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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
WA-KEENEY KANSAS, SATURDAY, MARCH g. 1896.


deavOred to impress the same opinion
on the family of his son-in-law. APP
prehensive lest the very presentiment
of the event might occasion it, or at
least be attended by disagreeable con-
sequence, he thought of device which,
as Mayor OF the city, it was in his pow
er easily to accomplish. This was TO
cause all the clocks of Marseilles to be
put forward one hour, that they might
strike the predicted hour Of twelve
next night when it should be only elev-
en- so that when the time set by the
ghost should be believed by Valette to
have passed over without any event
supervening, he might be persuaded
to give up the fancies with which he
was SO deeply impressed.
Next day the unhappy Valette made
every effort to arrange his worldly
affairs, had his will executed in due
legal form, received the sacrament and
prepared himself for the awful event
he anticipated. The evening approach
ed. From large open window which
looked into a beautiful garden he saw
the sun so down, as he believed, for
the last time
The lamps were now lighted in the
hall, and he sat in the midst Of his fam
lily and partook of the last supper
which, he believed, he was ever to eat
upon earth. The clocks of Marseilles
tol1ed the eleventh hour.
MY dearest Marie" said he to Mad
anne Valette, Il have now only one
betwiXt me and eternity
1t approached. There was an unus-
ual silence in the company. The twelfth
hour struck, when rising up, he eX-
claimed:
Heaven have mercy on me! My
time has Gomez
He heard the hour distinctly rung out
by all the bells in Marseilles
''The angel of DEATH said he, ''de-
lays his coming. Could all have been
a delusion? No, it is impossiblers
''The ghost" said NJ Danville in a
tone of irony, has deceived you. He
is a lying prophet Are you not yet
safe? The whole thing is the illusion
of an unhealthy imagination. You
should Danish, my friend, thought
which so completely overwhelms you" :"
''Well," rejoined Valette, Goods will
be done! l shall retire to my chamber
and spend the night in grateful prayer
for so signal Il deliverance.''
After having been nearly an hour in
his chamber, NJ Valette recollected
that he had left unsigned in his library
a document of importance to his fam
lily, to which it was necessary his name
should be affixed. In passing from his
bed chamber to the library he had to
cross by the head of a flight of stairs,
which led Immediately down to the
faint murmur of voices below, and in
stantly ran down to the bottom of the
stairs to ascertain the cause. No soon
er had he descended than an unseen
hand stabbed him to the heart At this
moment the clocks in MarSeilleS struck
one in the morning, or, as it really was,
twelve at night-the exact time pre-
dicted by LIE Brun.
The cellar of NJ. Danville had been
broken into by robbers, who, perceiV-
ing themselves discovered, saw no 9TH
er means of escape than by numbering
the Inflated Valette, by whom they had
been surprised. These men were un-
conscious instruments in the hand of
fate.-Waverly Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
Poor Business Instinct

Irate Landlady-I want you to take
back that folding bed you sold me, and
L want my money back. One of my
boarders smothered to death in it and
he owed me a weeks board
Furniture Dealer-Madame. You have
no business sense. If you We're in the
habit of making your boarders pay q
month in advance you would have been
away ahead.-Cincinnat Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
Clatter of wooden Heels

Europeans to the number of 10000
600 wear sabots.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
NUMBER 4.

which has been held at Brussels. A.
special building was given up to it,
and people paid their admission fee,
wandering about through the differ
ent examples critically, just as we
would at an art exhibition.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-09
Detected.

The Marquis of Waterford once
showed remarkable detective skill. A
robber, who had broken into the Mar
quis' house at Curraghmore, Ireland,
was pursued by him, and followed to a
public house four miles off.
There the robber had seated himself
among a number of men, who We're
drinking and smoking, and not one of
them would betray him. The Marquis,
however, was master of the situation.
He insisted upon feeling all their
hearts. and as he was their landlord
and the great man of the county, not
one dared to refuse. The man whose
heart was still beating quickly was the
robber, who had just ceased running.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
HUI

