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Harper's Magazine
In 1896.

B,fseis, new novel by William Black,
written with all the authors well-known
charm of manner. will begin in the De
ccm Der number, Is9,, and continue until
May 4 new novel by George du Mauri-
er, entitled Tie MdTfidR, will also begin
during the year. Ii is not too much To
saw that no novel has ever been awaited
with such great expectation as the sue
cessor 10 Irti6y. Tie Personal Reeoiec-
f,osS of loan 0f Arc will continue and
will relate the story of the failure and
mariyrdom of the Maid of Orleans. 9th
er important fiction of the year Will be
novelette, by Mark Twain, under the title
Tom !St.TyeT, DetectiUe: a humorous three
part tale called Tsro NormOaS from Mud
fI,fv, by Lang,ion Elwyn Mitchell: and
short stories by Octave Thanet, Richard
Harding Davis, Mary Z. wilkins, Julian
Ralph, Brander Matthews. Owen Wister,
and other weil-known writers.
Prot. Woodrow Wilson will contribute
six papers on George Washington and
his times, with illustrations by Howard
PYLE. Poultney Bigelow's history of the
by X. Cation Woodville, will be contin
ued through the winter. Two papers on
~. Clair's defeat and Mad Anthony
Wavne's victory, by Theodore Roosevelt,
with graphic illustrations will be printed
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of 300 miles on snow shoes and with
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lea in pursuit of wood-bisOn and musk
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THE Philadelphia Inquire says thal
President Cleveland has done what
Lincoln himself did not do and could
not do. He has made New Jersey ana
Eentucky Republican.
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There has been no political revolution
80 violent, said the Maryland Senator,
since the secession Of the South in 1861.
The result is the same at every point and
IL may be attributed almost wholly to the
cleveland administration, because of its
Aome and foreign policy and the efforts
OF his friends TO get him re-noHninaied for
. third term.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-11-20

COLORADO is now adding about 81
500 900 per month i'm gold, TO the
wealth of the world, and the silver
idiots still keep bowling for unlimited
coinage of the white metal.
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Harper's Bazar
In 1896.

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Anyone who suffers from that terrible
plague, Itching Piles, will appreciate the
immediate relief and perminea. cIre
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Harper's Weekly
In 1896.

Hape,'S Wcckly Is a Journal for the
whole country. II deals with the events
of the world that are important to Amer
leans.
In carrying out this policy, in 1870, Ju-
lian Ralph visited China aud Japan, and
jonrneyed through the west; Richard
Harding Davis took a trip through the
Caribbean Sea: the ovolu,ions OF the new
navy were described and illustrated by
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presented studies of Army and Frontier
life; PoGltney Bigelow attended the
opening of the Kiel Canal.
In 1895 like attention will be given to
every notable happening. The chief
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w. ID. Howells, in the new department,
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teresting way books and the social ques-
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timed. The progress of the TranspOrta-
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conduct the department Of 1mdte,T
Sport.
In lsl8 will oocIr Presidential cleo
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iitical cartoons the H'eeEiB will continue
to he an Independent advocate of good
government and sound money.
strong. II will publish the only novel of
the year by w. ID. Howells. and IA stirring
serial of Scotch feud, by ;. Il. Crockett
The short stories selected are OF unusual
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Hoods pills are purely vegetable pea
ectiy harmless, always reliable and beneheIS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
Oats and Scotland.

When DR.. johnson had defined oats
as "a grain which in England is gen.
orally given to horses, but in Scotland
supports the people" Lord Elibank tri-
umphantly retorted: "But where will
you find such horses and such men"
We may admire the patriotism, but
we must regret the loyal mendacity Of
his lordship, for he must have known
how dirty, slow and slovenly his rural
countrymen were.
The food Of the people was poor, for
they had nothing to cook except oat
and barley meal and kail-greens from
their yard, for no other vegetables
were known; and beef or mutton they
seldom saw, and pigs flesh they would
not eat if they had it. Their drink
was fermented whey, kept for q year
in barrels, or ale made from oats and
heather. Milk they rarely had, for the
meagre COWS provided only two or three
plnts a day, and that was kept sour
from being in foul dishes.
So averse were the people to cleanli-
ness that the butter owed it's consis-
tency to the number of cows hairs in
it, and was churned in kirns which
were kept filthy because it was "un-
canny'' to wash them. The men, clad
in their ragged, home-woven plaiding
coat, with shirts changed twice year
at Martinmas and Whit Sunday
and feet without shoes, save on Sab
bath and in winter snow, were miser-
ably dirty, and their skin hard and
withered from exposure outside and
the peat reek indoors, and subject to
the obnoxious diseases that dirt alone
engenders.-The Scottish Review.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
The Fear of Death.

