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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
HUMOROUS

None Too Cordial.-Tse Hostess
II suppose there is no use of asking you
to stay to dinner?" The Caller--Nos
in that way."-C1eveland Plain Dealer
And you actually aver that you
learned to ride a wheel without once
swearing? Your Eyes. felt too
near an awful death to dare to be pro-
fame '-Indianapolis Journal
why, Tommy you are not at the
jam again and only whipped for it an
hour ago?" Yes, mamma; I heard
you tell auntie you thought you'd
whipped me too hard, and thought I'd
make it even."-Pearson's Weekly:
Mrs Gadd-'.How is your girl, Mrs-
Gabb?" Mrs. Caldwell, she's abom-
inably dirty She spoils everything she
cooks, and she's lazy and impudent.
but she has one good quality rarely
met with Indeed, what is that?''
'-She disqualification Life
II wonder how he can hug such =
fright exclaimed the Infant Prodigy.
looking significantly in the direction
of the Armless Wonder and the Cir
cassian Princess. THAT, 1 apprehend,"
rejoined the Candy Butcher lis a
professional secret-"-Detroit Tribune
-'.Whur is this address," asked the
man with the sunburned hair, showing
a newspaper clipping to the depot Off
Ger. THAT is vacant lot" said the.
officer Il allowed it WIZ. You see, Z
saw n advertisement that said could
get a pocket fire escape for 30 cents by
writin' to this Teller at this number
and as I thought it might be handy
when I come to town, I sent for one
an what do you s'pose I got?" Give
it up" Got Testament. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
AWouder.aI Lun.t,c

Dr. l. G. Bruce gives an account OF
n 1unatic in the Derby Borough asylum
Tho exhibits the phenomenon of pass
ing from one mental state to another.
fsy birth he is Welsh, and when in his
Welsh state his condition is that of
deHaentia He can then understand
Welsh but not English In his Eng
lish state" his condition is that; of
chronic mania, and he speaks and un-
sferstands both Engliszand Welsh. But
he cannot remember anything that oc-.
ours to him when in the Welsh state.
although his memory leaps over the in
tervd and recalls events beIoneing- to-
preceding English states CONVERSELY
when in the Welsh state h,sistotaIly ig--
n0rant of things that he Knows andun-
derstands perfectly in the English
state. Sometimes he passes from one
state 10 the other sudsdeply;. ali ether.
times he goes through an Intermediates
state. during which there appears to be.
Z mixture OF two eondi sioas. IN his.
brain.-Brain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
A Convenient Yeast.

Take two cakes of good dry yeast and
dissolve them in a teacEp of tepiIi water
Scald three tablespoonfuls of flour, add
one-half cup of sugar. two-thirds cup
OF salt Boil IL large potatoes in two
quarts of water, adding enough to have
that amount When done mash them
fine, and add to them two more quarts
of warm water, the scalded Hour, sugar
ard salt When the mixture Is barely
" arm add the dissolved yeast Stand 1t
in a warm place for II hours, then bot
tie. This should make quantity SUI
icient to ill five quart fruit jars, ansi
should be at once placed in a Sool, dark
place To make your bread, take one
jan of yeast in the morning. work il
moderately stiff with some flour, and
set to rise in a warm sheltered place.
1t win usually be rezay to bake by noon
and viii make Three good ioaves--N- Y
Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23

Talk of presence of nind,- SAFE
Fogg, did I ever tell you of PuEy-
hard. the dentist? No? Wen, he was
down in Florida, and, falling into the
river, one of the biggest. anigators you
ever saw made fosx him. In AN instant
poor Pallyhard yvzs in the reptiles Jaw.
and in another moment the life woult,
lave been crushed ont of him But
when Pullyhacrd saw the creatures
teeth. he pulled out probe he always
carried with him, and pressing it into
the gators jaws, he asked: DO you
feel that?' OF course the reptile
screamed with pain and of course h.
spat Pull .Shard out as quick as he would
q hot pc fato.-
YES said Bass after Illuminating
upon the story, .sbut shouldn't have
calies1 that presence of mind, but q
sls Sish devotion to ones profession"
| HsThat's what 1 always contended.'
J replied Fogg. but Pullyhard wouic
have it that it was presence of mind.
Boston Transcript
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
RErRoeREssroN IS EASY.
The Tendency of Men 70 Go Backward
Morally.

