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EIGHTEENTH YEAR.

lation. and the old-time philosophers
passed away from earth without even
knowing the origin of the mysterious
elektron-
1Pieces of amber having flies or other
insects imbedded in them excited philos-
ophers and scientists of the olden
schools. Amber must have attracted
the insects and swallowed them; and
yet amber appeared to be solid sub
stance. without life, without mouth, or
digestive organs. These phenomena are
no longer mysterious, for we know that
amber is actually the fossil gum of an
extinct cone-bearing tree. This gum.
in the process of hardening imprisoned
the flies and other creatures held in its
gummy embrace, and there they are
to-day, perfectly preserved, and looking
very much alive, although imprisoned.
/ once saw and tried to purchase q beau
tiful specimen which contained a little
lizard with five legs, looking as much
alive as living lizard could look in a
teaspoonful of syrup; but it had been
dead for thousands of years. That
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carriage in which Henry was murdered
was sort of cart, resting on the aKles,
with a leather roof and leather curtains.
The decree of the parliament of Paris
was not unique, as other countries also
prohibited the use of carriages. some
going so far to make it a felony for
the lower nobility and other vassals to
use one.
Agrand tournament in Ruppin (15o9l
under the Elector Joachim of Branden-
burg, was attended by the wife of that
ruler in a gilded carriage, while her
suite occupied IL richly-decorated car
riages of crimson velvet At the coro-
nation of Emperor MaXimilian in 1862
the archbishop of Cologne and his suite
ppeared in IA carriages. A-chronicler
describes the carriage used by the en-
press of Matthias of Austria during his
entry into Vienna, (161D as covered
with perfumed leather while Count
Khevenhuller, speaking of the marriage
of Ferdinand l., says: THE bride with
her sisters rode in gorgeous. golden
broidered carriage, the noble ladies Of
her suite followed in black velvet, and
the rest of the women in neat leather
coaches"
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RUSSIAN TELEGA.

used four-wheeled carriage called the
"Carrucae," and the Roman ''swells''
tried to outdo each other in the ele-
gance of their turnouts
The knightly costumes of the middle
ages and the wretched condition of the
roads interfered seriously with the use
of garages at that period and the noble
ladies generally travelled on horseback
like their lords. Men and women fos-
tered the noble sport of horseback rid
ing; only monks and women using
donkeys as matter of greater comfort.
AS late as the beginning of the sixteenth
century the aldermen in the cities went
to council meetings on horseback.
When covered coaches made their ap-
Pearance in Germany, at the beginning
of the sixteenth century, they were used
only by the noblest ladies, men disdain-
ing to ride in them.
The first carriage with suspended box
which is mentioned in medieval history
served Queen Isabella at her official en-
trance in Paris in 14O5. Fifty years
later the ENJOYS of Ladislaus W, king of
Hungary and Bohemia, presented the
French queen with a suspended and
ichly-decoratedc carriage, (which caused
great admiration at the French court.
This carriage was not initiated, how
ever, for under the reign of Francis /.
only two such coaches existed in Paris,
one of which belonged to the queen,
the other to the kings mistress, Diana
of Poitiers. Special permission was
granted occasionally to ladies of the
highest rank to use similar vehicles, but
in 1868 the parliament of Paris request
ed the king to forbid the use of car
riages in the city, and this decree was
strictly enforced afterwards. Even
under Henry ". carriages were rare
objects, the king possessing only one,
for common use with the queen. The
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The fashionable ladies Of England
at an earlier period had to resign all
comfort during a carriage ride until in
1864 a Dutchman. named Wilm Boonen.
introduced the first coach, for which
the queen appointed him royal car
riage builder" Several highborn ladies
received permission to use the new
vehicles, which caused great astonish-
ment in the rural counties, wherever
enc of these ladies happened to travel.
The celebrated probationary bill
against carriages and their increasing
use was issued so years later, but with
out notable effect. The duke of Buck
;ngham was the first one to drive a
six-in-hand, and the earl of Northum-
berland tried to ridicule the new luxury
by putting eight horses before his car
riage.
The idea of renting out carriages and
horses originated with Frenchman in
Paris, Nicholas Savage, in 1850, and
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Especial New York Letter.1


