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here say that it is based on an ingeni-
GUS Interchange of notices as to local
lty, number. character and pay of la
bor needed, this interchange of notices
being carried on between all the cities
and provinces within the pool" so to
speak, and being furnished free of cost
to both employe and laborer or me-
chanic. Being still in the initiatory
stage it cannot be said that this system
of supplying labor where needed, of
acting as a gratutious intelligence of
flee on a large scale, is as yet working
with any degree of perfection. But
its results are, even now, of vast bene-
fit. Outside of Berlin it has been most
successfully put in use throughout the
industrial region of Rhenish Prussia
and Westphalia, where there is always
a large and diversified shifting popula-
ton. In Berlin, however, the system
has largely decreased the number of
unemployed all through the year and
will decrease it more as time goes on.
In commenting on this Important
branch of public aid to the laboring
classes 1 must not forget to mention,
with some laudatory remarks, the kind
ly efforts made by one Berlin newspaper
towards the same end. This paper is
the Local-Anzeiger, with a circulation
of about 250,00O, believe, and whose
publishers, August Scherl, and editor.
Hugo Won Kupffer, are infusing some
American pluck and enterprise into the
otherwise rather sluggish journalistic
world of Berlin. With single motive
of assisting the laboring classes in their
endeavor to find remunerative employ
ment, these gentlemen issue every day
the Arbeit's market. a list of openings
for every kind of mechanic and artisan
furnished gratis to verybody applying
for it.
All this, however, is not charity, hut
merely intended to aid those able and
willing to work to find places where
they may do so at a fair rate of re-
muneration. Purely charitable, though
only of temporary character, are the
municipal asylums for the homeless and
unemployed working classes. These IN
stitutions are more numerous and bet
ter patronized, especially in winter and
during times of large strikes or general
industrial depression, than similar in
stitutions in New York or Chicago and
other American cities. They are also,
as far as am able to judge, better con-
Quoted.
WOLF Won SChERBRAND.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
THE SODA WATER TRADE.
Pretty Girls Add Much to It's
| Volume in Cities.
A Venerable United States Senator
Tells why He Prefers Bright
Eyed Women Clerks-How the
Stun Is Made.
Especial Washington Letter.l


"I am fond of boys and young men,"
said an elderly senator to me this morn
ing, land / like to see them prosper.
] always take pleasure in helping young
men whenever I can. But I would
rather walk three blocks on hot day
to have my soda water drawn by a
pretty girl than boy.
There is drug store on the corner
near my residence. There is another
on Connecticut avenue. There is an
other at the Shoreham. But boys
handle the faucets there, so walk past
all of them and go down to the drug
store opposite the treasury department,
because there I always find couple
OF pretty girls, and enjoy my soda bet
ter in that place. While 1 sip it look
at the girls, and also at the customers.
Lots of young fellows feel as I do
about it, for / see them in that place
every day flirting with the girls, and
sometimes drinking two glasses, just
for the sake of staying and talking
with the little auburn-haired, vivacious,
plump girl or her black-haired, sedate
sister.
Zone morning, after several young
fellows had been in there, while 1 was
standing back taking my ice cream and
vanilla soda, asked the blond if she
had ever waited on a sensible man. She
looked at me quizzickly for second,
and then said: L can't remember a
single one. They all think that we
girls are light-headed fools, and we
know that they are making fools of
themselves all the time
ssThen l asked her if she had many
old gentlemen customers, and she re-
piled: There are seven or eight, count
ing yourself, who come here to buy
soda and hirt with u.s. That staggered
me n bit, and I quit asking questions.
I had no idea of flirting with the girls,
but simply liked to see their bright
faces and hear their chatter. But the
girls had put me down as one of the
old fools, and l came to the conclusion
that they were right. Nevertheless,
i shall continue to buy my soda there"
1t is on principal thorougafare, and
I concluded to go there and see the
girls myself. They are both very pret-
ty. The elder is always smiling. Some
| body, looking-glass. has told her
that she has a pretty row of pearly
teeth, and there is no reason why she
should not smile. Her little sister is
stately and dignified, but n thorough
student of human nature, as she sees
it from her station beside the foun-
tain. The young fools whom Senator
s. had mentioned were there buy
| ing soda. The girls were busy hand
| ling the faucets and making change.
| Several ladies came in, but the boys
| had the entire counter to themselves,
| and not one of them moved aside. Lit
| tie Miss Dignity mildly said: Gentle
men, will you kindly allow those la
dies to take your places?'
She said it in manner which indi-
| Gated that she was really weary, and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
PATERNALISM IN BERLIN
How the Municipality Cares for
the Working Glasses.
Savings Bank Maintained by the City.
with Scores of Branches Located
in the Quarters Inhabited by
the Poorer Glasses.
Especial Berlin Germany, letter. |

