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The Portland daily press., 1895-02-26
Another Great Cotton Sale.

Unbeached Shooting all widths
one half yards wide.
Unbleached Cotton yard WIDE yard
Unbleached yard wide Cotton, Sc yard.
heavy, Unbleached yard wide Cotton yard.
Unbleached Cotton yard
40 inch Unbleached Sheeing 14e yard.
40 inch heavy Unbleached Sheeting 3-4c yard
40 inch Unbieached Sheetng. 7c yard.
As inch Unbleached Sheetng Sc yard
yards wide, 10c yard.
214 yards wide, IL lie yard
Extra heavy IA yards WIDE 15c yard
yards wide Unbeached Sheetng, $780, 15c and yard
Bleached Cotton, yard wide, 4c yard
ofhe LOOM yald wide, in remnants &c yard.
inch Bleached Cotton Sc
fine AZ inch Beached Cotton, 10 1-2c yard.
Pride of the West, yard wide, in remnants &c yard
inch Bleached Cotton,
yard wide Beached Cotton, 14c yard
yard wide Beached Cotton, Ice and TIC
Cotton Diaper $50 piece
The Portland daily press., 1895-02-26
NEW CHALLIES.

they all woo Well hardly but equal in effect, beauty
and ear
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-10
PUBLISHED AND FOR
SALE AT THE
DESERET NEWS OFFICE

FOR A FEW CENTS ANY PERSON
CAN OBTAIN a SUPPLY TO SEND
ABROAD TO FRIENDS, AND THESE
SILENT MESSENGERS FREQUENTLY
PREACH THE GOSPEL AS EFFECTU-
ALLY AS MISSIONARIES. TRY IT
BY BUYING SOME AND MAILING
TO YOUR FRIENDS ABROAD.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
What Do We Meieh9

A French doctor has pointed out
that several fallacies are common with
regard to the weight of the human
body. The man who congratulates
himself on his gain of several pounds
in weight over given period may have
no cause for rejoicing, for he may be
under a delusion. Very few people.
says this French Investigator, have
any correct idea of their own weight.
AS rule the correctness of his scale
may be doubted. the weight of the
clothing not taken into account, the
time which has elapsed since eating
etc. As matter of fact the weight OF
the body is continuously changing
owing to innumerable influences. On
a warm day after breakfast man will
lose more than third of a pound pei
hour. Seventy per cent. of the body
consists of water, and thus its weight
must vary with the Transportation OF
moisture. Therefore the inference.
drawn from the loss or gain of pound
or two may be mistrusted. Fluctua
tions of few ounces per day are sign
that the body is in a healthy state
Chambers journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
DOG CATCHER's REPARTEE.
He Told the other Man What He Would
DO with Him.

He Told the other Man What He Would
DO with Him.
A small boy was going along the
street whistling an improvisation, very
badly out of tune. His old pal, shay
~ aid very reputable-looking black
Newfoundland dog, followed him de-
iectedly. Along the street came dog
catcher's wagon, and when the deputy
public impounder seated thereon saw
the boys pal he recognized his lawful
prey. He was on the ground in an in
slant, had the wire moose over the
dogs head. and before you could say
Jack Robinson" the Newfoundland
had struck the bottom of the wagon
without whimper. Not so the boy,
who set up a terrific howl, which
seemed to amuse the dog catcher inn
mensely. On the opposite corner stood
a group of express wagons and their
drivers loafng near them. One of the
drivers called to the boy encourag-
ingly:
'Why don't We git rock and break
his face?"
At this the dog catcher, who was
winding up his moose, turned toward
the expressman. The dog catcher was
a very unlovelv person; his face was
red and freckled and he had a wonder
fully tough look. In an easy, banter
ing tone he addressed the expressman:
Say, pard, you look like an able
bodied man. S'pose you come over and
break my face. Why, say" and here
his voice became contemptuous, 'Td
jest take you and t'row in wild de rest
ev de dogs"
The other man mumbled something.
IAN say. I'd jest poke you one on de
jaw and spin you round like button
on wood-shed door. I'm onto You,
see? l know what way you vote. y
This was slur at the A. P. A. tenden-
cies of the expressman. And as the
dog catcher's wagon rolled away the
dog catcher continued his threats in a
good-natured, contemptuous tone that
would have made his fortune on the
variety stage.-Kansas City Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22

