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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
EXERCISE FOR THE EYES.
Absolutely Necessary In Order That the
Vision May Be Reserved.

Ao8Olueely Necessary IN order Tn8t tMN
Vision May Be Reserved.
When the eyes are treated fairly
they are strengthened, not Weakened
by work, says the Philadelphia
Times. Just as the arms Of black
smith grow the stronger for his
trade, so the eyes of watchmakers,
who work under healthy conditions,
are found to improve and not to
deteriorate in vigor and quicknesS
It Is the abuse Of the eyes, not their
use, which is to be avoided. II
man is aware either that his eyes
need no artificial correction or else
have received their proper adjust
ment, and If his work, whether liter
airy or mechanical. is done in a light
both steady and sufficient and with 9
due regard as to ordinary sanitary
rules, he may feel sure that he is
STRENGTHENING his eyes, not weaken
ing them, by hard work. Men of In.
tellectual pursuits sometimes are
afraid of losing their mental powers
in old age, because they have drawn
so much upon them when young.
The reverse is nearer the truth, and
if they have not overtaxed their
brains the fear is absolutely ground
less The man whose intellect goes
first in old age is generally some
farmer or laborer who has never
strengthened and invigorated it by
use, not the politician, the lawyer or
the man Of letters So with the
eyes. Those who have strengthened
and invigorated their eyes by using
them properly keep keen sight longer
than those who have never trained
them. In the case of the man who
has neglected to give his eyes their
full development, they will fail ia
power along with his other bodily
functions. When, however, the man
who, born with good eyes, has kept
them in constant hard work and vet
never strained them, reaches old age,
he may find them capable of perform
ing their functions better than any
other organ of the body.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
One Hundred Miles an Hour.

The real danger in increasing the
speed Of expresses driven by steam
does not lie in incidental risks. 1t
is not denied that a modern locomo-
tive might be built which could run
up to 80 or possibly 100 miles an hour.
if the lines were straight. It is the
curves Of the existing lines which
render any such speeds impossible,
unless the weight of the engines and
trains were also increased far beyond
what the bridges and permanent way
would bear. At the first sharp curve
the 100-mile express would fly off the
rails. The necessary relation of
these curves to speed is accurately
known, and it is that, and not the
want of power, or novel dangers from
wind pressure or boiler explosions,
which sets the limit to modern train
speed.
AS the force tending to throw of
the line train running at the speed
of $50 miles an hour would be about
six and half times greater than
that which steam express train re-
sists at a curve when running at
Sixty miles an hour, it is plain that
the present lines could not be used
for the 'lightning express" even
though the electro-motor were sub
stituted for the steam engine The
lines must not only be stronger, but
straighter than would be possible by
any modification Of their present
form.-The Spectator.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
OUR RURAL READERS,
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.
Put Away All Farm Tools and Machines
I'm Condition for Work-Salt as Fertil-
izer-Piowing Frozen Ground-Hints to
Housekeepers.
Storing Farm Implements.

Upon storing farm implements in
proper condition depends in no small
degree the success of farming, says
the American Agriculturist The
man who provides dry, airy shelter
for farm tools and machines and puts
them in it when they are not In use,
has done wise and profitable thing.
But he may have done only half of
what he might and should dolfor the
preservation and good work of his
tools and machines. He should also
put the tools and machines away il
good condition. This includes free
dom from dirt. The plow for ex-
ample. put away coated with mud
will rust and rot, though in a good
shelter, and such a coating is yet
more harmful to the delicate parts Of
machines.
Though bright steel surfaces are
clean, they will probably rust unless
coated with oil in some form, and to
be sure that even clean wood does not
rot one must coat it with paint or
oil. For coating metal surfaces coal
oil or beef tallow is good. OF course
the tallow should be applied in liquid
condition. 1t will pay to coat rough,
but implanted metal surfaces as well
as polished ones For farm tools and
machines, mineral paint is better
than artificial pigments, and brown
mineral paints is very cheap indeed.
Any one ought to be able to mix lit.
Use only boiled linseed oil, and the
best is certainly the cheapest, or one
can buy ready mixed paints OF good
quality at reasonable prices. One
should have two brushes-a large one
for ordinary surfaces and a small one
for narrow surfaces OF small corners.
1t is advisable to put away all tools
and machines in condition for work
-plows, hoes, harrows, or sickles-
sharp with all breaks repaired and
weak parts strengthened. aThere
will be more time for this at the close
than at the beginning of the seasons
work, and then one has the comfort
ing assurance that as soon as the
season permits he gmay begin work.
When one puts away the implements
just as they leave the field, it is often
found that it has been forgotten that
some must be mended and others
sharpened, and this is not recollected
until they are brought out for work.
Then valuable time must be lost in
going to the blacksmith.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
A Breakdown.

