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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09

for passengers with kodak and fore
warned them. The Yumas, as do most
all Indians, believe that ilFluck, sick
ness or death Immediately follows the
taking of their pictures the ac-
curacy of the picture takes something
from them. Dressed in the panoply of
war, as their ancestors of old, they sit
and await the arrival of the pale face
tourist, and sell him beads, wickerWare,
moccasins, bows and arrows, and
miniature stone gods, at high tariff
prices.
Excepting the railroad stations the
only signs of life on this sandy waste
are the lizard and the Gila monster.
This alleged monster is much eNagger-
rated. 1t is a species of lizard and is
harmless. 1t is from ~ to Is inches
long, hibernates in the sand in the Gila
valley, from which it takes it's name.
About one-third of it is mouth; it's
natural color is black, shading to buff,
but takes the color of the rock or other
object upon which it crawls, as the
chameleon. n great deal of fiction
has been written about the harmless
Gila monster.
Standing out upon the desert as sem
tinels is seen in all its varied forms tho
cactus plant, shooting up like a Span
ish bayonet or branching in three
prongs like candelabra. The sahuara,
or cactus, is a tall, pale green plant,
from 10 to so feet high, according to the
loamy soil. The branches are prickly
and several feet in length. 1t flowers in
May, paleyellow, and in June produces
a red brown fruit about the size of a
pear.
The only other sign of vegetation is
the maguey plant, from which the Mex
leans distill mescal, their national
drink. This plant has long, grayish
leaves, extending from the root like the
rays of star, three or four feet, from
the width of foot and tapering to the
point of needle. The stem, or center
plant, shoots up to the height of 10 or
Is feet. The top is surmounted with
yellowish flower. The MeXicans cut
the leaves near the ground, tear out
the head Of the plant, wrap them i'll
grass and roast them in pit. They
have a sweet taste, like the beet. Tho
sap of the maguey falls inte the cavity.
is scooped out and fermented into
liquor more far-reaching than corn
juice. j. NJ ScANLAND.
There. are 23O societies for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals and chill
dren in the United States and Canada,
I 000 OOO
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It Is the Usual Thing.

The Chairman of the Meeting-Gen-
tlemen, you see only ruin around you.
The lurid flames haRe wiped us out.
Our town is gone. 1t is in ashes. We
were not very well insured, but we must
try to build up again on what little
money we have. Now, the chairman
would like to receive suggestions as
to the wisest thing to do. What shall
be the first step?
Leading Citizen-I move, Mr.. Chair
man, that we club in and buy fire
engine.-Judge.
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From Another Point of view.

II thought you said that you would
never marry" said the "Old woman"
when the new woman" had told of her
engagement.
''Wen, I did" admitted the ''new
woman" candidly.
"You asserted, as recall it, ," went on
the "old woman" ''that progressive
woman, like yourself, should devote her
time to the work of enlarging woInan's
sphere of action, and that for that abso-
lutte freedom was necessary"
'I still maintain it."
"But marriage"
''My dear, the sphere of action is all
right, but upon looking at the mar
riage question from another point of
view discovered that was wrong as
to that feature of our grand new move
ment. must have some one to sup
port me while am enlarging the
sphere" e."-Chicago Evening Post.
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WA-KEENEY KANSAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1885,

Through the dark days of the civil
war the Indians murdered settlers and
immigrants, even until the completion
of the railroad some fifteen years ago.
Homes were burned and women and
children carried into captivity. Along
the line of the railroad are seen stone
monuments erected over the graves
of families murdered and burned by the
Yuma Apaches, who claimed that the
pale face was taking away his land.
This region was the only fertile spot
worth having, hence the tenacity of
the Yumas in holding it.
1t may be incidentally mentioned
that when Gen. Gadsden executed the
famous purchase of the western por-
tion of this desert, for which the gov
ernment paid $10,OOO,0OO, he believed
that he was getting a part on the Gulf
of Mexico, and congress was led into
the same error. The strip of sand pur-
chased was that portion of Arizona
and New Mexico north of the Gila
and Mesilla valleys, 400 miles east to
west, and from 40 to 13O miles wide,
westward to Yuma from Sonora,
Mexico.
The commissioners understood that
the strip extended to Guaymas, on the
Gulf of Mexico, thus including a part
on the gulf. But when the land was de-
livered the boundaries read on the
Yuma river, instead of Guaymas. A
state dinner concluded the purchase,
and as our commissioners were not ac-
customed to the Mexican liquor, mes
cal, they were easily outwitted by the
willy MeXicans. The part on the gulf
was the only thing worth having, and
that is what we did not get.
At Yuma [ stepped from the train
and was in the act of taking a shot at
one of these Apache chiefs, with my
kodak, when an officer approached
and stated that [ was in the act of COM
mitting a breach of the peace, for
which L was liable to arrest if did not
desist. In answer to my query he
stated that there was 10 ordinance pro-
hibiting my taking a shot at an Indian,
but such an act was liable to bring on
riot in which / and my kodak would be
the central figures. Their first move
would be a shower of stones Mt the
kodak to break the instrument and de-
stroy the picture. Several tourists had
been stoned in this manner, he said, and
in order to prevent q breach Of the
peace the officers now kept lookout
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09

