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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-25
FASHIONS TICKLE fAncIEs.
Notes Which May Prove OF Interest to
the Well-Dresaed Woman

the Well-Dressed Woman.
Among the dainty CONNECTIONS for
the neck is kind that is very becom-
ing and quite a favorite. It may be
made up of any combination desired.
Tt consists of three lace points, one of
which is for the front and one on each
/ shoulder. Around these is fu1led lace
about six inches in width. This can
be finished around the neck with coll
lar of ribbon and large bow in the back.
or if low effect is desired chiffon gives
very soft, pretty effect. A very sty-
lish combination is of black chiffon
edged with narrow valenciennes lace,
the points having white satin under
meath, while the collar can be made
| either of white or satin ribbon.
Honiton lace is a new departure,
| which has been introduced into the
net passementeries. One of the largest
| effects is of black lace net with jet
| spangles and white Honiton lace scat
tered here and there, forming various
designs.
One Of the latest things in portieres
| is styled the golden net portiere." It
consists of fine fish net of the best
quality, on which is fastened, about six
inches apart each way, golden shells.
| These shells are small and of various
shades, from q pale cream to a deep
| orange, and are sewed on carelessly,
regardless of size, with linen thread
the color of the net. 1t is finished with
| large macreme cord, knotted in a
| dozen strands, and on each knot is
sewed cluster of shells. Lamp shades
4 10 Of Ini 4xyc CHI hxv
sewing them in rows on black or white
lace. At the least jar in the room they
tremble and shake like golden beads.
A very pretty apron may be fashioned
at home of Lonsdale linen, ornamental
with strips of long stitch embroidery
worked with flax threads. The en-
broidery is worked on rather open con-
gress canvas, the edges of which are
folded underneath the embroidery
when it is finished. Use three strips of
this embroidery and separate them
when sewed on the apron by insertions
of drawn work made in the linen of
the apron. Finish the bottom of the
apron by crochet edging in cream
white or colored linen threads.
High-class dressmakers are making
extensive use of the pretty French
front" materials that are sold by the
yard, all trimmed and tucked, for vests,
plastrons, yokes, and blouse effects.
These come in simple and elaborate
styles, and are arranged on silk, net,
grass linen or chiffon. Lace, velvet,
and spangled gauze ribbons, Persian
strips, and many other textiles are
used for these fronts, which save the
1nodiste much time and are exceeding
~ effective.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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HUMOROUS.

-Cynicism-''Papa, what is cynic 2
"a cynic, my son, is man who sneers
at everything he hasn't cash enough to
keep up ith.''-Chicago Record.
How does Jibson stand prosperity
since he came into his fortune?" oh
he stands it all right, but it is pretty
tough on his friends. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
II wonder why the widows always
get the best of the race for husbands 2
asked the fool young man. "They are
faster, I guess" replied Miss Ann
Enquirer.
81 do not see," she said, with great
severity, show it would be possible to
add to the unsightliness of bloomers."
And the little wheelwoman contented
herself with innocently remarking:
perhaps you are prejudiced. Did you
ever try them on ?''-Washington Star.
They Listened to the End.-"You
know what a long-winded speaker
Mr.. Wyndham is? Il guess do" HE
says he never delivered but one speech
where some people did not get up and go
out" Where was that?" In the
Joliet penitentiary." Port Jervis Ga
zette.
My good man." said the titled
gentleman who had been violating a
municipal ordinance, II am not subject
tc the laws here; I belong to the no
bility." 'Well, begorrah," replied Mr..
Terrence Flynn, ''for the matter o.
that, nayther am Oh. Oh belong till the
police force. Washington Star.
-"Glass-eating," observed a freak
who was as yet unclassifed, lis a bad
business. A glass-eater is thrown much
in the way of temptation. have known
several to become addicted to the bot
tie" The Zulu chief, to whom all civil
cation was new, laughed boisterously,
but otherwise all was intensely and OPP
pressively still.-Detroit Tribune.
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Cinnamon Adulteration.