The fear of death in the abstract
is a natural instinct, and, being nat
ural, is doubtless a wholesome one.
And this being so, a constant realiZa-
ton of it is scarcely to be desired. It
is much to be questioned whether, to
use the imagery of the hymn, the man
to whose consciousness it was contin-
ually present that his tent was night
ly pitched a days march nearer to his
grave would be a useful campaigner.
But, in point of fact, there is no danger
that it will be so. The story is told
of a priest who, under sentence Of
death in days when the penalty was
more common than now, obtained the
privilege of preaching to his fellow
conyicts in like case. 1t is a scene
which is repeated in thousand differ
ent places every Sunday morning, but
it is hundred to one that the situation
does not strike either preacher or peo-
pie unpleasantly, and you will find
each going home to dinner as cheer
fully as if he carried special eXemp-
ton in his pocket. 1t is best so.
Not to climb a hill till you come to it
is a homely maxim, but it is astonish-
ing how much, carried out, it simpli-
fies life. You imagine it to be an Alp
that is barring your way, and when
you reach the spot it turns out to be
gently rising ground from which you
may view the surrounding country be-
fore making a fresh start. And so
with death. Formidable as it appears
from a distance, the more one looks
into the subject the more certain it
becomes that mankind, when brought
to a practical acquaintance with it,
have agreed in some blind way to
recognize in the enemy whose ap~
proaches they have been so unremit-
ting in their efforts to ward off some
thing altogether different from the
terrible and hostile force which they
have been accustomed to consider it.
1--WE fall on guard, and, after all, it is
a friend who comes to meet us."-The
Nineteenth Century.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
On the Decay of Paper.

The introduction of wood fibre into
the manufacture of paper, its econom-
ical production, and the attractiveness
of the article SO produced, have com
bined to tempt the papermaker not to
make for ''all time," but for the day,
and only sufficient for the day is the
evil thereof
Modern methods of book illustration
require a paper of fine, even surface,
with the property of semi-absorption
of printers ink, and this latter require
ment has resulted in the very consider
able use of what is known as ''half-
sized paper, i. e., paper which has but
a small portion of gelatine, or other
size, on which the permanent cohesion
of the paper depends. Such paper can
not resist the influences of alternate
variations of temperature and humidity
to which all books are exposed and thus
ultimate decay is probable.-Notes and
Queries.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

and the Archipelago was impossible.
The Tiber was lightly coated, and the
Straits of Messina were covered with
ice. Snow fell all over North America,
and drift Ice appeared in the Nile.
This was the winter of NapoIeon's
retreat from Moscow, where 400. 900
men persisted, mostly of cold and hun
ger. The men froze to death in bat
talions, and no horses were left either
for the artillery or cavalry. Quick
silver frOZe this winter.
In 1849 the cold in Sweden, Norway
and Russia was so severe that great
numbers of persons were frozen to
death in all those countries.
In 1863-'64 a severe cold wave swept
over the whole of North America. The
thermometer went to 60 degrees below
zero in the Northwest The Missis-
sippi River was blocked with ice in a
single night, and in twelve hours froze
from st. Paul to Cairo
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