be easily reelected. but this silver prob
lem has knocked political calculations
to smithereens in Kentucky, and hence
the senator must be alert and active day
and night until the contest is con-
cluded. He is the only man on the
democrat side of the senate that ever
matched Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, in
debate
Senator Jacob II. GaIlinger, of New
Hampshire, is one of the men of whom
you will often hear during the delibera-
tions of the Fifty-fourth congress. He
succeeded Henry W. Blair, author of
the Blair educational bill. He
had formerly been 4 member of the
house of representatives and is an ex-
perienced legislator. He is very
strong partisan, but personally popular
even with senators on the other side of
the senate chamber. He will be chair
man of the committee on manufactures.
He is also member of the committees
on pensions, District of Columbia, cpl
demic diseases and transportation
routes. He is ready debater and al
ways appears to be anxious to say some
thing or do something to eXasperate
his political adversaries. You will
often hear of him during the next long
session of congress. He is about five
feet six inches tall, bald headed, with
big mustache, heavy eye brows and
strong chin. He is agile and nervous
IN action and speech, and withal, a
good story teller and a popular gentle
man. SMITH ID. FRY.
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No Cause for Alarm.

Her Father (appearing suddenly over
the walD-Ah! young man; it's you,
eh? Did my daughter promise to meet
you here?
The Young Man (scared into telling
the truth)-Y-e-e-s, sir. She promised
to meet me here quarter of an hour
ago; but-bM-I haven't seen-any-
thing-of-her.
Her Father (angrily)-That is just
like woman, for all the world! They
have no respect for an engagement
whatever. You just stand here and I'll
go back to the house and find her
Puck.
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portion of Arizona, is a literal sea Of
burning sand, uninhabitable and ire
claimable. 1t begins, properly, about
100 miles west of FL Paso, extending
Westward to within 100 miles of Los
Angeles, Cal. The descent from the
eastern rim is from 1000 feet above sea
level to fifty below-the basin being
about equi-distant.
Irrigationists are urging a scheme
for the reclamation of this great desert
by digging canals to the Pacific ocean,
from 100 to 200 miles in length. They
claim that this inundation would pro-
.duce rains and cause vegetation to
grow, thus reclaiming an empire-of
sand. This vast scheme, it is estimated,
would require $2O,OOO,OOO. Irrigation
lists favor it; but it is not likely that
such a measure will be considered by
congress especially as there are mill
lions upon millions of acres of land
awaiting the settler, already reclaimed,
and needing no irrigation. Along this
dreary sand waste, the eye is occasion
ally relieved by an oasis-a railroad
station house amid clump Of green
trees, with little garden in the rear,
containing a few fruit trees.
These little oases are found at inter
walls of twenty and thirty miles along
the line of the railroad-the only signs
of civilization for a dreary stretch of
600 miles, with the exception of the two
ancient Indian towns of Tucson and
Yuma. Here live the descendants of
those Indians whose civilization is so
old that not tradition remains, and
whose cities were in ruins when the
Spaniards came three hundred years
ago. At Yuma, the confluence of the
Yuma and Colorado rivers, there flour
ished civilization older than our own,
but there are no indications that an at
tempt was made to reclaim the great
desert. They lived along the banks of
the rivers, and in the fertile valley near
by, which the conquering Spaniards
christened Santa Cruz. This ancient
seat of civilization of the Aztecs has
also been the seat of war for centuries.
The Jesuits not only established mis-
sion here-the first on the Pacific coast
but also engaged in mining. Immense
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
SENATORIAL WORKERS.
State smen Who Have Served
Their Country Well
InatOr Mitchell, OF Oregon, VIII Play
Quite q Part When Congress Assem-
bles-Other Popular Members
of the Senate.
Special Washington Letter.

Senator John H. Mitchell, of Oregon,
will occupy commanding position in
the senate during the Fifty-fourth con-
gress, which is soon to convene. He In
senior member on the republican side
of the committee on claims, and also
on the committee on privileges and
elections. He can be chairman of either
of these committees, just as he chooses.
He also has membership in the impor-
tant committees on the judiciary, post
offices and post roads and transporta-
tion routes to the seaboard.
The reader will better understand the
Importance of the positions on commit.
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Too Much.