Leavenworth Times.
Things have been growing too hot fc,
Hoke Smiths department and he has
backed away from his fight on one pen
sioner.
A dispatch published in this paper
gives the information that Judge Long,
of Michigan, has been restored to the
pension rolls. Judge Longs case has
become notorious. He was suspended
from the pension rolls some months ago
and he showed fight. Most of Hoke's
victims are poor men not able to fight
the department, but Judge Long is an
able lawyer, and instead of sending in
new proofs of his rights to pension he
went to the United States court with
the matter, denying the right of the de-
partment to deprive him of the pension
without due process of law. He was
making it warm for Hoke and the secre-
tary concluded to come down off his
perch.
He attempts to hide behind the law
passed in December, which provides
that pensioner shall not be deprived of
his pension until due notice has been
given him and opportunity afforded him
to substantiate his claim to it. But
this is mere subterfuge. The law was
passed long after Judge Long was sus-
pended. It could not affect his case.
There can be no such thing as an ex
post facto law in this country. Judge
Long was making it too hot for Hoke
and he backed down. That was the
whole story.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
Are English Girls HomeIy.

It is the practice of the London
women's periodicals to publish weekly
pictures of the English brides who
figure in the fashionable marriages
of the week.
A study of them for number CT
months wrings the opinion from the
New York Times that the rank and
file of these brides have scant claims
to beauty Of face, and also lack
grieveously air and distinction, as
evidenced by their counterfeit pre-
sentiments
A week or two ago, with the COM
pany, was shown the picture OF an
American girl la.ely welded to an
English nobleman; her face shone
like star among the Others, and
hers, too, was the one head Of them
all that had an aristocratic and dis
tinguished poise.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
Grading Honey.

Beekeepers evidently vary in their
ideas of how many grades of honey
are required. Judging from express
sions made in The American Bee
Journal on the subject, out Of "a
were in favor of three grades, and
one wanted four grades. G. w. De-
maree expresses himself as follows:
81 have but two grades-light
colored and dark colored. This
means honey gathered in the clover
season. which gives us white honey;
and honey gathered in the fall from
the astors, ETC., which gives us dark
honey. I protest against any further
classification. 1t is wonder to me
that those restless individuals who
clamor for classification of honey
have failed to see that too much
grading has put the producers OF
agricultural products at the tender
mercies of the sharpers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
False Economy.

The attempt to keep thirty or more
hens in poultry house that is adapta-
bic to only twenty, results in fewer
eggs from the thirty hens than if a
smaller number occupied the space.
Cases are numerous where a few
hens layed we'll, while large tlocks
gave no returns The hens must be
comfortable or they will not thrive,
and during the warm season there, is
no surer method Of ceasing egg pro-
duction than to have too many hens
together. There is no economy in
crowding them, for what is gained in
one direction is lost in another.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
Salt as a Fertilizer.

This is subject which has at
tracted a good deal of attention and
been discussed quite freely by the
farmers of this State. Recently a
correspondent of the Mark Lane Ex-
press gave some interesting lnforma-
tion as to the benefits of salt as a
fertilizer and the best methods of
using it upon land. He said that al
though it was an excellent practice to
put salt regularly and freely on the
manure heap, this is not sufficient for
dry and light soils, so that about two
hundred weight Of salt should be ap-
piled with each cart-load of manure;
but it is generally agreed that the
best time to apply salt is just before
the land is broken up, when it gets
plowed in and thoroughly incorpor-
ated with the soil and subsoil.
For all produce salt has been
found to be more or less beneficial, &C
cording to The condition of the soil.
If noxious insects, slugs, and weeds
have been troublesome, and if the
soil is light, friable, peaty, or marty,
requiring moisture, salt is undoubt-
eddy the best fertilizer to be got, and
500-weight per acre may be used
with great advantage, but upon
stiff. heavy, wet land it should be
used moderately and only when the
land is broken up 1t has recently
been proved that wheat. barley, oats,
and rye have been considerably i'm
proved by salt dressings as it not
only strengthens the straw and in
creases the yield, but protects the
grain from attacks of mildeH. etc.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
A Natural Inquiry.