The Tendency of Men TO Go Backward
Morally.
Some years ago number of children
were brought from Central Africa and
put into European schools to be civ
il;zed and educated They remained
for a long time in these schools, and
became familiar with all of the usages
Of Discrimination and seemed to take
kindly to them
After it was supposed that they were
well established in these new ideas.
they were sent back to assist in Hfting
their fellows out of the darkness Re
Gently some missionaries visited them
to learn what progress they had made
Vt was discovered that they had re-
verified quite back TO their original con-
dition, and although they understood
and remembered clearly the things
they had been taught and the ways
in which they had been trained, they
felt the utmost Indifference toward
them, and could only be attracted from
their savage state and enjoyments by
p great effort, or by the promise of some
dainty or pretty article.
This is by no means an exceptionsf
case Indians have for their entire Life
time lived among civilized people, IN
deed those that have been born in the
land of civilization have in a very short
time dropped back to their native tastes
and habits The law of gravitation
seems to obtain in mental as well as
material matters 1t has often been re
marked how rude, rough, uncouth and
uncultivated the habits of men become
when for great while they are en-
gagged in occupations that deprive ther1
OF ordinary society y few years OF
such life alter the appearance, man
ners, methods and tastes of even tn :
most refined and cultivated gentlemen.
~ " Ledger
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
LAWYERS FINE ART.
Witness Was Quite COMPOUNDED and Said
What He Did Not Mean.
You say you know Mr.. Sharp ?" asks


What He Did Not Mean.
You say you know Mr.. Sharpe" asks
the lawyer.
Yes, sir"
You swear you know him?"
'Yes, sir
you mean that you are acquainted
with Mr. Sharp"
Yes, SIR
You don't know him; you are mere
1y acquainted with him. Remember
that you are on oath, sir. Now, be care
full. You don't mean to tell the court
that you know all about Mr.. Sharp,
and everything he ever did?"
L suppose
Never mind what you suppose; please
answer my question. Do you or do you
not know everything that Mr.. Sharp
did?"
NO"
'-Thatn do. SIR No, you do not.
Very good So you are not acquainted
with all his acts?'
OF course"
stop there. Are you or are you
not?-
NO"
THAT is to say, you are not so we'll
acquainted with him as you thought
you were
Possibly not"
Just So Now we begin to under
stand each other IF you don't know
anything about Mr. Sharp-s acts when
you are not with him you can't swear
that you know him, can you?
If yousput it in that way"
'-Come, sir, don't seek to evade my
question 1 will put it to you again
When you say you know MIR. Sharp
You don't mean to say that you know
every thing he does?"
mo, sir; of course not"
"Just so; of course not Then you
were not quite correct wher you said
you knew Mr. SHARPE"
No, sir"
In point of fact, you don't knowTMr;
Sharp at aIl2"
No, sir"
"Ah, thought So That1l do. Stand
down-"-Pittsburgh Dispatch
Albany, N ", was visited by a fir
| in 1915; coo houses were destroyed
their value being estimated at s., 002,
/. COO.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
WAR AND ATHLETICS
The Best Soldiers Are Not Always the
Strongest Mem


Strongest Men.
The revival of the Olympic games
in Greece, though in a very different
form from that of 1000 years ago, is
an event of uncommon interest. When
those games were at their best the
Greeks were the most warlike nation
in the world This leads contempo-
rary to ask whether there is any con-
nection between the athletic spirit
which characterizes the English-speak-
ing races of to-day and the war-like
spirit which they also exhibit.
Byron, too, in speaking of the degen-
eracy of the modern Greek, wrote:
:. You have the Pyrrhic dances yet.
Where has the Pyrrhic phalanx gonef
OF two such lessons. why forget
The nobler and the manlier one?
The poet did not stop to think that
the Pyrrhic phalanN would have count
ed for nothing against modern arms
It is also true that in the age of Grecian
glory athletics were immense adj
vantage in the way of preparation for
military service. The physical
strength and endurance of the soldier
then were of first Importance Now, in
most branches of military service
strength counts but little, though en-
durance is still q matter of great i'm
portance- But does experience show
that athletics are possessed of that sort
of endurance that is most useful in
war?
Military men tell US that actual ex-
perience in war is full of surprises
this question. The strong, athletic
fellows who were expected to prove the
most efficient soldiers, disappointed
that expectation more frequently than
otherwise. The slender young chaps
found about towns and cities, who had
been clerks in stores, students, mechan--
les, whose occupations made no great
demand for physical strength, suf-
fered severely at first, but, as a rule.
soon developed into tough and efficient
soldiers, and often bore the fatigue of
the march and the battle better than
the strapping farm laborers and others
that were supposed to be the best mate
rial for soldiers. We do not mean that
there were not excellent soldiers OBJ
tanned from all these sources, but that
comparisons utterly failed to sustain
been entertained.
1t would seem, therefore, that the
connection between athletics and eff
ficiency in war is somewhat remote.
Those nations that now excel in atf-
letics excel also in other respects. They
are the dominant nations of the world,
because of the high spirit and the re-
sources which enable them to excel in.
almost every department of human ef--
fort. Athletic exercises are all right,
of course, but their Importance in con-
reetioz with war has suffered great
diminution on account of the improve
,ment in arms--Louisville Courier
Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23
a Retreat oDeo

