'clock
In the afternoon the old man came In
with q blacksnake q little over three
feet long. The RATHER was nearly
two feet longer.
%Now," he says, "I'll show you how
it's done"
And he put the blacksnake into
the box with the RATHER.
Both snakes seemed to be consider
ably agitated The RATHER shook his
tail with an angry whizz, and stuck
out his tongue in a menacing way,
and the blacksnake squirmed around
and made several feints with his tail
The RATHER was angry and coiled him
self to strike, but before he was quite
ready the blacksnake had taken q
hitch around the rattler's neck with
his tail and began to haul taut. The
RATHER writhed and squirmed and
thumped himself around, but all to
no purpose. The blacksnake kept
his hold and drew tighter Finally
the contortions of the RATHER ceased.
He was dead. The blacksnake held
on five minutes longer, then calmly
unfolded his tail and curled himself
up in corner Of the box.
"There!" said the old man, triI
umphantly. Hereafter when / tell
you anything about snakes you can
put it down as fact. "-Punxsutawney
Spirit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
Work for Winter.

Work for Winter.
The buildings Of the Colonial times
which survive liz the early settled
towns are evidences of the durability
and strength which were embodied in
their solid walls and heavy framework
by the squire or landlord of olden
days. The plainness which charac-
terized the exterior was equally
marked within by the immense rec
tangular rooms, although the Chin
ney-pieces and holdings are marvels,
considering the amount of handwork
displayed in their mechanical designs.
The dreariness of these great rooms
has sometimes condemned the old
mansion, the owner choosing a small
er, more modern cottage raised from
its ruins, rather than live longer sub
ject to its airy hospitality. Often it's
silent protest brings regret after the
deed Is done; for with the destruc-
tion Of the old house go all the asso-
Citations attached to it and all the
charm which is found in the ancient
European homesteads. The faults
and Inconvenience of these old
houses may be corrected. The illus
tration Fig. 1 represents a house
40x54 feet with an ell 14x15 feet. Be-
fore remodeling, few steps led
to the front door opening in
to long hall; on the left was very
large parlor Gig. 81 with two bed
rooms in the rear; on the right the
front room was of the same size, and
held the dignifled position Of sitting
room and dining-room combined; it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
HERE'S WISDOM.
Some Startling Discoveries Made by Girl
In Domestic Economy.

Some Startling Discoveries Made by Girls
In Domestic Economy.
The following notes on domestic
economy are selected from the
answers given at recent examina.
tion Of girls between twelve and six.
teen years Of age:
Cheese is as wholesome as 81
pounds Of beef. Beef is a useful
article Of food, obtained from differ
ent animals, such as the cow, sheep,
pig, etc.-the lean of beef belongs to
the animal kingdom, and the fat to
the vegetable kingdom. Butter is
good for the brain. Milk is called a
model food because it models the
form of the child. Without eating
potatoes we would become very deli
cate, because potatoes are very neces-
sary to sustain human life. Stewing
is very different from boiling; when
we want a nice dinner we stew a
roast Of beef. Pot-au-feu is mashed
up meat. Cretins are generally
served with green-pea soup. If a
man lives without food for consid-
cradle time, say sixty days, he will die
at the end Of month; or, if the
constitution is delicate, he may only
live for a week, or less. The body
wastes away by the continual work
ing of the bones together, and as this
process goes on every day, the bones
get thinner and smaller. Carbon
aceous foods give the bones the elias
ITCHY Of which they consist.
Lawn is soft stuff made from the
wool Of the lawn, an animal in South
America. 1t is also part of the flesh
Of the cow or sheep, the rib part.
Shoddy is drink made from mix
ture of ale and sugar. 1t is the
leather before it goes through the
process Of making into boots and
shoes, and for this reason is called
shoddy. 1t is the flesh near the foot
of any animal. It is a kind of
whisky. Wincey is the wool off an
animal which lives in America; the
lamen is its name. Calico is good
heat conductor, because it catches fire
very easily. II print dress is dried
outside, it must be careful not to be
left in the sun. Calendered means
turned from one kind of species into
another. 1t is things which are the
shape Of calendar, like our bodies.
1t means preserved with sugar. 1t
means taking the dirt out of water.
1t means increased or getting heavier.
1t is medicine or drug. 1t is boil
ing anything by means of steam. 1t
means chewing the food well to make
it fit to enter the body.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04