It was in the smoking car and the
train was rattling along at lively
rate of speed. A stout, ford COM
plexioned man, very self-satisaed,
was talking loudly about the efemin-
ate degeneracy Of modern young
men.
Look at me- Fifty years old
never sick in my life, and can travel
my five miles an hour now! Why?
Because from the day when ! was
twenty until / was forty l lived a
steady life. No delicacies! No late
hours! Summer and winter alike
was in bed at nine and up the next
morning at five o'clock. Principal
food was porridge and worked hard
between eight and one o'clock; then
dinner; then an hours exercise,
them
Pardon me, sir" interrupted
young man near him. "What did
you say you was in for?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
every charge preferred then by me

"Every charge preferred then by me
viii be substantiated by me at the prop
er time. Anyone who is in the party
for principle, as I am, cannot and will
not tolerate the corruption of the pres
emit administration, an administration
more corrupt that any republican admin
istration that ever disgraced Kansas. If
it is renominated viii leave the state"
Mrs. Lease.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20

SECRETARY OSBORN was let off very
lightly. A few months imprisonment,
in addition to his 500 fine, would have
been about the right thing. The courts
unwillingness to futher disgrace the
state by sending one of its high officials
to Jail is doubtless what saved him.
Kansas City Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20

MILLS and factories are slowly start
ing up in some of the eastern states.
They are all paying reduced wages, but
workingmen are glad to be employed at
any sort of wages under this admins
frofiov,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20

If young people make a great noise.
it is entirely unnecessary to ask them
if they are having a good time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-01-20
Plowing Frozen Ground.

Snow and slight depth Of frozen
ground are not Objectionable in fall
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-31
Concerning the Eyes
Special Correspondence.l


PHILADELPHIA. May "A recent writer
reports a statement made by an eminent
oculisJ TO the effect that though typcwrit
ers-the machines, not the girls have
done So much o. relieve labor in one way
they are not without their in furious effects
upon the eyes.
The operator IS obliged % glance ince-
sanity back and forth from the keyboard
to the shorthand notes. and this l. "a mus
cular exercise OF tho most fatiguing sort
For this reason the Oculist urges 10 il de-
sirable for the typcwritist TO cultivate a
familiarity with the keyboard similar 70
that possessed by the accomplished pisniss
with the keyboard for his instrument. sc
that il viii be necessary 10 look at the keys
as little as possible.
While the injury that may result 20 the
eyes Of a Woodworking typewritist who q.
not sure Of her fingers and her keys is not
10 be regarded too lightly, ~ is not likely
TO be nearly as serious As that resulting
from the practice INDUCED in by So many
IN these days Of railroad travel Of persist
eut reading on trains This practices IL
most tying on those delicate muscles that
,gulatc tbe shape Of the eyes lenses ars
80 affect tie focaiization Of tho organ. %,
danger being greatest, OF cOurEe, on tho--
railroads whose ballastiug Is imperfect and
whose rails are roughly laid. producing
much jarring and consequent rapid chang
ing of the distance between the eye and
the paper.
In some cases the eyes q a victim % ,hs
railroad reading habit are 50 affected a. -
focus at different distances. and then his
suGerings are most acute, and though
much relief may b. afforded by the treat
mcnt d askiIlcd practitioner nothing bUt
q discoutiuuauCc q tbs habit Will afford q
perfect cure.
In the case % a person who suffered tor.
t1Ires for two or three years from exc dis
order due % train reading. neither ress
nor professional SKIN svailed until ~ -
cideut the yellow window shades ia ths
Office Ia which he was employed were 70
moved when be was able At once - work
with greatly increased ease and oOmforS.
AID Ia = few months was entirely cured
CHARLIE AFFLEBkz
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PROSTATE ssFoRE A KING.
Two Americans Pay Their Respects to the
Ruler of Korea.
So Correspondencs.l