Thought you said your friends
were a unit?" Il was right about it.
too" answered the defeated one. II
got just one ote."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Wider Way. -She-'Why
don't you marry and make some wom-
an happy?' lIe-'I thought it better
to make them all happy."-Detroit
Free Press.
Fond Mother-"My darling, it is
bedtime. All the little chickens have
gone to bed" Little Philosopher
Yes, mamma, and SO has the old hen."
Philadelphia Call.
-Tommy-'Pa, why is it the good
die young?" Mr.. Figg-''They don't die
young because they are good, but they
stay good because they die young
indianapolis Journal.
What is the matter with that
horse?" said the animals owner at the
race track. Hes fast asleep" replied
the stable-boy. We'll, leave him that
way. It's the only time he ever is
fast-"-Washington Star.
"A Good Excuse. -Mistress-"This
passes all bounds, Anna. Last night
you had three soldiers in the kitchen
with YOU" Cook-"Yes, ma'am, but
the hussar had had his supper before
he came. observation-disclosures.
In the Art Gallery.-Lad of Ten
81 say. pa, what is the meaning OF
those numbers at the bottom of every
-.ot,,,O Tpaly ~ fhiS nnn Shnl-snoara
153." Perplexed Father (who has
never been in a gallery before)-"Oh!
ah-I expect that is his telephone num-
observation-disclosures Batter.
In reply to the cry for assistance,
the professor said: 'If l could help
you l couldn't help helping you. 1t
is because 1 can not help you hat 1
can not help refusing to help you"
And the m~endicant darted around the
corner, with terror in his eye and cries
of Help" in his mouth. Boston
Transcript.
MIR. Slaveserf Ito his wife)-"Clara,
I wish you would tell Bridget not to
cook the biscuit quite so brown in fu-
ture." Mrs. Slaveserf-''Why, John,
what are you thinking of? Bridget
and l haven't been on speaking terms
since that morning forgot myself and
spoke hastily to her when she broke
that old china saucer l had had Sc
many years."-Boston Transcript.
-"Have you written any of your
speeches yet?" asked the old member
of congress of the new one. why no."
was the reply, II don't know yet what
topic l may find it desirable to speak
upon" What topic! Why. my man,
you don't need any topic What you
want to do is to have something ready
to fling into the breach when your
party calls on you in an emergency tc
come forward and kill time."-Wash-
inQton Star.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

George ". was fond of perfumes,
but did not care for the English anu
facturs. He had all his perfumes
brought from Paris and a factory in
south France was kept running full
time during the season in making per-
fume for the king and royal family.
Throughout his entire life Victor
Hugo endeavored to have the name of
his father. Gen. Hugo, who led a
charge against the English at Water
loo and was never heard Of after
wards, added to the list of Napoleonic
heroes on the Arc de Triomphe. 1t
has been placed there at last, and its
addition to the list leaves room for
only two more. 1t is probable that
these will never be added.
Barney Barnato. the man most
yet forty years of age. He is said to
have made from S25, 900, 900 to $780,
Doc, 900 in south Africa speculation.
lie has been a barber, a drummer, a
brokers' clerk and a messenger. AS a
plunger his success has been phenom-
email. Just how he got started in south
Africa is not known. but he made a big
fortune there, and is now adding to it
in London.
Rev. DR.. 5. D. Mcconnell, of Phila-
delphia, spent his vacation in Europe
on a wheel, riding three thousand
miles in England, France, Belgium
and Germany. He gives this advice to
those who may contemplate a similar
tour: You can see Europe very cheap
iy; but, remember, keep away from
the big hotels and from places where
the usual crowd of American travellers
go. They skin Americans of every dol
lar they can possibly get"
The most interesting schoolboy in
San Francisco in all probability is the
little grandson of the late King Greig
of Tanning and Washington islands.
King Greig was a merry monarch,
though his subjects numbered hardly
more than a hundred persons. He used
TO make frequent visits to San Fran
cisco and Honolulu. But on his island
home, which was his by right of dis
covery, he spent his life manufacture
ing copra. His son, George b. Greig,
is the present ruler.
Lord Charles Beresford, the hero
Of the Condor, is laid up with the
govt, although he is still IN the prime
of life and fond of athletic sports.
Writing the other day about his all
ment, which some of the doctors
thought was govt, and others rheu-
matism, he said: The only consola-
ton l have over the argument is, if
it was the latter. it was probably due
to want of ~prccaution of my own,
whereas If it was the former, it was
certainly due to want of ]preeaution of
my jovial ancestors"
Though the heir to vast wealth,
the late Oliver Ames served an APP
premiership for four years in the shops
of his fathers shovel mandatory.
From the age of sixteen to twenty he
worked at Il bench by the side of the
mechanics, and after graduating at
Brown university he went on the
road" to sell his fathers goods to
hardware stores throughout the land.
1t proved to be 4 good training. for
when Cakes Ames died in 1879. leaving
his estate apparently hOpelessly in
volved, his son brought order put of
chaos, and in his later years he was
said, in addition to other great posses
sion, to have one million dollars in
cash on hand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