The organ of the Society of Public
Analysts mentions the following curious
instance of commercial ingenuity: A
certain firm of confectioners abroad use
large quantity of walnuts in various
forms of sweets and found that
the shells had a distinct com
mercial value and, in fact, they
sold the shells for more than they
gave for the whole walnuts. The shells
are ground TO powder and then used III
adulterating ground cinnamon. But the
buyer is not altogether secure in pur-
chasing cinnamon in the STICK for this
is sometimes adulterated by the ma
tives who gather il with bazRs OF other
shrubs A Ieartless, if ingenious, de-
ception, too, is shat prae5iced every
spring, when large quantities of com
mon weed. the Leaf of which closely re-
sembles the mask plant, ere by some
means slightly scented with musk and
sold as the genuine, a-t SO mnch a root.
to the great subsequent disappoint-
mentof the Household World.
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DID NOT SEE THE JOKE.

How the Editor of Scientific journal
Reviewed Book.
Charles MOnselet, a Frenchman OF
letters, published not long ago comic
scientific dictionary" for the benefit
of children, who found no little amuse-
ment in his odd accounts of things in
the animal world which were perfectly
familiar to them, but which were de-
scribed in a rather fantastic way in
NJ Monselet's book.
The editor of certain scientific jour
nal, however, was much surprised and
shocked at NJ. Monselet's ignorance
when he took up the book, and he
wrote an article about il in his paper
which ran as follows:
"a certain NJ. Monselet has published
dictionary for the use of children,
which contains definitions showing the
most extraordinary ignorance, such as
the following:
'Sardine-A little fish without any
head, which lives in OIL
'tAs if a fish could live without head
and in oil.
'And another definition:
'Parrot-A bird somewhat resem-
bling the pigeon. Generally green,
when it is not red, or yellow, or blue.
Cockatoos sometimes live up to 100
years old, except when they are stuffed,
and then there is no limit to the length
of their life
'"Now it happens that the parrot is
not a pigeon at all, and never has the
colors that M. Monselet gives to him;
and, in short, that NJ. Monselet knows
no more of natural history than he has
grains of common sense
The editor knew great deal of sci
ence, but he did not know, as the chill
dren did, how to take a joke.-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
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would fall down. 1 hadn't remained
motionless for so very long, either, but
in a darkness where a man can't tell
whether he is standing on his feet or his
ears, the faculty of balance isn't much
to be counted on. My heart stopped
short when 1 felt myself sway, but I
shifted one foot quickly, and there /
was again. But that accursed foot had
made a squeak.
THE fellow listened for a moment,
and then he yelled: Who's in here?
Il didn't say a word, but just dropped
down to the floor as easy as sack of
oats.
HE listened for time, and then bel
lowed out again: Who's in here?' I
suppose he figured that it wasn't one
of his enemies, or they would have got
him while he was swearing to himself
over in the corner.
"'Who's in here! Come along now,
galoot, an speak up er I'll begin t. bore
leetle holes in yeh! Who er yeh, any
how! Whistle some now, er I'll fair
eat YEP
He was beginning to get mad as a
wildcat. 1 could fairly hear that fell
low flashing himself into rage and get
ting more crazy every minute. All the
kegs were up in one corner, and when
/ felt around with one hand I couldn' t
find thing to get behind. Every Sec
ond I expected to hear him begin to
work his gun, and if you have ever lain
in the darkness and wondered at what
precise spot the impending bullet would
strike, you know how / felt. So when
he yelled out again: Who er you?
spoke up and said: It's only me-
!" Thunder cried he, in a roar like
n bull. Who's me! Give yer hull name
an pedigree, mister. if yeh amt fond
of regular bowling rowl'
"sI'm from Houston, said I.
".Houston,' said be, with a snort.
AN what er yeh doin' here, stranger? -
4 came to the SALE told him.
"'Hum,' said he; and then he re-
manned still for some time over in his
lend of the car.
81 was congratulating myself that I
ran no more chance of trouble with
this fiend, and that the whole thing was
now mere matter of waiting for some
lnerciful fate to let me out, when sud
denly the fellow said: 'Misterl'
"'Sir2' said /.
Open that there door!'
- sT1.r-what?'
open that there door!'
'Er-the door to the carp
HE began to froth at the mouth, ]
think. 'Suye, he roared. TIL door &
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''The fellow swore and flung himself
out of the car. He went prowling off
toward the crowd with his guns held
barrels down and with his nervous fin
gers on the triggers. followed him at
respectful distance.
''As he came near to them he began
to walk like cat on wet pavements,
lifting each leg away up. Where is he !?
Where is tn white-livered skunk what
slammed thet door on me? Where is
he? Where is he? Let i'm show hisself!
He dassent! Where is he? Where is
hep
''Hewent among them believing in his
bull fashion, and not a man moved.
Where's all the galoots what was goin'
L shoot at me? Where be they? Let 'em
come! Let 'em show themselves! Let
'em come at me! Oh, there's them here
as has got guns hangin' to 'em, but let
'em pull 'em! Let 'em pull 'em onct!
Jest let 'em tap 'em with their fingers,
an I'll drive stove hole through
every last one'a their low-down hides!
lessee a man pull a gun! Lessee! An
lessee tn man what slammed tn door
ON me. Let him produce himself, TIL
and he cursed this unknown individual
in language that was like black smoke.
But the men with guns remained 81
lent and grave. The crowd for the most
part gave him room enough to pitch q
circus tent. When the train left he was
still roaring around after the man who
had slammed the door,"
Sand so they didn't kill him after all, -
said some one at the end of the nara
tive.
''Oh, yes, they got him that night
said the major. In saloon somewhere
They got him all right"
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a Long Farewell.