was forever losing his head.
There was the time he confused
those two letters-one was to Miss
Ruyster, to whom Reggie was very de-
voted, and the other to Suydham, who
had transacted q piece of business
which narrowly escaped the line OF
Sare-faced fraud, and which made poor
Winters pocketboo6 wofully thin for a
time. He wrote the letters the same
afternoon and addressed the envelopes
indiscriminately- rattlebrain!
The estimable young lady's feelings
may be easily imagined when she read
there was not even salutation-
You are a fraud, liar and thief"
Reggie was in temper when he
penned those words She did not take
the trouble to read the letter way
through, but glanced at the signature,
and shifted a very scornful sniff.
Suydham was equally surprised when
he read the sweet little note never in
tended for his eyes.
Poor Winters was fairly crushed
when he realized, with many hints
from the malicious Suydham, what a
blunder he had committed. He had
not the courage to call and face the
storm of feminine wrath which must
inevitably await him-he was withal
something of a coward-but wrote pro-
fuse apologies, and took great care in
addressing the envelope which inclosed
them. And so the engagement between
Miss Ruyster and himself, at which
so many people had limited, never ma
terialized.
And how could he ever forget that
wretched time he went to his room to
lress for the Van Nyce dinner, and,
disrobing, crawled into bed and slept
like child until the following morn
ing, while Mrs Van Nyce mentally ar
raigned a young man who would ac-
.cept an invitation, and then spoil a
nicely-planned dinner by leaving an
odd young lady? To his dying day he
would remember the horror he had felt
when he had awakened that morning
and tried to recall the principal events
of the dinner of the previous evening,
and the appalling but none the less
true state of affairs had slowly but
surely dawned on his mind.
At such times he would declare, with
,shockingly-impr phrases, that it
was infinitely better to have no brain
at all than to be possessed of an inter
mittent one like his own.
At last there came a time when he
began to be hopeful. For a period OF
six whole months-ful1 months, vary,
ing from thirty to thirty-one days in
length, his mind had been constant, sc
ito speak. In fact, he had become sc
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
White Tsatiste waIsts.

Separate waists of white embroidered
batiste to wear with various skirts as
silk waists are worn at present promise
to be very popular when warm sum-
mer days come. The embroidery is in
all-over designs of open eyelet pat
terms, and the waists copy all the
models now SO popular. They have
yol1es, jacket fronts, dropping blouses
and box-plaits like those of other fab
RIGS. Some pale buff batistes, much
embroidered in compass or star. pat
terms, are similarly made. Unfortu-
nately the cool white waists cost from
twelve dollars upward; but economists
and busy women who have but little
time for planning out their gowns can
buy one of these waists ready made,
and by adding very simple skirt st
similar batiste, simply hemmed, will
have pretty and not very costly white
frock made with little trouble. -Har-
per'S Bazaar.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22

Thrifty English Tramps.

Two nights I slept in straw-stacks.
and each time had fully dozen com
panions. They called themselves ''free
dossers," and in one way they wer,
rather amusing-in fact, a new species
of tramp: they were determined not to
spend a copper of what they begged.
1t seems that this sort of fellows star
out from London early in the spring,
and batter" all summer. In the
autumn they return to London with
their ''swag," ard spend the winter in
some comfort. On their travels they
either beg what they need or go with
out. If they can not beg lodging
they sleep in barns, brick-yards, ant
straw-staclks; and from early in Marcel
till late in September they do moi
squander a single halfpenny thai
comes in their way. had never be
fore met this variety of tramp, and
doubt very much whether they woulc
be allowed to associate with the rea
American hobos; for the true tram
likes more generosity among his fe
lows, and when he meets a sting
brother he is likely to give HIM wild
berth. Flynt, In Century.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
Monev-OTakinp Scbeme.

