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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
STOCK AND FARM.

st. John News: The recent SHOWS and
rains ought certainly to rekindle hope
in the hearts of the most morbid. The
ground was never in better condition
for big crop than it is now.
Medicine Lodge letter: A number of
ranchmen in the western part OF the
county are planning to lease and fence
large tracts of land too rough for agri-
cultural purposes for pasturage for cat
tie. It is estimated that 25, 900 head of
cattle have been brought into Barber
county during the fall and winter. -Nu-
merous farmers are planning to irrigate
small patches OF ground during the
coming season. Three or four quite ex-
tensive plants are to be put in in places
where the conditions are especially Ia
vorable.
The export trade in cattle at Kansas
City, Kan, is full of life despite the dis
elimination Of Continental Europe
against American meats. No less than
thirty-six cars of export steers went
from there to New York in single day.
lola Register: Some cattle men from
Chase county have located with Mr..
Moss on the Decker farm with 1872 head
of cattle to feed through the winter.
This has been a benefit to the farmers
for many of them had more feed than
they knew what to do with.
North Topeka item: The recent fall
of snow did little or no good for the.
wheat according to the reports made by
farmers from local districts. The snow
they say in nearly every case blew across
the open wheat fields and drifted about
fences.
Horton Headlight: A horse buyer
bought in one week, in the vicinity of
Horton, ten head of horses, all fve-year-
Odds, fat and sound and of an average
weight of 1928 pounds. at an average
price of $47.50 each. This is the lowest
price ever paid for that grade of horses
in the history of the county.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
Hard WORK, Not inspiration

The poem dashed off in half an
hour is tolerably certain to be crude
and unfinished. Inspiration must be
aided by hard work, IL satisfactory
result is to follow. A number of manu-
script sheets Of Longfellow's Excel
sior'' illustrates this truth, and should
give hope to many a discouraged anna
teur. As Longfellow first constructed
the first verse Of this poem, it ran:
1.-THE shades OF night were falling fast
AS through an Alpine village passed
A youth who, as the peasants sung,
Responded In an unknown tongue,
Excelsior"
This was manifeSt4y weak, as the only
obvious reason why the Alpine peas
ants sung was that they might afford
a rhyme for the youths response in an
unknown tongue. A second trial at
the verse, however. made 1t even
worse The two Last lines Of the verse
were made to read:
"a youth who bore a pearl of price,
A banner with a strange device"
There are not many. even among the
magazine poets Of to-day, who would
consent to refer to banner as pearl
of price" But the poet had by this time
three lines to his liking. and the substi-
tuition of "a youth who bore mid snow
and ice," completed the verse as 1t has
been read and spoken throughout the
length and breadth of the land. ALI
of which goes TO show that the genius
OF the poet is the conceDtion. and that
the production OF the poem, being
quite another matter. lies solely In the
direction of patient labor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
KANSAS RAILROADINo.

The Santa Fe is arranging for har-
vest excursions in February, March and
April.
The Rock Island will run another har-
vest excursion on February Is. Tickets
will be sold on February II. The fare
will be one fare for the round trip,
plus 50.
The railroads have made a rate of
one fare for the annaul encampment
of the G.. A. h which will be held at
Lawrence on February 26. The rate
will apply to Kansas City, st. Joe and
Superior, Neb.
Hereafter that portion of the tariff
work which has been done in Chicago
will be done in the general Offices of the
Santa Fe at Topeka. To do this work
will necessitate the removal of num-
Der of Chicago employees in that de-
partment to Topeka. This change is
announced for February l.
Some time ago the Rock Island made
a rate of one fare for the round trip to
the meeting of the grand lodge, A. f. &
A. NJ, which will be held in Topeka,
February 18 to 81. The rate has Deen
extended for two days to apply to the
State Oratorical Contest which will be
held in Topeka on the evening, OF Feb
ruary 23d.
The Chicago, Kansas & Arkansas
Railway company has fled articles of
incorporation with the secretary of state
at Topeka. The charter provides for
the construction of railroad ZIG miles
in length from a point opposite St Jo-
seph, Mo, to Little Rock, Ark. The
beginning of the road is at a point in
Doniphan county, Kansas, opposite st.
Joseph, Mo. The line, according to the
charter, is to extend south through
Doniphan county, thence through Atch-
ison, Jefferson, Douglas, Franklin, An
derson, Allen, Neosho. Crawford and La
bette counties. From the southern
boundary of Kansas the line will be ex-
tended by the most direct and practi-
cable route to Little Rock. The privi-
lege Of maintaining and operating tel
egraph line is secured with the charter.
Capital: George T. Nicholson, gener-
al passenger agent of the Santa Fe, has
has nearly completed his preparations
to rsmove there February l. The SUI
pervision of the general passenger bust
ness of the Santa Fe will remain under
| Mr.. Nicholson's direction. In addition
to that he will assist Passenger Traffic
Manager White in the administration of
the affairs of his department. Mr.. Mich
olson said, 81 will take one or two clerks
and perhaps stenographer with me-.
The advertising department and Mr..
Simpson will also be taken to Chicago
and that constitutes the removal. In
Guiding myself there will probably be
five persons taken from the Offices here.
Many people heve been saying that this
move was the preliminary in taking the
passenger department to Chicago. This
is wholly without foundation. The num-
Der of employees that have mentioned
are all that will be taken"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

