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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-07

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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-07

John w. Shirey, who for IS years had lived
in Shenandoah, and for many years previous
thereto in St. Clair, passed away in Maple
Hill at II o'clock Saturday morning. Mr..
Shirley is survived by a wife and eight
children John, assistant outside foreman at
Maple Hill oolliery, Savilla, Mary, Adam,
George and Mrs. Hummel who live at home,
and Wilford, of Pottsville.
Mr.. Shirey has for many years been a men,
of lodge No. 591, 1, o. o. F., and Camp No.
2O6, p. o. s. of A., which along with the
many friends are invited to attend the
funeral which takes place tomorrow. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19

us; he was still our friend. but his boy
iahness and lightness of heart seemed
gone
Hell get me yet was all he said
when we asked him the trouble. He
of course, meant the captain, who for
some unaccountable reason had taken
strong dislike to the low1y drummer.
Things went from bad to worse. Dunn
pey was in the guard-house continual
ly; first for one thing and then another,
which, though trivial enough in their
way. were rapidly building up a bad
reputation for him, which he did not
really deserve.
The end came when they found him
drunk on guard. The general court,
which tried him, found him guilty and
sentenced him to be drummed out of
the service. The colonel wrote to the
reviewing authority rather strongly in
his favor, but Dumpey was doomed.
Nothing could save him, and the sem
tence was duly confirmed.
Never did sun shine brighter, never
were skies bluer, never was nature
more generous than on that dreadful
May morning almost 30 years ago. We
had all been to see Dumpey at the
guard-house the night before We had
shaken hands with him and carried
him such boyish gifts we could to as.
sure him of our loyalty and friendship,
and he, poor old boy. had turned his
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
SHREWD OFFICE RATS.
Take Advantage of q Law of Physics {,
Escape Capture.

