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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
THE ANTHONY or DTPHTHERlA.
CAN IT BE PREPARED WITHOUT FIRST INocc-
LATING ANIMALS?


If IS now nearly two years since inc "orIu pc
came familiar with the "antitoXin methou u
,roa,,rr- d,phtheria. and IN the interval the sub
..,n,,,G success Of that discovery has been fully
s,.,lf.bed Recently however. there has been
claim advanced that the preventive and curative
.gent in question can be prepared In quicker
and hotter way than that employed by Professor
R.hriug The original plan was to take healthY
horse or guinea pig and render 1t PROOF as"iS'
d,phtheria by injecting into It's veins day aft'r
da,. for several weeks. minute but gradually IN
rcosin. quantities of the toxin. or poison or the
,iseasa The animal was then said to be I'M
,pune or safe If II should thereafter be inocu-
l,ted with "A dose that would Kill any other horse
or ,uirna mig il would survive. Now. If the serum
or liquid part OF the blood of an animal which had
been 'mmunzed' introduced into the veins
of human patient the latter would pe PROOF
against dphthcria. rms serum OF Pro''''i'e num-
f. called "antitOXin
Several Russian and French physicians, notably
Drs Smirnow. D'Arsonvai and Charvin. have been
irving 10 change toxin into antitoxn without
sing incubation or animals They simply drive
an electric current through a liquid preparation OF
the poison The solution must be OF certain
strength and should contain given portion of
common salt. which Is known to CHEMISTS As c mo,
ride. Of sodium. A current Is sent through the nud
hy means of carbon electrodes immersed therein
The account AT hand is somewhat obscure on one
or two points, but II would appear that Il niue
and that the electrodes must De ireqlrh'lE re-
placed by clean ones. The minerals are dlsin-
tsraied by electricity ana so act on me posodd d.
Invention" AS inferrng from ms experiments
oyidzcd or hydroXyated toxin lie does not
think thai the electric current has specihc power
OF producing antitoxn under the CIRCUMSTANCES
ity is exercised from the chemical side. and that
the antitoxir obtained originate, from the PR,
products Of the bacteria.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
A MADRIGAL.
From Madame

from Madame.
The drcary days of winter come, -,
The fields are bare. the woods are duHo
And chilled with drenching rain;
But, dearest In your face see
The merry. merry months again
For April left within your eyes
The peerless azure Of his skies;
And snow blooms OF May
Are on your brow; and June impressed
The kisses OF his rosiest day
On either cheek. As for your halr.
September stored his treasure there
or slitterine gold. tnat |
Might gaze thereon and valianty
The winter frosts and chills defy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

think am right in saving that the great prob
lens of metaphysics and OF mans destiny ana
origin occupied larger share OF his thoughts than
heretofore during the last ten or twelve years 81
his life But indications OF the trains OF thought
which he aftcrward maturcd are TO be touhd coh con-
est poem in which ne had begun seriously to g go
slider these problems. and hc said me lW0
Voices Two coiiplcts therein express his method
in nearly all his great metaphysical poems.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

unsaiisfactory line in his first draft. recall ms
reading to me and to another friend w asthrsS
Tho stately coupleis-each descriptive OF some
nEase of the universe of human existence were
given with grand effect until ne rea' '''S o"''
Love Toy tho maiden crowned with marriage
30 regre' aughi tha' has hem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

His hearers smiled very visiby at the last words
Tcnnvson noticed the effect. Judged IT 10 be war
ranted nv the line and rewrote the stanza with
ucrfcct good hEmOr and simplicity:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

His accuracy as 10 quite trivial matters was even
scrupuots II a story were told with tho slightest
inaccuracies OF detail he would spoil 1t 10y repeated
intc,ruptions rather than let them pass. ~" was
rnualy severe with himself If memory tripped in
The smallest degree In his An Along the Valley"
the opening lines thus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

Love for the maiden crowned with marriage
No regrefs flr auGht tia. has been.
Household happiness. gracious children
Debfless competence. golden mean
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
The RIVER.

