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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

~ UNLIGHT was in the sky, upon
the streets, over all things. The
~ sound of church bells rose above the
noise of voices and Of footballs on the
sidewalk. What light, charming cos
tunes the women wore, and the men
how carefully dressed and how expressive
of admiration and desire to be especially
amiable.
One tall man, who looked prematurely
grave for thirty years, walked alone. Few
passers-by noticed his face. Of those few
some wondered that such melancholy was
abroad upon this morning of mornings,
this most radiant of Easter days.
A 1.-THE, fair girl came down the steps of
brownstone house and walked off brisk
iy. She wore a close gown of gray and
hat adorned with small, artificial spring
flowers. Eighteen years of life, a fresh,
handsome face, great gray eyes, prayer
book and a parasol in one of her small
gloved hands. what fitting picture for
the day! And, to complete it, in the
other hand white lily, perhaps thought
lessly plucked from its stem. The soil
tary man was walking several feet be-
hind her. He happened to look up from
where his cane at each step met the pave
ment He saw the lily over the girls
shoulder.
The man sighed ''That flower and that
girl bring them back to me still more
wildly" he unused; "that other Easter
day, that other Easter lily-and herv'
The girl in front turned to cross the
street. The man recognized her and rails
ed his hat in response to her bow. She
hesitated, dropped her eyes, stopped and
waited for an approaching cab to pass.
When the man came up she faced him
with smile. He was vaguely conscious
of a heightened color in her cheeks and
Of delicate fragrance environing her.
GOOD morning, Monsieur Melancholy"
she said, in greeting. ''You see, haven't
forgotten my Shakespeare"
Like the sweet girl graduate that you
are" he replied, carelessly, as he started
forward by her side. "But why do you
bring your Shakespearean knowledge to
bear on me in that way? Am melan-
choly?''
'Doleful! And on such morning!
It's wicked to be sad in sunshine like
this"
"And in such company it's impossible.
That is to say, it would be if you didn't
remind me, you and that flower in your
hand-but pardon me, what am / saying p
The girl glanced up at her companion
in some surprise. Then she became
thoughtful. Mechanically she looked al
the lily in her hand. Presently she spoke
in a low tone.
"As you were saying, what are you
saying? Or, rather, what were you going
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
The only Case of the Kind.

DR.. THAI, of Elizabeth, and DR.. Hat
field, of Leachtown, Pa, performed a
successful, though very unusual and
difficult, surgical operation lately
Miss Myra Simmons, of Standing Stone,
a handsome young woman, with long,
l1,xuriant hair, had been in the habit Of
twisting her tresses so tightly in a
knot at the back of her head that the
pressure had loosened the scalp from
the skull. The scalp was taken off and
coagulated matter that had gathered
under it removed, the scalp stitched on
again, hair and all, and the young wo-
man will recover. 1t is said to be the
only case of the kind known in medical
science
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
INC Christian Believer.

Each morning is to him a reminder that
he has risen with Christ, and that the
day before him must be day of aspira-
ton after higher things. To him the
spring-tide of the year cannot set in un-
associated with the great fact of his faith
and the chief force of his spiritual life
As he sees "the motions of the spring
are movements upward, outward, onward
The milder sky, the more benignant
breeze, the flower bursting out of its hard
bulb and its cold bed, the returning bird
with song exultant after silence, and the
hillside daily growing more outrageous
are signs, for him. of life, and of life
after death. The resurrection of his LORD
means more to him, amid the splendid
symbols of the spring time, than it die
as hope cherished, without the symbol
and, as it were, against hope, amid the
sterilities of winter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
An Easter Thought.


