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be certain.
Major Simons again says that "a large
number OF these men who participated in
the meeting of the Board OF Trade ana
were sever In their denunciation OF the
course pursued by me. with the approval
of the Governor. afterwards came TO me
Individually and acknowledged that they
could gee Inc wisdom Of the steps taken
TO maintain the law, and assured me
that they heartily approved OF 1t and
thanked ne for having restored order ana
preserved the peace of the town"
ORDER ALREADY PREVAILED.
We do not believe this to be true.
Major Simons did not restore order, for
the reason that order prevailed 10 a
greater extent before the time OF his
coming here than II ever has since the
y cords at the Mayors Office will show
this statement TO be true. We have no
doubt that there were four members pres
ent al the meeting of the Board ~ Trade
referred 10 who approved OF Major ST.
monss course. and possibly thanked him
FOR it--tO-wit, c. NJ. Galway. Al. Gib5on,
y. Chalmers, and X. l.. Poindextpr-who
are closely identified with the interests
OF the Southwest Virginia Improvement
Company. or these gentlemen we nav,
not aught to say: we respect them high
H. but they were not severe In their de-
nlnciation. but TO the contrary. and we
call on and defy MAJOR Simons to lind or
point out the large number or any other
number who occupy the position he ac-
or dts them.
We are we'll aware OF the capacity In
which Major Smons came here, but as 10
his eatire disinterestedness we DO not
know. but We assert that his actions here
have been all else but digintcrested: that
his honest endeavors in hts line If no
made any. wers dire failures or his abii-
" OF low degree. and II his duties as
conceived by him were not in the inter
est of any corporation, that idea OF TIE
duty Of q soldier OF Virginia is one that
W sincerely hope none OF his subordi-
mates will imbihe.
We believe that the solGiery OF the State
In the reserve force, ard 20 held for the
rurpog, OF aialnc the civil authorities in
case OF iDsurreci;on or lawlessness, and
tnry force should be used for the purpose
az prcvcnt!ng labor organizations from
pursuing the legitimate rights guaran-
iced 10 them by the highest judicial tr.ru-
nails Of the land by arrestine men wh" NJ
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
THE CUTE 'POSSUM.

Distinctive1y American, and Source
of Great Joy to Their CaptOrs.
The opossum is an animal found only
in America, and mostly in the Southern
States, where it is held in high esteem
by the colored people, who delight in
hunting it and eating the flesh, which is
like young pig. They are cunning ami
mails, making fierce resistance to cap
ture until they are overcome, when
they will lie still and pretend to ne
dead, hence the phrase, playing pos,
sum-"
'Possums can be found, in the winter
season, in all the large Northern mar
kets as game, and it is quite the fash
ion to entertain guests with a baked
'possum dressed with highly seasoned
ingredients. The favor with which the
Southern darkey looks upon this fav-
orite dish may be illustrated by the
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several years later as colonel of coast
defenses. This later battery, it would
appear, was sunk entirely below the sur
face of the ground, and it's guns, maya
zines and garrison were always out Of
harms way except during the few sec
OndS when the gun was raised above
the ground level to be trained and fired.
Practical test during the bOmbardment
of Alexandria in 1882 conclusiYely dem
onstrated the value of this arrange
ment, and it seems strange that the
capabilities of the system should not
have been more widely recognized and
appreciated at that time. Several years
later, however, the merits of such dis
appearing batteries were accorded
something like their just measure of
consideration, and foreign powers par
ticu1arly seemed to suddenly find in
them advantages well worth securing,
so that now they are well recognized
means of defense, likely to perform inn
portant service in any international I'M
pleasantnesses which may require the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
HOW FORTUNES ARE MADE.