an a river flowing from Gods sea
Through devious ways. He mapped my
course for me;
T cannot change it; mine alone the toll
ITO keep the waters free from CRIME ana
soil.
THE winding river ends where 1T began;
And when my life has comprised It's br1e1
span
must return to that mysterious source.
So LET me gather daily on my course
The perfume from the blossoms as pass.
BALM from the pines and healing from the
grass,
And carry down my current as go
Not common stones but precious gems to
show
And tears (the holy water from sad eyes)
Back to Gods sea, which from all rivers
let me convey; not blood from wounded
hearts,
Nor poison which the upas tree imparts.
when over f1owery wales leap with 1oy'
Let me not devastate them, nor destroy,
p1tt rather leave them fairer to the s1ght
Mine be the lot, to comfort, and delight
And If down awful chasms L needs must
leap,
Let me not nurmur at my lot, but sweep
ON brayely to the end without fear,
knowing that He who planned my ways
stands near.
love sent me forth, to Love go again,
For Love is all, and over all. Amen.
Ella w. Wilcox, in N. Y. Independent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-E. b. Haskell, whom the governor
Of Massachusetts, has just appointed to
fill the vacancy on the board of Metro
politan Park commissioners, was born
in Livermore, No., in 1897. He is editor
and part owner of the Boston Herald.
Simon Boliver, the iberator of
Venezuela, is represented by an eques-
trian statue in Central park, New
York, while George Washington is hon
ored by statue in a square in Caracas.
There is hardly house in Caracas that
has not in it a picture of Washington.
There is now living in Hartland,
Me-, at the ripe age of rs years, one of
Names notable widows. This is Mrs.
Ellen Phillips, relict of George, a
brother of Wendell Phillips. Her hus
band was graduate of Harvard col
lege, a member of the famous class Of
30, among his classmates and intimate
friends being DR.. o. w. Holmes and
James Freeman Clarke.
w. D. Howells bought some goods
in New York store one day and the
proprietor telephoned his publishers
in Boston: "a man named Howells
refers to you. Do you know him? p
Commenting upon this incident the
Boston Herald mournfully remarks;
''And yet that benighted metropolis
frequently refers to itself as literary
center"
President Crespo, of Venezeula, Is
a tall, heavy man with a countenance
revealing force and determination. He
is very abstemious in his habits and
generally goes to bed at eight o'clock
in the evening. He is in the habit of
summoning his minister to him at sun
rise. He is fond of cattle-ranching,
and owns a large number of acres not
far from the Venezuelan capital. He is
a fine equestrian.
1t is not often that public speakers
with reputation own to the value of
their delivery, but certain popular
preacher once found it very useful.
Some wicked members of his congrega.
ton pressed him to publish his sermons
which they had good reason to believe
were plagiarized from other divines.
But he was even more aware of it than
they were. "No," he said; Il will not
do that, for if L published them they
would lose so much in manner"
james Harvey Partridge, probably
one of the oldest of New York's public
school teachers, died recently at Gran
ford, N. J., aged IS. Mr.. Partridge
gained considerable repute as an author
of scientific and educational works, and
was a frequent contributor to scientific
publications. He was well known, als,I.
as the possessor of wide range of
knowledge on educational subjects,
and as a learned Biblical scholar. de
was said to have one of the finest prl-
vate reference libraries in that part OF,
the country
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The friends of Mrs. Agassiz have
contributed $4,000 to Radcliffe college
to be used for the establishment of an
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz scholarship
Science.
There are at present two Chinese
girls at the University of Michigan.
One of them, Miss SHE, has been elected
secretary of the senior class. The ulti-
mate object of these women is to return
to China as Christian medical mission
aries.
Speaking in Dundee Rev. d. Macrae
said that Carlyleism was not Christian
ity, but it represented an indispensable
part of true religion and indicated a
sublime rule of life which Christianity
included and, with its higher inspira-
tions, made more capable of achieve
ment.
Rev. DIR. Samuel J. Niccolls, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church at
ST. Louis, position he has held for 30
years, has declined the presidency of
Lane seminary at Cincinnati. He de-
clares that he prefers ST. Louis to Gin
cinnati both as a place of residence and
as place of labor.
Though 8,755 persons attended lee
lures at the University of Berlin in the
last winter semester, only 1851 of them
were matricuiRted students, the other
1924 being persons who had merely
permission &c listen TO the lectures. In
Munich and Leipzig, the two next larg-
est universities of Germany the number
of such Listeners" was only sc and 1877
respectively, out of over 5000 students
in each.
Bishop Ryan (Roman CathSlic), of
Buffalo, has administered public re-
buke to Rev. George Zurcher, pastor of
ST. Joscph's church, Buffalo, for having
said on recent occasion that the Cath
Ollie church in this country suffered
more from the opposition of foreign
priests than from ''Freemasonry, Prot
estantism and Apaism put together"
and for induiging in criticisms of the
Jesuits.
Pope Leo Kills name in the
Index EXpurgatorious and he cannot
get it out. While still Cardinal Pecci
he wrote book called del sangue
sacratissimo III Maria" plea for the
establishment of a feast day in honor
of the blood of the Holy Virgin. The
book was condemned at the time, and
the Index has opposite it's name the
note: ''The author, in a praiseworthy
manner, made submission and disap-
proved of his own work. The infalli-
bility of the pope applies only to mat
ters Of dogma; it cannot cover acts
done before his elevation, or even acts
while he is pope not done as head of
| the church.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
DIME NOVELS WANING.
Reading Matter for Boys Better Than n
Generation Ago.