Beneath the winters mounded snow
The frozen world insensate lay;
1t knew not of the winds that blow,
Of gathering night or dawning day.
The giant trees with branches bare,
Moved in the wind with moaning sighsi
No bird-songs foated on the air,
And rose in triumph to the skies.
But see what miracle is this?
Again the prisoned waters flow,
The green earth throbs with conscious
bliss,
Again the south winds softly blow.
From lands afar the birds come back
To woodland nook Or sheltered grove,
Through fields of air without a track,
Each to the nest it learned to love.
And He whose hand revives each flower,
Who hides the birds from Winters
breath,
Who gives to Spring, life as her dover,
Can He not save a soul from death?
0 mark how leaf and blossom wave
Where lately all was bare and gray,
And doubt not, risen from the grave,
Our Lord and Saviour lives to-day.
Leisure Hours.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

in accordance with MS custom when in
deep thought. Some one touched him on
the shoulder.
''Hello, old man! Going in?'
eyes, yes, certainly he said quickly,
and ran up the steps without turning to
look at the speaker. He pushed his way
up the stairs and forward to a place on
the front row of seats in the gallery, a
feat difficult because of the Easter crowd,
but to him easy by reason of his abstrac-
ton, which made him Indifferent to the
elbows, shoulders, attire and toes of 9TH
ers.
Already the deep notes of the organ
were Quivering on the air. A summary
scan of the congregation failed to dis
criminate the girl of the lily from the
hundreds of women whose bright head
gear gave the congregation the aspect of
an indoor flower garden. His eyes rested
upon the chancel, held by the general eff
feet of the grouped white Resurrection
lilies, callas, acacias, palms and yellow
azaleas. A cross of lilies surmounted
the floral pyramid. To him this morning,
all the world was Easter lilies.
The clear voices of the choristers rose
| from beneath him, in harmony with the
organ, as the white robed boys moved up
the aisle. But the splendid anthem, ''He
is Risen," seemed to him as coming from
affair." He was meditating.
She was in love with him-this lily-like
girl! Her offer of the flower might have
passed for a jest, but her almost angry
withdrawal of it had told the truth. as
| in a flash. Why had he not already seen
| Clinging to the old love had kept him
blind. He reviewed their acquaintance
| from the first meeting at the house of her
aunt four months before. Her shy look
her alternate moods of cordiality and
GOODNESS, her studied avoidance of him
her sudden appearance before him durine
his calls at the house, all, with much else
should have warned him. He remem
bered that night at the theater wher
chance had placed him beside her. The
play was "As You Like It. He had moi
before asked himself why that night haG
remained so sweet in his memory. She
too, had not forgotten it. Her greetins
| this morning, the title Of Monsieur Melan
choly,'' applied by Orlando tc Jacques
| was souvenir of that evening.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

such a flower toto the hero of the story"
yourself, of course This was spok-
en- with a sharpness that might have
aroused his curiosity had he not been in
reflective mood.
Yes" he answered.
Sand the story was a-love story?'
NATURALLY"
Glow interesting! And it ended in-in
what?''
in a grave in Greenwood, eight months
afterward,' he replied, softly.
"Oh!' she said, gently. They walked
on in silence for time. Then he added:
"She died of pneumonia month before
the time fixed for our marriage. That
was six years ago. 1t seems yesterday"
''But the story is finished"
"Oh, yes" he said, with a slightly bit
ter smile. 'tThat story is. And now you
know why | was not all smiles when you
met me, notwithstanding the morning"
They had come to the church. He stop
ped on the outskirts of the converging
crowd at the front of the wide stone
steps before the great entrance.
care you not going in?" she asked,
with some establishment, as she also stop
ped.
He smiled. mo, 1 didn't intend to.
I'm not a church-goer. I'm out of prac-
| tice."
''Then experience a novelty. l can't
invite you into our pew, for Aunt Agnes
and my cousins have already left only
room enough for me. But you might en-
| joy standing in the gallery. Don't you
like Easter music?'
Eyes. Perhaps l may drop in by and
by"
He stood still, waiting for her to leave
him and enter the church. But she did
not move. He must have been strangely
unobservant not to have noted the look
of tenderness that suddenly burst all re-
! pressive bonds, instructive and conscious,
| and glowed eloquently in her eyes, not to
! have penetrated to the deliberate design
| hidden under the surface of her next
| speech.
"And that story being finished, has it
! had many-any-sequ with the same
hero?"
''None," he answered. ''None in six
years."
ut began with lily?"
ga lily that still stands in a Grecian
vase beside my mirror"
Somewhat faded"
eyes, poor flower"
"But, the old story being finished" she
said, speaking with increasing haste and
very low, land the hero still young, what's
to prevent beginning another story-witE
another lily?"
She held out the flower in her hand
The man. surprised at her manner and
her action, and not Immediately awake
to their significance, did not move OF
speak.
The girl, appalled, by his hesitation
hastily drew back the proffered lily. He1
face became crimson, and she turned and
hurried confusedly from him, passing
with the throng up the steps and into the
church.
In the vast arched interior her senses
met subdued light after the sunshine, the
hum of discreet conversation, the soft
footballs of worshipers going to theil
seats, the rustic of women's gowns, the
odor of flowers, the colored rays that fell
obliquely from the stained glass window
The man remained standing outside be-
wildered. After few seconds the girls
meaning dawned upon him. ThereupoI
he began to twirl his nustache rapidly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
The World of Sunshine.