The carrige, vehicle familiar to the
street gamin of to-day, has history
which reaches way back into the mazes
of antiquity. Its first form was very
primitive, and the products of the car
riage builders of the various ancient
nations were in SO far all alike that the
box always rested directly on the axles.
Wagons are first spoken of in the Bible
and many ancient traditions and docu-
ments speak about war chariots and
triumphal carriages used by the an
clients.
The first carriage used by private
persons was introduced in Rome about
$50 years after its foundation. 1t was
called the ''pileutum," and was granted
by the senate to the Roman ladies who
had sacrificed their jewels in the in
terest of the republic. The privilege
was rarely used, however, and up to the
time of Augustus, the Roman ladies
employed a sort of Sedan chair exclu-
sively on their travels and excursions.
The wagon of the Romans was called
the "Carpentum," and consisted of an
arched box resting on two wheels and
drawn by one or two mules. The car
pentum was often richly decorated. At
later period the patrician Romans
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CARRIAGE OF THE YEAR 1850.

CARRIAGE OF THE YEAR 1850.
since his house bore the name "Hotel
ST. Fiacre' these coaches were general
iy called ''fiacres." Salvage soon found
imitators and improvers, and only few
years later four-in-hands could be hired
for excursions to the country palaces
which the court occupied alternately.
They were called: '.Voitures pour la
suit de II cour."
The practical Dutchmen did not re-
gard the evolution of the carriage with
much favor, for in 1868 the use of car
riages was prohibited in Amsterdam.
ito save the costly pavement" as the
edict said.
The carriage in which the wife of
Charles of Anjou accompanied her hus-
band in his entry into Naples must have
been real gem. An old historian says:
''She rode in a caretta upholstered with
blue velvet, embroidered with golden
fieur-de-lis, the like of which Neapoli-
tans had never seen before. This luxury
spread from Naples over all Italy," It
cannot be ascertained whether the ex-
tended use of carriages spread from
Italy or not, but no nation is as en-
thusiastic about carriages as the Ital-
ians and especially the Neapolitans, may
the vehicles be ever SO primitive. No
where can be seen more stylish car
-riages than in Palermo. But it is said
that these elegant carriages which
cause so much admiration on the corso
are often owned by several parties, who
exercise the strictest system of econ
omy in their household to be able to in
oulge in the luxury of an elegant turn
out. 1t is also remarkable that tha
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AMBER PUZZLED THEM.
That Is Why the Greeks Called It
"EnektrOn."
And from That Word Is Derived Our
Own ..EIectricity"-A Chinese God
- inside of Pearl = Other
Rare Curios.
Especial Washington Letter.r

Electricity is something about
which nobody knows very much, and
concerning which very few know any
thing" says the electrician of the cap
itol. ''I have been handling electricity
for many years, but have much to learn
about it.
Until very recently I did not know
the derivation of the word, because am
not dialectician. 1 have become inter-
ested in the collection of amber, pearl,
crystal and other peculiar things in ma
ture, and Will show you the collection;
but first want to tell you about cleo
tricity. 1t originated in the Greek word
elektron, which was applied to amber
thousands of years ago. The ancients
discovered amber, but it puzzled them to
know whether it was a metal, mineral
or jewel. They found that it was made
electrical by friction, and so they called
ii elektron; and from that we get our
word electricity.
There are various forms of electric
1ty. Common electricity is produced by
friction, and for many years glass and
amber were the principle articles used
in producing it. Until it came into
common use electricity was looked upon
with awe by even those who produced
IL by friction. Then there is galvanic or
voltaic electricity, resulting from
chemical decomposition in a galvanic
battery. Atmospheric electricity is seen
and wondered at by everybody from
childhood to old age. 1t comes with
thunder storms, and is sometimes very
destructive, shattering church steeples,
setting fire to houses, rushing down the
sides of trees, and sometimes killing
people in open fields. There are many
artificial manifestations of this mys-
of &c l,a-
coming necessary part of modern civ
ilization. 1t is the most economical
and popular motive power for street and
suburban railways; it has superseded
gas as an illuminant; it Is used for
cookery in place of wood, coal and gas
oline; and its uses for telegraphing and
te1ephoning are marvellous in extent.
Here in the capitol life would sometimes
be une pdurable with gas light and its
heat.
There are thousands of miles of wire
concealed in these solid marble walls.
and throughout the granite Easements
and subways. The weather bureau has
its connections here, and in the senate
and house and lobbies there are skilled
scientists who tell the statesmen all
about the weather in their distant
homes, as well as the speed of the wind
and the condition of the temperature
outside the capitol building. The tele-
graph wires which connect the capitol
with the white house and the executive
departments also tap the through wires
TO the commercial centers, so that with
electricity we are constantly in connec-
ton with the entire world. And yet, as
i said before, very few people know any
thing scientifically about it. and only
recently did l know the derivation of
the word.
''But. like all men, 1 am talking about
my own speciality, when L started out
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
A Delicate ,Complimsns.