Reading Matter for Boys Better Than n
Generation Ago.
A great deal has been said lately
about the reading of prenicious liter
allure by boys, but the book statistics
show that in this respect the world is
much better than it was a generation
ago BLOOD and thunder" stories are
not so numerous to-day as they were
simply because the demand for them
has greatly diminished. In the old days
there seemed to be an idea that there
were but two kinds of books for boys to
choose from. On the one hand were the
trashy tales of adventure and on the
other hand the tame and unexciting
Sunday school, stories. A boys mind
Graves stirring action, and therefore 1T
is no wonder that between Dare Devil
Dick, the Terror of the Plains" and
Honest Samuel; or Virtue It's Own Re-
ward,' he should choose the former.
But to-day the book marts are filed
with volumes which are sure to please
the youthful mind, while eXeFting
naught but good influences Boys of
to-day are reading good, wholes oms
literature, without too much flavor of
the 'blood and thunder" and yet not
insipid- William o. Stoddard, the we'll
known reviewer, and himself a writer
of boys stories, notes the changing
taste and says: I'm better supply and
in steadily increasing demand are the
better class of historical stories. Tho
lists of our large houses for the pass
season are worth looking at in reference
to this point 1t is not enough to say
that parenes and guardians do N st OF
the holiday buying. They know what
will be most acceptable to their own
young people, and that is what they
select That, therefore, is what the in
;elHgent publisher provides mostOfnext
time, and he at once confers with or
sends, suggestions to his most valuable
authors. One well-known author of
young peoples books has received with
in the past six weeks applications from
NO less. than four prominent houses for
a book based upon American history,
with the added assurance that such
books are selling the best of any. Mere
adventure, mere exciting trash of any
kind. seems to be a back number. 1t Is
cot contradiction of all this that such
writer's as Jules Verne and Rider Hag-
gard have found hosts of young readers
So they did, and old fellows of 80 read
them to- this day. Some have been
caught reading Robinson Crusoe.r
Verne wrote bur3esques of science, ez-
plorat5on and discovery, while HaG-
gard 5 best successes were wonwitawil
earieatures of Stanley i'm Africa, dashed
with the 'Aribian Nights There haa
been an end of this epidemic, bu. the
wholesome, universal craving for the
other kinds of literature indi Ated
steadily increases The common schools
have had great deal co do with this i'm
pr0vernent in Juvenile literature. The
boys aad girls are continually receiving
more and better mental training
Troy IN. W Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
PENGUIN BABIES QUEER.
They Cause Their Parents No End OF
Trouble.