The tiny ray of sunlight which stole
in through the crack Of the shutter
yesterday wrote with its golden pen
these words upon the darkness withini
"There is a great big world of SUM-
shine, just like me, outside" Don't
keep sunshine barred out from your
SOUL Open wide the shutters. Do not
interpret the meaning of life from the
darkness, but from the sunshine which
falls upon it. The joy of yesterday,
which crept into your cloudcd life,
points you to a world that abounds
with 1t. The satisfaction you felt to-
day, upon doing that good turn for an
other, was as a drop to the ocean Of
satisfaction you will find If you make
every other day Just like this.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
One of Natures Wonders.

An account Of the striking changes
which the great lava lake in Kilauea
has undergone this year appears in
the Hawaiian Gazette. The lava stead
lily rose after the last great breakdown
of the floor of the crater in March, 1891,
when an area of $500 feet long by 1000
feet wide fell more than 500 feet in one
night Toward the end of last year the
rising and overfowing of the lake filed
the pit thus produced. Since that time
the activity of the lake has been in
tense, as many as twenty-three over
flows Of liquid lava having taken place
In a single day, and the walls surround
ing the lake have been rapidly raised
by continued overfows.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
At the Theater.

''That," exclaimed the exceedingly
tall man, who could see the stage, sis
capable of two constructions
The individual of medium height,
who could see nothing but millinery,
readily assented.
"a great deal Of it." he remarked,
with gloom, seems to have been made
over once or twice already. "-Detroit
Tribune. ---~-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
Beware Of ointments for Catarrh thas
Contain Mercury,

OO1ANtSA1A
as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold to the good you can possibly
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and Is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by f. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
GH Sold by Druggists, prirez5c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills, 25c
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
AnIroenious Scotchman,

An ingenious Scotchman ha.s devised
a thread-spinning apparatus that is op-
Grated by two trained mice. In driving
the little mill with their paws the AMI
mails daily perform work equivalent to
travelling a distance of ten and half
mileS.-EXchange
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

Or, in other words, Hoods Sarsaparilla,
is universal need. If good health is to
be expected during the coming season the
blood must be purified now. All the
germs of disease must be destroyed and
the bodily health built up. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the only true blood purifier
prominently in the public eye to-day
Therefore Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best
medicine to take in the spring. 1t will
help wonderfully in cases of weakness,
nervousness and all diseases caused by i'm
pure blood. Remember
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
Hateful Thing.
hateful

Miss Singlewun-What a hateful
thing Lyddy White is!
Miss Thingummy-Why what has
she been saying now?
Miss Singlewun-I just happened to
saw she'd never see As again and she
said: mot when 1 look at you. Dos
ton Transcript.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
Has to Talk Through II.