from his bed. He stopped his ears at
the hour of the elevation; forever the
lost cry of his friend came back to him,
lugubrieus, implacable, "Helpl Je-
hanr'
In vain he sought forgetfulnesE by
casting culverins for the Lord Ptmer-
Giles, or In beating the glowing iron
upon the sounding anvil; never could
he drown the reSiStless voice of the
Rosemonde.
Oh, 1t became impossible to live on
In this way! He must exile himself,
abandon this part of the country, re-
turn to the great city, hy from the sim
lister voice Of DEATH
And yet it was but hallucination.
1t could have no real existence. Ma
thias could not speak.
Jehan was courageous. He had al
ways been audacious. He would brave
this bell which haraSSed him.
One evening the Lord of PomeroIles
had the misfortune to lose his young
est son, and mourning fell upon all his
vassals and dependents.
Slowly sounded the sepulchral knell.
Help! Jehanw sobbed the bell.
Bareheaded, with faltering steps, as If
drawn by an invisible force, Jehan
mounted the hill He reached the mon
astery, and requested the father bell
ringer to allow him to go up into the
belfry. Above, the bell swung slowly
to and fro.
"What do you want with me? Where
are your cried Jehan.
Stupefied, the father bellringer
watched him, white as a spectre,
mounting the tall ladder.
you are hiding yourself. Where are
your Jean cried, amid the tempest Of
sound. 81 am not afraid; show your
self! If -Ou dare, show yourselfy'
Higher, higher he mounted, the bell
over his head occasionally ringing.
its black clapper seeming to sway to
and fro like an immense tear!
Jehan reached the bell, and, bend
ing toward 1t, grimaced at 1t and
threatened it with his clenched fist
all unconscious of what he was doing,
mad
Suddenly the monk saw his danger;
he could not arrest the colossal Rose
monde In its sweeping swing.
Take carer he shouted.
1t was too late.
In his madness, wishing to ascertain
whether OF not 1t was really the voice
! of Matthias that reached his ears, he
had put forward his head to listen, and
| the bronze monster had struck him
dead.-From the French, in the Strand
| Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
Gifts for Public Libraries.

Within the last half century sixty
Americans have given sums varying
from $4,000 to $2,5O0,OO0 to establish
or aid public libraries. The most i'm
portant of these gifts, amounting to
SIG, 100000, were made by eleven per-
sons, as follows:
John Crerar, Illinois. 81, 500, 900
Walter L. Newberry, Illinois. 100000
The Astor family, New York. 100000
James Lenox, New York. -. 2,000,0O
Samuel ]. Tilden, New York. 100000
Mortimer T. Reynolds,l New
York ......... .. 100000
Dr. James Rush, Pennsylvania. 1900, 600
Andrew Carnegie, Pennsylvania. ], 100000
George Peabody, for Maryland. i 100000
Enoch Pratt, Maryland 49,. 1,225,OOO
Henry Hall, Minnesota. 49,. 100000
OF this large sum NdT York received
Sc, 800, 600; Illinois, $500, 900; Mary
land, $2,625, 900; Pennsylvania, $1,000
900; Minnesota, $5OQO0O.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

Recent returns to tl5ns freau OF Edu-
cation show that theoG are IA. les. $50
children in the elemehtaFy schools of
the United States; 402, 469 more are pur-
suing the secondary course Of study in
public high schools, private academies
an preparatory schools, and I47, 662
are taking courses of higher education
in colleges, technical and professional
schools. In other words, one person in
five Of the entire population of the
United States is enrolled in some eIe-
meRtary school. There are also in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
He Wrote the Sentence.

A teacher of Virginia district school
recently asked one of her little colored
pupils to go to the blackboard and
write a sentence thereon containing the
word delight"
George Washington Jackson went
pompously to the front of the room and
wrote, in a large, scrawling hand, these
words:
"De wind blowed so hard dat it put
out de wallpapers Young People.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

Norton Republican: A petition is l.
circulation, asking the council to call an
election to vote additional bonds TO i'm
prove the waterworks. II there is any
thing the Norton people like better than
bonds it is more bonds. t
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

Never under any circumstances in
terrupt man who is telling Of his COM
plants; not even il his house is on fire.
The first thing a girl does when an
other girl calls on her is to ask to try
ON her hat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
Notes ON Education.