BY Acute and Enterprising Minds Be.
ing Brought to Practical Conditions.
The largest fortunes of the present
day have been acquired by applying an
acute and enterprising mind to the i'm
provement of the conditions of life.
Some Of the largest among them may
be traced to the extension of the rail
road, telegraph and telephone systems,
to the sewing machine, to the applica-
ton Of electricity to mechanics, and to
new applications Of chemistry to man
ufactures.
Henry Bessemer, who discovered q
way to convert carburetted iron into
steel, was a type. He rendered it pos
sible to gridiron this country with steel
rails, and, of course, he became a mil
nonaire. Any young man who will de-
wise a method Of making an article Of
general use at less than the present
cost, or of making it better in quality
at the same cost, will make a fortune
as he did. The article need not be an
important one, so long as it is generally
consumed
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her eyes to see what was happening,
and Immediately was so overcome by
what she saw that she incontinently
rose from her couch and left the stage,
closely followed by the Duke of Albany
and the Earl of Kent, who We're unable
any longer to control their countenan-
ces. Yet all that had happened was
merely this: The bulldog had become
interested in the progress Of the play,
and had got up on his masters chair,
placing his forepaWs on the orchestra
rail. There he stood, very grayely and
earnestly watching Garrick. Mean
while the beadle, feeling the heat more
and more, had taken off his wig, and,
still half asleep, had placed it on the
nearest support within reach-his dogs
head. The bulldog, quite undisturbed,
continued to concentrate his attention
on King Lear and Cordelia; and it was
the appearance of this canine spectator
in beadle's wig which upset the act
ors at a critical moment and nearly
turned tragedy into comedy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
A vENoM-sPlTTINe REPTILE.
The Deadly Cobra Equipped to Do
Battle at Long Range.

The Deadly Cobra Equipped to Do
Battle at Long Range.
G. R. O'Reilly writes some very in
teresting facts about the cobra, the
deadliest of all snakes. He asserts
that it is able to squirt its venom from
the ground to the height of a mans
face. So nervous is the cobra that it
will strike at moving object before
it has come within its reach. 1t is very
wasteful of its venom.
Mr.. O'Reilly was first convinced Of
the yenom-spitting habit of the cobra
by this incident: zone day, being
alone in the bush, saw a cobra band
ed with black and white He was in
an open glade, gliding through the
heritage, delaying a little perhaps for
an opportunity to get at some birds
that were chattering and hopping
about on the branches of a thorny,
yellow blossomed acacia. The sun was
blazing down fiercely on him, as, with
half distended hood held close to the
ground, he slowly passed through the
leaves and flowers. For few minutes
1 watched his movements through my
binocular glass; but fearing he might
notice me and escape in some hole,
picked up my six-foot hunting stick
and rushed toward him, intending 10
press his head to the ground with it,
and then take him by the neck with
my hand. He saw me coming, and
like a valiant warrior that knew his
power he faced around and stood erect
with expanded hood and quivering
tongue ready to receive me. His bright
black eyes sparkled with energetic de-
fiance. and every fibre of his being was
electrified with excitement.
"While I was yet ten feet away he
struck toward me with such force that
the impetus carried him fat to the
ground. In trying to get my stick
across his neck he lodged it, and it
came instead across the middle of his
body. At this moment he was be-
tween me and the sun, with about five
feet between his face and mine. l
looked into his eyes and held him down
firmly. His rage seemed redoubled.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16