Mabel" said the man who favors
free silver, that young man who calls
10 see you remains altogether too late.
It was after half-past IL when he start
ed for home last night"
II can't help it, father
Cant you give him some kind of .
hint?''
ST did. But he said he had too much
respect for your sentiments to think Of
leaving until 1e minutes to one."-Wash-
ington Star.
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A Questionable Compliment

Charley Chumpleigh = All. Miss
Nightingale. that winter Song" was
charming; it carried me back to the
days of my childhood.
Miss Nightingale am SO glad You
like it.
Charley Chumpleigh-Why, could
actually hear the cattle believing, the
old windmill creaking and the dis
cordant winds bowling about the door.
Washington Times.
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Mistaken.

"You women folks, s,"complainedyo young
Mr.. Sypher at the dinner table, al
ways laugh at the least little things"
You wrong u.s." returned the beau
tiful Miss Koolson, earnestly. "When,
Mr.. Sypher, did ever laugh at you?"
And while they were removing the
soup plates Mr.. Sypher looked into his
napkin and thought and thought and
thought
As we'll he could.-N. Y. Recorder.
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TURKISH ARABIA"

occupants of these carriages, ladies and
children, always peak out from closed
windows and drawn curtains.
This fact reminds one of the sweet
waters the favorite place for carriage
riding with the Turkish ladies of Con-
stantinople. 1t is peculiar that the
sristocratic ladies of the harem use an
OK cart of the most primitive construc-
ton. The box rests directly on the
axels and the wheels are simple wooden
disks. Curtains protect the occupants
against inquisitive gIances and the slow
gait of the animals, as well as number
of black attendants who surround the
carriage, prevent any possibility of
mishap.
The coaches in the Flowery Kingdom.
which are awkwardly constructed of
the hardest woods, are torture to the
foreign traveller, who generally prefers
n horse or donkey The carriage used
by the emperor of China en- solemn oc-
casions reminds one of the antique
forms of the Roman and Greek chariots.
The most magnificent carriages which
Lave ever been used by crowned heads
are surpassed however, by the fairy
Ike coaches and sleighs of the late
King Louis IL of Bavaria, which no
visitor to Munich fails to see.
SIGdITND KRATISZ
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Budeof Financial Promise.

The Washington Post tells story
Of a young man in Washington who
came to this city the other day, not be-
cause b. wanted to see New York, or
because he had business here, but be-
cause he had a pass on one of the rail-
roads and didn't mean to let a thing
like that escape him. He came back
recently. Everybody asked him what
lie had seen over in the town. He
hadn't seen anything.
We'll, didn't you go anywhere ?''
asked somebody, finally.
Not on your life" said the boy.
'tD'ye think 1 was going to pay two dol
lars day for a room and not use it all
the time ?"-N. Y. Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

Two citizens of Houston, old fr1endss
met and one asked:
What has become of your son, the
one who lost his job? Has he got po-
sition yet?"
HE is all right. He is engaged to q
rich girl, and in a few days he will ac-
cept lucrative position as son-in-law."
Texas Sitter.
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ARehection Resented.