the ages from Christian civilization,
from all its blessings and
from all its evils. Morocco
is at present, perhaps, the only
Mohammedan land where Oriental life
and costumes have been retained in all
their genuineness and anciency.
No city in the world has so many
unreStored ruins and neglected, unten-
Rnted houses as Fee. Some still show
the ensemble of medieval palaces and
public buildings, uncanny looking
structures surmounted by large, totter-
Ing towers, on the verge of collapse.
others are but great heaps of stone,
and at the most only a few black walls
remain of the ancient Moorish architec-
ture.
An almost sickly complexion charac-
3erizes most of the MoOrs met on the
streets; the rest of the population var
les from yellow, chocolate, and coffee
brown to the pure black. With the poor
and the beggars, who are in the major
Hty, the penchant is to adOrn their bod
les with variegated tatters; the infan-
try color the gay tableau with their
red, brown, yellow and green jackets,
hut the mechanic and the small trades
men prefer the all white or rather w.
0rv-colored chalk which they under
stand like none other to throw around
aheir tall forms in graceful folds. The
children, which in babyland are carried
by mothers on their shoulders in sacks
go about in many-colored little jack
cts tightly girded. The infant world
here is extraordinarily charming ano
pretty amiable, intelligent features
and fine sparkling black eyes. Like sc
many large, heavily cloaked and hood
ed dolls, the women, with the eXcep
zion of the negresses, waddle through
Alleys and streets, allowing a little
beep-hole through their thick wells
barge enough to sell but Arot to be seel
Through.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

The spacious New York residence of
George ]. Gould is a beautiful home.
The walls are high, the halls and stair
cases wide and roomy, and an air of
luxurious comfort in all the surround
ings.
Upon ascending the broad brownstone
steps, with their couched and vigilant
lions keeping guard, and passing the YES
thule the visitor finds himself in a splen-
did hall, from which he is conducted into
a stately waiting room on the left fur
nished in the style of Louis XVI, with
chairs and tables of narrow and slender
form end elegant workmanship:
In the rear of this reception foom is an
alcove furnished with the richness that
would delight a connoisseur. Across the
hall is a magnificent apartment, known
as the Moorish drawing room. The
Moorish drawing room opens by a pair
of folding doors into the music room,
an apartment fully as spacious ard, if
possible, even more magnificent, or, at
least, more dazzling. This room is fur
nished in the style of Louis XVI, with
the furniture appears to be one of solid
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

cast gold. In the middle of the room, on
the polished floor, lies a rug that was
still fresh from the Persian looms when
Columbus first saw the shores of the
western world. and that was old when
Hendrix Hudson made his adventurous
voyage up the river that bears his name.
Between four and five hundred years
old, its colors do not seem to have faded
by single shade, nor its fabric to have
become worn. Its cost was $4,000. A
vast oblong table inlaid with pearl is
covered with easels that contain photo
graphs of acquaintance and friends of
the family, conspicuous among them be-
ing the photograph of the Prince Of
Wales with his autograph, which his
royal highness gave to Mrs. Gould dur,
ing her recent visit to England last sum-
mer.
Then the dining room is reached the
sunniest and pleasantest room on the
lower floor, with windows opening on the
street toward the south and a conserva-
tory filled with all sorts of rare and ex-
quisite eXotics Immediately in the rear,
through the open door of which comes a
rich perfume of roses and of spring.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
JAPANESE WRESTLING MATCH.
Description of a HOmeric Struggle in
an UnrOOfed Arena.

Description of HOmeric Struggle in
an Unroofed Arena.
These wrestling contests take place
in a huge amphitheater, much like
large circus, sheltered by a bamboo
framework covered with mating to
keep out the people who do not pay to
go in. The top is unroofed. Tiers of
boxes of a primitive description line
the front. A ring of rice bags inclOseS
the sanded arena, some dozen feet in
diameter, in which the combatants
meet The center is occupied by the
umpire, a person of much distinction,
dressed in an old brOcade costume, pic
tureSQue enough to Europeans and
reminiscent of feudal times Four
judges, according to Current Litera ture,
are also in attendance in case the UNI
pire's decision should be disputed. The
umpire stretches out his fan and shouts
something in a strident voice. At his
behest the first couple of combatants
appear. The dress is scarcely conven-
tional, according to occidental ideas.
Indeed, there is practically no dress at
all. Beyond a strip round the lions, alb
solutely nothing is worn. They stride
into the ring amid the plaudits of thou
sands, take a draught of water from
a bucket in the corner sprinkle them
selves with the fluid, and are ready for
the encounter. Two mighty men are
they, with limbs and trunks that would
not disgrace Samson. Mountains of
muscle some, others mountains of fat
Good humor CLEANS in their faces.
They slap their thighs, and stamp their
legs like FESTIVE horses, and then crouch
ready FOR the spring, like beasts of prey.
The umpire gives the signal to COM
mence and they bound into each others
embrace. Perhaps the feint is parted,
so that we have it all over again. 1t is
a Homeric moment as the champions
struggle and sway this way and that,
until, with a final effort, one Is thrown
to the ground. In one instance heavy
man was hurled right over the rice bags
by a why opponent and would have
had a nasty fall off the stage but for
the Intervention of an attendant placed
ready to prevent accidents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