The Frenchman's politeness some
times serves him in good stead to point
rebuke. A Frenchman who was stay
ing at a hotel I'm Edinburgh asked, at
the cashiers desk, how much his bill
was, and was astonished to find how
great an amount had been charged.
He felt that he had been plundered,
but he paid the bill, and then asked to
see the proprietor. Presently the land
lard came down in response 10 the call,
all beaming with smiles.
The Frenchman rushed UP to aim, ex-
claiming:
..Ah! Let me embrace you'll Let me
KEGS your
But why do you want to embraces
me, sir? II don't understand"
''Aht saire, but look at zee beel."
'Your bill? Yes; but what of it?'
'yOt of it? Wy, it mean Eat sail
nevaire nevaire see you again, saire!'-
Tit-BftS~
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THE HUMAN FACE.
Visible Signs of Invisible Things Should
Be Our Guides.

Visible Signs of Invisible Things Should
Be Our Guides.
1t is claimed that there is much in
physiognomy which reveals the true
character of the person to those from
whom it is most desirable to conceal
it. The claim is just one for those
who have learned the language of the
face, but there are few who really un-
derstand these visible signs of invisi-
BILE things" To most people the faces
Of those around them indicate nothing,
or surface qualities only. To the
learned few the characteristics indi-
Gated are in many cases Numerically
opposed to those which the uninitiated
or casual observer sees.
isn't she lovely ?" exclaimed one lady
to another recently. ''She has such
candid, innocent, large blue eyes that
one must take to her at once" The
lady addressed made no reply, but she
felt that those same blue eyes were of
a type that, innocent, childlike and
soulful as they might seem, always in
dictated a lack of truth in the owner
81 would not trust those eyes any
where said she to herself, "but shall
say nothing. They are of the type
known as the lying blue eye but it is
not for me to judge" Nevertheless her
diagnosis of the case was entirely cor
rect.
With face of candor and blue eyes
that would melt heart of stone, the
owner, nevertheless, proved utter
~ unreliable in her word in
every way. Precisely the same
thing happened in relation to a
man having the same kind of soul
full blue eyes. 1t is not necessary that
everyone having blue eyes should have
a propensity for untruth, nor that III,
owning eyes of other colors should be
truthful, but so far it has been proved
that those to whom nature has given
eyes of this peculiar blue she also
gives vivid imagination, to put it del
icately.
''What do you think of So and SOP"
was asked by a man of another man.
in relation to some one with whom
he would have close dealings.
II do not like his square Jaw. You
will have trouble with him If you run
up against his opinions or Judgment or
if you give him any hold. Give him All
inch and he'll take an ell"
''He has been very pleasant 50 far"
THAT may be, too, and . may be mis-
taken. Try him." In three months or
less the square jaw had asserted itself
and the close relations were abandoned.
There is no study which pays better
IN the long run than that of the human
face. We may become disguised with
all the meannesses we find below the
surface, but then we likewise will be
disappointed in the many good points
we discover, hitherto unsupported, in
an unattractive face. So things will
even themselves UP. = Philadelphia
Call
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THE AsHANTEE EXPEDITION.
what Led to the Campaign in Which
Prince Henry Lost His Life.

