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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29
The Confederate White House.

1.-THE Confederate White House"
has been doing duty as a public
school for many years. It would be
pronounced queer looking anywhere
save in Richmond. The front on the
street is like that of any ordinary
square mansion, with the hall in the
center and a fiat roof. But passing
directly through the hall to what
should be the rear, one comes out
upon a wide gallery. having a lofty
roof level with the floor of the third
story, supported by massive pillars.
From the gallery you look out upon
a great yard. shut off from the side
street by a high brick wall. The
mansion faces in. 1t is imposing
when seen from the yard. The ground
floor is better arrangement than
that of the other White House at
Washington. Reception rooms open
into each other and into the central
hall, which alone is large enough for
any ordinary gathering, while the
hall and the surrounding rooms af-
ford a complete circuit for moving
throng.
Different apartments are still
known as 1.-THE cabinet room,''' ''the
reception parlor," 1.-The State dining.
ROOM" and so on. as in the years OF
1876. But all of them, to intents
and purposes, are still schoolrooms.
The walls are blackboards on which
is set the copy of ''Dare to Re Right.
and various problems in fractions
going to prove that the part cannot
be greather than the whole are ex-
hiDited. The transformation of the
white House" into museum has
not yet commenced. There is no
doubt. however, that the money will
be raised, and the museum will be
added to Richmond's historical col
lection.-St Louis Globe Democrat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29

After the ceremony the new hus
band hurriedly conducted his wife
home.
Having crossed she threshold, he
hastily demanded in a joyful voice,
while energetically rubbing his hands
"Brigitte, my girl where have you
put your ticket?:"
s'What ticket?"
ssYour lottery ticket No.
':What lottery?"
"You know very WE'LL" he cried.
impatiently. 'The one you bought
with my twenty-sou piece, that ]
gave you!"
The bride began to laugh stupidity.
s.Ah. the twenty sous! Listen,
Master"
zone seldom wins in those lot
teries 1t was very cold last winter,
very cold"
"Well, well?" Intercepted Landry,
who began to grow very yellow.
''Oh, indeed" she concluded, "I
did not buy the ticket. With the
money 1 bought me some good fur
lined slippers, which l was sure would
do me good. Yes, indeed. From
the French, by BallY Blake, in Amer
lean Cultivator.
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Weighing coin.

Sixteen one-hundredth Of grain in
weight is enough to make trouble and
work for mint officials
The case in question, the New
Orleans Mint supervisor said, is not
of any importance. but serves as an
in stance of ar almost every day &C.
currence in the United States minis.
After the silver pieces are coined a
small number are examined and
we'ghed by the supervisors Office be-
fore the lot is received. Then two
pieces are sent On to the director at
Washington, by whom they are
weighed.
Out of a lot of 5000 ten-cent silver
pieces recently coined in this city
Supervisor SmyJh failed to draw from
the lot any that was not to the re-
quirements in every way, and accord
ingly drew out Of the lot two more
dimes. and then sent them to Wash
ington. There one of them was
found to be sixteen one-hundredths
of grain light, of which fact DR..
Smyth was accordingly notified This
neeessitated the reweighing of the
whole lot, in which only dozen or so
were found not to be in compliance
with the weight regulations. The
weighing of the coins resulted, of
course. in a great deal of labor and
required a great deal of time
From the fact however, that the
short weight of few Of the pieces
was thus discovered, it does not fol-
low that lots received as standard
are always perfectly correct. 1t may
frequently happen that only the alb.
solutely correct coins fall into the
hands of the examiners and many or
few of the rest may be either a trife
over or under weight. The matter is
not regarded as one Of any moment by
mint officials, as whatever the error
in the individual piece a given
amount of alloy makes a given num-
Der Of coins, aud the bulk value of
the lot is what it ought to be, while
the difference between the actual
and the face value of the separate
coins, especially those of small de-
nomination, is too small to be ap-
preciable. New Orleans Times-Dem.
Ocrat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29
Thanks TO His wife.