LSpENl&l CORES oE4cGCe-l
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2S.-Last December
two Milwaukeeans paid visit 10 Korea
and had the somewhat unusual experience
Of being presented at the court in that far
away kingdom over which China and ia
pan are Row az war
Professor \. Is. de Guerville then =
resident of this city, was sent 10 Korea
on a diplomatic mission. He was accom-
panied by Walter c. Chandler, wealthy
young Nilwaukeean who was on tour
around the world. De Guerville had duly
accredited government papers and asked
for IN audience with the almost inaCcess-
ible ruler. and it was Chambers good
fortune 10 visit the royal residence with
him Their mission was partly interpre-
ted and stated by a series Of stereoptican
views. and the two gentlemen gave his
Korean majesty private exhibition IN
his own apartments.
II was on a cold afternoon in December
that we received the command Of his maj
esty Ii Hsi. King Of Korea, u appear BE-
fore him and deliver an illustrated lee
ture- After having hastily dOnned even
ing dress we found TO our diSmHy that but
two sedan chairs could be obtained upon
such short notice for three Of Us Here
was predicament. Walking is, for EU-
ropean, at any time diSagraeable in seoul,
and 70 go TO the palace on foot in an I'M
pardonable breach Of etiquette Luckily
at that moment l espied a native of my
acquaintance leading - rheumatic pony,
and by means OF threats and brides uiti-
mately succeeded in obtaining possession
of the sorry steed. and attired Is I was in
evening dress mounted and led the way, fol-
lowed by the chairs containing Or. Allen,
then secretary Of the American legation,
and Professor de Guerville. The distance
from the mansion which we occupied
(Seoul is innocent Of anything analogous
10 n hotel) 10 the palace gates was about
half a mile and we picked our way
through the narrow and exceedingly dirty
streets, followed by crowd of curious ma
tives. Upon our arrival we were met by
a court official representing the king. n
host Of eunuchS and number OF outland-
ishly and shahbily uniformed soldiers, who
conducted Us through innumerable court
yards to a small building where dinner
was awaiting Us.
The Korean architecture resembles that
of the japanese, inasmuch as the walls Of
the houses are largely constructed Of pa
per, in consequence Of which they offer
but slight protection from the cold. An
Intellectual attempt was made 10 heat the
room with "hibachis, but upon inform
ing the official who had received US that
we preferred freezing the salamander .6o
arrangements were removed Envelopcd
10 the eyes in grestcoatS and wearing
hats and gloves, we succeeded in eating
a dinner which, if it left much 10 be de-
sired, could only be laid To an imperfect
knowledge Of European cooking. and for
which our host was profuse in his apollo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-31
CALLED ON C0RBETT
ROYALTY WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE The
CHAMPION.
Re Met Dukes, Lords. Princes and Bsrons
How They Impressed Him-GentlemaD
Jin's Ideas OF Men and Thing Across
the Water.
Especial Correspondence

NEW YORK, Aug 27.-'See Naples and
die" For years one Of my ambitions had
been to visit Europe, and this year graft
fed it, I was there almost five months,
playing in London five weeks, in Paris 10
nights, and devoting the remainder Of the
time TO a professional tour Of the prov
lnces-England, Scotland and Ireland.
it was my good fortune to meet many
celebrities, and although they did not
cause beautiful pearls to be dissolved in
my food, as Nero is said TO have done t.
that given his guests, they treated me most
courteously, and ] had a splendid time.
During my engagement at the Drury
Lane theater London, which is managed
BY the greatest theatrical Inagnate in Eu-
rope, Sir Augustus Harris, I net nuner-
Dus people of rank, Sir Augustus being
kind enough to bring many of his titled
friends to see me. Naturally on our open
Ing night nearly every prominent person
interested in sporting matters was present.
After the performance ! had the pleasure
of being introduced to the Duke Of Teck,
father of the wife Of the Duke of York,
who is a son Of the Prince Of Wales. His
little grandson, who may one day be king
Of England, has been born since then. The
duke expressed considerable surprise at
any physical appearance.
re Surprised the Nobility.
''Why, Corbett," he said, you're not
nearly so large a man IS HAD imagined. F"
He was accompanied by the Baron and
Baroness Burdctt-C outls, and continu-
ing, was kind enough to say: You know
you surprised all Of us tonight. We hard
y expected to find an actor II the cham
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-31