crescent-shaped lump of clay back Of
his head and one old prince, particu-
larly vain and loving of ornament. roll
ed his entire beard into ball and so
pIastered it with mud that it hung q
great clay ball from his chin. Just
fancy how pleasant it must have been
to wear a fye-pound weight on ones
chin! 1t would be a great discourag1r
of conversation, for one certainly would
not wish to lift that weight any oftener
than was absolutely necessary.
Some of the women with long hair
weave it over and around little reeds
stuck in at right angles to the head.
so that it finally looks like a great
straw hat or basket all around their
faces, much like the old poke bonnets
that our grandmothers used to wear.
The ladies of the lower Congo, whose
hair is more woolly than that of the
other tribes, part their hair in three
great thick locks, one on each side Of
the face and one in front These they
grease and twist until they look like
wire, they then curve them until they
look like cows horns sticking out on
both sides and in front. The natives
of Rua braid their hair in two or three
long plaits right on top of the head.
These they stiffen with clay until they
stand upright exactly like the funny
little horns the unsociable snail tucIs
out as he saunters along with his house
on his back.
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story of the two darkies who were rid
ing along on a pair of mules.
"Dey's gwine ter hab roast 'possum,
der old woman an de children is, yum,
yum"
"Gosh-er-mitey," answered the other
one, solemnly showing the whites Of
his eyes.
"Yas- roast 'poss'm, an taters, an
gravy, an"
"Hole up, dar," cried the other darby,
excitedly, "dere's some tings I amt
gwine ter stan. You say anuber word
about roast 'poss'm and I falls off dis
year mule"
The opossum is very harmless lit
tie animal and has many things to rec
ommend it. for, although not consid-
cred a great delicacy, its flesh is very
palatable. and it's fur, which the In
dams formerly used in many ways, en-
ters more largely into the industries
of commerce than is generally known.
It's peculiar method Of rearing its young
in bilateral pockets, contrived cunning
ly by nature in its own fur, commends
it to the scientific inquirer as an inter-
esting subject for investigation. It has
a wonderfully tenacious hold on life.
for although it may be pounded with
sticks and stones until every bone is
dislocated, it will crawl away if left
unmolested, and soon resume its won't
ed habits
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
Work Their Way.

Some of the forty or fifty State agri.
cultural colleges make special provis-
ion for students wishing to work their
way through college. Such students
work daily on the experimental col
lege farm and receive current wages.
There are many free scholarships in
these colleges, and board and lodging
are cheap, so that a working student
finds that his labor goes far toward
paying his way. Tutoring pays better,
however, and very clever men some
times earn from $1,000 to $500 per
year in helping through their duller
fellows. Such opportunities, however,
are found only in the great colleges,
and are few. At one of these institu-
lions one successful young lawyer, Of
New York City, is said to have earned
1000 in a single year tutoring while
yet an Undergraduate.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16

The Hoisington Dispatch says that a
man In Barton county brought load
of wood to town. sold it for So, spent
home with 500 ponds of aid coal in his
wagon.
From Goodland: The farmers of this
region are jubilant over the recent CO.
pious rainfall and are all busy putting
In their spring wheat. The wheat that
had been sown before the recent rain is
nicely sprouted and the prospects for a
bountiful crop are the best ever seen at
this season of the year in the history
of the county.
Kansas City Mo-, Journal: The prop
osition of a New York and Brazilian
Coffee company to locate branch house
at Kansas City with a special view to
handling -four is interesting news for
Kansas. The representative of the COM
pany says the superiority, of Kansas
-four has become recognized, and it is
the purpose of the company to ship it
in large quantities hereafter to Brazil in
exchange for coffee brought to this
market.
Troy Times: The loading Of the big
drove of 5000 sheep east of town three
miles called out good sized crowd OF
were in the way. A Chicago man pur-
chased the sheep Twenty three double
| deck cars were required for their trans
portation. G. B. Hart pronounced the
loading more fun than a circus. The
yards were temporary affairs and were
broken down time or two, nearly caus-
ing damaging stampedes. At such
times the spectators were able to make
themselves useful
Topeka Journal: Real estate men
say that there has never been such q
scramble to rent farms as is going on
now. Big and little farms, stony land
and land rich and productive is snapped
up with equal suddenness. A real es-
tate agent who has farm to rent is
besleged by q dozen applicants. a
great many of those who want to rent
| farms are men who own western lands
and have deserted them in search of more
fruitful fields. Others are workingmen
from cities who have been thrown out
of employment The supply is not equal
to the demand and many are going to
other eastern counties. Farm owners
are consequently charging whatever
they choose for rent. It has usually
| been the custom to rent farms for g
share of the crop, but this year nearly
| all farms are let for 'cash rent" that is
for stipulated sum for the use of the
farm for year. AS much as 1920 haf
been asked for an eighty acre farm anc
the rents are great deal higher thar
they have ever been in the history o.
the county. One can now purchase {
| quarter section of western lands for les:
than he is charged for one years rent or
the same number of acres in Shawnee
county.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
RENTED A CHILD BEG.