Take Advantage of q Law of Physics to
Escape Capture.
The employees of the Jersey City
Printing company have for long time
been troubled by rats. The rodents are
of unusual size, and are extremely bold
They are boldest after dark, and think
nothing of running over the feet of the
employees.
Several cats were placed in the build
ing, with the hope that they would eX-
terminate the rats, but the latter made
it SO warm for the cats that they were
driven away.
Various schemes have been worked
to entrap the rodents, but with little
success. Finally Engineer August
Krone hit upon a scheme that for time
babe fair to be just the thing. He
screwed an old zinc oil-tank about three
feet in height. and then fastened on the
edge a two-foot piece of board. Then
he arranged the board so that it would
swing up and down. with one end inside
the tank. He placed a piece of bologna
sausage. fastened with rubber band
on the edge of the tank, and half filled
the vessel with water. a few pieces OF
cheese were placed along the other end
of the board to coax the rats on.
The trap was set where rats are
thickeSt, in the basement, and in a few
minutes rat climbed upon the end of
the board, which protruded outside the
tank, and rested upon support. The
rodent ate the cheese, and then went
for the bologna. As it reached the bait,
the other end of the board tipped up
and the rat with a squeak, fell into the
water and was drowned.
"Oh, that's the drick," said the en-
gineer, and his assistants said August
had a great head.
Within ten minutes six more rats
walked the plank, and then there was a
remarkable display of rats cuteness.
Two rodents climbed the pile of pa
pers, and while one stood on the safe
end of the board the other carfully made
it's way to the tempting bologna, and
devoured half of it. The rats then
changed places, and the other rat ate
the rest of the bologna and half the rub
Der band.
The engineer scratched his head. and
about people going to a lot of trouble for
nothing.
During the afternoon no more rats
were caught, but a lot of cheese was eat
en- by them. The engineer solemnly
AYERS that he saw the rats not only bal
ance one another on the board while
the tempting bait was devoured, but
that the rodents actually engaged in
a game of see-sayv, simply for amuse-
ment. August still has faith in his
patent rat trap, but nobody else has,
Newark Advertiser.
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face away from us and wept like a
child.
1t was the first and only time I had
ever seen a man drummed out of the
service. 1 can never again see such a
shocking sight of mans inhumanity to
man.
Almost 30 years ago-I was a very
young boy then, still I remember that
the sun was bright and that skies were
blue; 1 remember that the air was soft
and balmy; 1 remember that the flag;
emblem of liberty and equality, threw
out the glory of its stars and stripes
straight and strong to the morning
breeze; L remember that we all stood
huddled together, INSTRUMENTATION
it came.
First the drums and flies; then two
platoons of men fully armed and
equipped, their bayonets flashing and
sparkling in the sunlight. and between
them, Dumpey, with head closely
cropped, and on his back a board
marked "Drunkard."
And still-the sun shone, the skies
were blue, and the flag tapped gayly
overhead.
On they came, the drums and flies
playing the ''Rogues' March"
Poor old soldier; poor old soldier.
Tarr'd and feathered and then drumm'd
Because he couldn't keep sober.
Our hearts were in our threats, but
we clenched our hands and held our
places like men.
There was no music in the march; it
was simply a wailing and sobbing of the
drums drums to drum Dumpey
out of the service; Dumpey, their cham
rion, their hero, their king.
But on they came
Poor old soldier. poor old soldier
Just as they passed us we heard some
one ask:
What makes him walk SO queer? He
seems to be limping.'
Every boy there could have told Kim
that it was the bullet he got at Mission
Ridge. which the doctors had never
been able to take out
And on they came
Tarr'd and feathered and then drumm'd
At last they reached the sally port
Because he couldn't keep sober.
shrieked out the flies, and moment
later Dumpey stood outside the fort, a
free man.
And then-this worthless outcast,
this drummed out drunkard, this limp
ing, hating, wounded ex-soldier, who
had played 4 mans part in the bitterest
war the world has ever known, this
drunken Dumpey, halted, quietly took
the board from his back, and, bearing
his closely-cropped head to the morn
ing sun, looked up toward the flag and
bravely cried out:
''Three cheers for the Stars and
Stripes"
1 have never forgotten it. Please
God never will.-N Y Sun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
GORDON AND IL HUNG CHANG.
Their Disagreement Over the Punishmens
of the TAPPING Rebels.

Their Disagreement Over the Punishmens
of the TAPPING Rebels.
Ii Hung Chang came out of these
campaigns with high reputation for
military skill, great administrative ca
pacity and devoted loyalty to the reign
ing dynasty, and was thenceforward
the most famous man of his nation.
But just at the close of the war an in
cident occurred which, in the estima-
ton of most foreigners, has remained
as blight upon his fair name In the
final great battle, which resulted in the
capture of the most prominent of the
leaders of the rebellion, Gordon, who
was instrumental in their actual cap
ture, promised to spare their lives, but
Immediately after being sent to head
quarters they were beheaded. Gordon,
who was of an impetuous temperament,
denounced this act as breach of faith,
and, it is said, threatened to take the
life of Ii and to throw up his command.
But ne did neither.
Lii claimed that the refractory conduct
of the rebel princes after their sur
render made the punishment a neces-
sity; and such a cool-headed and expe-
rienced man as Sir Robert Hart, with
a full knowledge of the facts, held that
Col. Gordon was not justified in his
conduct, and induced him to reconsider
his action and Judgment Gordon con-
tinued in command for some time, and
up to the day of his death at Khartum
maintained most friendly relations with
the vioeroy.
Notwithstanding these facts English
writer's generally insist that Lii was
guilty OF bad faith and of bloody and
inhuman conduct. But it should be
borne in mind that the TAPPING rebel
lion was a most desolating and relent-
less war; that it had destroyed many
populous cities; had laid waste nearly
one-half of the empire; had sacrificed
an enormous number of lives, estimated
as high as 2O,OOO,OO0 and that the lead
ers who were beheaded had been guilty
of horrid cruelties. Under such cir
cumstances it would not have been
strange if even the most civilized and
Christian commander, in the flush of
victory, should have ordered the exc
cution of the authors of such untold
horrors and bloodshed. The sepoy mu-
tiny of India synchronizes with the
TAPPING rebellion If the ''heathen
Chinese" should wish to retort upon his
foreign critics, he might not find it
difficult to parallel his own conduct
with that of his civilized neighbors, the
rulers of India--Ex-Sec'y John W. Fos-
ter, in Century.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
LIFE WITHOUT BRAINS
ExperIments A. to the Ctnity of That
OrwuD.