der coach, so Casey an Ball invites de
English driver down an when | seen
'em last dey was dancin' on him. Dey
wouldn't see him sittin' dere lonely.
Dat amt dere style.
$50 dat's de way we beats de 'Cadcmy
Kids. MeDby dey can play cricket,
mebby dey can play dat odder game wild
de cross sticks an de bat? dunno.
But dey can't play bail jist Il little bit.
On der own groun's wild dc teacher an
poIice-mebbe dey can play. But on
der lots? Nav! Nav! De Bloody
Hollers can beat 'em outer sight.
$50 dat's how we got de champion
ship, an OATS where we got de caps an
de mask an, chest pertecter an de
gloves! Say! amt dey jist great?
We'se de champions of der lots, now,
an derc amt nobody dast play us. 1
t'ink we could do de league team if we
got 'em here wild de gang.
Did we have a good time dat day?
Did we? Well! Ye never sawed a man
'njoy sport like Casey an Ball. Dey
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
stockin's. wot dye think of it? Com

~stockin's. Wot dye think of it? Com
in to play in de lots.
well, bout our fellers: Dey had
names, too. Michael an Patrick an
Peter. but we'se don't go much on dude
names like dem. De names dat dey
wore was de names dat dey got on de
lots. James Flanagan is de name wot
me mudder says l own, but Blink Elan
agan is wot de boys call me, an dat's
good huff. I'm de captain, an l cov-
ers first base; den dere's Skate Con-
nors, second base, Flip Casey, third
base; Shad Dunnigan, fourth base;
Puck Connolly, right field; Muggsy
Burke, centre field; 3leacher Olaf
ferty, left field; Snip O'Rourke, catcher;
Tim O'Day, pitcher, and Ratsy Hanni-
gan. shortstop. De substitutes was Bat
Mullins, Piggy Hogan, Mud Riley.
Say, y'ought seen dem lots. All de
kids from Shantytown an Midwife
was sittin' on top de big dumps lookin'
at us. Some der gals had ribbon in der
hair but der wasn't a stockin' i'll dc
crowd. Say! De alderman was dere,
an Casey an Ball wot keeps de saloons.
well, de first scrap : as bout de UNI
pire. We wants Casey, dey wants a
dude teacher. We SEES he don't go. dey
says Casey don't go. 'Tlast der cap ses:
ANY fair man'l do me. Dye know
dc young Teller wild de cane"
Nav SEES l.
EIEeU hp'n do COG da con
Young %feller,' SEES l, 'You's de UNI
pire. Dye know yer book?
"'Mebbe!' SEES he.
$50 he steps up likesif he'd been der
teller wot done it all an ses he:
"'Play ball!'
II goes first to de bat an de long
legged white-headed 'Cademy Kid wot
was twirlin' begun to paw dust an look
sguint-eyed at me over his shoulder an
he lets fly a skinner wot nearly knocks
Il hunk out.
"'Strike.' SEES lie umpire.
".All de people wot was round yells
an grOans:
"'Shoot de umpire!'
Slug EN-, FIannagan!'
Put i'm out. lie don't know his
business.'
DE umpire he jes' chews gum an
don't look roun' tall
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
BASEBALL ON THE LOTS.
By SYDNEY KEID.

"Did we'se fellers beat de 'Cademy
Kids playin' ball? Did we? Say-say!
Lemme tell you. De 'Cademy Kids
beat de Locomotives an de B~ullheads,
and de Grass Eaters an two schools,
an say! Dey fought dey was good
enough for de league. So we sends
dem Il challenge, an SEES dey: We AK
cep' dat challenge. Come an play on
our grun'.' So we goes an plays on
dere groun', an whaddye t'ink? Dey
has de pilice dere, an de teachers an
der faders and mudders.
Gould we play ball like dat? Nix,
not on yer life. An dey keeps de gang
out cause dey amt got de price.
Charges 'em ten cents for admiSh, de
mum to go to charity. Say, is dat de
way we is used to playin' ball?
DE first man up to bat on our side
makes Il swipe at de umpire cause he
calls Il strike. What does dey do?
nocs dey come right out an scrap?
Nav! DE umpire rules him out, dcy
orders him off dc groun', an when he
won't go de policeman lifts him long
by de ear. Is dat de way we play bail?
Nav, nit, nix.
"Scme de boys vas fer sailin' right IN
den wild de bats an swipen EN- all; but
scs L: 'Naw!' Don't do noihin' Their
Kind. De gangs ali on de outside.
We'd get pulled. Let's do what de
E~ngIishman did when he found his
boat amt no good. So says l to de cap
of dc 'Cademy boys: 'IOu's was right
fer to put dat Teller out, but it's broke
upde team. We amt got no substitute.
We gives you de game IN no hard feel
ms, an if you'll come down on de lots
Oh Saturday next weseW play de return
match.
well, de cap goes eff wild de oders
awhile an den comes back an ses, Mr..
Flanagan, we axcep. WeseIl be derc.
De game to begin at tree o'clock
Oats wot he SEES, Mr.. F~lanagan!'
De kids kinder laughed, but SEES |, date
~'greeabIe.' Den we packs up our bats
an way we goes, givin' dem a chee.,
an dey gives us one. When we gets
out de grcun' dere's all de gang wild
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
"Den de 'Cademy Kid heaves annud-