I'VE are tswarted,- she gaspea. fall
ing into the armscf the leadiag i,aven-
lie. My fsthert-
What Gas he16ones', demanded the.
youth, with ANONYMOUS intanarion.
He Aas hidden all Of my wartiroba
exceps y cosSumes:s she cried, her
voice rising TO a Shrek
Anyb-dy at ali ccr.versant with tht
tendencies of the drama could see thar
an elopement was impossible. How.
ever, they could do song and dapos-
Detroit Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23

Have L done anything fer society !,
that truth De always present to thy
Simms-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23

The Hindoo-Koosh.2 20 GOO feet, is re.
ported to be the highest in Afghanistzn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-23

Albany, n. ". was visited by a fir
in 1sis; GOO houses were destroyed
their value being estimated at 5000,
COO.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
INVITATION TO HUNG CHANG
THE CHINESE yICEROY MAY COME
TO KANSAS CITY.
Upper House of the Council Moves to
Extend Him n welcome-Pitts-
burg 4 Gulf Road Interested
in Bringing Him Here.

If resolutions and consultation are Of any
earthly avail. Kansas City will be favored
for g. day or so by the august presence OF
China's great viceroy. Lii Hung Chang At
it's meeting last night the upper house
passed a motion that he be extended an
invitation to visit the city while on his
way to the Pacific coast. Alderman Wyne
was the mover. 1t was the expectation
that the lower house would pass motion
of like import, but it became so engrossed
in something else it neglected to do so.
1t is the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf
road which is behind the entire movement
to have Ii here within a week or so. and
unless all Of its work goes for nought it
is not going to be disappointed.
He is to arrive in New York the early
part Of next week and is subsequently TO
visit Philadelphia. Washington and Niagara
Falls. According to the programme ar,
ranged for him, he is to quit the United
States at Niagara and take the Canadian
Pacific there for Vancouver.
But the Pittsburg & Gulf road, which is
practically the only railway in the coun-
try in process of construction during these
have. Prince Ii take run down to Mena
that he may see its crews lay track by
machinery-a thing which would certainly
interest him greatly, because he is travel
chanical and other devices.
The roads representative at Philadelphia
has been in correspondents with the chi
weeks past. the result being that he has
been promised an audience with Ii next
Thursday. He will then try to persuade
his suite. Very fortunately. ex-Secretary
of the Treasury Foster. the man who ne
gotiated the treaty between China and
Japan. is trying hard to persuade Ii to
visit Chicago. If he succeeds in this, 1t
is more than probable Lii will consent to
visit Kansas City. The action of the coun-
ill ocf nil ~ ha
burg & Gulf management. Mayor Jones
has been interested in the matter. too.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
PENSIONS.
Y ANGa0