made, leaving comfortable sitting
room in front The only carpentry
to be done in this is the making Of
folding-doors into the hall. Having
this entire half of the house In order,
the rear is again attacked. Building
a wall in the middle line Of the small
bedroom opening into the hall, the
end of this space is fitted into three
closets, as shown in the plan, and the
remaining space thrown into the
hall. The old PARTITION between the
two bedrooms back Of the parlor, is
then removed. A more convenient
bedroom is thus made. An alcove is
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removed and the little corner space
thrown into that room. Glass panels
are put into the outside doors to light
this passage.
The new kitchen being remodeled,
the old one may have partition run
through it, making a good-sized bed
room, library, or breakfast-room, with
a passage leading into the back hall
thus formed where back stairs are
now built, having closets underneath.
This room is used for a temporary
dining-room, while the old dining
room Is remodeled. A middle parti-
tion is put in with sliding doors, and
a door put through into the hall at
the foot of the stairs. The old cup
boards are removed from the CHM
ney corners, the mantel renovated
and bay window built on at the
end. A neat dining-room is thus
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
STARCH AND srARcHINo.
The Flemish Woman by Whom They wer
introduced Into English.

The Flemish Woman by Whom They Were
introduced Into English.
Troy, the greatest laundry town in
the world, will be especially inter
ested, says the Times of that city, in
an article on starch written by Will
lam Elliot Griff1s and published In
the current number of Harper's
Bazaar. Mr.. Griffls informs US that it
was Queen Elizabeth of England who
introduced fashions that established
the laundry on a permanent basis
and created starch factories. She
not only enlarged the ruff, multiplied
undergarments, increased the lady's
inventory and the brides trousseau,
but 1t was she who began the fashion
Of the farthingale or crinoline. This
wheel-shaped arrangement pulled out
the dress like balloon, and right
royal was the rustic Of the stiffened
skirts as the Queen and her ladies
moved about. So great was the de-
mand for starch to stiffen properly
the rufus, collars, cuffs, and crinoline
that 1t seriously affected the price Of
wheat. Complaints were loud and
long that bread was being taken out
Of the mouths Of the people. The
potato was then unknown or too
much of a novelty. Its virtues and
potencies Of supply to the laundress
and the alleged sugarmaker were
then unsupported. To whom were
the English and their doughty Queen
indebted for this wonderful addition
to the resources Of civilization and of
personal neatneSs? 1t is not their
own invention, but the gift of the
Low Countries. It came in with car
riages, which also were imported, to
the amazement of the common folk.
Elizabeth was unable to monopoliZe
starched ruffs, for presently the gen.
tlewomen of England began to send
their daughters and nearest kins-
women to Mrs. Dinghen to learn how
to starch. Would the reader know
who Mrs. Dinghen was-she who first
made English ladies so fine and Brit
ish housemaids so neat? We bless
the memory of Mrs. Dinghen every
time We are daintily served in an
English home. The daughter Of a
knight of Flanders, and driven out
by Spanish oppression, she with her
husband found refuge in London.
Being probably penniless, she so
turned her hand that the pounds
soon flowed in. While Mrs. Boonen
starched for the Queen, Mrs. Dinghen
van den Plasse, as her full name was,
taught starching to the ladies. Her
price was 95 for teaching how to
starch, but ego for showing show to
seeth starch" In a little time she
got an estate, being greatly encour-
aged by gentlewomen and ladies.
She was "the first to teach starching
in those days Of impurity," adds the
with pathos and apprecia-
ton of the previous facts. "Bless-
ings on Mrs! Dinghen van den
Plasse!" says Mr.. Griffis. And every
Troy laundress responds @Amen!"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
The Size of AIligators.