Especial Berlin Germany Letter.l
The great majority of Berlin's popu-
lation is formed, of course, as in other
large cities of the world, by the labor
ing classes. Now, it is true that ninc-
tenths of these. people are socialists,
either outspokenly or by force of as
sociations, and at the reichstag cleo
tions this fact becomes palmer year
after year, for the successful candi-
dates are invariably socialists. 1t is all
the more to the credit of the municipal
government here that nothing is left
undone which by any sensible person
is deemed the duty of the common
wealth towards what is, perhaps, some
what indefinitely and erroneously,
styled "the masses" I do not mean to
say that in this respect Berlin stands
alone among German cities; quite the
reverse.
Among the institutions tending to
keep the toiler with small earnings
from slipping and going further down
the social ladder the municipal savings
banks deserve a prominent place. In
Berlin there are about @6s, 900 deposit
ors in these banks, with deposits rang
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WA-KEENEY. KANSAS, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1885,

1918; Augsburg, 1901; Hamburg, 1850;
and those at Dresden, Munich, Bres-
Ian, Frankfort-on-Main, and other
cities are all more than 100 years old,
while those of Leipsic, Cologne, Strass-
burg and a dozen other cities date from
the beginning of this century. General
ly speaking, these municipal pawn
shops are conducted in such way as to
satisfy the needs of the poorer classes,
and complaints as to their management
for many years
AS to the Berlin system of poor re-
lief, which may, indeed, be termed a
model one, data were furnished in a
previous article. but, properly speak
ing, that chapter does not belong in
this place.
On the other hand, though, the sys-
tenn now evolving and perfecting all
over Germany and, particularly in Ber-
lin, having in view the facilitation of
labor employment on both sides-em-
ployer and employe-deserves a spe-
this system is still developing and is
by no means a uniform one as yet. 1t
is, however, on the way to be so, and
as it finds employment and active aid
from both the central government and
the municipal authorities in hundreds
of German cities, it is bound to work
successfully in the end, its fruits thus
far being, beyond question, highly
beneficial to state, community and
laborer alike. 1t will carry me too far
to explain the system, so far as the
word may be used, in detail, but will
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means.
Waiting for lull in the trade, or
dered glass of soda and had a chat
with the girls. They will talk with any
body, for that is part of their business,
to be entertaining. The elder said that
she received four dollars per week and
her little sister $3.50 per week, and
that they were very glad to be help
full to the family. -
I'VE don't care whether it is a man or
a woman who orders soda,'' said the
elder beauty. I'VE are here simply 70
wait on customers. We don't care
whether the customers are old or
young, rich or poor, if they have the
nickel to pay for their orders. We do
not have any preferences concerning
customers. If those young ladies had
given their orders they would have been
served first, because they were here
first. But the other ladies came right
in and knew what they wanted and got
it. If that tall girl had given her order
instead of going out complaining she
would have been waited on very quickly
and there would have been no delay.
Yes, some fellows come here to flirt,
but they don't make much progress.
guess we are as good as any of them,
even if we are poor. We belong to
Epiphany church and Sunday school,
and nobody Sights us because we have
been obliged to go to work."
One of the oldtime druggists says:
"When was a boy we made our own
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ing from n couple of marks up to thou
sands, the total in these banks amount
ing to nearly 2OO,OOO,OOO marks (or
about $50, 900, ,OOO). The rate of interest
as low, being three per cent or less,
but to make up for that these banks
are absolutely safe, no matter in which
of her as offices the savings have been
paid.
In Berlin there is, besides, less red
tape discernible in the management of
these banks than is noticeable in other
German cities, such as Dresden and
Breslau. To show how popular every
where are these municipal savings
banks, will cite: Hamburg, with 40
branch offices in the city and about a
total in deposits of 10000. 900 marks:
Dresden, with nearly 200, 900 depositors
<comprising more than one-half of the
total population) and exceeding 60, 900, :
900 marks, Altoona and Bremen, with de-
positors aggregating two-thirds of the
entire population and deposits figuring
up about 100000 apiece; Leipsic.
Magdeburg, Frankfort-on-Main, Han
over, Koenigsburg. Dusseldorf, with a
similar state of affairs. Aue Aachen
,(Aix-la-Chapelle) stands relatively fore
most, for the statistics show that the
number of depositors is about equal Ia
that of every man. woman and child in
the whole city.
An adjunct. one might say, to the city
savings banks are the municipal pawn
shops They, too, accomplish much
good. or, more properly speaking, mini
mize an evil. Such pawnshops in Ger
man cities are conservatively and eau
tiously conducted, and only that pro-
portion of the intrinsic value of an OBJ
ject is advanced on it which it would
fetch at forced sale, after deducting
the percentage for management. rent,
ETC., but on the other hand money is
loaned quite readily on almost every
article of household goods-provided it
be not too perishable or too bulky
from tinpan or sodiron to a stove, and
every article, if it comes to a sale, finds
its purchaser again, so that no losses
are ever met with through reckless or
foolish management, and both re-
demption or sale of the articles come
easy. The public pawnshop of Berlin
was established 60 years ago, and branch
offices were added as the need for them
arose with the growth of the city. But
some of the public loan offices in other
German cities are much older. such as
the one in Nuremberg, dating from
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
One on the LandIady.