"Den de 'Cademy Kid heaves annud-
der shooter. n L hiss it. Say, y'ought
ter hear dem yell.
Hey! Dropdat:'
look dere,. you'll fall On de
stone!'
"'IIi-i-i-i-i-i!'
"'IIo-o-o-o-o-o!'
"'Ya-a-a-a-a-a!'
Tree of dem run inter n 'nudder,
an dcy lost lie ball. Den we all yells.
"De mex ball wot comes | soaks in de
crcwd, an de t'ird baseman goes for it.
We don't see no more OF him till l gets
roun den out he comes.
Cap ses he, 'Dere's Il red-headcd
Teller wot got de ball an t'rowed it way
down de lots
Foul SEES der captain, we claims
foul
Nix ses l, deere wasn't no foul.
Your man can't field
"De umpire ses dat he didn't see no
foul. So he lets it GO at dat.
den Flip Casey makes a run an so
does Puck Connolly an Shad Dumb
gan, but Muggsy Burke an Hannigan
an O'Day gets out at first. DE runs
was all home runs fer de gang is wild
us, an when de ball goes inter de
crowd de 'Cademy Kid wot goes after
it stays quite erwhile. He has a gage
ment t eat cinders fer five minutes,
see? When he gets out he can't see
muffin, an dey has to put nudder kid in
his place.
well, de oder feIlers had der %innins,
an whaddyer t'ink? Dey makes five
runs. De gang helps us all dey can,
stoppin' der ball an histin' it back, but
dey IVES dead onter O'Day's curves.
Dey jist killed EN-.
Oats de way twas down to de six
innins. Dey made Is an we made t'ir-
teen. Den l sends Ratsy Hannigan to
de bat. Ratsy had de only pair shoes
on ourside. Hedidn't nave no stockin's.
Jist shoes. Dis was de fust innings he
put 'em on, cause we didn't know if
we'd need EN-. If we could er knocked
der ball out where de gang 'ud kill der
tielders, den we wouldn't need the boots,
see? But der pitcher was too smart.
"Ratsy hits de ball a rap an scOots
Ter first, but de ball gets dere before
him. All de mob was Jumpin' an yell
in to make de baseman drop der ball,
hut he has his trap set an his eye en- it
an 1 guess it was all day wild Ratsy if
it hadn't been for Peg Kelly. Peg trun
Il stone big's yer fist an caught de
baseman on de head. 1t knocked him
kickin' an liatsy gets his base.
Say, de 'Cademy Kids kicked like
steers!
"'Whaddyer talkin' to me Ter? Did
l trun dc stone?' ses L. 'Whaddycr
talkin' ter me feT%
flanagan spiked de secun' an t'ird
basemen as he went by an dey hoI-
Tered murder. Hadn't he a right TO
spikes on his shoes? De 'Cademy. Kids
all had spikes an we didn't say nutnil'.
Say!
We'll, we gets two more runs. De
gang got der fielders an used EN- up so
dey don't find de ball till de right time.
Dere's q kick wot stops de game fer FIVE
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
HER AUGUSTUS.
He Was Wise and Readily Told Her Why
the Leaves Fell.

He Was Wise and Readily Told Her Why
the Leaves Fell.
They walked together under the
stately maples-Virginia De Claire and
Augustus Knickerbocker and with
every breath of wind the golden leaves
of autumn fell at their feet.
Augustus" she murmured, as she
stopped to pick up a particularly
bright leaf, you know everything,
don't you?"
"Yes, darling everything worth
knowing" he replied, as he gave her a
tender look.
Then you must know why the leaves
fall in autumn timer"
''Of course"
II have been wondering why they
didn't fall in the spring. Is there any
particular reason why they shouldn't
fall till the first breath of winter is
felt in the chill winds which sway the
branches and rob them of their foil
age?'
THE best reason in the world, my
pet"
"Oh! Augustus, you are so noble to
find a reason. See how they shower
down, like leaves of goldl Listen to
the sobbing of the breeze, as if it
grieved and wept at parting leaf from
twig! In a few days more these trees
will stand desolate and f~orIorn, and
their wind-whipped branches will point
to heaven as if appealing for mercy.
Tell me, Augustus. if it is really and
positively necessary for the leaves to
fall at all, and if so why should they
fall in the autumn timer
THE leaves must fall once a year
my treasure" he softly said, as he
caressed the pulled sleeve of her jack.
ct, land being this is positively neces-
sary. it was decided to have them fall
at this particular season in order that
the farmer might gather them"
Might gather them to decorate his
walls and keep him in touch with the
beautiful in nature during the frigidi-
ty of winter"
mo, darling, that he might gather
them to bed down his hogs and cover
up the pile of pumpkins in the barn
yard! That's all-look out for cater
pillars as you go paving around!"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30
ICE HOUSE EGGS.
Serviceable for Many Uses, But Not to BE
Relied Upon.