She - know Harry Hopkins must
have a mercenary motive in this match
How can he love Miss Van Million when
che is so much older than ne is?
He-Oh, you do the boy injustice.
Even if he doesn't love her, he venerates
her.-Bay City Chat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

It was Uncle Allen Sparks first view
of a Matchmaking machine.
by George!" he calculated, after
watching it few moments in silence.
there's n pair of jaws that never bite
off more than they can chew. That
machine ought to be allowed to votei"
Chicago Tribune.
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NUMBER 20.
nusiness = she Il Done.

The stranger drew himself up stifHy.
''Sir,". he said, II am an honest man.
A look of pity came over the face
Of the capitalist Up to that moment
he had known nothing of the stranger
with whom he had struck up an ac-
quaintance while waiting for the car.
He put his hand into his pocket.
"Ah, my poor fellow" he exclaimed,
II would that could do more for you.
BUT here, at least, is enough to get one
square meal."-Chicago Tribune.
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"Well,'' said Tenspot, I'm getting
pretty tired of ladies' society"
"What's the matter now?' said Tad
deIls.
''Why, just as soon as there is no long
er any necessity to tuck in balloon
sleeves, I've got to lace up bicycle leg
gings."-Town Topics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

Van AEndt-One Of the greatest salts
factions in the world is to feel that you
are the only man who sees a joke It
gives one such a feeling Of superiority.
Fenilworth-Yes, especially when the
joke is ones own.-Truth.
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Mr.. Meanitall-That Miss Flurtsome
is literally throwing herself at ChoIly
Chumpleigh's head
Miss Coideal-I don't doubt it. She
said the other day she would stop at
nothing to make hit.-Brooklyn Life.
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AIistress-Now, Jane, clear away the
breakfast dishes and then look after
the children. I'm going around the cor
ner to have dress fitted.
Faithful-Yes, mum; will you take
the night key, or shall set up fer ye?
Texas Sitter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

Say, I've had an offer to go to work
for Chicago wholesale house. What
would you do if you were in my shoes ?''
After careful inspection-''I think L
would black k'em.'-Rockford Republic.
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A Prodigy.

What though he scarce can read or write,
And is the dullest boy in school?
What though his teacher looks upon
Him a hopeless fool? -,
The other boys look up to him ga
Hes envied by them all,
For be it known that he's a star y
When it comes to playing bal1i
cleveland Leader.
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Domestic Philosophy.

This is the day which our houss
is to burn down."
Gracious, what do you mean-''
why, buildings always burn down
the day after their Insurance has ex-
pired." d."-Chicago Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

"Come, dear, kiss my cheek and make
it up she said, forgivingly.'
iii kiss it," he answered, 'fbut
cont think it wants any more making
up."-Tit-Eits-
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THAT Charley Spindles is horrid fei-
low, isn't hep
'Yes, but he once saved me from a
mad bull"
How was that?'
Il saw Charlie coming and went
though another field" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

She-They tell me that Mr.. Hustley
saves all he makes.
He-That's what his creditors say
Detroit Free Press.
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Brown-If they had, we'd have some
monkey dialect stories.-Up-to-Dat
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why do you laugh at his stale
jokes?'
If did not laugh he would think I
did not understand the jokes and would
try to explain them.''-Truth.
A Backward Pupil
Dora-Can't you ride bicycle yet?
Why, Mr.. Silverspoon has been teaching
you for three weeks.
Coral know it. But he hasn't pro-
posed yet.-Tit-Bits-
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Brown-It is rather strange that nom,
of our popular novelists have heard that
monkeys talk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

-AnasIasius rarely spoke 1t is be-
lieved that he had some defect of this
vocal organs. He communicated with
his attendants by writing.
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HISTORY OF CARRIAGES.
Evolution OF the Finest OF Latter
Day Vehicles