81 knowed a feller," said the man
with the ginger beard, who used to
pick up from ten to fifteen hundred q
year selling frog ehoirs.'
SELLING what?7 asked the grocer.
''Frog choirs. He'd git lot of frogs
together-big frogs, little frogs, me-
dium-size frogs-an' make 'emsing pop
ular airs. Tell you it was sight-er
anyhow a-hearin'-to hear them bull
frogs come in on the bass. After he'd
got 'em to goin' straight he'd sell 'em
to the sideshow fellers."
ct is queer amt never rum across
anything of the kand in no sideshovs-
1T amt SO queer after you know the
straight of it. Fact is, this Teller was
sort of Swinegally- Teller in tina
there novel, you know. He had them
frogs hypnotized, sea- And when they
got out of the sphere of his infooence
as he used to call it, their ideas of tun
played plumb ont and left the side
show man with nothin' but a lot o.
reptiles on his hands that wasn't fit fel
nothin' exceptsnake feed. A-Cincinnat
Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
BLACKSMITH PHOTOGRAPHED.
The Force and Direction OF a gIedge Meas
ured by New Invention.

ured by . New Invention.
instantaneous photography has re-
veaIed the fact that there is in art the
conventional attitude and the real at
tltude of men and animals in action.
The horse, for instance, in running,
never assumes the conventional atti-
tude, as the camera has shown. But
II pictures of horses running were ali
from instantaneous photographs they
would look unreal. The reason
for this is that the camera is
quicker than the human eye Whe N
you look at horse running the pict-
ure presented to the eye is composite
picture and not snap shot. The con-
ventional attitude is always graceful,
while the real attitude, which the
camera detects, is rarely so.
A French savant has been .investi-
eating this subject by photographing
two blacksmiths at work. He has i'm
proved upon Edison's kinetograph,
which takes series of individual pic
lures, by inventing a machine which
takes the series one on top of the other.
This discoverer is DIR. Marcy, the in
Ventor of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
1t has been found by exa animation of
the photographs he has taken that the
man swinging the sledge embodies sew
eral motions in his blow. The hammer
makes a practically complete circle,
but it has lateral motion, and from
the moment it IS poised above the head
until it strikes the anvil it gains force
at terrific rate. This has been meas
ured by a machine under the anvil
which registered the time at different
stages of the stroke as well as the
force of the blow.
A diagram drawn of two men work
ing on the same piece of metal with
sledge-hammers gave the circle of mo-
ton at different angles, and has eX-
cited much interest among French
scientific bodies.-N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22

which young lady he had escorted
thither, he was pulled up by certain
sense of pride and self-importance.
One Sunday evening when he was
calling on Miss Hadley she described
to him in such glowing manner, with
such pretty smiles on her full lips and
such marvellous light in her dark
eyes-these were Reggies thoughts
during the descriptions charity fair
which was to be held the following
week that he made mental resolve to
purchase an absurdly large number OF
tickets. And she was to be in charge
of the booth where discarded but still
useful articles of clothing would be re-
ceived for the deserving poor, who had
suffered so much during the hard times.
Tt was such nice, practical idea, she
thought, which is equivalent to saying
he thought so too.
When he left that evening he wrote
it all down in his memorandum, for il
was not safe, he found, to trust toe
much to his mind even then.
The opening evening of the fail
came and Reggie consulted the little
book, that its enlightenment might
being assured of the rectitude of every
thing he arrayed himself for the fete.
When he was about to start a very
omiuous thing occurred. He tried nc
less than a dozen times to ignite pen
Gil with which to light his cigar. This
old time symptom made him very nerv-
Gus. He walked down to the hall where
the fair was to be held, and entered.
He hoped to heavens he wouldn't make
any beastly break tonight. He
slipped off his heavy, fur-lined overcoat
he was very fond of this particular
coat-and looked about for that indis'
pensable booth which is fundamental
to all successful fairs, where for The
small bride of dime they generously
check your hat and coat. All! that
must be it where those gentlemen
were passing in those articles. He
walked rapidly to the booth and helG
out his coat and hat. There was g
vision of a sweet familiar face and q
sweet familiar voice said: ooh, hoy
very generous of you, Mr.. WiptSrs!'
And Miss Hadley gracefully deposited
the things she had takeg4 from INN.
Then Winters remem bered what she
had told him about her booth. Merci
full heavensl his hat and pet overcoat
had gone to adorn the city poor. He
gasped; he felt confused, suffocated
He could not ask Miss Hadley to re-
turn them-oh, OF course he couldn't
He did not trust himself to speak il
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
SWALLOW STRANGE THINGS.
Tin Whistles Lead OG-One Man GuIps
Down Live Turtle.