Banns-You didn't know that was
once engaged to marry your wife, did
you?
Danns-No; who broke the engage
ment?
Banns-I did.
Danns-Did, eh? (Smashes him and
pounds him within an inch of his life).
There, now; if you ever play trick
on me like that again, I'll kill you the
next time!-N. Y. World.
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Consistency.

A young lady, dressed in much false
hair, was warbling at the piano, and
when her mother summoned her to as
sist in some household duty her rosy
lips opened poutingly and snapped out:
"Oh, do it yourself!" and then went on
singing: Kind words can never die. -
n. Y. Journal
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They Give a Party.

Mrs. Kneer Tin a whisper)-My dear,
there ought to be little more coal put
in the furnace. Some of the people in
the other room are shivering.
Mr.. Notwithstanding? Bless my
soul! That won't do. Move the lamp
little closer to the thermometer
Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
Receipts and Expenses.

Old Chum-You. get very well paid
for performing marriage ceremonies,
do you not?
Clergyman-Yes,a as a rule; but think
of the inconvenience and expense am
put to every time / am summoned as
witness in divorce court-N. Y.
Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
The Yender,s Horse.

When little Rupert saw vender's
horse whose ribs were plainly visible
the other day, he said to his nurse:
''Oh, Ellen, Just look at the horse
with corduroy skin!"- -Harper's Round
Table.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
All LoIo's Fault.

''What are you crying for, child?"
''Lolo has hurt me-
"How, pray?"
81 was going to hit him blow with
my fist when he ducked his head and
struck the wall. l."-Etoile Beige.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
Practical.

"Then you have learned to love me al-
ready?" he rapturously cried.
Straight into the eyes of the man
with a million looked she.
EYES," she answered, and her words
thrilled him strangely, Il was given a
thoroughly practical education" De
troit Tribune
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At Cross Purposes.

do you miss him much"
She, to the surprise of the questioner,
smiled.
Not so much as used to. Even a
woman can learn to throw straight
when the distance is measured merely
by the width of the breakfast table"
Cincinnati Tribune.
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CROSSING THE DESERT.
a Sea Of Burning Sand in the Heart
Of the Continent.
One of the Most Dismal Stretches Of Ter
ritOry in the World How the
United States Acquired 1t
from Mexico.
Special San Francisco (Cal) Letter

The traveller who makes the journey
TO California over the southern route,
crossing the great Colorado desert of
more than 600 miles in extent, will
naturally conclude that we should have
another war against Mexico and make
her take back some of the territory
that we took from her. The Colorado,
or Yuma, desert, comprising a large
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
Suicidal.

Miss Prion (quoting) Wise men
make proverbs and fools repeat them.
Miss Smart (musingly)- won
der what wise man made the one you
just repeated Truth.
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Not the Right Sex.

Bidwell-When a woman wishes to
utterly squelch another woman she
simply freezes her with silent con-
tempt.
Breezey-I know it; and that's what
makes me SO mad because my wife
won't try the same plan on me.-Bay
City Chat.
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Cordial Assent.

Minnie-The man marry must be .
hero.
Mamie-Yes. indeed. = Indianapolis
Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
Naturally.

''No," said young Spooner, 81 wasn't
really mad when her father drove me
from the house, but will admit that
was put out. ut."-Boston Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09
Under CompuIsion.

EYES," said the woman who was at
the head of large establishment, Il
really had to get married"
".Why?"
Il got tired OF hearing my business
alluded to as miss guided enterprise"
Bay City Chat.
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ProbablY the Caaa.

Brown-Our candidate says the sal
ary of the Office is no object to him.
Jones-I suppose he has his eyes on
the perquisites.-Brooll Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09

They asked him II he wanted work.
With righteous Indignation
He answered.: you insult me, sir;
/ want a situation"
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At a Recent Duel.

"I thought, count, that you were a
dead shot?"
81 am" n
"And yet, though you said you would
shoot your adversary through the
heart, you hit him in the foot? ?"
''It was an error of judgment. [
thought his heart was in his boots; it
turned out to be in his mouth. '-Har-
per's Bazar.
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Possibility.

''What did you do with that horse I
sold you last week?"
Hes in the soup. Detroit Free
Press.
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Provisional.

Mile = Are you engaged to the
baron?
Dollie-WeTl, er-no; he hasn't got
quite so far that he can propose in Eng
lish yet.
Millie-Ah, he only knows how to kiss
in English SO far, l suppose.-N. Y.
World.
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The Acme.