The Kaiser is said to be the best
dressed monarch Of modern times
writes Arthur Warren in an interest
ing sketch Of the home life and per-
sonality Of the Empress Of Germany
In the June Ladies' Home Journal. |;
He Is most punctilious as to the de-
tails Of his attire, but much Of the
credit that ne receives for this Is, IN
reality, due to his wife, who looks
after her husbands clothing with an
assiduity that mo- valet could equal.
She takes upon herself the sole charge
Of her husbands linen, and she pre-
fers 10 replace his buttons and darn
his socks Augusta Victoria Is g
good housekeeper; that goes without
saying. for she Is German woman.
She keeps as close watch upon the
daily details Of domestic life within
the Imperial household as the EN-
peror does upon the affairs OF his
army or the work of his ministers.
Charitable work occupies a good
share Of her time. She knows every
thing about the charities of Berlin;
but any institution that is devoted
to the welfare Of children especially
interests her.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29
Damages for Loss of sleep.

A Washington, D. c., jury has
awarded damages against the Balti-
more s. Potomac Railroad Company
on a very novel plea. If the decision
stands, it will give world Of trouble
to the railroads Tue plaintiff al
Ieges that his health was damaged
by the noise made by the defendants
trains, which passed the house, and
that he had not had a good nights
sleep for months He also said that
the noxious smells caused by the COM
pany were intolerable to him. The
defendants attorney thought that
young man ought to get used to these
things in time, but the plaintiffs law
yer said that his client certainly had
a right to his comforts OF home, even
if he were young. The jury thought
so too, and gave verdict Of $500 for
the plaintiff. II one can recover
damages from railroad for making
a noise, there are thousands Of peo-
pie who have good case against
them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29
STOCK AND FARM.

Sedan Lance: W. Fl. Deem is sell.
ing his crop of early apples and peaches
to Longton at 80 cents per bushel. w.
F. Smith is harvesting his fax. He says
it is SPLENDID crop.
Sedan Lance: CA. Dale threshed one
field of his wheat, getting 507s bushels
from fourteen acres, al average Of a
little over thirty-six bushels per acre,
and he thinks he has field that will go
forty.
L. Musgrove, of South Haven, Sumner
county. has one piece of wheat that
yielded over forty and one-half bushels
to the acre, machine measure, but which
will no doubt run forty-two bushels by
weight, as the quality is most excellent.
Garden City Imprint: L. M. Picker
ering was in from the steam pillow camp
and reports good rains in that part Of
the country, with all kinds of forage
crops reaching up rapidly. No fears in
that part of the country about plenty Of
forageto carry all kinds of stock through
the winter in good shape.
About fifty farmers of Miami county
have called meeting at the court house
in Paola, July %, to organize and es-
tablish public stock sales day in Paola.
The object is to provide scheme by
which stock raisers and purchasers and
the stock itself can be brought together
at the same time and place.
ElDorado Advocate: Uncle Nathaniel
Thompson reports the best crop of
grapes he ever had. He had very few
summer apples, but thinks that a car
load OF winter apples can be gathered from
the orchards belonging to himself and
Mrs. Carrie Thompson. He says he has
fifty trees that viii range from three to
twenty five bushels each.
Rush Center Standard: We doubt il
any other township in the county has as
much land fenced with substantial stone
posts as Union has, and we believe that
there are more stone posts standing in
Rush county than any other county in
the state.
From Emporia: A very heavy rain
fell here which covered large extent of
country. A good crop Of early corn is
now assured and with more rain within
the next ten or fifteen days farmers say
the corp in this vicinity viii be the larg-
est every harvested.
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German
Syrup

Just bad cold, and hacking
cough. We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them IS
the study. Listen am Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life IS
rough and exposed. I meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. / have used German
Syrup FIVE years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one l had was stopped IN
"a hours. It is infa1lible." James
A. Lee, Jefferson. Col. .
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A DREAM OF THE FIELDS.

sEou fellers from the country-you keep away
from town,
II you don't want to unsettle things and get rs
upside down;
For you always leave memory OF the meaooWs
and the streams,
An straightway GET 10 wfsh1n and 70 nsnn
in my dreams
You fellers from the country-when you strikes
me at my desk
The room begins 10 blossom an the streeC LOOKS
picturesquel
And the Toarin' of the city with us engines
an its BELLS
Seems to melt into the music OF the mountains
and the de1lsi
You fellers from the country-you get 30 much
of life
SO little of its sorrow, OF its tears, and Of lts
strife,
That want to get OF with you ind just riot in
your Joy,
And wade in your cool branches, IKE useo W
when hoy
Atlanta Constitution.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29