A Pretended Blind Man Makes an
Easy Living in New York.
For many weeks past, persons who
walked along Fifth avenue, in New
York City, have seen a man wearing
green goggles who played a wheezy
organ, while a pretty, golden-haired
little girl asked for aims. Many have
been moved to pity when the bright
looking child has come up to them and
pleaded that they give the poor old
blind man cher father a few pennies.
On receiving the money the child al
ways gives it to the blind man.
Officers were sent to see the blind
man the other day. The mans actions
made them suspect that he was not al
together what he seemed, and lifting
the green goggles suddenly, they found
the man had very good eyes. Man and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
ADog and His Master.

A dog was once the cause of q rep
resentation Of King Lear coming to a
precipitate end In Garrick's time
dogs were not so vigorously excluded
from theaters as they are now; and on
this particular night there happened to
be fat beadle in his wig, accompanied
by a bulldog, sitting close up against
the stage. The beadle had sat through
four acts and two scenes of the fifth,
but, being more affected by the heat
than by Garrick's acting, had fallen in
to peaceful slumber.' The point in
the third scene had been reached when
Lear enters with Cordelia dead in his
arms, and exclaims, "Howl, howl, howl,
howl! Oh, you are men of stoner' and
so forth. Garrick had deposited the
PROSTATE Cordelia on couch, and was
proceeding with his lament, when the
Duke of Albany was perceived to be
choking with laughter. a moment Ia
tsr the Earl of Kent was similarly af-
fected. At the same time ali the by
ISLANDERS began to litter and giggle, and
even King Lear himself stopped in his
speech and was observed to smile.
GMeanwhiie the dead Cordelia opened
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
The cannon of crlmean DAYS.

The cannon of Crimean Days were
mounted on wooden carriages of the
crudest construction; the recoil was not
controlled, but merely limited by a
stout breeching-rope. Elevation and
training were given by moving the
gun and carriage by common wooden
handspikes, and the gun was run out
after being loaded, by side tackles.
Every operation was performed by the
simple and direct application of man
ual labor, and the number of men told
off to work a thirty-two FOUNDER gun
of not more than three tons weight was
fourteen, and they all had hard work
to perform. With the modern gun of
more than double the weight just half
the number of men are required. The
gun captain, or number one, aims and
fires, and, unassisted, elevates and
trains the gun with the greatest ease
and nicely up to tht moment of firing;
the gun runs on. automatically after
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
KANSAS RAILROADING.