Notes on Education.
Education should lead out, not force
on.
There are over eighty colleges in the
United States that publish ANIMALS.
There are at Berlin 4,025 students,
3,744 at Munich, and 1884 at Leipsic
The University of Michigan has a
japanese students association, consist
ing of thirteen members.
publication called School is issued
In New York, and Schoolmaster and
Schoolmistress appear in England
India has over 100 colleges, and Japan
over 200 colleges and schools of high
grade. In these are at least 100000 stu
dents.
A Chinese encyclopedia, which in the
Chinese comprises 5000 volumes. is
about to be added to the library Of the
British Museum.
The Lucknow Christian College has
taken the field first among mission col
leges to teach stenography, typewrit-
ing and general business writing and
accounts.
The first known European library or
lg1nated In the presentation to the
family of Regulus by the Roman Sen
ate of all the books seized at the cap
ture of Carthage.
In the twenty-one German UNIVERSE
ties there are q, 800 students, of whom
1888 are in Berlin, Munich and Leip-
sic. According to studies: In medicine,
8,061; philosophy and science, 7,716;
I'D: theology, 4,648, OF whom
400 are Roman C6fn0fTg..
The Boston Public Library is to be
enriched by the addition of the coIIec-
ton of music and musical literature
made by Allen A. Brown. 1t is said to
be one of the finest of its kind in the
United States, and contains, besides,
scores of operas, oratOrios, masses, SYM
phonies and other vocal and instrument
tai compositions, many volumes of the
literature of music. Altogether there
are about 1000 titles in the catalogue
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

times, It is regarded as q part Of his
plain du&Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
CURE FOR TRUANCY.
TEACHERS UNITE AND STAMP
OUT THE DISEASE.
Visit the Parents of Absentees and
Enlist Their Aid-Statistics from
the Census Concerning the Schools
of the United States-Notes.
Broke Up the Epidemic.

1t was town of about 1000 inhabit-
ants and the truancy bacillus which at
first had infected only a few of the
worst spirits had spread until truancy
had become epidemic A number
of causes combined to aggravate
the disease. 1t was an especial
ly good season for fishing, rat
killing, and sundry other recreations
dear to the truant'S heart
The usual remedies were applied.
Every effort was made to increase the
attractiveneSS of the school, and by
interest to create involuntary attention
superior to that for external things.
But the magnets seemed devoid of
power. There were half a dozen ring
leaders, large boys, who were not
school children at all but loafers whose
parents did not send them to school,
and had concluded that they were in
cOrrigible. These ringleaders lay in
wait for the school boys and by argu-
mentS more forcible than philosophical,
pesuaded them that it was better TO
"come along and have some fun"
They sat on dry goods boxes and wrote
elaborate excuses and signed the par
ents' names to them for the delinquent
to present the following morning. And
so the disease increased with uniform
acceleration. When mild treatment in
homeopathic doses failed, the teachers
resorted to corporal punishment but
this failed utterly; in fact, it seemed
largely to undo the few good results
secured by the attractive" treatment
Matters continued to grow worse I'M
til teachers meeting was called to
discuss the situation.
1t was decided at the meeting to
adopt an entirely different treatment
and heroically to focus attention on the
evil Every teacher agreed to visit
after school during the next week the
home of every pupil who had been alb
sent during the day. This decision was
announced in all the class-rooms the
! following morning, which was Friday
The reporters heard of it and the news
papers devoted few interesting lines
to it The parents talked 1t over and
some of the boys are said to have given
it more than a passing glance.
On the following Monday morning
the teachers were agreeably disap-
pointed to find that many boys had
suddenly recovered and that there were
but few vacant chairs" They called
religiously upon the parents of all alb
sentees and found that the parents
were quite anxious to have their chill
dren attend regularly and were will
ing to lend helping hand. The results
exceeded the most sanguine expecta-
- &Ha nv-i
ment.
1t took time for the disease to die out
| and it was not an uncommon thing to
see parents accompanying GONZALES
cent children to school in the morning,
but a genuine and lasting cure was
finally effected, and parents and teach
ers were brought closer together
School Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