Down a Live Turtle.
The doctors of the London hospitals
have an incredible number of patients
who have swallowed strange things.
Of course, children are the most fre-
quent sufferers.
The commonest objects that they
swallow are small metal whistles and
tin ''squeakers."
The most dangerous of toys for very
young children are the india-rubber
air balloons which can be inflated by
means of small mouthpiece. These
can most readily be drawn in by the
breath, and then each succeeding res
piration initiates the india-rubber bag.
These have caused scores of deaths,
and SO have thimbles. A child sees its
mothers bright thimble. and there is
no worse article to swallow
Among grown-up people, young
women of the domestic and working
girl class are the most frequent pa
tients, this being because they habit
ually carry small articles in their
mouths, and are often prone to what
is called ''larking." A short time ago
a cook in a West End mansion swal-
lowed small glass vial containing
favoring essence.
One of the strangest cases of this
kind on record was that of a gentle
man who about two years ago was
treated at one of the London hospitals.
he having swall owed tiny live tor
toise. He had bought several of these
creatures and was amusing his chill
dren by pretending to eat them alive
and so on, when he actually swallowed
one. It was several days before the
creature was even killed. Scores of
these cases come from public bars,
where people seem fond of attempting
silly tricks with coins, pencil cases and
ringS.-Tit-BitS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22

his present state of confusion. He
seemed to see all those girls he had
offended pointing warning fingers at
him, and he shivered. Gathering his
shattered forces as best he could he
retreated to retired corner and in
dulged in some language very uncom-
plimentary to himself.
Throughout the evening, while he
was being swindled at the various
booths, he was endeavoring to form
some scheme which might recover for
him the much-prized overcoat. But
his thoughts refused to approach con-
centration, and at last he gave up in
despair, and slipping out by a side way
where there were but few people to be
encountered, he summoned cab, and
tying handkerchief over his head
rode home in company with his bitter
musings. Before he reached his door,
however, a happy thought had come
to his deliverance. How stupid! OF
course he could see Miss Hadley after
the fair had closed and explain it all to
her.
He made several visits to the fair
after that evening. but was careful to
avoid the discarded clothing booth. He
did not care to tell Miss Hadley there
of his mistake, and she would be sure
to thank him again if she saw him, and
that would put him to terrible confu.
sion.
The Charity Fair" came to an end,
and one evening shortly after its sue.
cessful close Mr.. Reginald Winters was
waiting before coy open fire in the
I, I e 4 L 4 L
Miss Mae to appear.
His plan was all arranged. He knew
just where each word came in, for he
had rehearsed it countless times. Miss
Hadley," he would begin, II am very
sorry to have to inform you of little
mistake which" The frou frou
of skirts interrupted the mental
rehearsal, and as he arose Miss Had
| ley came in looking bewitchingly pref.
| ty, and said: ''Oh, I'm so glad to see
you, Mr.. Winters. / want to thank
you again for that hat and lovely coat
you gave US at the fair. It was per
fectly splendid of you"
There was warmth in her manner
that struck Reggie very forcibly. Fol
once his wits did not desert him. In
an instant he had decided he had giver
the things voluntarily for chrrity':
sake. After all, there was nothing in
the world like charity.
Il had to do something, even it was
a little, for your sake" A little EN-
barrassed pause, and then: MAE
haven't you bit of charity left for e
poor fellow like me?. and he held out
his arms imploringly.
She did not say it was so sudden, 81
unexpected, or that she had known
him for so short time. Indeed, she
did not. She came straight into hi,
arms, and as he bent his head and
kissed her he felt amply recompenseC
for the loss of a shipload of hats ant
fur-lined overcoats or anything else il
the world but her. That was Charity
reward.-Boston Budget.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
BREAST THE TIDE.

When the storms OF life o'ertake YOU
Let not courage e'er forsake yon:
Yield not to the tempest taEne.y,
Battle with it firmly, gamely-
Breast the tide.
What spectacle ignoble
Is the man W no, when in trouble.
Folds his hands with looks deSpairing,
When he should, with high-souled daring,
Breast the tide.
Though the winds should fercely buster,
Clouds Of inky blackness muster;
Winds ere long will be declining.
Clouds display a silv'ry lining.
Breast the tide.
Folly it's to let disaster
Energy and pluck o'ermaster;
Fortune will show less OF rigOr,
II you ply the oar with vigor.
Breast the tide.
Courage only can avail you
When the winds and waves aSsail you
Onward Onward or be driven
On the rocks, your boat all riven!
Breast the tide.
w. r. Barber. in N Y. Ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
A TEST OF APP PARTITIONS.
Raneied Figures Produce by Ocular De-
fects.