4 method o. rendering paraftin oil or
spirit lamps safe against accidental FIplO-
sion OF FIRE through being overturned j. by
absorption and consists. according 70 The
Industrial World, IN partially filing the
OH chauler Of the lamp with small places
% q chemically prepared vegetable sub
stance q @ LIc porous nature which 1o-lns
a sCtt. spo1Ey core The remaining space
in the CHAMBER j. occupied ~ = PREPARATION
o. asbe-t-s- The E.ck q the lamp j. iu-
b5lCed in thC -bsIrtlcDt materials. which
retain the oil when IL j. poured into ths
chamber The oil is conducted % the
point - which the fame j. produced
through the wick by capillary attraction
In the usual way There j. thus no oil iu
tie lamp la the form Il 3 free Nqlid- and
should the lamp fan ard break the oil vii
Only ~ s-artcut about IA pieces q the
core taiil--S lr-
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Tenderly she sc-oLed mis- ihEo55ing
brow.
Tell me. NY husband, - she urged
''whar Is the matter.
lie turned his pleading eyes toward
her.
The hired cirl. he faltered, ''has
broken my heart
Rising abruptly. she paced the room
with quick. nervous tread
THAT dreadful creature. ~ she nut
tered, evidently doesn't propose 70
leave any whole tric-a-trac - the
boU>a Detroit Tribane-
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IsTaeial Correspondence.l

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-According to the
proyerb, figures do not lie. and vet = recent
most exciting event which occurred in the
business world has shown that they may
be so grouped, set apart and handled 10
mystify and even 70 mislead.
\ young man not many years ago en-
tered the service Of one Of the greater rail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-31

\ lazy occupied the pulpit IN one Of
onr local churches sunday. Cpon re-
turning home from service one Of her
auditors remarked TO her husband. We
Had Is woman preacher today. The
brishi little daughter heard the remark.
ana WIN curiosity plainly di>cernible
N her Noice shot out the question. Does
s-e Wear preacher 5 clothes, mammal"
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AIittle Frneriment.

Touch the convex side Of a watch glass
upon water 50 rs To leave a drop hanging
on the glass. Pou- o little ether into the
concavc side and blow upon IL. The rapid
cva-o-a-f1n Of the ether VIII render tire
glass 50 cold that -hc drop d water VIII
be frozen. say, The Industrial World
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way corporations
OF this country as
an accountant.
That is about the
last department
in railway organ
izations from
which il would be
expected that a
young clerk might
be promoted by
successive STEPS
until he reached
the presidency.
Yet this young
man was promOt-
ed, although by
nrlnr rhan thu
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Her object

Rarhler-That Bartlett girl thinks
great deal q me. When / told hsr
was going around the world. she asked
nc % be sure % write hcr from every
place VISITED
Wlter-Yes; she ia collecting postage
stamps. New York Sun.
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Dan nehhaa try ~ ooru,oh, -
r-an ~ tsl.ia in is troubles z Est -
VI. said Uncle Tben Il; soh'tter
Scsifs - f-An's PRIDE ter fssl d, he's
bea-l1 - rsogrt. sfen VIXEN bis oones
teE Iass--y. w 2sa.ngtaa s,zr.
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u. ritte-n... Of h..

And 30 he j. the distinguished rep-
reSeu-arive trl-l ozr State, szld the
go ia tas house gallery.
10. be leu.- 0pii-I the political
=. 'Bes che c4s.JEzu shs3 r.lsrel7re-
sentative. - IS -s.liu,ton SCI
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Narfs-I I'll yer ysT aFs falssi Fslls
10 tle raar-s- q ysT b att I've trusted
you tIn9ly. f1ndiy until the rFs.sus
uuaent. and uo'T l1atBe ard desplss
yer
FIeurr..s-3eaTen give - power 20
rs=traia uyseL q: II Knock the neck
OF har'-I ifs-
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S1o~v-L Jaw va t-,ls Ec-llug I'D
fr- home from q fGue-al
~lrsav-Eos cd yo1 NOV WIS IS
q funeral
Saozx-I ooaEted 81 II The hack
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Hard Pr-.sed.

The engagement period ottea lasts .
long tius h1t most ooEpifs manage =
squeeze thTc1.h g. -Er5lklTl Life