1ne NorInern states pay great deal
more for education than the Southern
States For example, Texas has $685.
314 pupils enrolled and spends So, $685.
600 year for their education, while
Iowa has 513,614 enrolled pupils and
spends 81 SOL, 4S3. Tennessee has 49,
S61 pupils enrolled and pays 81, ga, 799,
while Michigan, with 400, 59S pupils,
spends $6,062, 657. North Carolina,
with 356,95S children in her schools,
pays $3.50, 320, while Kansas, with $780,
225 pupils, pays 81, 1866 South
Carolina. with 223, $50 children, pays
$4S3, $50, while California, with 23S, 1O6
children, pays $5,434, 216.
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Carolina. with 223, $50 children, pays
$4S3, $50, while California, with 23S, log
children, pays $5,434, 216.
Where Are the Boys Tonight?
1 often think when seated at the table in
my room
OF the joyous childhood days indeed,
which passed, alasi too soon
OF the happy boyhood days l spent at
home down on the farm
And listened to my mothers prayers that
to me would come no harm.
Then recollections come to me of times
we had at school,
When seated at the old brown desks TO
do our sums by rule,
Committed lessons from our books and
learned to read and write,
The question often comes to me, Where
are the boys tonight?
l wonder if the little stream at the foot
of Moorehead's hill,
Where We used to catch trout after school,
Is running on there still?
And the Long Swamp" where we play
ed our old game, "fox and hound"
Is now a smooth and fertile strip of Gull
tivated ground?
Where the smoke of Grand Trunk en-
gines we watched from our school
door,
wonder if they now get stuck as they
did in days of yore;
But guess the railroad company has cut
the grade away,
For freight trains in these modern times
must be hurried Oh their way.
And the games we played at recess, some
~ Gnh
We forget, and often wonder Where are
the boys tonight?
Where the trustees sat with hat in hand
to hear us read and spell,
Then praised the teacher for his work if
they thought we did it well.
But the boys that studied grammar then
are the trustees of to-day,
And at annual meetings of the board have
now their little SAY"
Most of the boys that sat there then have
gone and settled down,
While those of enterprising turn do BUSH
ness now Gin town"
As pathmaster or councillor they keep the
township right;
But sometimes think, as do now,
Where are the boys tonight?
Yet in my recollections 1 do not forget
'the girls"
Who made the school look cheerful with
white aprons and their curls
And when the teachers back was turned
would pass notes to and fro,
Or skip the rope at dinner time some
twenty years ago.
Some of them are married, and now they
must attend
To household duties, and perhaps have
little clothes to mend.
And some, l fear, are old maids now,
who years ago looked bright;
These are the ones who sigh and ask,
o, where are the boys tonight?
H. R. Campbell, Buffalo Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09

United States 1900 public libraries with
more than 1000 volumes each.
The total expenditure in the United
States for common schools last year
was $163, 359,016. The largest expendi-
ture was in the State Of New York. The
following are the States which invest
more than 100000 year in educa-
ton and the amount each paid in 1885
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
New Educational Body.

A bill was introduced into Congress
by General Black of Illinois, based on
suggestions from General Lew Wallace
and Librarian Spofford, providing for
a college of twenty five persons "distin-
guished in literature, science, art and
invention" modelled somewhat after
the Institution of France, called 1.-THE
Forty Immortals." A committee of the
Senate and House will name the first
five members of the college, and these
five members are to elect twenty other
persons. The body will be a continuous
one, and is to be provided with a meet
ing room in the new Congressional IL
brary building, with proper service, and
have the use of all publications of the
library. The college is to make reports
from time to time to Congress upon
language and literature. Great Britain,
Germany and other countries have SIM
liar national bodies.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-09
A Good Move.

Yale University, says the Congrega-
tionalist, has decided to abandon ad-
dresses by students on commencement
day and substitute a modification of
the Oxford plan, somewhat like that
now in use at Johns Hopkins. The only
speaking will be an address by the pres
ident on the condition and progress Of
the university. This will be in Eng
lish, but will not supersede the similar
address at the alumni dinner. The
candidates for a degree will all be re-
quired to be present. A new officer will
be introduced, called the Orator" who
will perform the same duties a similar
dignitary does at Oxford. 1t will be
his place to introduce the various can
didates to the president. The candi-
dates for honorary degrees will have
their qualifications for the honor put
before the faculty and president by this
officer, after which the customary con-
ferring Of degrees will follow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-19

"For Fair Virginia." a romantic
play by Russ Whytal, was given
its initial presentation at the Chica-
go opera house Sunday evening.
This is the same production which
created so much kindly comment
last season in New York, where it
attracted prosperous attention at the
Fifth avenue theatre. While dis
tirctly southern in tore and senti
ment. as its title suggests. the play
is said to furnish an original and
ingenius treatment of an exceedingly
interesting story, full of heart and
home. and absolutely void of sensa-
tionalism. Mr.. Whytal has been
heartily praised for his admirable
work and indeed no play by an
American author of recent years has
received such cordial endorsement.
"Agatha Dene." charming comedi-
eta. also by Mr.. Whytal. is used As
a curtain raiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-19

ADotber Chioago Excursaon.
Last chance for low rate to Chi
cago this year. Only $3.50 for
round trip on special train leaving
Rock Island via the c.. r. l. 6 P.
railway at HES p. m. Saturday.
Oct. 10. Returning leave Chicago
about 1880 p. m. Oct. 20.