They Cause Their Parents No End OF
Trouble.
You will notice that the penguin baby
is very fat and looks as if he might be
extremely good for eating, but if you
could see father and mother penguin
just now you would find them uncom-
monty thin. The care of the baby has
so worn upon their minds, and the
trouble of finding enough fish for three
to eat, that all superfuous flesh for the
time has vanished.
Baby penguin has a curious nest. The
mother tucks the egg away softly and
safely among her warm feathers and
even moves slowly and with great gray
ity over the cliffs, carrying the egg.
while father penguin goes fshhing.
Mother penguin looks as fat during this
time as the baby does now, but when
the egg is Matched she goes fishing, too,
and soon grows as thin as father pen
gum himself. You notice the funny lit
tie wings just beginning to start on
baby's shoulders. Well, mother and
father penguin have longer ones, but
they are still more like fins than wings.
Nearly all the time is spent in the water
and fins are more useful than wings;
when on land these little half wings are
used as legs, and the birds are often mis-
taken for quadrupeds as they run over
the ground. They do not seem to be
troubled with insomnia. When asleep
they csn be kicked several feet and
never even nwake up.
There is variety called the jackass
penguin, from it's habit of throwing
back it's head and making a loud,
strange noise that sounds like the bray
ing of that animal. The king penguins
have regular towns, where every inch
of ground is measured off in squares for
nests. The young birds are arranged
in certain locality, the melting birds
in another, and the clean birds quite
apart from all these. So strictly are
they all divided that if a melting bird
should accidentally stray near the clean
birds it would be instantly put out.
In the Falkland islands and in Pata-
gonia these birds abound. They are
also very numerous in certain islands
of the southern Pacific ocean. On some
of them 10000 or 10000 are constantly
landing or going to sea--Young Idea
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
HOLY WAR IN TURKISH DOMAIN.
Always Preceded by n Display of the
Sacred Green Flag.


Always Preceded by Display of the
Sacred Green Flag.
AS the interests of the Christian por-
ton of the universe are now centered
in an effort to relieve the distress of
people of Armenia, an Asiatic province
OF the Turkish empire, and as rumors
have been current that the troops CT
the sultan now concentrating in that
province for the ostensible purpose of
putting down an incipient rebellion
Of the miserable people have displayed
the "green banner" which means a
"holy war;" it will be of interest to
trace as far as possible the origin of
''jejad" or ''holy war" It is under
stood to be Mohammedan doctrine
that jejad, or holy war, can only be
religious deputy of the sultan himself.
The proclamation is performed by un-
folding the sanjalsherif, or flag of the
prophet, which is made of green silk,
with a crescent at the top of the staff,
to which is attached a horsehair plume.
This flag is deposited in the mosque
of ST. Sophia, at Constantinople. 1t is
not, however the original flag of the
prophet, as that ensign was white, and
was made from the turban if the ko-
relish which Mohammed captured.
Tor this, some time later, was substi-
tuted black flag, made of the petit
coat of Ayesha, the favorite wife of the
prophet, and in whose arms he died.
Omar, the second Moslem caliph, OBJ
tanned possession of the flag by con-
quest, and it passed subsequently into
the hands of the abassides and the ca
hphs of Bagdad and Kalmira, and was
brought to Europe by Amurath III.
and deposited in the seraglio at Constan-
tinople. When the flag was changed
in color from black to green is not
known, but according to the doctrine
of Mohammed the sultan and his dep
lIty have the sole authority to unfurl
tie flag over Constantinople and pro-
claim a holy war;" a war against all
christendom, and one in which every
species of atrocity is perpetrated in
the name of the prophet on the unbe-
levers. The unturling of the green
flag among the Turkish soldiery, if
there be truth in the report, may not
be from the orders of the sultan, as
there is a large element of the Mo
hammedans, particularly those of
Arabia and the Holy land, who do not
recognize the legitimacy of the claim
of the Ottoman Turks to the caliphate
and would not wait for the orders Of
the ruler if they were anxious for a
jejad against the hated Christians. If
the sultan should attempt or if any
Part of his dominion independent of
his orders inaugurate a holy war it be-
comes the duty of every Christian ma
ton to take prompt action in the pro-
lection of the helpless people that will
be exposed to every kind of outrage
that the devilish ingenuity of the Mos
lem religion will contrive to invent.
Personal interests and aggrandize-
1nent should be promptly laid aside
in the cause of neutrality-suspicious.
Sun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
The Care of the Feet.