There is nothing that's completer,
In the solid comfort line,
Than to lie in bed on Sunday
When the clock
strikes
TX
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09

Father-You mustn't be selfish! This
will teach you that it is far better to
give than receive.
Johnnie o! o! Then you
can have it, pop. JUS stop an I'll give
it to you.-Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09

Visitor-Well, Johnnie, what are you
going to be when you grow up?
Johnnie (thoughtfully)-So
think I'll be a married man, and some
times think I'll just have a good time.
Detroit Free Press.
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Didn't Want Him.

I'm going a-nutting," she gayIy said.
MAY go with you?" inquired young
Woodby Witte.
what for?"
''Why, to talk to you"
'Oh," she rejoined naively; ''I'm not
going chestnutting." = Washington
Star.
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WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT IT?

"Jim, I'm going to make confidant
of you. Every family has it's troubles,
and there goes the skeleton of our
e!"-Truth.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-09

There. are 23O societies for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals and chill
dren in the United States and Canada,
with membership of 100000.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-21

| MANY Of them were tried at the time al
| I,eayenworth before Judge Thomas and
| distributed among the various county
iails to serve out their sentences, but
some of the cases were continued, and
| will come before the court Tor Seotie-
u1ent at this Time 1t is hardly probable
| that much time will be devoted to them
The cases are brought by the United
! States against James Cunningham, Ell
al. and Edward L. Council, ct al.
Probably the most famous OF the
! civil cases on the docket are the ceie-
brated HiIlnon cases which stand at
the head of the caIandar. These suits
have become so interviewer with the
history of this court that the annual re-
hearsal of the contest between MIS-.
Eillmon and the insurance companies
is awaited with general expectancy by
the court, members OF the bar and read
ers of the daily papers. Although they
are set for trial on the first day they
viii not be taken up then, but viii be
postponed UNTIL all other business has
been disposed Of The court will enter
upon the siege with the certainty of
being occupied for a long period.
Another old friend or rather recollec-
ton of friends will be the Linwood
wreck suits against the Union Pacific
and Rock Island railroads. These all
originated in a disastrous collision near
the town of Linwood on January 2, 1894
in which the trains were telescoped
and many passengers of both killed or
seriously injured. Those of the cases
which are catalogued for this term are
brought against the Union Pacific by
Dana G.. Hutchinson, Oscar Burger,
minor, by Henry Burger his father, and
George W. Spencer; against the Rock
Island by Ella Haskins and LISA Mar
tin.
The damage suit Of Ermine Payne
against the receivers of the Santa Fe
is not entirely new. Payne was in the
employ of the road and travelling on
an annual pass. While riding west from
Kansas City the conductor asked him
for his ticket which he was unable to
find owing TO a condition of partial in
toxication and he was elected from the
train. He fell underneath and was
killed.
Especially interesting to Topeka peo-
pie are the suits of T. J. O'Connell
against several Topeka firms and pub
lie officials. O'Connell was formerly
the proprietor of the Capital grocery
store, but failed and was arrested on
charges of fraud brought by some of
his creditors. The business houses
which were most intimately responsible
for his arrest were the Charles Wolff
Packing company and Swift &, Co. Mr..
O'ConneN commenced action against
these firms, ]. NJ. Wilkerson at that
time sheriff, Mr.. Wilkerson's bonds
men, and S. B. Isenhart agent in the
proceedings for Mr.. Wolff He claimed
damages in the amount of $4,000 and
secured verdict at the former trial,
but the verdict was set aside by the
court and a new trial granted.
The docket is now excessively large,
but the court will have at the least an
average amount of business to attend
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-21
SOME CASES FOR TRIAL.
Many Interesting Suits to Come Up In the
United States Court,

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 20.-Many inter
esting cases are scheduled for trial in
the November term of the federal cir
cult court, which will be opened at 10
O'Clock Monday morning by Judge c.
G. Foster. and continued for about ten
days by the regular judge assisted by
Judge John Riner OF the district of Wy
orning. The criminal docket is short
including but two cases, but there is a
long list Of civil cases, many Of which
involve large sums of money, while
others acquire their interest from hav-
ing figured for long time before the
public.
The two criminal cases are legacies
OF past events which have ceased to
hgftase the public and by reason of the
absolute decay of the state of affairs
which these law breakers are now ar
rafgned. the cases have lost their signi-
ffcance and viii probably not be push
ed With any degree Of vigor. These cases
are against the members of the Saun-
ders army who Were captured during
the sCoxey exert ement for seizing trains
and generally disturbing the peace of
the commonwealth. The charge brought
against the Cornmonwealers is of re-
saTdiny and obStructing the United
States mails on Glhe main line OF the
Missouri Pacific Railway company. be-
tween Pueblo and Scott City. The army
seized number of coal cars so OBJ
structtng the track that the mail cars
could not pass and in consequence a
number OF the hoboes We're arrested.