A Houston landlady makes special
ty of buying old chickens. Last Sun
day she said to the star boarder:
MIR. Smith, will you be so kind as to
carve the fowl?''
please excuse me. I have con-
scientious scruples," replied Smith,
conscientious scruples?"
eyes, ma'am; this is Sunday. and I
am opposed to hard work on the Lords
day."-Texas Sitter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
Her Response.

There's one thing" remarked Willis
Washington, shat 1 have made up my;
mind to-
"Really?' responded Miss Cayenne.
with languid interest.
"Yes. 1 shall never be a man of one
idea"
Don't say that. You are sti; too
young to be discouraged. d."-Washing7
ton Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
A Cruel Remark.

''When are you going to publish that
criticism on my last novel?" asked AM
author of the editor of the Daily Hooter.i
ITO tell the truth, haven't read its
yet
no time in reading it,
s'Well, that's just what I've done."-
Texas Sitter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
NUMBER 27.
Lack of Experiences Evident.

Lack of Experience Evident.
Old Physician-What. You called In
DR.. Blank during my absence? Why,
he's just out of college.
Patient-Indeed? He certainly is not
a young man.
Old Physician-No, he's of middle
age; but it's plain to see he's new to-
this business Why, I saw him this
very morning looking sadly depressed
just because he had lost a patient.-N-
Y. Weekly. i
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Ready for Anything.

Fair Patents there no way of tell
ing exactly what is the matter with
me?
DIR. Emdee-Only post-mortem ex-
amiation would reveal that.
Fair Patient Then, for heavens
sake, make one. don't see why I should
be squeamish at such a time as this
Pick-Me-Up.
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Preferable.

go to-" said the city man to the hard
listed agriculturist, you have haysee<f
in your hair!"
II think that hayseed in my hair is
preferable to wheels in my head, such
as perceive you harbor," was the ru-
ralite'S reply.-Vogue.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
4 Question of LiabiIity.