General Manager Frey, of the Santa
Fe has issued an order which requires
that employees Of the shops in Tope-
ka shall hereafter work ten hours per
day for six days. instead of eight hours
per day for four days. Employees in
other division shops are to put in nine
hours per day for six days.
The Rock Island has made a rate of
one and one-third fare for the south con-
ference of the Methodist church, which
will be held in Burlington, Kan, March IL
The railroads have announced that
they will make rate of one fare for the
round trip for the annual meeting of
the Young Peoples Society Christian
Endeavor, which will be held in Wichita
in May. The rate will apply to Supe-
rior, Neb., st. Joseph, and Kansas City,
Mo-
Santa Fe officials are congratulating
themselves upon thu speedy justice Wis
tied upon William West, Arthur NJ.
Grundv, Tom Morgan, alias William
Burch, and Lee Downer, at Emporia.
The men we're convicted of robbing a
freight car on the Santa Fe tracks at
Sterry, a siding west of Emporia. There
was an interesting chase after the young
men on the part of Special Agent Mont
gomery and the sheriff of Lyon county
and deputies. The party left Emporia
in switch engine and arrived at the
siding to find that the thieves had es-
capped. An exciting chase across the
country and along the Cottonwood rlv-
~, ~, rhoY
the men. They were taken to Emporia,
placed in jail, later tried and sent to the
penitentiary for one year. Sheriff Evans
has taken the men to the penitentiary
and the Santa Fe officials believe that
another gang of box car thieves has
been wiped out in less than ten days.
United States District Judge Riner
has decided the big suit brought by the
government against the Union Pacific
Railroad company, for $4,000 and
thirty three years interest in favor of
the railroad company. The suit was
brought to recover the price OF the
right-of-way of the railroad between
Kansas City and Lawrence, which, when
the road was built, was the Delaware
Indian reservation. The government
claimed that the road had not paid for
the land taken, nor for the improvements
on the property, and the suit was
brought to compel the payment of the
price of the land and improvements
which was fixed at $4,000. The rail
road company claimed the land under a
grant from the government, and at the
session of the United States circuit
oourt Attornev a T, Williams filed a
demurrer to the suit. which Judge Riner
has sustained. Tie case will be taken
to the United States court of appeals.
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girl were taken to the station house,
where he described himself as Eugene
Bast, 80 years of age.
, The officers went to his house and dis
covered that Bast was bachelor and
lived with his married brother, Law
renee L. Bast The child was Mary
;Harreman, years of age, a daughter
tof Eva Harreman, who lived with the
Basis. For her, Bast paid a regular
monthly rental Mrs. Harreman was
arrested, and Bast, the little girl, and
iHarreman were arraigned. Bast did
mot even pretend that he was blind. He
said that he had found begging very
profitable, and had supported five per
sons comfortably. While all were
standing before the bar, q bystander
gave a penny to the little girl. She
promptly gave it to Bast.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
DISAPPEARING BATTERIES.
The Importance of Mechanical In
genuity in Modern Warfare.

The Importance of Mechanical In
gently in Modern Warfare.
Great guns and heavy armor will be
only incidentals in the next great war.
Mechanical ingenuity in matters OF
offense and defense is being expended
in many other lines of fully equal i'm
portance, and a vast array of war ap-
paratus, in which even the civilian
must be interested, is being put in readi-
ness for action should the demand for
it suddenly come. Not the least inter-
esting product of military inventive
genius is the disappearing gun carriage,
of which no end of notifications have
been proposed and in part executed
during the past decade, though the
principle of the apparatus was applied
to its specific purpose much longer ago
than may be generally supposed. The
first arrangement of disappearing gun
and carriage, mounted in a circular pit,
seems to have been made on jamestown
Island, in Virginia, in the year 1861,
during the great civil war, Il cOnical pit
having been dug in which an S-inch gun
was mounted. The piece was so placed
on platform at the bottom of the Pit
that, when pivoting, the muZzle was
just clear Of the ground. In this way
an all-round fire was made possible
In 1861 and 1862 guns mounted at sew
eral points were similarly treated, but
the pits were dug deep enough to admit
of embrasures. Mr.. Beverly Kennon,
then in the confederate service, has
been credited with the design of this
early continuance and also with that of
a counterpoise battery, perfected after
he had entered the Egyptian service
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-16
Interesting to Collectors.

Nowadays there are collectors of
everything collectable, from postage
stamp to a beetle, but the list is not
yet exhausted. In Paris they are col
lecting DoSters-the large sheets posted
on walls for advertising purposes. The
French posters are some of them gen
uine works Of art. The drawing of the
cuts used in their illustration is very
bold, and the colors are handled well,
although sometimes in a very startling
manner Usually the size of the poster
is large, but there is very seldom any
attempt made to show a complicated
design. A broad sketchy effect and a
dazzling display of color are their chief
points. Some of the best artists in
France design for the photographer
There are places in Paris where post
ers are bought and sold, and the best
examples cost from 60 cents up. Post
ers without any lettering are those
thought most desirable for collectors,
and cost about ten times as much as
the others. Rare examples frequently
command fancy prices. Much of the
work is admirable, and the artist is not
ashamed to affiX his signature to it.
No better example of the extreme to
which this art has been carried could
be found than the Poster Exhibition,
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