Prof Wilmer, in his university ex-
tension lecture, spoke of that imPor-
tant method of investigating parts of
the nervous system known as extirpa-
ton. A given part of the nervous sys-
tenn is destroyed, and the animal il
then studied to see what movements
he is able to make without the activity
of the parts of the brain which have
been removed. Even all of the central
nervous system above the spinal cord
may be removed in some animals and
they Rnay still be kept alive long
enough to show what the spinal cord
is able to do without the brain.
1.-THE frog whose brain has been re-
moved" said, Prof. Wilmer, lis still
able to draw his toe up toward his
body when the toe is pinched. or II his
toe is placed in acid he will remove the
toe from the acid, or when n piece Of
blotting paper soaked in acid has been
placed upon his back he can even move
the foot up over the back to remove
the acid. All this Is done by the spinal
cord alone. without any sensation on
the part of the frog, because the frog,
as conscious organism, bas been de-
stroyed by the removal of the brain.
THE human being breathes, sneezes,
dulla through the agency of reflex CEN
ters located there, and frog deprived
of the parts above the medulla may
swim, turn over upon his belly when
placed upon his back and perform ac-
tions generally taken as indicative OF
intelligence even when more impor-
tant parts of the brain remain intact.
If only part of the brain be removed,
leaving the optic lobes and basil gan
glia intact, the frog in moving away
from a stimulus will jump out of the
road of an obstruction. not necessarily
because he sees the obstruction, but
because the visual stimulus acts con-
Jointly with the touch to produce the
movement of swerving to one side.
1--WE may hastily conceive of the
normal frog as reacting as a nervous
mechanism acting under the influence
of environments in accordance with
the life habits of it's species, but such
would be only one-sided view of the
relation of mind to the development of
habits of action. We know more of
our own mental life than we know of
the activity of our ganglian cells. We
really interpret the physiological ac-
ton of n brain by our knowledge of
the action only of the mind. We know
our own states of mind, which we des-
ignate by the term yolition, and we
know that actions performed under the
influence of volition become habitual
and automatic. In this they approach
the reflex actions, which have pre-
viously been considered. From this
point of view we are justified in believ-
ing that reflex actions were developed
under the influence of the will, but as
the nervous mechanism became adapt
ed and fit to perform the action alone.
they were left to it alone in conse-
quence of the saving of time and force.
and thus it is that our habitua1 actions
are often performed by US automatical-
ly. involuntari and unconsciously."
Philadelphia Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
A Reason for His knowledge.

A party of us were up i'll the White
mountains last fall on a camping-out
trip. We were walking along one after
noon when we met a native of that 10
cality coming down ravine with about
a bushel of blueberries in a. box strapped
to his broad back.
We stopped and asked him a number
of questions about distances and locali-
ties, and his replies manifested such
familiarity with the neighborhood that
one of the party said:
You seem to be well acquainted all
along here
'.I'd ort to be- was the reply; ct was
born all along hyar." = Detroit Free
Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
FIGHTING FOR JOURNALISM.
Diminutive Republic of Goust Has . Small
War Its Hands.