Mechanic-Ire just been married and
would like raise in my wages.
Employer am sorry, but the com
pany is osly responsible for accidents
that happen to the men while in the fac
tCry.-Brooklyn Life
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The source of supply.

t@I see it speaks in the paper, hus-
band, about a town where there are s.
OOO-odd inhabitants"
THAT must be the place where all
the freaks come from.".Detroit Free
Press.
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Their Inwarones..

A man afflicted with strabismus
came into the street car and sat down
On the opposite side.
Look, mammal" exclaimed Tommy
'eHis eyes is pigeon-toed, amt they %
Chicago Tribune.
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Not weak-Kneed.

"I am afraid that man who aspires to
your hand is too week-kneed to make
you a good husband" said her father
..Oh, papa, he's not that. He's held
me on them for hours at a timet"-
Illustrated Bits.
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Fir.t Lesson. In nu.lnes..

Mrs. Wiggles-How shall I indorse
this check that Uncle John has sent meg
simply sign my name on the backY
Mr.. Wiggles-Well, a better way viii
be to write on the back: Pay Algernon
Wiggles.' and then put your name un-
derneath. / will attend to the rest
Somerville Journal.
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One ON the Old Man. -

Mr.. Chaf1ie-Johnnie, your mother
complains that you are disobedicat.
That's got to stop. You must oc--y
your mother.
Johnnie-Not much. It's you VINO
have to obey her. 1t isn't me that's
married to her.-Tezas Sitter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05
Loud Enough

He-Willie Westside was excused
from carrying a bell on his wheel.
She-Why did they make him an ex-
ccption?
He-The judge said the trousers an
swered every purpose.-Buffalo Times.
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Neighborly Comment.

''I see the Jacksonss have put screens
all around their piazza
~Yes, and have my opinion of people
who are SO stingy they won't even let
dies sit on their porch. h."-Chicago Rec
ord
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why He Was saved.

Teacher-How did Pocahontas come
to save Capt John Smiths life?
Pupil suppose she thought there
weren't enough Smiths in the world
Town Topics.
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Gambling In Remedies

May|I know to certainty that
Belle used to regard Jack as a veritable
pill.
Frank-She does yet. Didn't you
know that she was preparing to take
him for better OF rworse?-Town Topics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-05

Husband-I wish you would stop this
everlasting picking holes in your neigh
bors.
Wife-Yes, that's just you. You never
want me to have the least pleasure
Golfers Weekly.
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Long Felt Want.

He would be quickly rich and great
And never havesto beg,
Who could make for the candidate
A patent rubber leg.
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Not Inviting More Collisions.

mo, sir" said the man who had
wavered, "I won't learn to ride BIZ
cycle. I had thoughts of trying it, but
I. have just heard of peculiar trait in
the machine that caused me to change
my mind"
"What's that?'
81 understand that when you first
try to ride if you see anything you es-
pecially wish to avoid, you're almost
certain to run into it,"
There's a great deal of truth in it"
'Well, that settles the wheel for me.
I have enough trouble with bill col
lectors as it s."-Washington Star.
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Hoist by His Own. Etc.

Hoist by His Own. Etc.
"You look all broke up this morning.
What is the natter?'
''You know 1 bought folding bed be-
cause my wife's mother was to visit
us?'
"Yes?'' - 7
she came last night" iit
"And?"
MY wife put me in the room with the
folding bed. d."!Truth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-16
BoAsTERs sILRNCRD.