I have seen numerous specimens Of
our saurian no longer than an Or
binary lead pencil, says writer in
the Century; this was in the season
of their Matching. have also seen
a few living specimens about sixteen
feet in length. In the summer OF
1875 l obtained from the late Eff1ng5
ham Lawrence, member Of Congress
and Commissioner from Louisiana to
the Centennial Exhibition, the dried
skin of an alligator which, after at
least fifteen inches had been cut from
the end of the tail, still measured
seventeen feet ten inches in LENGTH
Allowing more than six inches by
shrinkage in drying, this monster Of
his kind, alive, must have measured
more than twenty feet. He was killed
in the lower part of Bayou La
fourche.
Probably the largest alligator ever
seen in Louisiana was killed in a
small lake on the plantation of II. J!
Feltus, in Concordia Parish. Ac1
cording to the statement Of Mr.. Eel
tus, now Of Baton Rouge, this specf-
men measured twenty-five feet in
length. The great reptile had long
been famous for miles around, having
destroyed numbers of hogs and
hounds owned in the neighborhood of
his retreat. He had become so wary.
from the number of Intellectual shots
fired at him, as to be almost unap-
proachable. Finally he fell victim
to long shot fred from Mississippi
rife in the hands of Mr.. Feltus, who
had persevered in hunting him, hay
Ing been the greatest loser By his
depredations. The huge carcass Of
this reptile was towed to the bank By
boat. 1t required the strength Of
, pair OF mules and stout rope to
hapl it ashore, where the measure
nent was made with the result noted
above.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
Talk of the Little Tots.

~PAPA," said Jimmie, II hit my
finger with a hammer, and it aches.
Can't go to the dentists and have
1t pulled?"
SoN-Papa, what do sailors mean
when they talk about sea-board?
Father-Hard-tack and other indi-
gestible food, I suppose.-Detroit
Free Press.
I'VE had mince pie at our Thanks
giving dinner" said Maudie. 1--WE
had mullins" said Bobby. what
kind of muffins?" asked Maudie.
@Ragamuffins," replied Bobby.
WIFE-Do you think Tommy dis
turbs our neighbors with his drum?
Husband am afraid so; they made
him present Of nice new knife to-
day.-Brooklyn Life.
LITTLE BoY-Were you in the
war? Gen. Whisker-Indeed I was,
and had many narrow escapes. One
ball grazed my arm. Little Boy
Couldn't you find a wider tree!-
Street s. Smiths Good News.
LITTLE DICK-I wish 1 had a pair
of skates Father-Why don't you
pray for them? Little Dick-Well,
skates wouldn't be any good without
ice. I'll tell you how we'll fix it.
You get the skates, and I'll pray for
ice.
SIsTER-What are you going 10 be
when you grow up? Little Brother
I'm goin' to be lon-tamer In a
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cardboard arms and legs, and man
Stipulated with string, as suggested
by the illustration. They perform
curious and amusing antics, such as
their illustrious prototypes never
dreamed of.
To manufacture these gentlemen,
cut the clothespin half in two, and
after cutting out the cardboard legs
and arms after the pattern in the
picture fasten the members loosely to
the wooden bodies with pins. The
arms connect the combatants, and a
string through the middle Of the
arms complete the marionettes. Pull
the string gently and watch the re-
suit.
A fakir sold this ingenious toy on
the street last week. He had a crowd
of admiring juvenile spectators about
him constantly. He voiced the aero
batic performances in eloquent tones
calculated 10 attract attention in this
wise:
"De Sullivan and Corbett prize
fighters, only f. cts each. You can
have more fun out of this toy in ten
minutes den you can out of any odder
toy in week. They never gifts tired
fighting, and they never gifts knocked
out" Here he illustrates: Now the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
Prize Ff1thers,

Any enterprising boy may have a
Corbett and Sullivan miniature prize
fight, says the New York Recorder.
In this case the two illustrious gen.
tlemen are made of clothespins, with
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
Good News, IL True.