Increase-Thomas Nell. Arkansas City,
Cowley; Jacob z. Sherfick. McCune. Craw-
ford.
Reissue-Thomas Holleicke. Wichita.
Sedgwick.
Crowder. Lucerne. Sheridan: Daniel Il.
Lacy, Deerhead. Barber: Francis ]. Frank,
National Military home. Leavenworth:
Sanford J. Anderson. North Topeka, Shaw
nee.
Increase-John B. GatchelI, Topeka.
Shawnee.
Reissue-James L. Christy. lola, Allen.
Original. widows, etc.-Bridget Gerlach,
public, Republic; Margaret j. Welsh, Doni-
phan Doniphan.
Original-David r. Wilcoxson. Overlook,
Usage: James Ash. Dalton. Sumner; Keno
phon Gamble, Emporia. Lyon: Cragg Brus-
ter. Rosette, Lincoln: Especial, August 49,
Robert II. Bell. Wamego. Pottawatomie; !;
Jacob Nipps. Phillipsburg. Phillips.
Restoration and reissue-Ollver W. Crow
Eminence. Garfield.
ReIssue-George T. McVey, BeIoit. Mitch
original. widows. etc.-CIara Kunkls.
Leavenworth. Leavenworth: Sarah j. Sit.
Ter. Paola. Miami
Mexican war survivor-Increase-T
Mcbride Mankato, Jewell.
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
Original-Dewitt 8. Blackman (deceasedD,
Original, widows, etc.-ElIzabeth BLACK
man. Standard. Logan. minors OF Adam
Movers. Paradise. Payne and Sumner. No
BILE.
Original. widow-Mary Jane Love. White
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Orfginal-James Skalo-la, TahIequah,
Cherokee nation.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Biggest Crowd in the History of the
Baxter Springs Reunion ASSEM-
bled Yesterday

Baxter Springs. Kas., Aug. 27.-(Special)
interstate encampment reached its zenith
to-day. Never before in the history of the
association has the attendance approached
that of to-day. The coal fields to the north
and the lead and zinc fields to the south
and east were practically deserted and the
miners swarmed to Camp Logan. BY noon
the crowd was variously estimated at from
25.O0O to $4,000 people, and train after train
rapidly increased the number. 1t has been
impossible to suppress political enthusiasm
and the camp has been Republican love
feast. increasing in fervor as the crowd in
creaSeS.
There was no programme in the forenoon
and Congressman Kirkpatrick devoted two
mastery address. first drawing vivid pic
ture of the horrors and sorrows of war
fare and of the patriotism shown by the
boys in blue from 81 to 'e5. and then dwell
the people at the present time.
MIR. ingalls, address this evening was to
an audience similar to that of Mr. Kirk
patrick's. He INDUCED in no invectives.
showed no partisanship, and did not even
mention the names of the presidential can
didates save Mr.. Bryan's once, in a casual
way. He dealt telling blows against sec
tionalism, and affirmed that the doctrine of
state sovereignty is just as much In con-
troversy now as when the first gun was
fired upon Fort Sumter. And by your
votes" said he, "on the 3rd Of November
next, you will again determine that great
question:"
Mr.. George ". Potter who is under the
direction Of the Republican national COM
mttee, followed Mr.. ingalls,.
Tomorrow is Missouri day. and General
Prentiss, the hero of Shiloh, will be the
orator.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
American Travel In Europe.

There have been many estimates pub
lished of the amount of money Americans
spend on their trips abroad. Taking the
second class travellers into consideration
with the first cabin travellers. 1 am OF the
opinion that $500 is about the average ex-
penditure on the trip. 1t is a mistake to
suppose that the wealthy traveller spends
large sums on the other side. Such per-
sons usually take servants along. and the
ordinary expenses are quite heavy drain
for rich man or woman. Once on the
other side. they go to some quiet place
and they usually count their pennies with
the care of those of less liberal means. A
large sum is expended every year in Eu-
rope in the purchase of clothing. I think,
however. that this does not average more
than 500 for each traveller. Considerable
money is spent in the purchase of SOU
venirs but probably does not exceed $40 on
the average for each traveller. Those who
have been in Europe before spend almost
nothing for souvenirs on following trips.
Still. when one thinks of the army that
goes to Europe every year, an expenditure
of $500 for each person amounts to an enor-
nous sum. For the 10000 who crossed In
1895 this would amount to $600O000O. That
sum. in my estimation. represents about
what Americans pay each year for the sat
isfaction of crossing the ocean and spend
ing more or less time in SIGHTSEEING
Chautauquan.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
sorec,osipr mortgages on Nebraska farm