Relied Upon.
From now until another spring
fairly opens housekeepers and others
who are obliged to have the con-
fectinns which they prepare of I'M
questionable quality should guard
against the possibility of ice house
eggs being sold to them as fresh laid
eggs. 1t is very difficult, il not i'm
possible, to distinguish any difference
in appearance of the one from the
other, and therefore the purchaser
which they are buying before taking
the risk of spoiled preparations reach.
ing their tables.
As the egg producing season wanes
with the approach of cold weather
and fresh laid eggs advance in price
to upward of twenty cents per dozen,
ice house eggs, which were stored
away at summer rates of ten cents per
dozen or Whereabouts, can be brought
out and proftably placed upon the
market at sixteen cents. Though eggs
which have been in cold storage
are, when in good state Of
preservation, wholesome as food
and susceptible of yielding sat
isfactory results in household con-
sumption, they can not be depended
upon as possessing all the requisites
embraced in the recently-laid article.
In boiling for the table, frying, max
ing into omelets and other uses, ice
house eggs will. in nine cases out of
ten, or perhaps in better proportions,
not challenge detection: but in MAX
ing ice cream and delicate or high
grade cOnfections, none but eggs not
more than two weeks laid will insure
absolutely satisfactory results. No
doubt the saving ot four cents or more
per dozen presents to many people the
temptation to assume beforehand that
the cheaper goods will answer all pur-
poses; but the development of the fact,
when too late for correction, that some
chef d'oeuvre of a famous housekeeper
has been ruined, will unpleasantly
demonstrate to such an one the false
ness of the economy and in the case OF
a confectioner, failure in a large batch
of his preparations would certainly
entail serious monetary loss and, per.
haps, injury to his professional repu.
tation. brooklyn Eagle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-30

minutes an de 'Cademys gets black
eyes, an den whaddyer t'ink? Dat
umpire calls me out on strikes
Ses L: Say, young Teller! Did I
hear dat right? Me out on strikes
Oats right ses he.
81 hauls de bat long an goes right up
t'w'ere he were leanin' on his zane n
ses L:
"'Dat mus be mistake. De Bloody
Hollers never strikes out on dere own
groun'! Dere's umpires wot thinks dey
does, sometimes, but dey never does
Yer out!' SEES he; send up de mex
batter
Yer lire!' SEES 1, reachin' fern wild
de bat.
Say! De fust ting l knows some
tin hits me on de conk. Den de cart
jumps an swipes me. When l gets up
again | gets anudder swipe. Dat was
de dude umpire. Could he scrapi Well,
say! got de fourt' lick on de jaw, aa'
SEES L: I'll sit right here, now, an t'ink
bout dis Ratsy flanagan and Puck
Connolly come long an swipes at de
umpire an he lays EN- out cold, den de
mob gets him an we don't see him no
more.
Does de 'Cademy boys scrap? Well,
Jest! When dey sees dey haster dey
gets back ter back and hits out. Say!
Dey mus had fun. All de kids in
Shantytown had a crack at dem. Some
der big feIlers got in an pulled dem
apart, an dey had it out down in de
mud, an y'ought ter see dem uniforms.
Peg Kelly had de greatest time
y'ever saw wild de rocks on de piggery.
He heaved 'em right inter de crowd;
didn't make no difference where, till
Casey climbs up wild a stick an trumps
him till We could hear him yell clear
over to Mudville.
"De clip l got from de umpire kinder
lost me der circus. By der time | was
lively gain all der 'Cademy kids had
gone cep' one, n he had N 'gagement
wild five er six wOt was punchin' him.
De oders left kinder sudden an didn't
take der bats an t'ings erlong. Some
went one way, some nudder. Tree
run down trOo Mudville, N L guess
frum de way dey was goin' dere run
MIN yit.
"Dey didn't t'ink ter go home by way