An extensive bed of deep-water
oysters has been found, it is said, in
the Sound, about twelves miles from
Seattle, Wash.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS,
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and DOings Of Little One
Gathered and Printed Here for Othel
Little Folks 70 Read.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04

great Corbett and Sullivan will shake
hands. Now, den-time and wind
up" Here a vigorous manipulation
of the string produces an active en-
counter.
Ingenious boys may make this in
teresting toy with little or no trouble.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
MAKE THEM MODERN,
HOW OLD FARMHOUSES MAY
BE IMPROVED.

rhe American Agriculturist Tells How
Antiquated Homes May BE Made to Look
New and Attractive at q Very Slight Ex-
pense.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04

The Australian colonies have era
pended about $40. 600, 900 in promote
ing immigration.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
Insane Horse.

Burlington, n. J., has horse thar
has been declared insane.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01

Tailed 10 organize all it's members into
one body. They split into rival factions
at once, as our house Of representatives
has done. The court coerced them 10
unite through injunction, restraining the
faction at fault; but while declaring les
power 90 to do placed it-upon the ground
that such bodies were unlike the au-
premO Legislature, UNDER THE Law. They
were statutory creations. They wersnot
coordinate departments, and the court
distinctly in three several paragraphs OF
It's opinion disClaimed the applicability
Of such doctrine to legislative assemblies
because they were not UNDER the Law,
but were above the law, being the foun-
tain and source Of law.
So jealous were the fathers and franz
era Of our form OF government that it
was for many Of che first years Of our
history denied that the judiciary pos-
sessed the power under its general grant,
to pass upon the consttutionality Of 9
legislative act. That such power was
conferred was btoutly denied, and 90
stoutly denied that the judges OF Rhode
Island and Ohio were impeached for its
assumption, and those Of Virginia re-
signed under censuEe Of public opinion
for q like decision. These historical in
cidents illustrate the temper and view Of
those who framed the constitution, and
their contemporaries who knew its
meaning, aud enable US 10 construs the
grant Of judicial power and are valuable
for such purpose.
The right to pass upon this question 10
claimed upon the ground that certificates
OF election are controlling, and that
majority Of those holding certificates
have rights which the courts must en-
force; or IL such rights cannot be en-
forced, the courts can do what is equally
potent, nullify the acts Of the majority
or certificate holders.
This Is claimed in the teeth OF the
Gsrcelon case, in 10 Me. In that state
the legislature split into two rival bodies
immediately upon assembling. One fac
tion had majority OF certificate holders
and it was claimed (ss in our case) that
many Of such certificates were fraudu-
lently issued to persons not duly elected.
The question was submitted under q
constitutional provision allowing the
same, to the judges Of the supreme COURT,
wEo unanimously held that certificates
did not confer exclusive right to appear
and participate in the proceedings from
the beginning. And this, too, was held
In the face of Q statute limiting the right
to 30 participate to those holding csrtiH-
Gates, the court declaring such statute
unconstitutional. This is the only judl-
clal decision upon the precise point.
The case from Montana cited by oppo-
site counsel 10 no aid to Us at all The
court was called upon to determine
which OF two sets Of officers, the state or
county cRnvassers, were entitled 10 GER
tlfy the election Of members OF the legis-
lature. 1t held in case involving that
question and that alone, in a case in
which it was expressly agreed between
the parties that there was no other con-
trovergy, that the officer Of the executive
department, the state auditor, was
bound 10 recognize and honor the act OF
another officer OF the same department
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01