Prince Henry Lost His Life.
The origin of the difficulty with Ash
antee, which led to the expedition in
which Prince Henry lost his life, may
be assigned to the year 1888. Lord
Kuntsford then decided that British
representative should be sent to the
court of Coomassie. King Prempeh ac-
ceded with reluctance, for, notwith-
standing the debt of about 100000 due
to England on account of Sir Garnet
Wolseley's expedition in 1873, he still
claimed to be an independent sovereign
over his $4,000 square miles of terri
tory. But in 1894 the acting governor
of the Gold Coast colony sent him word
that resident was to be sent to his cap
ital with power to define the limits of
Ashantee, to decide whether represent
alive action should be taken in the case
of rebellious chiefs, and to exercise SUI
pervision over the kingdom generally.
These demands were resented by
Prempeh, who sent his cousins, Prince
John and Prince Albert, to England to
obtain relief. But they were unable
to effect any arrangement. Lord Rose
berry referred them to the governor
of the Gold Coast, and when the con-
servatiyes came into power Mr.. Cham
berlain adopted the same line. And
then an expedition was organized to en-
force the ultimatum sent to the dusky
monarch.
The expedition was not on very
large scale. Only 200 British troops
were employed. They were supple
mented by a battalion of a West In
dian regiment stationed at Sierra Leone
and battalion of Houssas. The artil-
lery consisted of nine-pounders and
Maxims. But, though small, the force
was sufficient for its purpose. After
hacking its way through $50 miles OF
jungle, it is now in peaceful occupation
of Coomassie. King Prempeh has an
nounced his intention of meeting in
every way the wishes of his formidable
visitors, and it is announced that he and
his relatives are to be held in hostage
until his promises have been fulfilled.
Tt is highly probable that the whole
territory of Ashantee will now pass
under British protection. The territory
will prove valuable acquisition, for
the amount of gold in it is, by all ac-
counts, so large that it may be expected
to affect the price of the metal in the
worlds marl1ets.-N. Y. Herald.
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A FREIGHT CAR INCIDENT.
BY STEPHEN CRANE.
[copYR1eHr. 1896.

ICoPYRIGHT. 1896.
eRemember that time, major?" said
the railroad man.
"You bet do rejoined the major.
$50 ahead and tell it" said the others.
The major lifted his glass and care
fully scrutinized the bright liquid.
We'll, Toms line, you see, was just
being put through the interior of the
state at that time, and one day he
asked me to go out with him to some
little town which he was going to open
with an auction sale of lots and free
beer and sandwiches for the people,
and all that, you know. Well, went
along, and there was big freight car
loaded down with kegs and provisions.
Everybody was having a great time.
Tom got i'll during the sale, SO he went
into a little shanty to lie down, while
/ went over to the freight car to get
some ice to put on his head. / was in
the car scouting around after ice when,
all of a sudden, some one slammed the
door to, and made the inside of the car
as dark as pitch. Then somebody in
the darkness began to swear like a
pirate, and l heard him swing his re-
volver loose. l began to see the game
then. 1t seems that there was fellow
around there that good many people
wanted to kill, and they said they were
going to kill him that day at the sale,
too. Somebody had pointed him out to
me during the morning, and I had
heard him brag, so / recognized this
voice in the darkness. I think he de-
.cided that they had slammed the door
on him so that when he opened it to
come out they could get a good fair
chance to make sieve of him. The
way that man swore was positively
frightful.
''FIe wasn't very good company,
either. stood still so long that felt
the bones in my legs creak like old
timbers, and didn't breathe any hard
er than canary bird. He went on
swearing at a great rate.
81 began to think of Tom and his
pain, wishing he had died rather than
I had come for that ice.
cat last I found that I had got to
move. There was no help for it. My
fegs refused to support me in this posi-
ton any longer. My head was growing
dizzy, and if l didn't change my attitude
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A DESERT FACTORY.
Its Principal Business Is to Turn Out
Spllnts for Surgeons.

