Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-16

A number Of Young men ID the com
mun1ty request The publication OF the
following: There is nothing that so
tends to shorten the lives of old people
and to 1njure their health as the prac-
uce of sitting up late, especially if there
! Is grown up daughter in tie family.
| 7 he supreme court has declared un-
constitutional chapter 81 of the session
laws of 1889 which provides certain
bountIes which may be paid by the
county commissioners for the scalps of
! wolves, coyotes. rabbits and gophers, in
connection with a provision that such
act will also apply to the protection OF
hedges and fences. In the opinion. CT
the court, the law is net clearly expressed
in the title of the act.
Washington, Feb 9.-English railroad
engineers belive that they have attained
an ideal solution of tie automatic brake
question which has SO long harassed
American railway managers, who are by
law obllge TO equip all trains with such
p
exhaustive practical tests III England an
automatic continuous power. invented by
Roberts, for which the greatest claims are
put forth. The weight of the car body
and SO the force Is adjusted to the weight
OF the train. A detailed description and
plans of the mechanism have been fur
ui.hed the state department by United
States Consul Meeker, at Bradford, Eu-
gland.
The joke OF the week in the honse OF
representatives was over a measure pre-
pared by member from the sixth cou-
gressionaI district for the pnfpose of
ceding that territory to Queen Liliuoka-
lani, who is supposed to De headed for
the Uulted States. 1t Us claimed chat
the Sixth district has been abandoned
by the Lord and left to its own de vices
by the present state administration. 1t
has hal no Winds and no rain-BakeI
i'll congress and the Russian thistle
taking the country. After the election
"A large Number CT moro or less eminent
statesmen, journeyed To Topeka III
search Of the spoils of Office. So far
they have got left with startling unau
unity, aud 1t present thare scans t. be
no surcease of sOrrow. Unler these
circumstances it is thought best TO turn
The entire district over 10 Liliuokalanl
aud give her another chan"e. Tie
M, hest thing the district has been al lie
to i.old in the past four years has been.
William Baker, ana even his friends
never counted him more than two spo,
The careful calculator who has prepared
the bill thinks that queen, even though
she is little soileI, will help their
hand up IN the northwest. The measure
is as follows:
Be 1t enacted by the legislature of the
state of Kansas:
Section 1. AS soon as Queen Lii OF the
Sandwich islands shall land IN the
United State of NJ rica IA refugee
from the ielaud over which Tor years she
has been queen. It shall be the duty
of the G >vernor of the state OF Kansas
TO appoint three ex-state officers to meet
her Ut the Golden Gate and formally
cede her the sixth congressional district
II the state.
Section =. The provisions OF this act
are such that Grover Clevelann shall not
be permitted TO run for office in SAIL
district or take any position under her.
Tie settlement of the po3totfice fight
IN this city bears out tho old adage
that the race is not always to. the swift
When the news flashed over The wires
THAI Cleveland was elected, nearly every
Democrat in tie city began 70 figure on
getting the postoffice, and buIlt many
he obtained the snug berth under Uncle
Sam The contestants, however, dropped
out one by one as they became convinced
that W. D. Kelly had the inside track.
AS the day for C.eveland's Inauguration
drew near, Kelly felt confident that he
would soon be sorting the mails, and
VII IN he received letter from Senat'
artin inf rming him that he would
have Postmaster Fuller's scalp in le
than thirty days after Cleveland's lnaug.
nral, Kelly considered 1t settled, moved
to town and be-, an practicing writing
P. N. to his name. But 30 days passed
nd the plum refused TO drop, six months
:, year, until last t Ill Kelly threw ~ the
aTonge III disgust and went to California
to recodp his fortunes.
f. Z. cole cast bis eagle eye on the
plum. but after hanging around for sew
eral months was obliged to skip out
without obtaining the position.
After keily's departure E. G. Waldo
ENTERED the field AID secured the demo
cratic nduIsement and 1t looked as
though he wound receive the appointment
Finally few weeks ago john Cox
was entered for the rac9 anu knocked
the plum without any Trouble.