"Phil" Wampun was noted hum
ter. He was one of the early settlers
of the town of Granville, Mass, and
there was not hunter for miles
around that was truer shot than
Phil. The country was infested by
bears, and these animals he chiefly
hunted, and with great success.
One evening IL number of persons
were seated around the roaring fire in
the village bar-room, and among them
was Phil Wampun. The conversa-
ton happened TO turn upon bears.
The bear IL said to be slow in it's
movements. and person pursued by
one can easily effect an escape. On
the other hand he should be an expert
hunter who attemps to kill the animal
MS he is very tenacious of life. One
young fellow said:
'1f had n good rifle that / was
used to, I'd risk bars killing me.
Another said: 'If i had % good
heavy club, that would strike heavy
blow, the bear that would hurt me
would have to get up in the morning"
After they had all told what great
things they would do if they met n
hear, one of them turned to Phil and
said:
"Well, Uuclc Phil, what would you
do, in case you saw bear making
tracks after you? And what weapon
would you want to defend yourself
with? You've been amongst the ami
mails long enough to know something
abont them"
Phil raped the ashes from his pipe,
and having carefully placed it in his
pocket, he said;
81 will tell You what I'd do. If
had good walnut club, about three
feet long, not very large round, just
large enough so that / could easily
hold it in my hand on the end that /
held in my hand | would want knob,
so that my hand wouldn't slip when I
went to strike; on the other end, 1
should want knob little longer /;
aud then, if l saw bear coming,
don't care how big. I'd throw down
the club and run like lightning. -
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-16
CONGRESS OPENED.
Under Most Beautiful Skies and Almost
Balmy Weather.

Congress re-assembled Monday with bright
sunshine, gently bracing air, a temperature
running from 40 to so degrees and both halls
OF assembly renovated and purified and ven-
tilated In manner more nearly conforming
TO hygieDic requirements than has ever been
before attempted.
During the recess the flooring OF the senate
had been torn up and the whole system OF
forcing air into the Interior changed. The
sides OF each desk are now hollow and con-
nected with the ventilating plan so that n
regular supply OF proprely heated or cooled
air without draft of any sort enters the
chamber through the opening at the bottom
OF each desk. In the game manner air Is
forced In between fine wire netting at each
terrace OF the floor. In the gallery the old
benches have given place to modern opera
seats, each ventilated In the same manner
The several hundred gas Jets that formerly
illumined tho chamber through the false cell
ing have been dispensed with, and In their
place incandescent lights will dispel the
shades of night Automatic thermometers
and thermostats have been arranged, and ev-
erything that science and skill could do has
been done to make tho senate wing OF the
building "a habitable as possible. The elec-
tric lighting has been carried to the outside
grounds.
There was not by any means full attend
ance OF senators when Vice President Ste
venson raped the senate to order, though
many Of the grizzled vetcra rs were on hand.
Central among them, aid the recipient OF
many congratulations on Ohlo's success at
the late election, was John Sherman. now en-
tering upon his forty-llrst year OF congress
sional service.
The House presented bright and cheer
ful appearance when the galleries were
thrown open to visitors. The old carpets
had been replaced and the brass furnishings
Of the chamber had been secured until they
were as bright ls Il gold dollar. The CALLER
les were crowded to ovorilowing long before
Speaker Reed called the House to order.
The members OF the House. like the occu-
pants of the galleries, commencement to put
in au appearance AS early as 10 o'clock,
although the hour Of meeting was u.
Both Horses Of Congress met promptly mt
noon and appointed n committee to wait
upon the President and inform him that
Congress was ready TO receive any commu-
nication he might be pleased to make. The
senate thereupon took recess until
o'clock.
At l o'clock tho Senate took further re-
cess for half an hour. pending the return of
the committee, appointed to walt upon the
President The House also took a recess.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-12-16
RAVAGES Of THE EASTERN PLAGUE
A PANIC STRICKEN CITY
Eight Hundred Deaths in the City Of
Bombay.

A cable message from Bombay says Eight
hundred deaths are reported up to date from
the plngue, but the number Is believed TO be
much larger. Crowds of panic-stricken ma
tives are fleeing from the city. Trade and
travel arc seriously affected.
The Government bacteriologists are OF the
opinion that the plague, unlike cholera, has
tendency to stick to the locality where II
originates. A few authentic eases are report
cd in adjacent towns, but they are all of Bonn
bay origin.
The disease where imported was dying out
without spreading. In Bombay for two
months the plague remained confined to one
ward. 1t nus now spread TO all districts OF
the city, and is increasing largely with the
cooler weather.
Only one case is reported OF n person
directly attending patient having contract
ed the plague. The disease, though infee-
tious, has not been proved contagious.
The famine which threatened the whole OF
India has been partly averted in certain dis
tricts by the recent rains. Grain speculation
continues and aggravates the situation.