Flapjack-Glibley is quite a talker,
isn't he?
Treacle-Yes, but his hat will get
down over his Springfield
CIass.l Union
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

Choking for work, are you?' asked the
good lady. sob, not that bad, num-"
answered Mr.. Edward Wrest; jist merely
waitin' fer it,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

zone vindication,' said Uncle Eben, sarn
er good thing. But hit am er bad idee fob
er man ter git in de habit OBJ taken 'em reg
lar"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

Band leader Ito trombone): FIR. John
sing, yo's two bars benin de res. y Mr..
Johnsing (testily) 70 need'n bodder bout
m e; l kin ketch up any time 1 wanter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

At the art gallery think this is very
fine picture. So thoughtful of the artist to
put glass in front of it! / should never
have known my tie was coming off.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
Spring Medicine

My little girl has always had poor
appetite. I have given her Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and since have given it to her she has
had good appetite and she looks well. I
have been great sufferer with headache and
rheumatism. I have taken Hoods Sarsapa-
strength. Ny husband was very sick and all
run down. l decided to give him Hoods
Sarsaparilla and he began to gain, and now
he has got so he works every day." Mrs.
ANNIE DUNLAP, 3s5 E. 4th St., s. Boston,
Mass. Get only Hoods, because
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

to say? 1 remind you, 1 and my flower
-of what?'
He spoke without seeing her shy, side
look, as they passed on among the crowds
Of church-go
"Of another woman and another flower
like that. on another day like this. You
bring back a story that began on such
day when such a woman lightly gave
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
An ExpIanation at Last.

insomnia is frequent forerunner OF
insanity. This explains why so few
policemen become insane. Texas Stiff
ings.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

SIN your new story, what made you put
in the chapter on pirates, with all that awful
profanityT' Il had just bought fountain
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13


On organ, pillar and archway-
On altar, chancel, and stair
In the moment of holy silence,
When the opening hymn was Ger,
A little rustling sound
Was heard from the open door.
There stood baby girl
She was not over four
And her apron was full of flowers,
So full it could hold no more,
She looked so sweet as she stood there,
The sunlight in each fair curl,
And a blue sash trailing behind her,
Dear, brown-eyed little girl!
eve bring some flowers for Jesus"
The baby quietly said;
Then dropped them on the floor
And looked around in dread.
There were SO many people
She had never seen before,
And she guessed -wanted-Mamma.
Sc she ran from the open door.
The sunlight kissed the flowers
Goods flowers" the child had brought,
And they lay there and preached a sermon
The text a genuine thought,
From the baby through all the people,
The spirit of giving spread,
And the gifts that day were large
By the child's offering led.
The Home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

Hegeman's CRmphor Ice with GIycerfne<
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hapc1
and Face. Cold Sores. &C. &. q. Clark N.HavensCts
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

ssHanson's Magic Corn Sa1ve."
Warranted to cure money refunded. Ask your
druggist for it. Price cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

If the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be and that old and welltried remedy. Mrs.
WNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

How we lo7g for flies and mosquitoes
againi
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13
AN EASTER OFFERING.
HE little church was

HE little church was
crowded
At the joyful Easter
tide
The golden rays of
morning sun
Streamed thro' the
window wide;
The bright cross
caught the glory
And threw it back
again,
As a sweetly chant
ed anthem
Thro' the echoing
arches came.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

in accordance with MS custom when in
deep thought. Some one touched him on
the shoulder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-04-13

The church was
clothed in beauty !;
There were flowers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
FACTS ABOUT STRAWBERRIES,