S'There is no necessity whatever for
so much complaint of the feet if people
could only be induced towear the prop
has made the foot the subject of special
study. ssThe great mistake that is
made is in selecting shoes that are too
short. No matter how loose they are,
the shortness is the cause of the trouble.
The ends of the bones are crowded
together. and with continual grinding
an irritation takes place and an infam-
nation is set up that may remain as
long as life lasls. French women are
admitted as having the most beautiful
feet of any women in the world, and the
reason of this is that they refuse to
wear short shoes, but select those that
are long enough to give the feet per-
feet freedom. The average woman who
wears No. 8 d, would find her health,
comfort and appearance greatly I'M
proved by selecting AZ c. The most
important of all items in getting shoes,
after the proper length is secured, is to
have them fit snugly around the instep.
This keeps the foot from driving for
ward into the shoe, as it would do were
it loos;. over the instep. Large shoes
allow the toes to press forward, and
are more injurious than snug ones; IN
deed, it is easy to see how the feet work
ing on an incline will crowd down upon
the toes, putting the delicate bones out
of place, and laying the train for no end
of misery.'-N. Y. Ledger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
HUMOROUS.
the countr

"A bicycle is always tired, and al
ways ready to lie down.-West Uniot
Gazette.
A mans cup of happiness is never
full, because there is no bottom to it.
Atchison Globe.
The proper height for lady TO raise
her skirt on a muddy day is LITTLE
over two feet.-The Waterbury.
doctor, I want a tooth pulled
I'm great coward when it comes tc
enduring pain, and yet I'm afraid OF
both laughing gas and chloroform.
"You might be happy with ether.
Chicago Tribune.
-''Have you noticed said a man tG
Dumas, that it is impossible to make
an imbecile acknowledge that he is al
idiot?'' ''Of course" replied Dumas
idiot he would no longer be ne."-Le
Figaro.
--'I don't know what action ought
to take in this case" unused Banks
Say, Rivers, if you went to see mat
TO collect bill and he told you to gc
70 the devil what would you do?7 ''IV
81 and see a lawyer" answered Rivers
Chicago Tribune.
TT don't think it's fair, JOSIAH
said Mrs. Chugwater, rs the attendants
bathed her sprained ankle with sooth
ing lotions and wrapped bandages
about it. YOU'RE the one that Away
carries the accident insurance policies
anrs I'm the one that's always getting
huIt!"- Chicago Tribune.
As 1t Struck Her.-Mrs- M7laproE
-"1'his horseless carriage is bound tC
be a great success" Mrs Cobwigge1
-"WEat makes you thinl SOP" Mrs
Malaprop-"Why, just think of the
number of persons there are in the
world w1lo can't afford o1eep u horset =
-Puclt.
Not a Political Economist. - =
don't think that Senator Sorghum is
very much of political economist
remarked the everyday citizen. "Eccn
omist!e echoed the inside worker; =
should say not. When he gifts after
convention he's lib'ral to the point o.
extravacance.''-W Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
FORTUNES i'm TRUCK Forming.

The truck farmers around Norfolk
Va, according to Gen. s. d. Grover
make about 100000 u year. 81 know
of one man. he adds, who makes a
clear profit of 900 a year on produce
shipped to the northern markets, most
" kale and spinach. Norfolk is imprcv-
ing all the time and her future is as
bright as any city in the south. The
Southern railway recognizes her MANY
points of superiority, as was shown
by locating the principal Atlantic ter.
minus of the system there, and the
acquisition of the valuable property
Besides, the Southern will put on new
line of boats that viii be great AL
dition to the shipping interests Of IN,
port.'7N. Y. Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
Didn,t Have sapper Ready.
9 glanced at him pitilessly.

She glanced at him pitilessly.
ITO think that 1 should have mar
ried, such man."
lie covered beneath her angry
fI1owns.
''Why didn't your father teach You
how to cook instead of letting you frit~
ter away your time at the piano@'
Without waiting for a reply aha
grabbed her hat and started for q resA
taurant.--N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-01
FuIIy Explained.

First Detective Strange that / did
MT recognize him! I thought I'd know
him in any disguise
Second Detective But when he was
caught he had TO disguise
First Detect .ye-Oh! that account
for it.-Puck.