Interpretation ID, that every intendment
is allowed to those who assert the CON
BtitutiOnality Of an cot Of the legislature
Some courts cay it must be shown to bt
In conflict with the organic law beyond &
reasonable doubt The supreme OonrI
Of Indiana says If there be a doubt, the
act in question must be upheld, because
to entertain doubt is to decide in favor
OF the act Why does not this rule apply
in our case? While we have no legisla.
tive act to compare with the constitution
we have Legislative organization which
gentlemen seek TO disintegrRts upon
some constitutional ground, Of which
heaven and they alone arc cognizsnt
But it cannot be done consistently with
the law. The question is political-it ID
not judicial, and every court known to
English and American jurisprudence
has 30 decided it.
Let me begin with the case Of Luther
Us. Border, Z, How. U. 8. The contro-
veEsy In that case grew out Of DORIS re.
bSllion. Rhode Island had been Rd-
mitted into the union under her colonial
charter, and had continued it 40 state
constitution until after 184O. It's pro.
visions were too illiberRl and restrictive
to suit the progressive sentiment and ao-
Commodats the growth Of the state, but
agitation for it's abrogstiOn and the sub
Btitution Of an instrument better suited
to the genius and purposes Of it's people
was eRectual. Without legislative or
other sanction than the concurrence Of q
very large portion Of the people acting in
their organized primary right, and
through the media of meetings and
spontaneous gatherings az q basis, con-
vention was called and held. Itpromul-
gated new constitution, which was
declared adopted by those who had
worked up the agitation, but the charter
government refused to recognize it.
Military force and criminal process were
employed on each side. The charter
government remained in possession Of
the public buildings and property, and
all the appliances for q do TactO exercise
Of power. It did, in fact, exercise all the
power it had ever exercised, except as
casually and temporarily interfered with
BY the party Of Dorr and the new consti-
tuition. The supreme court Of the United
States being called upon to determine
the rightfulness Of an arrest made by
the military authorities Of the charter
government, disclsimed jurisdiction, on
the ground Of the question being political
and net judicial, in it's character.
Judge Woodbury., dissenting from the
opinion of the court upon one question,
but concurring with it upon the main
subject, said (page 54):
Whether what are published and acted
on % the laws end constitution Of q
state were made by persons duly chosen
or not, were enrolled and read according
to certain parliamentary rules, or not,
were in truth voted for by majority or
two-thirds - these and several other
questions equally debatable and difficult
in their solution are, in some respects, q
shade less political, bat they are still po-
iticsL They are too near all the great
fundamental principles in government,
and are too momentous ever to have been
entrusted by our jealous fathers to 9
body Of men like judges.
In the case Of Georgia %. Stanton,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-29
ZEPHRA POINTERS.

The audience was conyulsed last night
with the clowns tals-off on DR.. Flint.
After some wierd pantomime they got one
of their number into cataleptic condition
frightful to behold. Then with great eff
fort they brought out paper rock marked
800 pounds. This rock will be broken to-
night" Meanwhile the victim was stretch
ed across two chairs, care being taken to
have him well propped up in the middle,
and across his stomach the rock was laid
with imposing ceremonies The rest may
be imaglned-the Herculean blow with a
Single and the collapse amid the roars of
the audience. Ross and Waller particular
ly distinguished themselves.
Miss Rogers received flowers last night
having made many friends during her
short stay in the city and won the heartiest
praise for her portrayal of Neyera's part.
Birdie Ford carried off the honors. how
ever, receiving two lovely hoquets for her
grace and lightness of foot. The electrical
display, so marked a feature OF her dance,
is the clever work of Howard Sch roeder
and his assistant, Will Hatton. Wichita
is probably the first city in the west to see
the electrical dance
\ new feature was added last night in
the clog dancing Of Miss Peterson. The
audience could not get enough of it, APP
parently. Miss Petersons dancing was
surprise, so full of life, so precise in time.
so contagious in its gaiety.