The following is a summary of the
Ohio Experiment Stations report on
Strawberries:
l. Strawberries do well on almost any
well drained soil, which is free from
frost, reasonably fertile and not infested
with white grubs.
2. There is little danger of making the
soil too rich, but there is a possibility OF
injuring the plants with commercial fer
tilizers, if placed too closely about the
roots, and with coarse manure
no effect on white grubs. nor does, ma
nure, but the latter stimulates the plants
so as to repair the damage.
4. The best fertilizers are well rotted
manure, bone meal and wood ashes.
5. The best method of preparing the
soil is to plow in the fall, mulch with
manure, and fit the ground in the spring
with cultivator and harrow.
6. The best time to set strawberry
plants is in early spring. When plants
are to be set in the fall they should be
especially grown for the urpose, either
Z. For matted rows the plants should
and for hills. one foot by three.
matted rows a part should be cut off,
or some of the plants dug out.
3: Generally. it is better to keep a bed
only one season, but if kept longer the
best reatment is burning soon after
fruiting.
10. Winter protection should be given
by mulching, and the best material is
swamp hay.
IL 1t is not advisable TO remove the
mulch in the spring, either to cultivate
or to avoid frost. unless the soil is
u. A good rule in selecting varieties Is
TO take only those that have shown the
best results in many different sections
rejecting those that appear to be varia-
BILE. and have exhibited weaknesses else
where.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
RELIGIOUS NEWS
AND THOUGHT.
GATHERED FROM THE RELIGIOUS
AND SECULAR PRESS.
Worth Remembering on Religious
and Moral Subjects.
The Real Value of Life.

Life obtains a real value only when we
regard its transient experiences as the
perishable forms through which we re-
ceive@ endurable benefits. The things
which happen to us leave their mark
upon us. They resemble the type of the
printing press which is disarranged and
scattered when it has performed its office.
The important question is not how long
did the type remain in form, but was the
spiritual copy worth the printing? 1t is
thus that / look upon all human occupa-
ton and all domestic and social relation
ship. Let US heartily enjoy them while
we may. but let us also remember that
they are chiefly important as means to-
ward an end which survives their depart
ure God wills that just as the plant.
rooted in the material soil, stores up
carbon, so the human soul, having its
roots in this soil of everchanging circum-
stances, shall store up virtue. Every
sorrow which adds single'virtue to our
character is worth enduring. and every
pleasure which fails 10 do this is vast
ed.'-ReformeG Church Messenger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24

bed it should be allowed to commence
! TO heat then put in fiat heap con-
Siderably larger than your sash treading
down well. If the manure seems dry
pour water upon it. The frame should
be from four to six feet wide and as
long as is wanted. The back should be
eighteen inches high and the front ten
or twelve inches. This frame should be
banked with warm manure. About six
besD should be placed upon the manure
in the frame. Oftentimes earth can be
gotten that is not frozen under straw or
hay, stacks. II frozen earth has to be
used, place ii upon the bed and cover it
with glass, leaving small opening for
air. 1t will soon thaW and become dry
enough to work In no case should
seeds be planted until the rank heat has
subsidized A 15-cent thermometer will tell
you when the bed is in condition.
For sashes most any old window sash
can be used if nothing better is at hand.
After planting seed, care should be
taken that plenty of air is give on sun
ny days. Watering should be done to-
ward evening. A good way to start let
tuce for home use is to SOW rather
thickly, thinning TO two inches apart
when fully started. After getting to
eatable size cut off and LET grow up
again. Radishes can be sowed at the
same time as lettuce, but they require
more ventilation for if covered too close
ly they will not bottom well. Onion sets
mey be put in, also spinach. These will
all stand frost if not too hard. During
cold times the beds can be covered with
old blankets. or. pieces of carpet, and
even straw or hay; but the sash must
be left tribe open for ventilation.
In watering, it is best to water thor
oughly two or three times a week,
rather than every day. During cloudy
weather never, give water With lettuce
rot is sometimes caused by too much
water, especially if poured upon the
leaves. A good way is TO use a funnel
In this way yeu can saturate the soil
without wetting a leaf. Cabbage. TO-
matoes and pepper plants can all be
started in this way to great advantage.
Dwight Herrick =