Judge Hill, Of Fort Scott, is chairman
Of committee that is perfecting ar
rangements for the annual encampment
and reunion Of old Sixth Kansas cavalry,
the Second Kansas battery and the Ex-
Prisoners of War association.
At Columbus Charles Myrtle, in
charge of the omnibus lines and the
mail to and from the depots was caught
by Marshal Atchison while rifling the
cash drawer in. the postoffice. Various
small sums have been missed for about a
week and Myrtle had been suspected.
He viii be turned over to the United
States authorities.
News reached Fort Scott that an old
farmer, named Jacobson, living thirteen
miles southwest, had committed suicide
by cutting his throat with razor. His
body was covered with a blanket and
left in the yard until some neighbors
were informed, and they buried him i'm
mediately without notifying the coroner
or having any inquest OF any kind.
The First National bank of Fort Scott
the Oldest banking institution in south
eastern Kansas, has suspended payment.
The following notice was posted in the
windows: owing to steady with
drawal of deposits and our inability to
collect our assets, we deem it to be for
the best interests of all concerned that
this bank be temporarily closed. The
assets are more than three times the
amount of the liabilities, and depositors
will lose nothing" The failure had no
immediate effect upon the other banks.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Santa Fe has abolished the Office
OF resident engineer ut Topeka, together
with the four positions of resident engi-
neers along, the line of the system. J..
NJ. Meade, who has held the position Of
resident engineer at Topeka for the last
fifteen years, has been made engineer of
the western grand division of the road,
with headquarters at La Junta.
General Manager Frey of the Santa
Fe has issued an order making three
garnishment suits against an employee
in one year, sufficient cause for discharge.
This has often been done, but Mr.. Frey
says garnishment suits are becoming an
intolerable nuisance. He advises all
employees who may be in debt to arrange
to pay their debts in installments, get
out of debt, and then stay out.
General Superintendent Nickerson, of
the Santa Fe, has recommended to Gen
eral Manager J. J, Frey that the train
crew of No. 408, which was attempted to
be robbed not long ago at Ponca station,
Indian Territory, and was saved only by
the heroism OF the crew, be given leave
of absence in which to take vacation
with their expenses paid. The train
crew refused to stop when ordered to do
so by the robbers at the point of their
guns.
A special from Wichita says: Gen
eral Manager W. B. Doddridge together
with General Superintendent Fl. G. Clark
and Russell Harding, spent day here
on their tour of inspection of the Mis-
souri, Pacific system. There has been
chopping off of employees wherever they
have been and some will be dropped
from the pay roll here. In the general
scheme of retrenchment, Division Super
intendent Speers, with headquarters at
Conway Springs, has been retired, and
superintendent Webb has been trans
ferred from Fort Scott to Conway Springs
and given charge of both the Fort Scott
& Denver & Memphis & Atlantic divi-
sions. The Fort Scott Office is abolished.
The trainmaster and dispatcher at Coun-
Gil Grove, it is understood, are to be let
out and the work done from the Osawat-
omie Office.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-29