Its principal Business Is to Turn Out
SplInts for Surgeons.
Down below the Santa Fe round
house, near the railroad tracks, is fac
tory unlike any other in the United
States, or, for that matter, anywhere
else. 1t makes splints for the use of
surgeons in bandaging broken limbs
from a peculiar fibrous material that
possesses especial adaptability for the
purpose. This material is none other
than the wood of the yucca palm, which
grows plentifully on the Mojave desert.
The trees are cut down and trimmed
into logs about ten or twelve feet long
and from ten inches upwards in diam
eter, and shipped to the factory, where
they are stripped of bark and carefully
inspected. About half or more of the
logs contain what might be called
flaws, or kidney-colored masses of car
BOMBED wood so hard that the machin-
cry used cannot cut them. Nobody
seems to be able to explain how these
formations are caused, but they make
the men at the factory great deal of
trouble and spoil much timber. The
logs are sawed into suitable lengths, a
length put in a lathe, and a long knife is
pressed against it, taxing off a shaving
about an eighth of an inch thick, more
or less, according to the use to be made
of it. This long shaving or board is
then cut into smaller pieces and put
away in racks to dry, for the trees are
cut up when green, it being impossible
to soften them after they are dried.
Although they grow in the desert and
look parched to the eye, they are full of
water and weigh so much when green
that they sink in water. The poorer
quality of the yucca is cut up into mar
row strips, which are fastened around
young fruit trees to protect them from
sunburn and tine attacks of rabbits, for
which purpose they are found to an
swer admirably, and a great many of
them are used. But the use of this ma
terial upon which the greatest hope of
ultimate profit is based is for splints,
for which it is much better adapted
than any other material used, as we'll as
being cheaper.-Los Angeles Journal.
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DUTCH POLITENESS.
Social Etiquette In the Netherlands-Law
of Street Solicitations.

Social Etiquette in the Netherlands-Law
of Street Solicitations.
Social etiquette in the Netherlands
is as interesting as it is peculiar, and in
its extraordinary manifestations it is
a revelation of what constituted the GUS
toms of New York hospitality of two
centuries ago. The French are polite,
but their politeness is nothing as COM
pared with that of the Dutch. The
visitor notices it as soon as he arrives
in the country, and as he sees it in the
street salutations. Everybody bows,
nobody mods, and mere touching of the
hat is unknown. AS in France, the
gentleman bows first; but, although
he may have bowed for ten years, he is
denied the privilege of addressing the
lady. A bow is given to every acquaint-
ance. A Dutchman gives an order to
workman and takes off his hat with
bow that would not bring discredit to
dude. If he meets his neighbours foot
man or kitchen girl, he salutes her as
he does her mistress, and the men serv-
ants give their recognition on meeting
ladies. Every one bows on passing n
house where acquaintance reside, and
it is amusing to see men go by and take
off their hats at the windows-it IS
quite immaterial whether any of the
family are visible. Moreover, ladies
make polite bend of the whole body
as they pass houses where they visit.
Tradesmen salute all of their custom
ers. A lady is bowed to by all of her
fathers, brothers or husbands friends
and if a Dutch boys father or brother
has ever met lady, that boy must rec
ognize her. Every man takes off his
hat to every other man that he knows,
the dustman and the pastor bowling as
politely as two lords.-Golden Rule.