Diminutive Republic of Goust Has = Small
War Its Hands.
The desire for fight and battle and
blood which seems to be raging the
world over is not confined to those ma
tions which have millions OF dollars in
their Golfers and hordes of soldiers in
their barracks.
Even the tiny republic of Goust, which
has probably the smallest population
and the tiniest bank account, and GER
tainly the most diminutive army on
earth, has trouble on it's hands. Its
president has issued a proclamation tina
no one of the three score or more of Peo-
pie in his dominion are hereafter to pub
lish a newspaper without the executive
sanction.
AS nearly a seventh of the popu!a-
ton is engaged in the publication of a
newspaper contrary to the executive
wish, a revolution is in prospect, and
the army of Goust has been ordered out
for the protection of the government
building. The commander in chief of
the army is a son-in-law of the four
men who are enrolled on the military
list.
The republic of Goust is in the lower
Pyrenees mountains, and its indie
pendence is recognized by both France
tries having sufficiently good national
memories to recall its existence. The
revenue of the republic was less than
S., 900 last year, so it cannot afford much
of a revolution.-Philade Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
Determination.

The young man with longish hair
was gazing abstractedly out of the car
window when the fatherly old gentle
man came along looking for a seat.
Having settled himself in comfort, he
engaged his neighbor in conversation.
"Been on a long journey?" he asked,
Not very"
"On business"
mo, sir. In pursuit Of my profess
sion-
~Ohi Excuse me. Might ask what
the difference is"
MY business, sir, is selling things
in hardware store; but my profess
sion is acting. 'Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
Vitality of loads.

We have all read of the discovery OF
toads '.in solid stratas of stone where
food and air sufficient to sustain life
could not have possibly been had. We
have not only read these stories, but the
majority of us have put them down as
Mulhatton yarns, which were written
by someone who did not expect them
to be believed. Now comes the scientist
M. Victor Lagroche, who says that he
has imprisoned toads in masses of mixed
plaster of Paris and found them 1'well
fat and hearty after lapse of eight
years" He argues that if such crea-
lures can live for years without air or
light they "can continue to live ON in
y."-Chicago Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
A Trying Position.

Old Mrs. M, who was seriously
ill, found herself to be in a trying posi-
ton which she defined to friend in
these words:
You see my daughter Harriet is mar
RED to one o these homeypath doctors
and my daughter Kate to an allypath.
If call in the homeypath my allypatl
son-in-law an his wife git mad, an ii
L call in my allypath son-in-law my
homeypath son-in-law an his wife git
mad, an if go ahead an git well with
out either O. 'em then they'll both be
mad. so don't see but I'd better die out
right."-Detroit Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
HUMOROUS.

What is popular opinion to-day
may become unpopular opinion to-mor
row.-Texas Sitter. I:
If the earth is SO very old, as some
scientists contend, why does it con
tinue to run around SO much at nightss
Texas Sitter.
dorothy has wonderful self-con
troll why do you think SOP '.Sh<
could tell lots of things that happened
30 years ago, but she never does
Chicago Record.
Mrs. Kirgsley-"I declare, to thi,
day my cook can't tell piece of cut
glass when she sees it, Mrs. Bingo-
''She has been with you for some years
hasn't she ?'-Detroit Free Press
II don't object so much to being
put off," said bill collector recently
cas- 1 do to the old gag you are giving
me about wanting to keep the bill in
order to see if it is ct."-Atchisor
Globe.
-Crummer-~Vokes seems to BE-
very angry at the deacon" Gilleland-
ayes. You see he got mad at him and
called him a fool and the deacon in re.
plying addressed him as brother
Truth.
-Philanthropist-" say You have
not thing in the house to eat, and ms
means of getting anything; but
notice you have three fine looking bi.
cycles. Money enough ought to be
raised upon them to keep you in food
for a long time" ApPlicant-"How dc
you expect we can bear mp under oul
privations unless we have our wheel.
to occupy our minds ?"-Boston Tran.
script.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
shart-Laxed In.eet..