South Haven letter: Charles Walden
a stock dealer, while under temporary
mental alteration resulting from sick
ness wandered away from home scantily
attired and in his stockingfeet. He was
missed shortly after and searching par
ties were organized Immediately to scour
the country for the missing man. The
search was continued throughout the
entire night but without avail. The
next morning the parties again went
out in all directions, some OF them even
going several miles in the strip. At
about 9 o'clock the second morning he
was found wandering around among
some cattle on the Peters ranch near
Drury. He was nearly famished and
his feet were bruised and laeerated by
thorns and barbed wire.
Topeka Journal: Mrs. Emma d.
Pack, supervisor at the insane asylum
and editor of the Farmers Wife, started
from the asylum with her horse and sur
rev. About twenty rods from the asy-
lum barn two of the wheels, one front
wheel and the opposite hind wheel came
of, throwing her out and bruising her
quite badly but not seriously. The
burns had been removed by some one
connected with the asylum DR.. East
man, the superintendent, is doing all he
can to find the guilty parties
The morning call., 1893-01-05
STATE LEGISLATURES.
The Deadlock i'm Connecticut Is at
Last Broken.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Jan. 4. - Governor
elect Luzon Il. Morris of New Haven was
inaugurated this afternoon with appropri-
ate ceremonies TIE fact that Governor
Buckley held over for two years by reason
of deadlock between the Senate and the
House gave renewed interest to the pro-
ceedings. The new House Of Representa-
tives and the Senate were also organized
without difficulty.
ST. PAUL. Jan. Ain the joint session the
Legislature listened to the address of re-
firing Governor Merriam aud the inaugural
address of Governor Nelson. The latter
recommends the extension OF the manu-
facture Of binding twiue at the State prison !;
calls attention to the necessity for action
looking to uniformity in public school text
books; suggests a constitutional amend
ment for the taxation OF gross earnings Of
mining, express, parlor and sleeping car
companies, and recommends State inspec-
ton OF all elevators
The Republican joint caucus for the
selection OF Senatorial candidate was held
tonight with eghty-fve members present,
all Of whom cast their votes In favor Of
Senator c. K. Davis. AS eighty-6ve Is a
majority on joint ballot Senator Davis will
succeed himself, even though the few Re-
publican votes not In the caucus might be
cast for some other candidate.
Boise, Idaho. Jan. 4.-The Legislature
transacted no business OF importance to-day
The Populist Senate combine and the
The morning call., 1893-01-05
MEETING THE PLAGUE.
COntagiOn Carried Broadcast in
American Paper Money.
Representative Outfwaite Devises a
Scheme by Which This Danger
Can Be MinimiZed.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Representative
Outhwaite of Ohio has taken up and. in
view Of the danger of a cholera invasion,
will press vigorously proposition TO avert
contagion from the frequent exchange of
soled paper money for new notes. An in
yestigation made has shown that old green
backs and bank notes contain tho germs OF
disease to an unusual degree and there is
reason for apprehension of them as pro-
Queer of disease. In view Of the necessity
for the utmost precaution against the
spreading of cholera next summer Outh-
waite has introduced bill directing the
Secretary of the Treasury TO make the
necessary regulations TO secure the speedy
and frequent redemption Of all United
States paper currency and all national bank
notes which become soiled. impure, un-
clean and otherwise unfit for use
when presented in sums of not less
than 500, and for the preparation
and issue of new United States
paper currency in the place of such as shall
have been redeemed. Fifty thousand dol
lars was appropriated to become immedi-
ately available, to enable the Secretary to
carry into effect the provisions of the act.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. Jan. 4.-Dr. II. d.
Gliding of the Marine Hospital to-day
denied emphatically that he had ever said,
as reported. that the appearance of the
peDitentiary cases here, supposed TO be
epidemic. indicate cholera.
The doctor stated tonight that the result
of his examination for the comma bacillus in
the cases up tonight were negative. In other
words, he had discovered no indications Of
cholera whatever
The morning call., 1893-01-05
SCOTT GIVES up.
But There Is Still Reason to Hope
for a Contract.