the present president of the French re-
public, rose to his high position from
the Office Of tanner. Above his desk
hangs picture of himself in tanners
clothes which was taken when he was
10 years old, and which he takes great
delight in pointing out to his friends.
Since his elevation to the chief magis-
tracy President Faure has gained great
ly in popular favor and is regarded as
the cleverest president the French re-
public has yet had. He is very demo-
cratic in his tastes and very charitable.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
NEW ARMoR EoR vEssELs.
A Method Recently Patented by an
ENGLISH Inventor.


English Inventor.
A new method of armoring war
ships, radically different from that now
followed, is proposed and has been
patented by an English inventor, w.
T. Crooke of Birmingham. Instead
of aff1xing the armor directly on the
side of the ship he would make it
structurally separate, and would hang
it over the ships side as the Morse
men, the Greeks, and other ancient
sea fighters were accustomed to hang
their shields over the sides of their
craft, or in a measure as torpedo net
ting is hung out from the modern war
ship. His method of construction
would give the ship three skins, with
watertight compartments between,
and he claims that the outer two might
both be pierced without greatly inter-
fering with either the stability, safety
or fighting power of the ship.
The device is illustrated in the &C
companying cut of cross section,
showing the three skins, A, b and G..
The outer skin is the armor, composed
of the heavy armor plating (A), it's
framework CD, backing CD and the
inner lining Cd, the whole forming one
main outer thickness of skin. The next
skin OBJ would be of steel, iron or any
water-tight material, and between
these two skins would be the spaces
go and CID, which would be divided
into water tight Accomplishments through
out the length of the ship. The third
skin 60 is the structural skin of the
vessel, and between it and the second
skin would be more water-tight COM
partments. The two outer skins are
disconnected from the inner skin, or
the real structure of the ship, below
the lowest deck, and the space between
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
He Would Be Late.

The beadle in a rural district in Perth.
shire had become too feeble to perform
his duties as minister's man and grave
digger, and had to get an assistant The
two did not agree well, but after few
months Sandy (the beadle) died, and
Tammas had to perform the last SER
vice for his late partner The minis
ter strolled up to Tammas while he wae
giving the finishing touches to the grave
and casually remarked: 'Have you put
Sandy weel down, Tammas? 81 heV
that, sir" said Tammas, very decided
ly; SANDY may get up, but he'll be
among the hindmost."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
Fair Pronosition.

Marshal Lefevre, created Duke of
Dantzic by Napoleon 1. for his services
in battle, was called upon one day by
an old comrade who had not succeeded
in the world. He seemed very envious
of his friends riches and beautiful
house, and made unkind remarks about
them to the marshal. ''WeIl, now"
said Lefevre, at last, you shall have it
all, but at cost price. We will go down
into the garden; l will fire. at you sixty
times; and then, if you are not killed,
everything shall be yours
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

is open to the water, which is free to
rise within this space to the crown (AD
some distance below the water line
The armor below this point is, there
fore, an entirely detached shell, while
as a whole it is in the nature of q
shield, practically detached from the
body of the ship and extended at some
distance from it's real sides. The in
side skin Co is therefore almost en-
tirely independent Of the two outer
thicknesses (B and AZ.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
Personal Abuse in Old Politics.

Nothing in modern times can equal
the virulence and the apparent ex-
acerbation of the Presidential cam
paign of 1928, when Andrew Jackson
was formally entered in the Presiden-
tiaI race against John Quincy Adams.
Personal abuse was rife. Adams, the
impeccable, the rigidly just, was ac-
cused of a variety of crimes, one of the
least of which was that he acted as
Drocurer for the Car of Russia Clay
was branded as an unprincipled adj
venturer, a professional gambler, a
libertine, and an accomplice of Aaron
Burr. Jackson was stigmatized as a
murderer, dueling manslayer, cock
fighter, and turf sportsman.-Scrib-
ner's Magazine.