RaReied Figures. Produce by Ocular De-
fects.
Among the euriosities of thought
which the physician meets with, un-
expected perceptions suddenly appear
ing before the mind with the same
vividness as ordinary perceptions, bnt
without any accompanying EXTERNAL
exeitant, are not uncommon A. per-
son may loole at an empty chair and yet
see a familiar form seated in that chair,
and may even hear remarks made. by
this imaginary figure and not doubt
for a moment that the figure is, an
actual entity.
have seen persons taking with
such Imaginary individuals. and have
had them assure me that they were
as sure of their presence and of their
voices as they were of my OWN 7
have seen persons manifest the great
est alarm at the presence. of animals
about them, and refuse tobelieEe from
assurance that those animals were not
there.
A yO1ng woman, having once been
frightened by the sudden presentation
to her of white mouse, has been trou-
bled for years by seeing this mouse
running about her, upon her clothing,
upon anything she is handling, and
even npon her food. and, as. a result,
she is in state of constant agitation.
and perplexity. though ali times con-
WINGED that this is the product of her
mind. She washes her hands and her
clothing frequently because she is cor
| WINGED that this animal has made them
dirty; and she can not divest herself Of
| the belief that It is real.
| have sometimes been able to con-
vince persons that sneh fancied figures
were not real by asking them To push
one eyeball up little with the finger
This makes all objects abo0t them
seem double. as anyone can prove to
| himself, but it does not double the false
iEnage-the product of the mind. The
young woman just mentioned was
| much comforted by THIS device. Prof.
NJ. Allen Starr, n. D., in Popular
Science Monthly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
BERRY DESSERTS.
ONE New and Excellent Recipes for Short
Cakes.

Cakes
With the coming of strawberries a
wide variety of tooth some desserts are
opened up to the diner. For this first
of all fruits lends itself readily to sim
pie ''fxin's" and alone, unadorned, is
sufficient to please the palate of the
veriest epicure.
Shortcaze is a byword, but shortcal1e
is seldom made properly. Rightly con-
Structed, this delicacy is of two sepa-
rate sorts-the genuine sponge cake
variety and the real shortcake, a bis
cult paste made with baking pow
der and not raised. These biscuit
layers are then split and the
berries placed between and on
top, the whole being afterward COW
cred with rich cream. For the other
sort of shortcake the sponge cake is
baked in round tins, and each layer is
Burmounted with whipped cream and
we'll sugared berries laid closely to-
gether.
Strawberry Bavarian cream, straw
berry cream tarts and strawberry syl-
labub are other pleasing variations OF
a dainty sort. In making the second
of these, stew the berries and mix
with corn starch, adding whipped
cream when this mixture is put into
the pastry. For syllabub put the ber-
ries into the oven and strain out the
| juice to add to whipped cream.
Berry sauces for buildings are to be
highly recommended. They are made
in this wise: Put pint of straw ber-
ries into the oven with little sugar.
The heat draws the juice out, and this
juice is to be whipped and stirred into
hard butter and sugar sauce.-N. Y.
| Advertiser.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22
Only a shower.

The last of the scoffers was clinging
to the topmost branch of the tallest
tree on the summit of the highest
mountain with the water up to his
chin when the Ark drifted majestical-
Iy by.
Alloy, the Arkr' he cried. ''Take
me on board, Noah"
"Ahoy, the tree!" answered Noah.
81 can not do anything for you. You
would not heed my repeated warnings,
and now"
Jaw, sail ahead with your old scow
I don't believe this is going to be much
of rain, anybow.'-N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-22

hopeful that he was paying marked at
7tentions to a certain pretty maiden.
Now half the girls of Winters ac-
quaintance were down on him for his
impoliteness; really, he hadn't intend
ed to be impolite. you know, but that
his brain had left him in the lurch
with disastrous results a great many
times, and he had solemnly vowed new
er again to look at girl until he had
his mind close captive. This was the
only way of avoiding a complete boy
colt. But in light of the present sta
bility of the gray matter within his
skull, he decided that to venture now
would not be too hazardous. Therefore,
with the greatest care and determine
ton, he mapped out a campaign, the
successful elimination of which was to
be the surrender of Miss Mae Hadley's
hand.
Affairs chose very smooth course
for themselves. When Reggie found
he could actually go to o box party
without forgetting during the evening