WASHINGTON. Jan. At is said with a
certain degree OF assurance that one Of
the new naval vessels. presumably the
Brooklyn, would be built on the Pacific
Coast, and would, therefore, 60 to the
Union Iron Works by contract. One of
those who prophesied this said he had good
reason, which he could not disclose, to
know that the Cramps would not get both
boats. He thought the awarding of the
contracts would be delayed another week.
At the Navy Department no inkling of the
SeeretaTy's intentions leaked out and the
representatives of the Cramps were as con-
fident as ever that both contracts would go
to the lowest bidders.
Irving Nj. Scott Will remain In the East
until the Government decides about the ac-
ceptance Of the Monterey. He has no doubt
of her meeting the requirements. He said
to-day that shipbuilding on this coast was
destin ed to become as great an industry as
in the East
I'VE have many advantages over our
Eastern competitors" he added, "and as we
have been able to compete with them up to
the present time. we certainly can do so in
the future. One advantage is that we can
work outdoors the year round. We manu-
facture everything at our yards that goes
into a ship except the plates, which are not
made at any of the yards. Our facilities,
too, are superior TO those of most yards in
the East. The disadvantage we have is
that the armor plates have to be shipped
from Pennsylvania, but we can build a ship
as rapidly as they can here. The contracts
for the building of the battle-ship Iowa and
the cruiser Brooklyn will probably be
awarded to the Cramps"
The morning call., 1893-01-05
TOO MUCH POWER.
Why Harter Objects to the McPher-
son Resolution.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Representetiye
Harier of Ohio objects to the silver-pGr-
chase suspension resolution introduced in
the Senate by Mcpherson of New jersey
on the ground that it gives theSecretary Of
the TIeasurylgreater control over he subject
than any man could wish, and more than
Congress ought to place in the hands of any
officer Of the Government. He offered in
the House to-day substitute In the nature
of a House joint resolution providing as
follows:
"All further purchases of silver bullion
By the United States of America shall cease
from and after the passage or adoption Of
this resolution, and said purchases shall not
be resumed until an international agree
ment is reached. which agreement shall at
least include Great Britain, Germany,
France and the United States OF America !;
and which agreement shall fix the valuation
at which silver bullion will thereafter be
received for coinage, without limit as to the
quantity, at the minis of all the nations who
are parties TO said international agreement"
Harter thinks this resolution would ac-
complish the same result and not be open to
the same objection as the Mcpherson reso-
luton. ut would, moreover" he says.
''be notice to the world that we are ready
to join other civilized nations In the coinage
of silver upon any agreed-upon inter-
national ratio, and that meanwhile we have
declined going on raking their chestnuts In
for them at tie risk Of commercial disaster
and national disgrace"
Harter says he believes silver purchases
have greatly contracted the currency dur
ing the last twenty-four or twenty-five
months, and that after counting in tho
notes issued by the Governmental payment
for high silver, the actual volume of cur
rency to-day is probably at least 5000, 600. 600
or $3.50, 100000 or S275. oo0. 600 smaller than
IL we had been out of silver speculation en-
tireiy
The morning call., 1893-01-05
CROWDING OUT GOLD.
There Is Too Great a Surplus of
Silver the Country.
Something Must Be Done to Relieve
the Strain, and That in
Very Short Order.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

New YORK, Jan. 4.-0ne obvious CON-
ment called for by tie stock market at the
opening of the new year is thatit has shown
no sign of financial alarm. Trustworthy
critics." says the financial writer of the
Evening Post. agree. however, that the
currency is threatened with serious comDli-
cations. and unite. as a rule. in the opinion
that only heroic measures can avert some
thing like crisis Barely fortnight has
passed since the convalsion in the market
beginning on December Is. and the local
money market is graytating back to ex-
aetly the position occupied before the
heavy gold shipments began. The issue of
new silver currency az the rate of SIS. 000,-
900 more a year has contributed an I'M
usually large supply of money, both directly
through the manufacture Of new money.
and indirectly, through the consequent de-
preston in interest rates. The grave gaes-
ton tlen is, whether this swelling of the
money fund with silver notes is actually
and Of Itself forcing out gold. And this is
the problem which the new year must very
soon solve"
The morning call., 1893-01-05

Republican Speaker Of the House are each
waiting to see what the other will do In the
matter of committees. The two houses
met in joint session to receive the messages
of Governor Mcconnell and of the retiring
Governor, Wiley.
DENVER. Jan. 4.-The Republicans have
organized the House and will probably con-
troll the Senate. In the House, Plat Wicks.
after bitter fight. was chosen temporary
Speaker by vote of 80 to 80. Ammons will
be chosen permanent Speaker by the same
vote. This result is achieved over the
Democratic-Populist combination. The
Senate adjourned without action.
JEFFERSON CITY. Jan. 4.-The Legisla-
sworn in and the body adjourned until to-
morrow.
LINCOLN, Nebr., Jan. 4.-The deadlock In
the Senate remains unbroken. Frank
Wilson (R.) was chosen temporary secre-
tary. but it was prearranged plan to make
q show Of progress. The members were
regularly seated and sworn in. after which
the Senate adjourned. The House con-
tinued Its work of organ zng, the INDIE
pendents taking all the Offices except one.
When the day closed the deadlock re-
manned unbroken. The next order OF bust
ness is canvassing the vote cast at the State
election. and this cannot be done until the
Senate is organized.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 4.--The Republican
legislative caucus tonight unanimously
nominated Eugene Hale for United States
Senator.