forecIosing mortgages on Nebraska farm
ers, Major Mckinley was preparing meas
ures and promoting policies which would
enable the farmer 10 pay off his mortgages.
While Mr.. Bryan, as a representative in
congress. was preaching free trade and re-
pudiatiOn, Major Mckinley was identified
by name, by reputation and by statesman
ship with the measures which give work,
wages, business and good times, and sus-
tain the national honor. the national credit
and sound money. While Mr.. Bryan says:
My experiment Of free trade, or all Of
81 ! could get, has proved disastrous; please
t-y my experiment of debased currency
and perhaps that will succeed Major Nc
Einley says: Let us return once more TO
the policies and the practice and the meas
llres which from Washington 10 Harrison
made this country the greatest, the freest.
the wealthiest. the most prosperous and
the best for its people of any land in The
world" "
Dr. Depew sat down In a tumult of ap-
plause as General Harrison stepped to the
front. He was in evening dress. in con-
trast to DIR. Depew. who was in a frock
coat. and as he waited for the enthusiastic
cheering 10 subside. looked in very Gccd
health.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28
Debased Currency and Labor.


my friends. these men surely do not
contemplate the irretrievable and extensive
character of the disaster and disturbance
and disruption which they are proposing
for all of us in all our business affairs.
great and simple. Take the laboring man
My countrymen, l never spoke false
word to the labori2g man in my life. Great
applause) 1 ha,S never sought to reach
his vote or influence by appeals to that
part of his nature that will poilute the in
tellect and the conscience. l have believed.
and I believe to-day, that any system that
maintains the prices of labor in this coun-
try. that brings hope into the life of the
laboring man, that enables him to put by,
that gives him a stake in the good order
and in the prosperity of the country is the
policy that should be our American policy.
(Aprlause) I have resisted in many CAM
paEns this idea that debased currency
could help the workingmen. The first
dirty errand that a dirty dollar does is to
cheat the workingman. (Applause)
MY friends. cold statistical inquiry.
non-partisan in it's character, was made
by a committee of the senate in 1890 and
composed of Democrats and Republicans.
and they set out to study. as statisticians.
the relative prices of commodities and
wages at different periods in the history
the years of the war. 1t showed how
prices of goods went up and in what pro-
portion labor advanced. Goods went up
rapidly. because the pencil process is a
and slowly. because the employer has to
be persuaded and the pencil won't serve.
Wages and Prices.
Now. I have here some memoranda of
some of those facts resulting from that in
vestigation. Labor. in one period, advanc-
ed 3 per cent. Goods. the things the men
had to buy out Of their wages for their
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28

business Worse Than StaEuaut.
'sThen our business prosperity was like
the strong current of the mighty river:
now il is like a failing spring in an August
drouth. panic in 1888 of most extra
ordinary character has been succeeded by
a gradual drying up, less and less and less
until universal business distraction and
anxiety prevails all over our community
time, except, perhaps. in TIE very heat of
some active panic. when universal busine IS
fear and anxiety and watchfulness, even
to the point of desperation, has character
day. Applause.) Men have been afraid to
20 away for vacation. Tney have felt
that they must. every day. in this burning
heat, come into the city and watch their
brought it about? Gentlemen. who is there
to defend the Wilson tariff bill? Who saws
1t is a good tariff measure? (Applause, and
a voice. "Nobody.'o
found to say that it is. Mr.. Cleveland re-
pudiated it. 1t was so bad that he would
not attach his official signature to it and
1t became law without 1t. He said it was
| full of incongruities and inequalities. And
II was n better one than he wanted TO give
| us. daughter and applause.l What has
| been the result of that measure? When a
few years ago. during the Morton cam
| this question. I said that the old Demo-
cratic doctrine used to be that the burden
of our public expense should be laid upon
importations. that the tariff should pro-
| vide for the cost of running our govern
| ment. and ] pointed out then how our
Democratic friends had left that platform
| nue. by internal taxation rather than to al
| low the support of the government of the
| United States TO be maintained upon the
importation Of foreign goods
Experiments In Taxation.
| What has been the result? One of these
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-28

Mohun's dispatch. The American trade
with Zanzibar is considerable. approximate
ing S1COO00O annually The United States
buys from them ivory. hides, rubber, gums
and cloves, and sells cotton and petroleum.
There Is no anxiety lest American interests
suffer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-24

DVba!ty, Inae-
tive orEGns,
Physical ard
Mentsl. Decay
20 lows NaTicO-
ce Q NarIuocele
II n OF the
most scrlOus
unlictions that
cen befall n
q IL rem
deis happy u
rage iynpossl-