The wonderful brevity of insect life
is curiously illustrated in the case of
those that prey upon different species OF
mushrooms. The life of the mushroom
itself is measured by hours, yet it is
often entirely ruined by an insect which
deposits its eggs upon the fungi while
it is in the vigor of youth The entire
span of life of this mushroom insect is
SO brief that the grubs hatch from the.
eggs and the creature becomes fully de-
veloped and capable of laying eggs it,
self before the mushroom dies, even
though the latter's life may not extend
over period of AS hours from the mo-
ment it first pushes through the soil
Chicago Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
ri4E OLD RED scHooLHousE.

III. old red schooIhouse was the crown
That capped the highest hill in town.
It calls TO mind those former days
Dur grandsires trod in Earnings ways:
Twas where they ciphered numbers
through.
And solved deep problems hard to do.
Then found in games to boyhood dear
Escape from study too severe:
In forest shade-''the wolf to spy"
Adown the hills on sledge to fly:
In nearby field with ball and bat
To play two and three old cat:
And there fox. with pace not slow.
To chase the geese across the snow
That men should teach the winter school
Became the universal rule:
Much Drawn the teacher must possess,
Though he might have of knowledge less
The switch was large and toughene6
through
And freely piled whenever due.
One thing promoted discipline
And held the foguish nature in
1t was the never-failing rule
Two strokes at home for one at school.
The schoolhouse was a place where met
Staid learned men of every set:
The doctor came, the lawyer. too.
And clergyman, each with his cue;
But twas the school committee man
Who terrified the little clan.
Just twice he came in every term
To tell them what and how to learn.
And show the school and teacher. too.
How very, very much he knew.
How generous teachers then were found:
They aired spare beds the district round!
To spend those long. cold wintry nights
Oft teachers went on queer invites
At close of school one winters day
A bonny lass was heard to say:
We've butchered pigs and killed the cow.
Were ready for the teacher now"
This boarding round was not in vain:
The child's and parents hearts they'd
gain:
And were they what they ought to be.
The family life in some degree
Would rise, expand and nobler be.
Among our teachers, not a few
Were noble souls e'er we knew;
In school they more than science taught,
Taught manhood's worth in life and
thought
And If we could, we'd let them know
How through our lives their teachings
flow.
But they'll not lack their need of praise;
Their work will live in other days.
And with an influence sublime
VIII leave its mark throughout all time
Rev A H. Simons in Connecticut Quar-
terly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-09-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

I'm the private schools of China .
teacher is paid about one cent a day for
each pupil
The University of Calcutta is said
TO be the largest educationaIc corporation
in the world. Every year it examines
over 10000 students.
DIR. Pepper announces the receipt
of $3.50, 900 subscriptions to the fund for
the new Museum of Science and Art for
the University of Pennsylvania
St Augustine's benedictine priory
at Ramsgate, England, has been made
an abbey by the pope 1t is the first abb
hey of benedictines established in Eng
land since the reformation.
Bristol has raised money enough to
Fave the bishopric reconstructed, but
will have to get enough more to build
a suitable residence before parliament
will allow the see to have a bishop all
to itself again.
Maine BafItists believe in getting
there in the morning The congrega-
ton of the village church at Montague
have been appealed TO by one not of the
household of the faith, who begs them
not to ring the church bell at $50 a.
m. on Sundays, if they must take their
spiritual nourishment SO early.
I'm Iowa saloons must be at least
800 feet from churches. The Meth
odists of Madrid, Boone county, are put
ting up church within 800 feet of B.
Aries saloon and he will endeayor to
cnjoin them on the plea that he was
on the ground first. He wants to get
into court before they, after the church
is established, try to compel him to re-
move.
Prince Czartoryski. member of
the Austrian upper house, recently
told the Galatian schoolmaster that
illiteracy, for which Austrian Poland is
notorious, has favorable influence ON
character and understanding. The il
iiterate he declared to be for the most
pnrt well behaved and sensible, while
history shows that enlightenment is not
essential to happiness and prosperity