The First Full-Fiedged Coach Was Used
In Republican Rome-Royai Turn
outs Which Played quite
Conspicuous Parts.
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Parrott-Pm thinking of starting a
paper whose mission will be to fight
all our modern corruptions and abusers
and frauds-but I don't know what
name to give it.
Wiggins-Call it the Earth.
Parrott-Why?
Wiggins-Because it will be one ever
lasting bawl!-Bay City Chat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

The Lady-If you do not move on L
shall whistle for the dog.
The Man-Let me sell you a whistle,
uum-Truth
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-10-10

Dancing is an amusement which
seems 10 be slowly but surely dyirg out.
Men at a ball are usually dragged in
unwilling by tie ears to furnish partners
for the gills, and the verse these I'M
gallant males dance the more they
sometimes pride themselves on it. Men
seem to hate dancing. while young wom-
en- like it with enthusiasm still. but if
they can get no masculine partners.
what fun is there in iti they ask discon-
solately. The girls are deserving of
sympathy. But there is "a reason, and a
good one, for the decline of dancing.
There nre now at least five exciting and
enthralling outdoor games where there
was one in the days when it was part Of
the educntion Of every gentleman to
know his dancing steps and take lessons
in department. These fine outdoor games
have drawn the masculine contingent
away from the ballroom. 1t is so much
more lively to play football or polo, or
take part In rowing matches Oh baseball
matches, or ride the bicycle out in the
glorious open air than to perspire in full
dress and tight shoes in the ballroom.
One cannot blame the youths. The only
thing left for the forsaken girls will be
to learn healthful. enjoyment giving
outdoor sports too.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-10-10
ERIN OF SUBSCRIPTION:
SATURDAY, fToBER o, 1896
Convict Labor.

One person in every 1858 is q con.
victed criminal in the Unired States.
How many more rascals there are who
are unconyicted we have 10 means of as
certaining. though the number, and es.
pecially the names Of some Of them,
would astonish us if we knew them. In
1896, accordingly Commissioner Car
roll D. Wright. there were 81, 244 Grim
inals. all told. in the penal institutions
of the country. While the number Of
male convicts has increased in ten years
IL, 1886, the number OF women convicts
is only 81 greater than it was in 1885.
The percentage Of criminal ONE has
been growing smaller in the last dec
ade, which is a good indication for the
race.
The hard times seem to have affected
labor in prison as seriously as it has Ia
Dor outside. In 1885, 1877 per cent Of
prison. convicts were busy at productive
work OF one kind and another. In 1895
the percentage had fallen to 70.S.
Whether the growing objection among
outside workmen to the competition of
convict labor has caused the falling Off,
or whether it is simply because there
was no work to be done, VIC are not in
formed.
In 1885 the number Of idle and sick
prisoners amounted to. only Ga per cent
Of the whole. In 1895 it was 10 per cent.
No doubt many of them IRE sick because
they are idle.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-10-10

The consumption of silver is and has
been for two or three years greater
than the production. This is owing to
two causes. The low price Of the white
metal, On the one hand, has caused mine
owners TO curtail its production. On the
other hand. the same low price has in
duced buyers to invest in great quaint
ties Of tableware and other articles
manufactured from sterling silver.
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r

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the hooks Of registration for the general
election to be held November 3, 1895,
for the election Of National, State, County
and Township officers are now open and
will remain open daily on all legal days
fromll0 O'Clock a. M, to 6 o'clock p. IN.
until October 10. 1896, and from 0ctohr
10, 1895, to October 20. 1895, from Z to 8
O'Clock p. IN. in addition to the hours
heretofore mentioned, at which time tie
hooks for registration will close at 6
O'Clock p. m. Naturalized citizens will
he required to produce their papers at
the time they present themselves for
registration.
N. A. HUNMEL.
Juctice of the Peace and ex-OHcio
Registry Agent for Wadsworth Town
ship, Washoe County, Nevada.
Wadsworth, July /, 1896.
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The nearer together producer and
consumer can be, other things being
equal, the greater prosperity there will
be. 1t has been found, for instance, that
the farmers who are near to factory dis
tricts become we'll to do selling their
products TO mill operatives. That old,
original and wise Democrat, Andrew
jackson, said, PLANT the factory near
the farm"